Taurus Zodiac Sign

Taurus is the second sign of the zodiac and represents stability, security, traditions, beauty, reliability and practicality. The dates for Taurus season begins on April 20th and lasts until May 20th.

Taurus is represented by the bull as it’s known for its strength, power, abundance and at times stubbornness. The bull also comes from the myth of Zeus who turned into a bull in order to kidnap the princess Europa who later became the mother to King Minos of Crete. Bulls were a sacred animal in the ancient world as they were connected to fertility and divine power.

Taurus is a fixed, earth sign which means that it doesn’t like change and instead prefers to commit, stick things out and follow traditional paths. This sign is ruled by the planet Venus which is connected to beauty, money, relationships and creativity. Therefore, Taurus is connected to things like fertility, abundance, devotion, loyalty and sensuality.

Taurus Sun

The Sun in Taurus can make you someone who’s dependable, hard-working and grounded as well as indulgent, sensual and unmoving. The opposite sign of Taurus is Scorpio which is connected to intensity, power, deep emotions, instincts and seeing beneath the surface.

Taurus is more connected to the physical world and more practical matters and Scorpio is more connected to the emotional and intuitive realms. Because of this, Taurus is connected to things like conventional and traditional ways of living, as this sign has a deep need for creature comforts and security.

In the tarot, Taurus is connected to the Empress who’s associated with the divine feminine, abundance, creativity and nurturing energy. The Empress is seen as the mother of the tarot as she’s connected to the Goddess archetype due to her loving, nurturing and naturally fertile nature.

Taurus is a very resilient, passionate, hard-working and trustworthy sign. This sign also likes to indulge its senses and surround itself with luxurious, comfortable, pleasurable and beautiful things. This sign values comfort and straightforwardness on all levels as well as a predictable routine.

Your Sun sign is just one aspect of you and so it’s important to consider your whole birth chart when trying to understand all sides of your personality.

Strengths

Committed, strong, resilient, straightforward, kind, thoughtful, generous, hard-working, dependable, reliable, patient, loyal, practical, has an eye for beauty.

Weaknesses

Stubborn, materialistic, resistant to change, overindulgence, unmoving, possessiveness, set in their ways, narrow-minded.

If you’d like to learn more about your own birth chart, book an astrology reading with me.