♎︎ Libra

October 17 Zodiac Sign: Libra — Traits and Famous Birthdays

The October 17 zodiac sign is Libra, a cardinal air sign. The Sun is in Libra on this date in every year from 1900 to 2026, in every time zone, between 21° and 26° of the sign, which puts October 17 in the third decan of Libra.

Eminem, Arthur Miller and Rita Hayworth were born on October 17. StarMap has birth charts for 20 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

The stars over any place on October 17 stand differently in every year and at every hour: see the sky on this date for a year, a time and a place of your choosing, drawn as a star map.

Libra traits

Born on October 17, your Sun is in Libra. You balance. Fairness, beauty and the quality of your relationships shape your decisions, and you can see both sides of almost anything. Your growth lies in choosing a side when it counts.

Your Sun sign is one part of a chart. The Moon and the rising sign, which need the time and place of birth, say as much about you. StarMap is for entertainment and self-reflection.

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Famous birthdays on October 17

Eminem, Arthur Miller and Rita Hayworth were born on October 17. StarMap has birth charts for 20 people born on this date, the best known first.

Signs are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris, for every year from 1900 to 2026. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata. A sign is shown beside a name only when it holds for the whole of the birth date; where it does not, both possibilities are given. How to read a birth chart.

Photo credits (20 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

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