Astrology & Astronomy

 Traits of the Bull

Taureans are warm, loving, gentle and charming most of the time. 

Motivated by self preservation, the Taurean is not a risk taker and weighs every decision carefully, in a slow and methodical manner. To more impulsive people, Taurus may appear a bore. Opinionated and obstinate, once a Taurean makes a decision, it is written in stone. Don’t expect radical thinking and innovative ideas here. Basically grounded, material people, Taureans prefer the known to the unknown, the tried to the new. They love the earth, comforting things, sense of ownership, and generally treat those they love as possessions.

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 Lunar Nature

The private self-image, shaped by who we are and the rhythms we’re bound to.

Your Moon sign is key to understanding your interior reality. The Sun is the overall package of Self, and this radiates outward. The Moon’s base is the instinctual self, those things you do without even thinking. Its the domain of all early conditioning, repetitive habits, and what you do to self-soothe. The Moon sign shows emotional needs, longings, and what really goes on behind closed doors. Its the you that experiences the subtle rhythms of intimate relationships, and the sign is the big giveaway showing how that’s expressed. Its memory reaches back into childhood, where it impressed behavior on the soul. It encompasses family memories, mother, and even farther into the shadows of the past. Its known as a window to past lives and soul-secrets carried for the Self, or the ancestral line.
The Moon’s emotional atmosphere is markedly different in each of the four elements. Its house position in the birth chart will show the life arena where the Moon’s responses make the most impact. The Moon sign explains why two Aries will seem so different.One may have an Aries Moon, making her a “double Aries” with a combustible emotional core to match the Sun. The Aries with the Pisces Moon has an underlying emotional depth that softens that edge with sensitivity. The Sun-Moon relationship in your own chart tells you how well your conscious ego needs to mix with those equally pressing emotional needs. Knowing your Moon sign and house opens the door to understanding what you need to stay balanced. 
Some of the Moon’s strange tics or unconscious reactions are a defense against feeling too much, too soon. 
The Moon absorbs impressions; the Sun acts on what’s been taken in. In the birth chart, the Sun is how we experienced Father, and the Moon, Mother; aspects between then show how the two together influenced us. 
When the Sun and Moon are in harmony (with trines, conjunction), emotional needs are in sync with the will of the self. When it is in tension, (with squares, opposition), the ego drive must reconcile discord with the soul-level self.

 Taurus Sun Sign Compatibility Matches

-TAURUS-ARIES 

ARIES periodically becomes gripped with an idea and feels that the time to act on this idea is NOW. TAURUS prefers to fully digest the whole idea and responds to situations with a more practical and cautious attitude. If ARIES stumbles or fails, then TAURUS may react with an “I told you so” attitude. This can be infuriating to ARIES and very detrimental to the relationship. If you can appreciate your different approaches, TAURUS can help supply the reliability and consistent dedication needed to help bring ARIES’ ideas and impulses to a fruitful completion. Both of you should try to adapt to each other’s style in daily events for example, TAURUS may resist a sudden impulse of ARIES to go somewhere, when joining in the fun would be much more satisfying for both of you.

-TAURUS-TAURUS 

Both of you are very reliable, practical, dedicated individuals. You love natural surroundings and natural beauty and you would do well to live in a quiet area rich in natural beauty. You both have a lazy, sensual side and you reinforce this in one another. You really enjoy life and its pleasures together.

Also, you are both very stubborn and inflexible individuals, and though both of you prefer domestic harmony, you both cling tenaciously to an opinion and positions if you think you are right. Over time, your combined reliability, stability, and practicality is likely to make both of you very comfortable and materially successful, but your interaction can easily become routine, lacking enthusiasm and zest.

-TAURUS-GEMINI 

TAURUS is stable, grounded, and steady - qualities that GEMINI lacks and feels both drawn to and impatient with sometimes. TAURUS is intrigued by and respects GEMINI’s wit, mental agility and intelligence, but is sometimes annoyed with GEMINI’s inability to make a commitment or to follow through on intentions.

GEMINI likes to talk and can jump rapidly from one topic to the next in rapid succession. TAURUS, on the other hand, likes to methodically digest one topic at a time, and quickly gets “mental indigestion” from GEMINI’s fast-paced conversation. When faced with an important decision, for example, TAURUS would benefit by taking a quiet walk in the woods or along the beach, while GEMINI needs to talk with someone. You must learn to respect each other’s different styles, or you will certainly get in each other’s way.

-TAURUS-CANCER 

Both of you are very domestic and appreciate the simple joys of life. Others find the two of you to be very warm, friendly, and caring, and your soft and considerate attitude is greatly appreciated by your friends. If you have children, then you are very dedicated and involved parents. The two of you would enjoy living in a quiet, fairly secluded place away from hustle and bustle. CANCER is very emotional, very attached to family and familiar surroundings and easily upset by any form of cruelty; TAURUS’ practical, grounded approach to life and gentle manner is very much appreciated by CANCER.

-TAURUS-LEO 

Both of you are strong-willed and stubborn, and once you dedicate yourselves (to a person or a project); you will stay with it in good times and bad. Longevity, stability, and loyalty characterize your relationship.

