Mercury in Libra
What Mercury in Libra means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Mercury is actually in Libra.
The sign: Libra
- Element
- Air
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Polarity
- Yang: outward, active
- Ruler
- Venus
Essential dignity
Mercury holds none of the four major dignities in Libra: no rulership or exaltation, no detriment or fall.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When Mercury is in Libra
Every stay of Mercury in Libra from a year ago to two years ahead. Retrograde motion can split one stay in two.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026, 16:21 | Sep 30, 2026, 11:44 · now |
| Sep 3, 2027, 11:36 | Sep 27, 2027, 09:08 |
| Oct 16, 2027, 07:38 | Nov 10, 2027, 00:26 |
| Aug 27, 2028, 13:07 | after Aug 2028 |
Times in UTC, to the minute.
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How this page is made
Sign facts and dignities follow the traditional tables; dates come from our own ephemeris engine. Exact about the astronomy, honest that astrology is a symbolic language.