Today's Horoscope for Libra
May 17, 2026
You may want to have fun and lots of it just now, but this is the pendulum swinging to the opposite side in the extreme. There's no problem with pleasure but when the desire becomes too strong, then the obsessive side of your star sign can override your better sensibilities. Again, the age old saying, everything in moderation, needs to be adhered to.
Power Numbers: 27, 26, 25, 48, 31, 40
Born Today: Edward Jenner, Dennis Hopper, Sugar Ray Leonard, Nine Inch Nails, Andrea Corr
Quick Quote: "Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city."
-- George Burns
Random Fact: When the divorce rate goes up in the United States, toy makers report that the sale of toys also rise.
Today in History:
1953: Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open
1987: "Stardust" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 102 performances
1980: 106th Preakness: Angel Cordero, Jr. aboard Codex wins in 1:54.2
1987: USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
1986: 112th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8
1672: Frontenac becomes governor of New France (Canada)
1845: Rubber band patents
1881: Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington D.C.
1875: 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75
1973: Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings
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