Taurus
"The fixed earth sign that builds slowly, holds firmly, and refuses to be hurried."See Taurus in my chart
Taurus dates
April 20 – May 20Taurus season runs roughly April 20 – May 20, but the boundaries are not fixed to the calendar: the Sun crosses into Taurus at a specific minute that shifts each year. Across 1980–2030 the entry falls on April 19 or 20 and the exit into Gemini on May 20 or 21. In 2026 the Sun enters Taurus on April 20 at 01:39 UTC.
Born on a boundary day? Your sign depends on the hour — compute your chart and it's settled in a minute, or look up your birthday for the crossing time in your birth year.
About Taurus
01 · The shape of the signTaurus is what happens when you slow down and root in. Ruled by Venus and made of earth, Taurus is the part of the zodiac that builds — not in flashy bursts, but with the kind of patience that turns into actual results over years. Where Taurus lives in your chart is where you commit, where you refuse to be rushed, and where you'll outlast everyone who started faster than you.
A Taurus Sun makes your identity around steadiness, sensuality, and the long game. You build slowly — and that's a feature, not a bug. While faster signs sprint and burn out, you're still walking, still showing up, and twenty years later you have something built. Comfort matters to you in a way that surprises people who think comfort is shallow: a good meal, a familiar bed, a body that feels at home in itself. You don't apologise for any of it.
Your loyalty runs deep. The people you love know they have you, period — and that knowing is rare. The flip side is that once you've decided something, you're hard to move. "Stubborn" is the word people use, and you'll roll your eyes at it, because from the inside it just looks like clarity. You know what you like and what you don't. You're not interested in being convinced.
The growth edge for Taurus Sun is the moment when staying steady becomes refusing to update. The bull doesn't have to be moved by every breeze, but it does need to notice when the field is on fire. Your gift is endurance. Your trap is mistaking a rut for a foundation.
Taurus Moon
02 · Inner emotional lifeA Taurus Moon needs comfort, ritual, and roots to feel safe. You self-soothe through your senses — food you like, fabric that feels good, a bath, a familiar walk, a person whose body you know. Drama upsets your nervous system more than it does for most; you'd rather work things out slowly over time than have one big confrontation. You're loyal to the point of staying past expiration with people and routines, because change itself feels destabilising. Naming this pattern is half the work.
Taurus Rising
03 · How you arriveA Taurus Rising comes across as warm, grounded, and unhurried. You have a presence — a kind of slow, steady gravity that makes people relax around you. First impressions tend to be of solidity and pleasantness. You move at your own pace, which is always slower than the people trying to get something out of you, and you've made peace with that. People feel safe with you, sometimes too safe — they offload onto you and forget you have your own weather.
Strengths & challenges
04 · The two sides- Builds things that last
- Loyal in ways that are hard to find
- Knows their own taste
- Patient with processes that need time
- Embodied — at home in their own body
- Practical about money and resources
- Stubborn past the point of usefulness
- Resists change even when change is overdue
- Can confuse comfort with growth
- Possessive of people and things
- Slow to forgive once trust is broken
"Ruled by Venus and made of earth, Taurus is the part of the zodiac that builds — not in flashy bursts, but with the kind of patience that turns into actual results over years."
From the My Chart Check field guideCompatible signs
05 · Strongest matchesThe signs Taurus typically clicks with — usually those sharing element + polarity, or sitting across the chart in a complementary opposition. Compatibility is more about chart-to-chart aspects than sun signs alone, but these are good starting points.
Adele · David Beckham · Audrey Hepburn
Common questions
What are the Taurus dates?
Taurus season runs roughly April 20 – May 20. The exact boundaries move by a day depending on the year: across 1980–2030 the Sun enters Taurus on April 19 or 20 and leaves on May 20 or 21. In 2026 it enters on April 20 at 01:39 UTC.
Is Taurus a earth sign?
Yes. Taurus is the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus. The fixed earth sign that builds slowly, holds firmly, and refuses to be hurried.
Born on the first or last day of Taurus?
Then your Sun sign depends on the hour. The Sun crosses into a new sign at a specific minute, so someone born on April 20 can be Taurus or the sign before it. A birth chart computed from your date, time and place settles it.
Is your Sun in Taurus?
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