Taurus
Apr 20 – May 20 · The Bull
Where Taurus comes from
The Bull of Heaven — GU.AN.NA — ruled Mesopotamian sky-lore long before Greek myth. Zeus later crossed the sea as a bull to reach Europa: power moving slowly on purpose. Taurus was never about speed. It was about what holds.
Venus
Venus rules Taurus as the planet of beauty, pleasure and enduring value. Here it governs the senses — the deep satisfaction found in what is real, lasting and good, and the loyalty that grows from it.
- Surface Temperature465 °C
- TypeTerrestrial planet
- Astrological RolePleasure, beauty and value
- Time in each sign~4 weeks
What the symbol actually means
A circle crowned by horns: the bull's head, or the full moon cradled between hills in older Egyptian and Sumerian readings. What both images agree on: a crown — not worn, but held up. Presence that bears weight without asking permission.
Taurus strengths & weaknesses
These traits describe your Taurus Sun — your core drive and how you instinctively move through the world. But the Sun is one layer. Your Moon shapes how you feel, your Venus and Mars shape how you love and act, and your rising sign shapes how others first read you. A Taurus who comes across as warm and a Taurus who comes across as guarded can share the same Sun and almost nothing else. Treat the list below as the headline, not the whole story.
Strengths
- Finishes what slower types abandon
- Calm that steadies a panicking room
- Builds skill through patient repetition
- Generous host, real comfort-giver
- Says no and means it
Weaknesses
- Digs in long after being wrong
- Mistakes routine for safety
- Slow to start, slower to change
- Can hoard or over-indulge
- Holds grudges past their expiry
Taurus in love & sex
Taurus does not chase; it courts in slow motion and waits to be sure. The pursuit is sensory and patient — good food, repeated time in the same booth, touch that builds before words do. As a fixed Venus sign, it bonds through consistency: showing up the same way enough times that you stop bracing for it to vanish. Sex is unhurried and physical, more about presence and skin than performance. What tests Taurus is the cost of that steadiness — it stays past the point a partner has gone cold, confuses comfort with closeness, and treats any push for change as a threat. It can also possess rather than hold, mistaking a person for something owned. Reassurance lands; ultimatums make it root harder and shut down.
Taurus in career & money
Taurus works at one steady speed and trusts the result over the rush. It does not sprint to the flashy launch; it builds the thing that is still standing in three years — the dependable craft, the maintained system, the client who renews because nothing ever broke. As an earth sign ruled by Venus, it wants the work to produce something tangible and pleasant, and it is unusually good with money: it saves on instinct, hates debt, and grows wealth slowly rather than betting it. Where it struggles is pace and pivots — it resists new methods long after the old one stops working, sits on decisions, and digs in when challenged instead of reconsidering. It can also let comfort curdle into a rut, choosing the safe, known job over the better one that asks it to start over.
What gets misunderstood about Taurus
Call it stubborn if you want. Usually it is loyalty to what has already proven real — a person, a craft, a piece of ground. Taurus leaves when the value is gone, not when boredom arrives.
Taurus in your full chart
Venus shapes the Taurus story more than Sun sign alone. Venus in the 2nd ties pleasure to security; in the 8th, to what you share and what you will not give up lightly.
Taurus compatibility with every sign
How Taurus pairs with each of the twelve signs — love, friendship, communication, and growth.
Planets in Taurus
Your sun sign is only the start. See what each planet means when it falls in Taurus — how it shapes love, emotion, and more.
Frequently asked questions about Taurus
What dates are Taurus?
Taurus season runs Apr 20 – May 20 in the tropical zodiac. If your birthday falls on a cusp date, your exact sun sign depends on the year and time of birth.
What element is Taurus?
Taurus is Earth — specifically, the steady, sensory earth that finishes what others abandon and trusts what it can touch.
What planet rules Taurus?
Taurus is ruled by Venus. Venus governs pleasure, value, and what we hold onto — which is why Taurus bonds slowly and trusts what lasts over what dazzles.
Is Taurus cardinal, fixed, or mutable?
Taurus is fixed. Fixed signs sit in the middle of a season and consolidate — for Taurus, that means depth, staying power, and a real difficulty changing course once committed.
Who is Taurus most compatible with?
Sun sign is only the opening line of compatibility. As a rough starting point, Taurus tends to flow with the other two earth signs and with signs whose element complements its own — but Moon, Venus, and Mars decide far more than the Sun does. Run any pairing on our free compatibility tool to see the real picture.
See also
Keep reading around Taurus — today's sky, and the planet that rules it.
