♉Taurus
April 20 – May 20
Taurus dates are April 20 – May 20. If you were born in that window, the Sun was moving through Taurus — a fixed earth sign ruled by Venus.
Born a day or two either side? The boundary shifts slightly year to year. Just before April 20 belongs to Aries; just after May 20 belongs to Gemini. Your birth time and city decide the edge cases.
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Fixed
- Ruler
- Venus
Taurus is Venus grounded in earth: pleasure made durable. Fixed by modality, Taurus builds slowly and rarely reverses a decision once it's settled. Strong Taurus placements tend toward a steady body clock, a strong aesthetic sense, and a deep suspicion of anything that asks them to hurry.
Strengths
- Extraordinary follow-through
- Calm in other people's chaos
- Sensory intelligence — taste, touch, sound
- Loyal past convenience
Challenges
- Digs in when change is warranted
- Comfort mistaken for contentment
- Slow to voice a grievance, then absolute about it
Taurus in love
Taurus loves through consistency: the same coffee, the same seat, the same person. It reads reliability as romance and unpredictability as risk.
Taurus at work
Taurus is the sign that finishes. It's least effective when asked to pivot weekly and most effective owning something that compounds over years.
Who Taurus tends to get along with
By element, Taurus shares an easy language with the other earth signs and with earth and water signs generally. It's a starting point, not a verdict — two whole charts decide the rest.
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Taurus questions, answered
- What are the Taurus dates?
- Taurus dates are April 20 to May 20. If you were born on or before April 19 you are Aries; if you were born after May 20 you are Gemini.
- Is Taurus a earth sign?
- Yes. Taurus is a fixed earth sign ruled by Venus.
- What signs are most compatible with Taurus?
- Traditionally Taurus pairs easily with the other earth signs and with earth and water signs generally — Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces. Real compatibility depends on the whole chart, not the Sun sign alone.
- Do the Taurus dates shift from year to year?
- Slightly. The Sun enters Taurus around April 20 each year, but the exact moment moves by up to a day depending on the year and your time zone. If your birthday falls on the boundary, your birth time and city settle it.
How Aether reads Taurus
A Sun in Taurus is one voice in a much larger chart. Aether computes your Moon, rising sign, and the rest of your placements from your birth date, time, and city, then writes each day's resonance from those placements against the current transits — and from the moods and events you log in your chronicle. Where a generic Taurus horoscope generalizes across a twelfth of the world, your reading is drawn from your chart alone.
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