Born on October 17
Born on October 17: Libra
On October 17, the Sun is in Libra: that is your Sun sign, the core of your identity, your vitality and the way you shine.
Your sign: Libra
With the Sun in Libra, you were born to connect: your presence brings harmony where there was tension.
An Air sign ruled by Venus, Libra shapes your Sun around relationship, beauty and fairness. You come fully alive in exchange with another person: a dialogue, a collaboration, a couple, a partnership. Your identity takes shape in the mirror of your encounters, and like no one else you know how to find the point of balance between opposing positions. Someone with the Sun in Libra has a keen sense of justice: injustice revolts you physically, and you can defend a cause with a firmness that surprises people behind your elegance. You’re both the diplomat and the arbiter, the one who holds things together.
Your decan: 3rd decan of Libra
Mercury puts words to the grace of the third decan of Libra: you are the consummate diplomat, the one who always finds the formula that reconciles.
The third decan of Libra runs from about October 13 to 22, the exact boundary depending on the year and your time of birth. Mercury animates Venus here, and Libra becomes its most intellectual and communicative self: you love ideas as much as beauty, debate as much as harmony. Your mind is agile and nuanced, able to see every side of a question, and you have a gift for expressing clearly what others feel only vaguely. More curious than the first decan and more flexible than the second, you’re the born negotiator, the go-between everyone asks for.
The degree of the Sun
On October 17, the Sun sits between 23° and 24° Libra depending on the birth year. Every degree has its own colour: decan, dwad, term, sometimes a fixed star. Read yours:
Your solar return
Every year around October 17, the Sun returns to the exact degree of your birth: that is your solar return, the chart of your year, from birthday to birthday. Calculate it for free (date, time and place of birth), then, if you want the full reading, have it read.
And the rising sign, the Moon, the houses?
The Sun sign is not the whole story. Your rising sign changes every two hours, the Moon changes sign every two and a half days, and the houses depend on the place. With your birth time and city, the free calculation gives you all of it in 30 seconds.
Frequently asked questions
What is the zodiac sign of someone born on October 17?
Someone born on October 17 is a Libra: the Sun is in Libra that day, between 23° and 24°.
What is the decan of someone born on October 17?
The 3rd decan of Libra, ruled by Mercury: it gives the sign a nuance of its own, described on the decan page.
How do I find my rising sign if I was born on October 17?
The rising sign depends on the time and place of birth, not only the date: it changes about every two hours. Enter your time and city in the free chart calculation.
What is the solar return of someone born on October 17?
The chart drawn at the moment the Sun returns, every year around October 17, to the exact degree of the birth. It describes the dynamic of the year that opens. The free calculator gives it, the year-ahead reading interprets it.