Both of you can be infuriatingly obstinate and inflexible at times, and your personal styles and tastes often conflict. For instance, LEO is a more social creature, wants to go out more often, and is more daring and colorful than TAURUS is. LEO will spend or gamble more freely than TAURUS.

But even though you thoroughly disagree sometimes, your commitment is always strong and rarely questioned. You KNOW you can depend on one another. Both of you are so resistant to change that even if you hated each other, it would be hard to disengage yourselves and move on!

Also, you need to guard against becoming so self-satisfied and comfortable in your relationship that you take one another for granted.
 
-TAURUS-VIRGO 

You are very harmonious together and very helpful to one another. You are both very practical people and you work effectively as partners, in work or in marriage. You can build a rich and rewarding life together, for you are able to completely devote yourselves to one another (and your children if you have any).

TAURUS is steadier emotionally than VIRGO is, and VIRGO appreciates TAURUS’ consistent nurturing, healing, and soothing qualities. You share a great interest in food; VIRGO is especially concerned with nutrition and is somewhat fastidious, while TAURUS just thoroughly enjoys it! - This is likely to be a long-lasting relationship.

-TAURUS-LIBRA 

You are both lovers of peace and harmony, and avoid conflict and tension as much as possible. There is a cordial, soft quality to your relationship that makes it very pleasant, and these qualities draw many friends and acquaintances to you as well. Beneath the smooth facade, however, you do have your differences! Very often LIBRA is more socially oriented and communicative, while TAURUS is too busy with interests, hobbies, or work and is not willing to join LIBRA in conversation, social activity, or entertainment. TAURUS needs to be less inflexible at times. Also, aesthetics are very important to both of you, and you probably disagree on matters of style from time to time.
 
-TAURUS-SCORPIO 

There is a strong magnetic attraction between the two of you and even if you have little in common intellectually or spiritually, your physical relationship is likely to be very intense, binding you together. If you do have common interests and resonate on an intellectual level as well, you will be unable to stay away from each other! You are both very possessive, and SCORPIO especially is prone to jealousy.

There are significant differences in your emotional makeup, however TAURUS is steadier, simpler, less complex, and less needy than SCORPIO is. SCORPIO demands more in terms of emotional involvement and depth of intimacy than TAURUS.

You are both extremely stubborn, strong-willed people and you both need to learn to bend and compromise more graciously in order to harmonize with one another. Neither of you are especially articulate nor communicative about the things that matter most to you, and through this, much misunderstanding can result.

-TAURUS-SAGITTARIUS 

While SAGITTARIUS thrives on variety, travel, socializing, and exploring, TAURUS is often content to plug away at the same thing day after day, until it nearly drives SAGITTARIUS crazy! In some ways, you are the “odd couple” with opposite traits. Although it is nice to think that your opposite natures can complement each other, the truth is that you may also need to do many things separately in order to be happy with each other, because SAGITTARIUS is likely to become bored by TAURUS’ routine and TAURUS is likely to feel very distracted and unsettled from SAGITTARIUS’ wide-ranging interests. If you can appreciate and understand each other, you can help add balance to your lives.

-TAURUS-CAPRICORN 

Both of you are very practical people, with good common sense. Your grounded and realistic approach to issues makes you very compatible philosophically and intellectually. Over time, the two of you may become too complacent and conservative, and focus too much on mundane affairs or narrowly focused mental interests. Take time for sheer fun and enjoyment and do not become too serious. You feel you can rely on one another. You can also accomplish a lot together CAPRICORN is a good organizer and strategist and TAURUS will follow through with any joint plan. You make a good team.

-TAURUS-AQUARIUS 

While TAURUS often takes a practical, down-to-earth, simple approach to life, AQUARIUS is more inclined to take a modern, progressive or unconventional approach. This inclines the two of you to often differ on political and social issues as well as have different tastes in art, music, and literature. AQUARIUS is more aware of modern trends, and stays more in tune with changing styles and current events, while TAURUS stubbornly holds on to the classics. TAURUS’ interests are more focused, less wide-ranging, and change little over time. This difference in your approach to life is not likely to create serious problems, but it does tend to be annoying at times. You are both stubborn (TAURUS is particularly stubborn!), and this can aggravate the problem as you may be unwilling to fully accept and appreciate each other, being unwilling to adapt to your differences.

-TAURUS-PISCES 

Both of you are basically tolerant, easy-going, “soft” and peace-loving people, and this goes a long way toward maintaining harmony in your relationship. PISCES really appreciates TAURUS’ steadiness and dependability, while TAURUS responds to PISCES’ gentleness, kindness, and sympathy.

However, there are also very basic differences between you: TAURUS seeks clear and simple answers, and approaches life in a pragmatic, down-to-earth manner. TAURUS has clear preferences and dislikes, and has very predictable tastes. TAURUS seeks tangible and clear results from any effort. PISCES, on the other hand, is more eclectic in approach, and is sensitive to a wider spectrum of ideas and feelings. PISCES is less rational, more emotional and intuitive, more willing to accept ambiguities and complexities than TAURUS.