Taurus compatibility

Frequently asked questions

Who is Taurus most compatible with?

By element and angle, the easiest pairings are the earth trines, Virgo and Capricorn, and the water sextiles, Cancer and Pisces. All four value safety, patience or quiet devotion, and love flows readily with each. In business Taurus works best with the earth signs, another Taurus included. In friendship it adds Libra, with whom it shares Venus and a taste for beautiful things. A full chart, especially the Moon and Venus, can change this picture considerably.

Who should Taurus avoid?

No one, on the evidence of a Sun sign. The pairings with most friction are the fixed squares to Leo and Aquarius and the quincunx to Sagittarius, which are demanding in both love and family. Each asks Taurus to accept more display, more change or more movement than it likes. Scorpio, its opposite, is demanding in love because neither side backs down. All of these are workable in business, where different instincts can be split into roles.

What is Taurus like as a business partner?

Careful, steady and hard to rush. Taurus watches the money, reads the contract and prefers a proven model to a bright new idea. It is excellent at making a business last and slow to change course when the market shifts. It does well beside a partner who brings clients or vision, such as Gemini, Libra or Leo, and most comfortably with Virgo and Capricorn, who share its method. Two Tauruses build safely and need someone watching for change.

Taurus and Taurus: can it work?

Usually it works well. Two Tauruses want the same home, the same pace and the same kind of security, so business and friendship flow and trust builds quickly. In love and family the pairing is workable rather than effortless: nobody is built to start something new, and nobody is built to back down first, so disagreements can end in long silences. A standing habit of trying one new thing a month helps more than it sounds.

Why is Taurus so often matched with Virgo and Capricorn?

Because they are the other earth signs, and the trine between signs four apart joins partners of one element. All three are practical, patient and more interested in what gets done than in what gets said. With Virgo, love and business flow; the rub is Virgo's correction meeting Taurus stubbornness. With Capricorn, love, work and family flow, and the risk is a relationship so sensible that nobody remembers to have fun.

What is a Taurus parent like?

Patient, reliable and protective. A Taurus parent keeps routines, cooks proper meals and rarely breaks a promise, which gives children a strong sense of safety. It can be slow to accept change, whether a teenager's new friends or a child who wants a very different life. Quick, restless children, such as Aries, Gemini or Sagittarius, may need more room than a Taurus parent finds comfortable. Each pairing page reads the parent and child relationship both ways.