The The Bull
Taurus
April 20 – May 20
The body as anchor. The part of you that knows what's enough — and refuses to be rushed through it.
Element
earth
Modality
fixed
Polarity
negative
Ruler
Venus
Natural house
2nd house
Body rulership
Neck, throat, thyroid
Where Taurus sits in the wheel
Axis partner · 180°
Scorpio
The sign directly opposite. Every axis has a lesson: the way Taurus’s instinct gets completed — or challenged — by Scorpio’s.
earth triplicity
Taurus · Virgo · Capricorn
The three signs that share Taurus’s elemental key. Trines form naturally between them — they move by the same logic even when they look nothing alike.
Decans — the sign in three acts
Each sign divides into three 10° decans, each with its own Chaldean planetary ruler. A Sun at 4° Taurus lives in the first decan and takes a different colour from a Sun at 24°, even though both are Taurus.
I
0° – 10°
Ruled by Mercury
II
10° – 20°
Ruled by Moon
III
20° – 30°
Ruled by Saturn
Planets that live here
Which bodies find their home, their honour, their friction, or their humbling when they fall into Taurus. Hover any planet to open its reference page.
Rulership
At home in Taurus. Strong, native, characteristic — though rulership is not always ease.
How to use this reference
Practitioner facts above. Personal interpretation below.
The structured reference above — element, modality, ruler, natural house, body rulership, the one-line practitioner read — is what you need to ground your work with Taurus. For how this sign shows up in yourchart specifically (Sun, Moon, or Rising, with the houses and aspects that modify it), bring the chart to a calibrated reading rather than a generic essay. That’s where the depth lives — in the specifics of your chart, not in another paragraph about the archetype.
In the meantime — your chart doesn’t wait. If you want to see how Taurus actually sits in your sky, run your birth chart. The tool uses real ephemeris math and the interpretations already live in the Natal chamber.
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Tarot correspondences
Tarot cards classically attributed to this sign
In the Golden Dawn tarot tradition, every Major Arcana card walks a zodiacal or planetary path on the Tree of Life, and every minor pip card carries a specific decan. The cards below are the Tarot keys that resonate with this sign’s energy.
Combinations with Taurus
How Taurus pairs with the other 11 signs
Your Sun is one of three foundational reference points in a chart. Pair it with each Moon, Rising sign, or partner’s sign for the full combinatorial reading. 36 reference pages below — pick the configuration that matches your chart or relationship.
Taurus Sun + Moon (12 pairings)
Taurus Sun + Rising (12 pairings)