The Scene: Sydney Opera House for a performance of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)- Three guys, one dead playwright, and 37 plays, all in under two hours.

Actor Eric Thomson is loosening up and preparing for his personal big moment on the stage. His chest puffs out, his head goes back and the back of a hand is rested ever so dramatically against his brow. He is every inch a tortured Danish Prince.

‘To be,’ he pauses for effect, ‘or not to be,’ he turns and faces the audience, still with full dramatic poise. Lifting just one finger in a meaningful and indecisive way he continues, ‘that…is the question.’

At that exact moment a laugh escapes from the woman in the middle of the third row. Eric stands and looks at her. She composes herself while the Actor re-sets his position. From the third row there is some muffled giggling as the two women on either side of the culprit attempt to restrain themselves and their companion.

Hamlet adopts his pose again, puts his hand back to his forehead and starts again.

‘To be…or not to be….’

Another laugh escapes from the woman in Row 3. It is one of those laughs that escapes from a closed mouth.

Actor 2 comes on stage.

‘Eric,’ he says, ‘what is wrong? This is your big moment- you have been rehearsing this for months.’

‘I just can’t,’ wails Eric…’its those women there in row 3.’ He points to the 3 women now cackling uncontrollably.

‘Don’t worry about them,’ Actor 2 turns and peers into row 3. ‘They are just ignorant trollops…and probably had a second bottle at the Opera Bar before the show.’

More giggles as Eric resets. ‘To be, or not to be….that is the question.’

Indeed, it is the question, as is:

should I stay or should I go?

Latte or cappuccino?

The red dress or the blue?

Making your mind up is indeed the issue when you have the Sun in Libra. It isn’t that you are indecisive, or that you don’t know what you want. It is just that you want to make sure that the choice you make is the right one- not just for you, but for the people you are with…and you like to have people with you.

Libra is that point where the individual meets the other. Sounds pretty deep, but in essence it means that the Sun in Libra is motivated by harmony and balance and defines itself through relationships with others. All of this makes Libra social, fair, a born diplomat and just a tad (?) flirtatious. Libra generally does not like to be alone.

An Air sign, Libra Sun people have good brains, are able to see both sides of a story and come to an agreement between the two without necessarily anyone having to compromise their own beliefs. Ruled by Venus, Libra Sun people are also refined and love beauty, grace and gorgeousness in their surroundings. Loud noises, clashing colours, unpleasantness and disharmony of any sort sends shivers up the spine of a Libran. Tastes, colours and music must be balanced.

It is this drive for balance, parity and relationship which is also Libra’s shadow. In keeping a relationship alive, it can be very easy to forget that 2 individual people come into a relationship- one of which is yourself. In smoothing the tides of discontent, your often hide your own needs and feelings. In finding balance and peace, you also need to practice moderation.

Indecision is also the shadow of Libra- the risk that in delaying action, you may miss out on the action, so to speak.

This month’s sun sign song is a truly corny one, but I couldn’t resist…even though it absolutely does not have the style that Libra is known for:

Don’t let your indecision take you from behind

trust your inner vision

don’t let others change your mind

Can you guess? Making Your Mind up by ‘80s English band Bucks Fizz.

…and that second bottle at the Opera Bar? Yep, fraid so… but I wasn’t the giggler!

For more on love in Libra, check out You’ve Got Style (Venus in Libra) and Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Mars in Libra)