Taurus

Taurus, the 2nd sign of the zodiac, is a fixed earth sign ruled by Venus. Uranus has been traveling through Taurus since 2018 and will stay until 2026. The last time Uranus was in Taurus was 1935-1942. Taurus is home to my Moon, Chiron and Ascendant (Taurus 30).

Taurus

April 21 ~ May 20

Taurus

April 21 ~ May 20

Taurus, the 2nd sign of the zodiac, is a fixed earth sign ruled by Venus.

Themes

Endurance, practicality, stability, routine, determination, earthiness and sensuality.

Symbol

Taurus Symbol

The Bull

Modality

Fixed

The fixed signs are Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.

The fixed houses are the 2nd, 5th, 8th and 11th.

Qualities

Steady, stabilizing, loyal, consistent and persevering energy

Element

Earth

Element associated with Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.

Themes

Yin, the physical, creation, security, basic needs, stability, grounding, practicality

Glyph

Taurus Glyph

Intentionally Styled

Background = Modality
Glyph color = Element

Taurus

Dignities Icon

Icon Anatomy

Venus

Values and relating

Personal Planet

225 day orbit
retrograde ~7.3%

Themes

Values, love, desire, aesthetics, attraction, yin, devotion, harmony, the arts

Go to Venus

Modern / Traditional Ruler

of Taurus

Modern Planetary Dignities

Essential dignities for a planet/point include:

Domicile (or rulership)
Detriment (opposite sign of Domicile)
Exaltation (place of awareness or strength)
Fall (place of weakness,

opposite sign of Exaltation)

adobe mission uses modern dignities including some not yet widely accepted proposed co-rulers.

Proposed Co-Rulers

adobe mission includes "proposed" co-rulers for some signs that have rulers shared by other signs.

These proposed co-rulers appear on the right side borders of sign icons and are NOT widely agreed upon by the astrological community.

They are simply proposals to consider.

Earth

Grounding and purpose

Our Home Planet

365 day orbit
Opposite the Sun in a natal chart

Themes

Physical body, stability, balance, dharma

Proposed Co-Ruler

of Taurus

Pluto

Transformation and evolution

Transpersonal Planet

248 year orbit
retrograde ~43.4%

Higher octave of Mars

Themes

Power, corruption revealed, birth-death-rebirth, regeneration, radical transformation, transcendence, evolution

Go to Pluto

in its Detriment

in Taurus

Mars

Drive and exertion

Personal Planet

687 day orbit
retrograde ~9.5%

Themes

Ambition, will, action, assertion, aggression, self-preservation, yang, passion, energy, vigor, and drive

Go to Mars

in its Detriment (Traditional)

in Taurus

Moon

Emotions and instincts

Personal Point

~28 day orbit

Themes

Yin, emotional reactions, adaptation, feelings, instincts, fluctuation, receptivity, reflection, habits, childhood, cycles, the mother, sensitivity, the subconscious

Go to Moon

in its Exaltation

in Taurus

Uranus

Innovation and freedom

Transpersonal Planet

84 year orbit
retrograde 41.2%
Higher octave of Mercury

Themes

Individuation, chaos, sudden change, unpredictability, originality, non-conformity, revolution, the future, higher mind, liberation, genius, invention, technology, freedom

Go to Uranus

in its Fall

in Taurus

Astrology Decans

Each sign holds 30° of the zodiac that can be split into three distinct 10° sections called decans (or decantes). Knowing which decans points are in opens the door to deeper understanding of their energies.

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Taurus Decan Rulers

Chaldean Decans

Chaldean rulers are based on the Golden Dawn system of correspondences which uses only "old planets" (prior to the discovery of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto).

Mars rules both the 1st and last decan of the zodiac. Rulers are assigned to the 36 decans in this order:
Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter.

adobe mission uses Chaldean rulers in its sign icons as they are used often in the tarot community.

Mercury

Communication and thinking

Personal Planet

88 day orbit
retrograde ~19.2%

Themes

Communication, the mind, thought, logic and reasoning, restlessness, correspondence creation, travel, coordination, intellectual energy

Go to Mercury

Chaldean Ruler

Decan 1 of Taurus

Moon

Emotions and instincts

Personal Point

~28 day orbit

Themes

Yin, emotional reactions, adaptation, feelings, instincts, fluctuation, receptivity, reflection, habits, childhood, cycles, the mother, sensitivity, the subconscious

Go to Moon

Chaldean Ruler

Decan 2 of Taurus

Saturn

Structure and discipline

Social Planet

29.4 year orbit
retrograde ~36.6%

Themes

Reality, structure, boundaries, control, the rules, conservation, strength, discipline, direction, wisdom, resilience, time keeper, hard work, responsibility, mentor

Go to Saturn

Chaldean Ruler

Decan 3 of Taurus

Triplicity Decans

Triplicity decan rulers (used often by astrologers) are assigned by giving the first decan the same ruler as the sign. The second and third decan rulers are the rulers of the next 2 signs that share its triplicity (element). In this way, all signs sharing an element have the same 3 decan rulers, just shifted.

adobe mission does not use triplicity decan rulers in its sign iconography.

