♉Taurus

Quick facts

Dates

April 20 – May 20

Element

Earth

Modality

Fixed

Ruling planet

Venus

Polarity

Feminine / Yin

Season

Mid-spring (N. Hemisphere)

Traits

Taurus is steady. Sensual, loyal, hard-working, terrible at being rushed. Stubbornness is the cliché but the truer word is rooted — Taurus doesn't move because it doesn't see the point of moving yet. Loves comfort, food, art, money, anything you can touch.

Compatibility

Easy with the other Earth signs (Virgo, Capricorn) — shared values around effort and results. Strong with Cancer and Pisces (Water + Earth grows things). Hardest with Leo and Aquarius (different rhythms entirely). Scorpio is the opposite — magnetic and exhausting in equal measure.

Mythology

Named for the bull Zeus turned himself into to abduct Europa — beauty, strength, the divine in animal form. Venus rules Taurus, hence the sign's reputation for aesthetics and slow love.

In love

Taurus loves with the long game in mind. Wants to feed you, hold you, build a life. Easily hurt by partners who don't take their commitment seriously. Once decided, hard to unset.

In work

Reliable, methodical, the colleague everyone trusts with the budget. Built for craft, finance, real estate, hospitality. Hates surprise reorganizations.