Taurus in Astrology

Think of a garden in late spring. Nothing is in a hurry. Roots go down, leaves open, fruit sets, and all of it happens at exactly the speed it needs. You cannot rush a garden, and you would not want to. That is Taurus: the energy that builds slowly, enjoys the process, and ends up with something that lasts.

Taurus has a reputation for stubbornness and indulgence, and the reputation misses what is underneath. Taurus is not lazy. It simply refuses to waste energy on things that do not matter. It is the sign that knows the value of a good meal, a calm afternoon, a promise kept for twenty years.

Wherever Taurus falls in your chart, that is where you are asked to slow down, trust your senses and build. You have Taurus. The question is where.

Why Taurus is Taurus

Earth is the element of the body and the real world: what can be touched, grown, made and kept. Fixed is the modality of holding. Fixed signs sit in the middle of a season, when it is at its fullest, and Taurus holds the middle of spring, when everything is in full growth. Put the two together and you get earth that holds: solid, steady, rooted, and hard to move once it has decided.

That is the difference between Taurus and the other earth signs. Virgo refines, Capricorn structures, and Taurus keeps. It is the sign of resources, of what you have and what you value enough to look after.

It is also receptive, inward. Taurus takes in through the senses, slowly and deeply, and its strength is often quiet until it is tested.

Where the Moon is exalted

Here is something most horoscope pages never mention. In traditional astrology, Taurus is the one sign where the Moon is exalted, an honoured guest at its best. The Moon is the planet of feeling, comfort and the body's needs, and in the steady, sensual earth of Taurus it finds calm. Traditional astrology even names a specific degree for it: 3 degrees Taurus.

Taurus is also one of the two homes of Venus. The other is Libra. In the old scheme, Venus has a day home and a night home, and Taurus, a receptive earth sign, is her night home: Venus as pleasure, beauty and the body, rather than Libra's Venus of manners and relationship.

Born on the cusp?

People born around 19 to 21 April, or 20 to 22 May, often hear that they are "on the cusp". There is no blend. The Sun enters Taurus at an exact moment each year that shifts by up to a day. You are one sign or the other, and a chart calculated with your birth time shows the exact degree.

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