Taurus Rashi
Sign 2 of 12
Taurus is a Earth, Fixed sign ruled by Venus.
As a Earth sign, Taurus is grounded, practical and enduring; being Fixed, it sustains and stabilizes.
Overview
Taurus (Vṛṣabha) is the second sign of the sidereal zodiac, spanning 30°–60°, ruled by Venus (Śukra) and symbolised by the Bull standing its ground. In the Kālapuruṣa, the cosmic body of time, Taurus governs the face and neck. It is a fixed (sthira) earth (pṛthvī) sign, lending a steady, patient, sensual and accumulative temperament, kapha-dominant in Āyurvedic humour and vaiśya (mercantile, cultivating) in class. The Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra assigns Taurus to Venus and marks it as the sign of the Moon's exaltation, with the Moon reaching its highest dignity in the early degrees of the sign; no planet is debilitated here. Classical texts such as Phaladeepika describe it as a night-strong, southward-facing, quadruped rāśi — earthy, enduring and drawn to comfort, beauty, food and material security.
- Ruling planet
- Venus
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Fixed
- Symbol
- Bull
- Polarity
- Negative (feminine)
- Body (Kalapurusha)
- Face & neck
- Direction
- South
- Varna
- Vaishya
- Exalted planet
- Moon
- Debilitated planet
- —
- Gemstone (of the lord)
- Diamond
Personality & temperament
Ruled by Venus and grounded in fixed earth, the Vṛṣabha temperament is patient, deliberate and reluctant to be hurried — the standing Bull that will not be moved until it chooses to move. Classical descriptions give it a kapha-vaiśya nature: sensual, loyal, resourceful, fond of comfort, fine food, music and beauty, all Venusian (Śukra) significations. The Moon's exaltation in this sign lends emotional steadiness and a nurturing, contented disposition, since the Moon here rests in its most favourable dignity. The fixed modality confers persistence and endurance, though it can harden into stubbornness and possessiveness when Venus is afflicted. Ruling the face and neck in the Kālapuruṣa, Taurus is associated with the voice and a pleasing appearance. These are śāstric tendencies of the rāśi in the abstract; the actual character is always shaped by the whole chart.
Career & vocation
Taurus favours vocations where patience, aesthetic sense and material stewardship are rewarded — banking and finance, agriculture and land, luxury goods, jewellery and gems, the arts, music and singing (Venus governs both beauty and, in the Kālapuruṣa, the throat), hospitality, food, cosmetics, and any trade demanding steady accumulation of wealth. The vaiśya, earth-sign character inclines toward commerce, real estate and the reliable building of assets rather than risk. Venus (Śukra), the kāraka of comforts and refinement, colours the work with charm and craftsmanship. In a real chart, however, the profession is narrowed by the tenth house from the Lagna and from the Moon, the placement and strength of Venus, the karma-kāraka and daśā running, and the influences on the tenth lord. The rāśi indicates the flavour of work; the yogas and daśā periods determine its actual unfolding.
Love & relationships
In love, Taurus is loyal, devoted and sensual, seeking security, comfort and lasting attachment rather than fleeting excitement — a Venusian steadiness deepened by the Moon's exaltation here. Its natural counterpart is the seventh sign, Scorpio (Vṛścika), ruled by Mars and Ketu, the fixed water sign whose intensity balances the Bull's earthy calm along the axis of desire and shared resources. By element, earth signs pair naturally with water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces) and with fellow earth signs (Virgo, Capricorn), which nourish rather than scatter its stable nature. Yet these are only broad affinities. True compatibility in Jyotiṣa is judged by nakṣatra-based matching — the Aṣṭakūṭa or Guṇa Milāna of both charts — weighing the eight kūṭas, the seventh house and its lord, Venus, and Mars (Kuja doṣa) in each horoscope, never by Sun-sign alone.
Health & body
In the Kālapuruṣa scheme, Taurus governs the face, throat and neck, so its classical vulnerabilities cluster there — the throat and tonsils, the voice, the thyroid, the mouth and teeth. Its kapha-dominant, earthy and fixed constitution tends toward a robust but slow-metabolising build, with a fondness for rich food and sweets that can incline to weight gain, congestion, phlegmatic complaints and diabetes when Venus is afflicted, since Venus (Śukra) is the kāraka of indulgence and the reproductive fluids. The Moon's exaltation lends generally sound vitality and emotional equilibrium. Afflictions to the sign, its lord Venus, or the second house (which shares the throat) may signal ailments of the neck and voice. As always in Jyotiṣa, health is read from the whole chart — the sixth house, its lord, the Lagna's strength and current daśā — not from the rāśi in isolation.
Nakshatras in this sign
Remedies & strengthening
Traditional remedies for Taurus centre on strengthening and honouring its ruling planet, Venus (Śukra) — best understood as supportive discipline for reflection, not a guaranteed mechanism. Classical practice includes the recitation of the Śukra mantra and the Śukra stotra, charity given on Fridays (Venus's day) of white or fragrant items such as white cloth, curd, rice, sugar or perfume, and the cultivation of Venusian virtues: refinement, devotion, cleanliness and moderation in pleasure. The gemstone of Venus is the Diamond (vajra/hīra), worn set in white metal and reserved for when the planet genuinely merits and can bear strengthening. This is the crucial caveat: a qualified astrologer first examines Venus's actual condition — its house, dignity, aspects, functional benefic or malefic role for the Lagna, and the running daśā — before prescribing any gemstone, since a poorly placed planet may not warrant reinforcement. Remedies are aids to inner discipline, offered honestly for reflection rather than as certainties.
In Vedic astrology your rashi is your Moon sign, computed on the sidereal zodiac — often different from the Sun sign of Western astrology.
Everything above describes Taurus in the abstract — the rāśi as the classical texts portray it. In your own chart, Taurus might be your rising sign (Lagna), your Moon sign (Rāśi), or simply the sign a decisive planet occupies, and each placement changes its meaning entirely. Taurus rising builds a whole life around Venusian security and steadiness; the Moon in exalted Taurus colours the emotional nature with contentment; Venus, the Sun or a daśā lord sitting there speaks to specific domains of career, wealth or relationship. Which house Taurus falls in, which planets aspect or join it, its lord Venus's own placement and strength, and the daśā unfolding all reshape these general tendencies into something singular. The sign is the alphabet; your chart is the sentence — and weaving those letters into meaning is precisely what a personalised reading, cast from your birth details, is for.
Sign attributes per Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra; exaltation and debilitation per the classical dignity scheme.