They say that the people of the zodiac sign Libra are the most loving and peaceful, however I met 6 Librians and all of them were aggressive, arrogant and even with criminal causes. Is Libra really bad?

It’s true that Libra, ruled by Venus, is associated with love, harmony, and cooperation; heck, its bird is the dove of peace. But Libra, like all the signs, embraces a wide range of symbolic associations that all spring from a deep place far below the surface of appearances. So Libra does have its hard-edged side: indeed, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, fought from time to time!

For one thing, if we consider the emblem of Libra, the scales, it’s about bringing things into balance. Most commonly in life there are conflicts and disharmonies in situations, and to balance these out requires peacemaking and cooperation—Libran functions. But there are also situations which are too “peaceful”—that is, the apparent peace is superficial and somehow a sham, perhaps because a tyrant is controlling everyone, or a situation is being manipulated with half truths and hidden agendas. Now the drive for balance might mean disrupting the situation—calling out the lie or challenging the tyrant. If there’s injustice in a situation, Libra may be the first one to take up arms.

For the goddess Justice holds a set of scales but also a sword, and those born with Sun in Libra include notable warriors such as Dwight Eisenhower, Horatio Nelson, and Kublai Khan. Others born under the sign include Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Margaret Thatcher; whatever you might think of them as individuals, the words “loving” and “peaceful” probably don’t spring to mind. The Sun sign is about our life path at a deep level, and may give rise to different surface qualities in different people.

There’s another factor at work here. Whenever there’s a pattern of any kind in our lives, that pattern is coming from us. If we meet 6 Librans who all seem aggressive and arrogant, then there is something in us operating at an unconscious level to bring those qualities and experiences forward to confront us. It’s quite possible that those same Librans appear quite differently to other people. Everyone we encounter is a mirror of ourselves at some level. If we don’t like what we’re seeing, then we need to look within.

For my own part, I’ve got quite a bit of experience with Librans: my mother is one, as are two sisters, a brother-in-law, and a number of friends and coworkers over the years. In my experience they mostly run true to form: intelligent, talkative, logical, and concerned with appearances. The brother-in-law is a rugged outdoorsman and has a black belt in kung fu, but he’s about the most peaceful person I’ve ever met.

Bottom line: no, Libra is not really bad. No sign is really bad. I would go further and say that no individual is really bad. Goodness and badness applies to the specific actions we take, and we may habitually lean toward one or the other. So, yes, Librans can be mean. But it’s much more likely, and much truer to type, that, in the event of strife and combat, the one who is trying to calm people down and stop the discord will be a Libra.