Here's a real smoothie, but usually in the nicest possible way. Libran men ore the knights in shining armour who gallop up on white chargers and rescue damsels in distress. They exude an aura of courtly love, even in the twentieth century. If a Libran man found a dragon in Dagenham menacing a maiden, he'd know just what to do.

Libran men often smell sensational, as well as look luscious. After all, it's no good looking as if you've just stepped out of the pages of a glossy magazine if you pong like a pig farm, is it? A lot of Libran men have large collections of colognes and aftershaves. They can spend hours lying in a sweet-smelling bubble bath, guzzling gin and tonics, reading interesting books and having a whale of a time.

There can be something slightly androgynous about Libran men, though not necessarily in a sexual way. Think of a Libran man you know. Isn't he rather epicene and elegant? A perfect period in history for Libran men was Elizabethan England, when they would have been real tops, clad in flowing shirts, and rigged out in ruffles from ear to ear. Some of these men can seem too feminine, but what do you expect? Venus is a fantastically feminine planet, but she rules masculine Libra.

The tremendous trait of Libran men is their amazing ability to be sociable with either sex. There are many male signs of the zodiac who have to be seen with the lads, putting away pints in the pub. But the Libran man can be downing a drink at seven in the evening at the rugby club, sipping a sherry at the theatre with a girlfriend at nine and feeding on fish and chips out of a newspaper at midnight, tucked up in bed.

These lovely lads are great diplomats who hate to upset anyone, m fact, Libran men are walking, talking proof that the age of chivalry is not dead. These are the men who will stand up for you on buses and trains and open doors for you. They help you on with your coat, and don't even get the arms tangled up. They're wonderfully well-mannered, and don't care who knows it. What's so sensational is that they don't have to read books on etiquette first these good manners are innate. That's why people find it easy to fall for them they're such charming, chivalrous chaps. But the problem comes later. If you marry one of these 'parfait gentile' knights, although he'll still be as charming as ever to you, he'll also continue to be captivatingly courteous to every other maiden he meets. He may not be unfaithful it's just impossible for him to ignore a pretty face or a perfect pair of pins. But his partner may get hold of the wrong end of the stick. After all, he does like to flirt; he and Leo are the two most flirtatious guys in the firmament and once he knows he can charm people potty, he'll trade on it.

Libran men love to look good, which is part and parcel of their persona, and if they could afford it they'd wear tailor-made suits and stunning silk shirts. This isn't because they're status symbols, but simply because Librans love the best.

One thing which people can find hard to swallow is the cold streak within every Libran. However, we mustn't forget that the emotions of a Libran man come mainly from his mind, and not from his heart, because he's an Air sign. Sometimes he'll find it hard to believe he can ever be cold. He thinks that, being a child of Venus, he's all love. But that's not always the case, and he can be remote and resolute, harsh and hard, and you'll wonder where your charming, cheerful, comfy companion went.

Positive Libran chaps are charming, but the negative ones can be a very different cup of tea. They can be tipplers, tarts, messy, mucky, dirty and disgusting, and so unrefined that they're revolting and they'll have no sense of justice at all. Whereas the positive ones abound in it. A negative Libran will think he's doing fine, when actually his scales of justice will be completely out of balance, with one way up in the air and the other down on the ground.

As a doting dad, the Libran lad will long for the day his child is old enough to talk to him. When his kid is a baby, niggling all night and with terrible table manners, putting pork and prune puree all over his Savile Row suit, he won't be very keen at all. But once the child begins to chatter, and its personality protrudes through the puree patina, he'll start to enjoy himself. Mind you, some Libran dads never have much time for their kids. They prefer to go for a game of golf, or try a tournament of tennis, than play with the kids in the kitchen.

After reading this, you may think the Libran man sounds just what you've been looking for. You've always wanted a man who's seething with savoir-faire and sophistication? Here are two clues which should help you to track him down. Pay attention, and stop swooning. First is his great big grin, which looks like a lollipop laughing and second are his dimples. He'll have them somewhere and if they aren't on his face, then it's up to you to find out where else they might be!