Sun in Libra

The Sun works against the grain in Libra, and the difficulty is precise: a placement whose business is individual identity lodged in a sign whose business is the other person. What results is a life of considerable charm and a private uncertainty about its own centre. Such a person reads a room instantly, adjusts to it, and leaves everyone feeling handsomely treated. Alone afterwards, they may not be able to say what they thought of the evening, because their reactions were shaped in company and have not yet been examined in solitude.

The gift is genuine judgement. Presented with a dispute, this person can hold both cases at full strength at once, which most people cannot do, and the resulting verdict is trusted. Committees, negotiations and difficult households all improve for their presence. Aesthetic sense runs alongside it; ugliness and discord are registered as real discomforts, and considerable effort goes into rooms, clothes and conversation being pleasant. Disagreement, when it comes, arrives politely and with a compliment attached, which does not make it any less firm.

The cost is decision. Weighing continues past the point of usefulness, and choices get made late or by default. Conflict is deferred until it has grown, and a small honest refusal in January becomes a serious rupture by autumn. Partnership is sought early and sometimes indiscriminately, since being half of something is more comfortable than being solely oneself. The remedy is unglamorous and effective: state one unpopular preference per day, aloud, and survive the mild displeasure it causes.