The Origin of Libra and Related Myths

The origin of Libra and the introduction of constellations

Scientific name: Libra

Center position: right ascension 10 minute, declination-15 degree. Between Virgo and Scorpio. Four stars α, ι, γ and β (zubenelgenubi, II, III, IV) form a trapezoid. In other words, seven stars in Pleiades 0 are brighter than four stars.

Libra, seventh house. The longitude of the Zodiac ranges from 180 degrees to 2 10 degrees. The sun comes to this house around September 24th every year, when the solar term is the autumnal equinox, so the autumnal equinox is also called "the first point of Libra".

Libra legend

Legend 1

In ancient times, both human beings and gods lived on the ground and lived a peaceful and happy life together. However, human beings are getting smarter and smarter. They not only learned to build houses and pave roads, but also learned bad habits such as intrigue and bullying, which made many immortals unbearable and made human beings live only in heaven.

But among the gods, there is a goddess who represents justice. She is not discouraged by human nature, and still lives with human beings. However, mankind is getting worse and worse, with wars and killing each other. In the end, even the goddess of justice couldn't stand it anymore and resolutely moved back to heaven to live, but this doesn't mean that she has completely despaired of mankind. She still believes that human beings will realize one day and return to the kind and pure nature of the past.

The goddess of justice who returned to heaven met Poseidon by chance one day. Poseidon laughed at her foolish trust in human beings, and they immediately had a heated argument. During the debate, the goddess of justice thought that Poseidon had insulted her and had to apologize to him. Poseidon doesn't think so. It is said that the two men were deadlocked and sued Zeus.

This situation embarrassed Zeus, because the goddess was his daughter and Poseidon was his brother, so it was impossible to take sides. Just when Zeus was very worried about this, the queen made a suggestion in time, asking Poseidon to compete with the goddess of justice, and whoever lost would apologize to the other side.

The venue of the competition is located in Paradise Square, starting from Poseidon. Poseidon waved his stick at the wall, and beautiful water immediately flowed out of the crack. Then the goddess of justice turned into a tree with a reddish-brown trunk, green leaves and golden olives. Most importantly, anyone who looks at this tree will feel love and peace. At the end of the game, Haisai was persuaded to give up.

In order to commemorate this result, Zeus threw the balance he carried with him into the sky and became the present Libra.

Legend 2

In Greek mythology, the balance of good and evil in the hands of a priestess flew to the sky. Around 2000 BC, this constellation was related to the trial of Babylonian religion dominating life and death, and the scales were used to measure the good and evil of the soul.

Legend 3

Legend has it that Libra was born when the balance of good and evil in the hands of a priestess in Greek mythology flew into the sky, so it is also called Libra. Around 2000 BC, this constellation was related to the trial of Babylonian religion dominating life and death, and the scales were used to measure the good and evil of the soul.