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
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
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
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
Venus
Values and relating
Personal Planet
225 day orbit retrograde ~7.3%
Themes
Values, love, desire, aesthetics, attraction, yin, devotion, harmony, the arts
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.
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
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
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
Venus
Values and relating
Personal Planet
225 day orbit retrograde ~7.3%
Themes
Values, love, desire, aesthetics, attraction, yin, devotion, harmony, the arts
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), split the Sabians into 24, 15-degree Scenes. Each scene contains a set of 3 repeating Levels as follows:
Scene
Degrees 1-5 Actional
Degrees 6-10 Emotional-Cultural
Degrees 11-15 Individual-Mental
Scene
Degrees 16-20 Actional
Degrees 21-25 Emotional-Cultural
Degrees 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:
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.
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!