Myths associated with Libra, Libra in Mythology

In this article, we will talk about the Libra myths. There is a mythical figure related to the sign of Libra, whose tale is a superb illustration of the compromises those born under the sign are able to make. Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter was abducted by her uncle, Hades, the god of Hell, while she was picking flowers with some nymphs in the plain of Enna in Sicily. Demeter set off to search for her daughter. For nine days and nine nights, without drinking, eating, or resting she traveled the world in search of Persephone.

On the tenth day, she met Helios, the Sun god, who told her of the abduction. Furious, Demeter, the maternal goddess of the nourishing earth, decided to go into exile until her daughter was returned to her, so causing the earth to become sterile. To put an end to this disaster, Zeus demanded that Hades set Persephone free, which he did straight away. But in the meantime, during her force sojourn in the Underworld, Persephone had broken her fast by eating the seed of a pomegranate.

In symbolic terms, this means that if Hades had succumbed to her beauty, she had yielded to his love and that from now on she was bound to him. So a compromise had to be found: Persephone would live for six months of the year in the kingdom of the dead, with Hades, and the other six on Earth, in the kingdom of the living, with her mother. Thus, according to legend, every year, at the spring equinox, when the blossom bursts forth, Persephone leaves the underground world and ascends to the Earth.

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When the autumn equinox comes with the sowing period, she leaves the world of the living to rejoin that of the dead. In the hierarchy of the zodiac, the sign of Libra follows that of Virgo, with whom the myth of Demeter is linked, and precedes the sign of Scorpio, which is linked with Hades.

What is more, the sign of Libra starts on the day of the autumn equinox, six months after that of spring, which coincides with the Sun’s entry into the sign of Aries.