Venus

Values and relating

Personal Planet

225 day orbit
retrograde ~7.3%

Themes

Values, love, desire, aesthetics, attraction, yin, devotion, harmony, the arts

Go to Venus

Triplicity Ruler

Decan 1 of Taurus

Mercury

Communication and thinking

Personal Planet

88 day orbit
retrograde ~19.2%

Themes

Communication, the mind, thought, logic and reasoning, restlessness, correspondence creation, travel, coordination, intellectual energy

Go to Mercury

Triplicity Ruler

Decan 2 of Taurus

Saturn

Structure and discipline

Social Planet

29.4 year orbit
retrograde ~36.6%

Themes

Reality, structure, boundaries, control, the rules, conservation, strength, discipline, direction, wisdom, resilience, time keeper, hard work, responsibility, mentor

Go to Saturn

Triplicity Ruler

Decan 3 of Taurus

Element

Earth

Element associated with Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.

Themes

Yin, the physical, creation, security, basic needs, stability, grounding, practicality

Tarot Astrology Correspondences

Tarot-astrology correspondences based on the Golden Dawn system which uses Chaldean decans.

See Tarot page for more detailed correspondence explanations.

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Taurus Tarot Correspondences

Sign Major

Modern / Traditional Ruler Major

Taurus Decan 1

Major

Court

Minor

Taurus Decan 2

Major

Court

Minor

Taurus Decan 3

Major

Court

Minor

Sabian Symbols

Symbols for deeper study of the 30 degrees of a sign.

Symbols channeled by Elsie Wheeler with astrologer Marc Edmond Jones.

Artwork for each Sabian by Ruby Fumizki.

Scenes and levels attributed to Dane Rudhyar.

Expression names attributed to James Burgess.

When working with Sabian Symbols, you need to know both the degree and minute of your point. Then round UP. For example:

Venus is at 0°4' of Aquarius which has the Sabian for Aquarius 1

Sun is at 16°48' of Sag which has the Sabian for Sagittarius 17

Ascendant is at 29°13' of Taurus which has the Sabian for Taurus 30

my Sabian Symbols Home

Sabian Scenes & Levels

Dane Rudhyar in his must have An Astrological Mandala: The cycle of Transformation and its 360 Symbolic Phases (A reinterpretation of the Sabian Symbols, presenting them as a contemporary American I Ching), splits the Sabians into 4 Acts and 24, 15-degree Scenes which each contains a set of 3 repeating Levels as follows:

Acts (Signs): Keyword

Act I (Aries - Gemini): Differentiation

Act II (Cancer - Virgo): Stabilization

Act III (Libra - Sagittarius): Group Integration

Act IV (Capricorn - Pisces): Capitalization

Scene Degrees (Level)

Degrees 1-5, 16-20 (Actional)

Degrees 6-10, 21-25 (Emotional-Cultural)

Degrees 11-15, 26-30 (Individual-Mental)

5-Degree Expression Pattern

Sabian Mysteries curator James Burgess assigns themes to each Expression Degree within the repeating pattern 5-degree groups of Sabian symbols as follows:

Expression Degree (5°, 10°, 15°, 20°, 25°, 30°)
Assimilation and Progression
Expression Degree (4°, 9°,14°, 19°, 24°, 29°)
Technique or Method

Expression Degree (3°, 8°, 13°, 18°, 23°, 28°)

Reconciliation of Two Polarities

Expression Degree (2°, 7°, 12°, 17°, 22°, 27°) Challenge or Contrast

Expression Degree (1°, 6°, 11°, 16°, 21°, 26°)

New Initiative

Taurus Sabian Expressions

Scene 3: Substantiation

Taurus

Sabian Expression 1

(Actional)

Taurus

Sabian Expression 2

(Emotional-Cultural)

Taurus

Sabian Expression 3

(Individual-Mental)

Scene 4: Confirmation

Taurus

Sabian Expression 4

(Actional)

Taurus

Sabian Expression 5

(Emotional-Cultural)

Taurus

Sabian Expression 6

(Individual-Mental)

Taurus Sabian Symbols

Scene 3: Substantiation

Expression 7: Power (Actional)

Expression 8: Effectiveness (Emotional-Cultural)

Expression 9: Application (Individual-Mental)

Scene 4: Confirmation

Expression 10: Awakening (Actional)

Expression 11: Authority (Emotional-Cultural)

Expression 12: Depth (Individual-Mental)

The I Ching

I Ching hexagram-astrological correspondences derived from Fu Xi's seasonal-based arrangement.

This same order is used by Human Design and Gate Keys practitioners.

Knowing which hexagram AND line is associated with a point gives you two hexagrams to study!

The hexagrams associated with this sign are shown below and when clicked the image will show each hexagram's line change detail.

I like to study point's individual hexagram, then study its specific line (your Human Design chart will give you this), then study its evolved/changed hexagram pair (if that line changes from yin to yang or vice versa, a new hexagram is formed).

There are so many ways to work with the I Ching and this association is just one such way.

my I Ching Home

Go to Hexagram

my Points

in Taurus

points refer to Erin's natal points in this sign

points refer to adobe mission launch points (1/22/24 8:12pm Nashville, TN

Decan 1 Points

my adobe mission's Jupiter

Taurus 6°29'

Decan 2 Points

my Moon

Taurus 12°48'

my Chiron

Taurus 19°05' Rx

my adobe mission's Uranus

Taurus 19°06' Rx

Decan 3 Points

my Ascendant

Taurus 29°13'

Fun fact: ERIN star point (yes, you can look your name up in the LONG list of other fixed stars/asteroids/various chart points on astro.com and you might find a match) also sits in Taurus nearly conjunct my Ascendant at 24°21′). In the launch transit chart, the ERIN star sits conjunct my natal Sun at 17°24′ Sagittarius!

Coincidence? No, synchronicity.