♉ Taurus

Steady, practical, sensual and security-minded.

Approximate dates: Apr 20 – May 20 (the Sun's entry shifts by a day or two each year)
Element: Earth: Practicality, stability and a focus on results that last.
Mode: Fixed: persistent and steady, holding on and going deep.
Ruler: Venus
Opposite sign: Scorpio: the other end of the same axis; the two often learn from each other.

"I am a Taurus" usually refers to the Sun sign. But the Moon, Mercury, Venus and the other planets each sit in a sign too, and your Ascendant may be Taurus, so you can have plenty of Taurus traits even if your Sun is elsewhere. Here is how each planet behaves in Taurus.

The planets in Taurus

☉ The Sun in Taurus

You need solid ground to feel like yourself. Tangible results, physical comfort and things that accumulate matter to you, and being hurried does not. Steadiness is your strength; the cost is that once you have decided, changing course is genuinely difficult.

☽ The Moon in Taurus

You need steadiness and things you can touch: a familiar room, a regular routine, predictable income. Once settled you are very hard to shift, but change takes you longer to absorb than it takes most people.

☿ Mercury in Taurus

Your thinking is practical and unhurried; you want it clear before you move on. Reliable memory, sound judgement, well suited to anything requiring accuracy. Once an opinion has set, though, shifting it takes real work.

♀ Venus in Taurus

You want pleasure that lasts and can be touched: good food, good texture, things worth keeping. In love you want security and loyalty, and possessiveness is the part that needs watching.

♂ Mars in Taurus

Your energy is slow to start and very hard to stop once running. Well suited to anything requiring endurance. Anger builds for a long time and arrives with unexpected force.

♃ Jupiter in Taurus

You have a knack for accumulating something real, with decent instincts about material things. Enjoying life is the gift; overindulgence is the bill.

♄ Saturn in Taurus

Money and security are the long lesson. It may start from scarcity, which is exactly why the financial competence ends up solid. Watch for tying your worth entirely to what you hold.

♅ Uranus in Taurus

For the Taurus generation, upheaval lands on money, resources and value — the form of currency, the idea of property, and the relationship between people and land all get redefined.

♆ Neptune in Taurus

For the Taurus generation, ideals interweave with land, money and material meaning, and wealth acquires an almost romantic aura.

♇ Pluto in Taurus

For the Taurus generation, value, money and the relationship between people and resources are pulled up by the roots, and economic structures face fundamental reorganisation.

These readings describe tendencies based on general astrological convention, not predictions; a natal chart is read by putting planets, signs, houses and aspects together.

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This is fixed text compiled from general convention, not a reading of any individual and not a prediction. For important decisions, please consult qualified professionals.