♉︎ Zodiac sign · Earth
Taurus
The earth sign of Venus, Taurus stands for solid ground, good taste, and the pleasure of what your hands can hold.
The Taurus character
Taurus is steadiness and calm. It's in no rush, it loves comfort, beauty, and stability, and it plants both feet on solid ground. Stubborn in the best sense: once it decides, nothing on earth will move it.
Taurus in love
In love, Taurus is loyal and deeply sensual, drawn to warmth, touch, and steady ground. It takes its time deciding, but once it gives its heart, it gives it for keeps.
Taurus at work
A patient, persistent worker, Taurus finishes what others leave half-done. It likes results it can see and touch, never chasing novelty for its own sake.
Strengths and shadows
Strengths: reliability, patience, loyalty, sense of beauty.
Weak spots: stubbornness, slowness, possessiveness.
Taurus's shadow is to settle so deep into routine that life hardens, clinging to what already drags it down.
Taurus on the zodiac wheel
The arc 30°-60°, the second of the twelve sectors, belongs to Taurus, and the Sun crosses it from April 20 to May 20. A nocturnal sign of the fixed cross, it holds spring: the season at its densest point. On the wheel it sits right after Aries and right before Gemini.
Directly opposite, at a clean 180°, sits Scorpio: the most charged axis of the wheel, the one that pulls and clashes at once. At 120° come Virgo and Capricorn, sharing the element earth, and at 60° Cancer and Pisces, the friendly element. At 90° stands the square with Leo and Aquarius: the same fixed cross with different elements, and that is where it rubs. The quincunx toward Libra and Sagittarius closes the list, nothing shared and everything to adjust.
What to remember
The arc 30°-60° is one twelfth of the circle, and the tone of that twelfth comes from Venus. Your Sun sign is one stroke of the sky: the Moon, the ascendant and the planets weigh as much in your chart as this second slice of the wheel does. I don't read fate off earth or off the fixed cross. It's a cast of character, the arc 30°-60° and nothing more, with no verdict in it.
And if you want a talisman, Taurus has its own stones and charms, picked by earth and by Venus.
FAQ
What zodiac sign is someone born between April 20 and May 20?
Taurus. The Sun crosses the arc 30°-60° from April 20 to May 20, so any date in that range belongs to this sign. Right on the cusp the boundary drifts by a day, because Aries runs out before it and Gemini takes over after, so anyone born there should confirm it with a natal chart, which counts year, time and city.
What element and ruler does Taurus have, from April 20 to May 20?
Element: Earth. Modality: fixed. Ruler: Venus. Out of that mix comes a nocturnal sign that holds spring: earth sets the temperature, the fixed cross sets the way of moving, and Venus supplies the motive underneath.
Which signs suit Taurus best: Virgo, Capricorn or Cancer?
The softest angle is the 120° trine: Virgo and Capricorn, sharing the element earth. The roughest is the 90° square - Leo and Aquarius - together with the opposition to Scorpio. By Sun alone the reading stays coarse, so start with who Taurus matches and refine it with the Moon, the ascendant and the exact degree of Venus.
The whole sky of your birth minute says far more than the Sun alone.
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