The constellation’s association with scales is thought to have originated in ancient Babylonia around 2000 BC, where Libra was called ZIB.BA.AN.NA (“the balance of heaven”). The measuring symbol for pounds (“lb”) is an abbreviation of the word Libra. Instead, Libra is depicted in the heavens as “weighing scales” placed next to the hand of its neighboring constellation Virgo, a goddess of justice who had scales as an emblem of her office. Libra is a faint constellation that is the 29th biggest in the night sky, and the only zodiac sign not to represent a living creature.
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