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Taurus
Taurus is a fixed earth sign, traditionally ruled by Venus. Continuity through tangible value. The emphasis is on maintaining what is useful, dependable or enjoyable.
Find Taurus in my chart- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Fixed
- Traditional ruler
- Venus
- Zodiac longitude
- 30° to <60°
Read Taurus through the planet
A sign describes a style of expression. The planet supplies the subject. A Sun reading concerns identity; a Moon reading concerns emotional needs and familiar responses.
Sun in Taurus
Sun in Taurus is associated with building something you can depend on. Developing a skill over years can feel more meaningful than chasing a new goal each month. Persistence needs a reason: an old commitment can outlast its usefulness.
Read the full Sun in Taurus guideMoon in Taurus
A Taurus Moon is associated with finding reassurance in familiar routines and physical comfort. Returning to a quiet room and a familiar meal after a difficult day is one example. A dependable routine helps until maintaining it prevents a needed change.
Read the full Moon in Taurus guideTaurus rising
The Ascendant describes the zodiac degree rising at the eastern horizon. In a reading, it concerns personal presence and the approach to unfamiliar situations. A birth time and location are needed to calculate it.
With Taurus rising, Venus is the traditional chart ruler. Its sign and house connect the rising-sign interpretation with another part of the chart.
Find my chart ruler and its placementA worked comparison
The same sign, different questions
A Taurus Sun concerns what a person wants to sustain as part of their identity. A Taurus Moon concerns the conditions that feel familiar enough to relax in. Enjoying novelty in work can coexist with wanting a predictable evening at home. The Moon's house helps specify the setting.
These are illustrative interpretations, not facts inferred about you.
Every planet in Taurus
Choose the placement listed in your birth chart. Each guide explains its meaning and how houses or aspects change the reading.
Find the rest of the context
A sign label is one part of a placement. Read it alongside the planet, house and aspects. These describe different chart relationships.
The degree range, with an example
A longitude of 45° is 15° Taurus. At exactly 60°, the next sign, Gemini, begins.
Every tropical sign spans 30°. The signs are equal coordinate divisions; the astronomical constellations have different boundaries.
Read the calculation methodsPlacidus houses with Taurus rising
The Ascendant degree in Taurus starts the 1st Placidus house. Its end and the remaining cusps depend on the exact birth time and location.
Read the calculated house list rather than counting one sign per house. A sign can appear on consecutive cusps or sit inside a house without starting one.
Read Placidus boundaries and house topicsRelated signs and chart angles
Virgo and Capricorn share the earth element. Scorpio is opposite Taurus in zodiac order.
Matching degrees in opposite signs are 180° apart. Exact degrees and the permitted orb decide whether two placements form an aspect.
Sign categories do not provide a relationship score. A two-person comparison needs the placements in both charts.
Understand aspects and orbs · Compare two chartsWhen a birth time or sign boundary is uncertain
Calendar date lists are approximate. Near a Sun-sign boundary, the year and birth time can change the answer. If an uncertain birth period includes a sign change, Astriel shows the alternatives.
Unknown birth time leaves the Ascendant and houses unavailable. The available planetary signs remain in the result.
Calculate my Sun, Moon and rising signSources and reading limits
Elements, modalities and rulers are astrological conventions. They do not establish a measured personality profile or predict an event.
The symbolic explanations follow Astriel's editorial astrology reference and the linked placement guides. Worked comparisons illustrate the reading method.
Classification references: elements, modalities and traditional and modern rulerships. Degree examples follow the tropical zodiac. House teaching uses calculated Placidus cusps.
Sky calculation: apparent geocentric ecliptic of date; tropical zodiac. Ephemeris: astronomy-engine 2.1.19. Computed 2026-11-03T13:27:57.343Z.