Taurus Zodiac Sign: traits and horoscope
Today: Where can you carve out quiet solitude away from everyone on Sunday? Read it all
Taurus is the zodiac sign of those born from 20 April to 20 May. It is the second sign of the zodiac, 30° to 60° along the ecliptic. Its element is earth and its ruling planet is Venus.
| Usual dates | 20 April to 20 May |
|---|---|
| Place on the ecliptic | 30° to 60° |
| Element | Earth |
| Quality | fixed sign |
| Ruling planet | Venus |
| Opposite sign | Scorpio |
| Colour by tradition | Green |
| Lucky numbers by tradition | 2, 6, 15, 24 |

The engraving of Taurus. In the upper left are the stars of the constellation Taurus, as they stand in the sky. The sign is one twelfth of the Sun's path through the year and does not match the constellation exactly.
Today
Horoscope for Taurus Sunday, 25 October 2026
Where can you carve out quiet solitude away from everyone on Sunday? Pushing through exhaustion will only backfire against your physical well-being. Step away from demanding social dynamics and lingering partnership conflicts.
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Character
Taurus: Full Characteristics
Taurus is an earth sign ruled by Venus, the planet of love and beauty. This makes them an appreciator of everything beautiful, comfortable and high-quality in life.
Positive traits
- Reliable
- Practical
- Stable
- Persistent
- Loyal
- Sensual
Challenges
- Stubborn
- Possessive
- Materialistic
- Slow
Love
In love, Taurus is devoted and romantic. They seek stability and long-term commitment. They love physical closeness and material expressions of affection.
Career
Taurus excels in careers related to finance, art, real estate and agriculture. Excellent in positions requiring patience and long-term planning.
Health
Taurus should watch out for throat and thyroid issues. Prone to weight gain due to love of good food. A moderate diet is important.
Famous people born under Taurus: William Shakespeare, Adele, George Clooney, Dwayne Johnson.
The descriptions follow traditional astrology and are not medical or psychological advice.
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Man
The Taurus Man
The Taurus man courts through the senses: a dinner he has cooked himself, a song chosen for the two of them, a hand on the shoulder in a crowd. This is how traditional astrology reads Venus in an earth sign. With him love turns into habit in the good sense: the coffee he brings every morning, the walk to the same place. In an argument he does not raise his voice. He stops giving ground and waits for the other to tire.
The Taurus man grows tomatoes on the balcony and knows when to pick them. He buys rarely, chooses slowly and then keeps a thing for years: the second house, which astrology gives the sign, is the house of possessions. He has gone to the same barber for as long as he can remember. He sings in the car when he thinks no one can hear.
Woman
The Taurus Woman
The Taurus woman loves slowly and tangibly. In astrology Venus, the ruler of the sign, is the planet of pleasure, and she keeps the small rituals of two: flowers for no reason, a shared playlist, the favourite table in the favourite café. She trusts a person whose words and deeds have matched for months. Her tenderness is calm and steady, like the earth of her sign.
In everyday life the Taurus woman knows what everything costs and what it is worth. The earth sign gives her patience for things that ripen slowly: an old house to restore, pottery, a language learned over years. She chooses fabrics with her fingers, food with her nose and people with time. She does not easily let go of what she considers hers: a place, a person, a habit.
Stones
Stones for Taurus
The Taurus stone in the old Western lists of the zodiac is sapphire. The modern list of birthstones by month gives May the emerald, and most Taurus birthdays fall in May.
Sapphire is 9 on the Mohs scale and suits a ring that is never taken off. Emerald needs more care: most emeralds have fractures filled with oil or resin, so they are not cleaned with ultrasound or steam. The link between a stone and a sign is symbolic, and each school describes it in its own way.
Who you match with. A sign describes a person by the Sun. Whether two people suit each other shows in both their natal charts: the reading for two compares them by the date, time and place of birth and shows where they support each other and where there is tension.
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Taurus Compatibility
Which signs Taurus gets along with more easily in love, and which less so. The order follows the angle between the two signs: first the trine and the sextile, which traditional astrology considers easy.
- Taurus and Virgotrine · one element
- Taurus and Capricorntrine · one element
- Taurus and Cancersextile · earth and water
- Taurus and Piscessextile · earth and water
- Taurus and Taurusthe same sign
- Taurus and Scorpioopposition · opposite signs
- Taurus and Leosquare
- Taurus and Aquariussquare
- Taurus and Geminisemi-sextile · neighbouring signs
- Taurus and Ariessemi-sextile · neighbouring signs
- Taurus and Libraquincunx
- Taurus and Sagittariusquincunx











