What Venus in Taurus means
At a bakery you do not grab the first loaf on the shelf. You smell it, ask whether it came out of the oven today and leave with exactly the one you wanted, plus something sweet for later. Next week you go back to the same bakery.
Taurus is fixed earth, and Venus rules it along with Libra. In Libra the planet turns social and diplomatic; in Taurus it turns to the body and to things you can hold. Traditional astrology calls this domicile, the planet in its own house, free to act on its own terms. In your love life that gives steadiness. You rarely play games. You show up when you said you would, remember the small thing someone mentioned once and expect the same reliability back.
Change, even good change, is what you resist, and you can stay in a relationship that stopped working because leaving feels harder than staying. Possessiveness is the other risk: what you love, you want close.
Venus in Taurus in love
Sunday breakfast, the same booth at the same diner, a hand on your partner's back in a crowd: you build the routines that make two people feel like a household. Touch is your first language, and a partner who is cool physically will seem distant to you whatever their words say. With a quick, changeable partner, a pattern often forms where you give the ground and the other person brings the new ideas. That works as long as each of you values what the other gives. Trouble starts when the partner reads your steadiness as dullness, or when you dig in and refuse any change of plan. Arguments are rare with you, and they take days to cool. When one does happen, you go quiet for a while and come back to the subject on your own schedule, calmer than your partner expected.
What attracts them
At a backyard cookout you end up next to the person working the grill, who has a warm voice and seems in no hurry to be anywhere else. Calm and physical ease draw you, in people who are comfortable in their own skin. Anyone hoping to win over a Taurus Venus should go slowly: cook for them, take them somewhere with good food and soft chairs, and keep every promise from the first week. Turning up three weeks in a row, exactly when you said you would, does more than any speech.
Men and women with this placement
Venus in Taurus man
A man with Venus in Taurus does not rush a first date. He chooses a good place and pays attention to small comforts, the right table, a jacket for you if you look cold. He courts patiently and decides slowly. Once committed, he is steady and generous with his time. He can be stubborn about money and routine, and changing one of his habits usually takes a direct, unhurried conversation.
Venus in Taurus woman
With a woman who has a Taurus Venus, people notice texture first: her voice, the fabric of her clothes, the way her home smells. She values quality and will pay for it when it matters. In love she wants consistency and physical affection, and she reads unreliability as a lack of respect. She stays loyal for years. She also remembers, for years, a promise that was broken.
Find your Venus sign
Enter your birth date. The calculator places every planet on the zodiac wheel for that day and tells you whether your Venus is in Taurus. If Venus changed signs on your birthday, add your birth time.
| Planet | Sign | Degree | Stands for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☉ Sun | ♊︎ Gemini | 17°38′ | core identity |
| ☽ Moon | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 20°23′ | emotional needs |
| ☿ Mercury | ♉︎ Taurus | 25°06′ | how you think and talk |
| ♀ Venus | ♉︎ Taurus | 10°48′ | love and taste |
| ♂ Mars | ♈︎ Aries | 6°08′ | drive and anger |
| ♃ Jupiter | ♋︎ Cancer | 14°25′ | growth and luck |
| ♄ Saturn | ♑︎ Capricorn ℞ | 24°24′ | duty and limits |
| ♅ Uranus | ♑︎ Capricorn ℞ | 8°25′ | change and rebellion |
| ♆ Neptune | ♑︎ Capricorn ℞ | 13°52′ | dreams and ideals |
| ♇ Pluto | ♏︎ Scorpio ℞ | 15°32′ | power and renewal |
| ☊ North Node | ♒︎ Aquarius | 10°03′ | life direction |
| ⚸ Black Moon Lilith | ♏︎ Scorpio | 24°11′ | what you refuse to tame |
Without a birth time we check the whole day in US time zones. If a planet changed sign that day, both signs are shown; add your time to settle it. ℞ marks a planet that looked like it was moving backward (retrograde). North Node and Lilith are the mean positions.
Venus in Taurus in numbers
- Share of birth dates
- 7.34%
- Typical stay in Taurus
- 25 days
- Retrograde at birth
- 1.5% of them
- Most common Sun sign
- Gemini · 30.2%
Our count of all 35,064 birth dates, January 1, 1930 to December 31, 2025, at noon UTC.
Style, taste and money
Your taste is classic and tactile: natural fabrics, earthy or creamy colors, a good coat bought once and worn for ten winters, food cooked with care. In the tradition a Taurus Venus takes money seriously, with a liking for savings, owning things outright and buying fewer, better things. The risk is comfort spending, small treats that add up over a month, and a reluctance to let go of anything. One budget line kept just for pleasure, and kept to, suits this placement well.
Venus in Taurus in the houses
The house needs your birth time and place; the sign is the same for everyone born in these years. What each house covers on its own: 1st · 2nd · 3rd · 4th · 5th · 6th · 7th · 8th · 9th · 10th · 11th · 12th.
Venus in Taurus in the 1st house
A cashmere sweater gone soft with wear fits the way you come across, soft and calm. People relax near you before you say much, and your voice and your handshake do a lot of the talking. You look after your looks without fuss, with good skin care and one scent that friends link to you for years.
Venus in the 1st house in any sign: the full page.
Venus in Taurus in the 2nd house
"Buy it once and buy it right," you tell a friend shopping for a cheap couch. Money and pleasure sit close together for you: you like watching savings grow, and you spend them on real quality. Steady pay appeals to you more than a big gamble, and a paid-off car feels like a form of love.
Venus in Taurus in the 3rd house
Waiting weeks for the perfect words can cost you a crush, and you may know that from experience. You speak slowly and kindly, and a handwritten card beats ten texts for you. Neighbors leave tomatoes on your step because you once fixed their fence, and your favorite short trip is slow, an orchard two towns over with a picnic table along the way.
Venus in Taurus in the 4th house
A home that smells like bread and has one very good chair is where a Taurus Venus pours love and money. Family recipes come with you through every move, though moving is hard for you, so you stay put for years. Guests notice the soft blankets first and never think about what they cost.
Venus in Taurus in the 5th house
What does a perfect date look like for you? A long dinner and a bottle you saved for it, with no phone on the table. Romance moves slowly with this Venus and then holds, and your creative side works with its hands at a pottery wheel or over a quilt that takes all winter. With kids you build a pillow fort and stay inside it.
Venus in the 5th house in any sign: the full page.
Venus in Taurus in the 6th house
A long stretch on the floor before work and real food cooked at home are the routines that keep you feeling good, and once you find them you keep them. At work you settle in when the setting is pleasant and nobody rushes you, and you can stay at one job for years. A better desk chair is the kind of perk you actually ask for.
Venus in Taurus in the 7th house
Two people sit on a porch swing at the end of a long day, saying almost nothing, and both are content. That is the partnership you want, loyal and unhurried. You commit slowly and stay, and a partner who pushes for constant change feels like a threat. In business you would rather have one reliable partner than ten exciting ones.
Venus in the 7th house in any sign: the full page.
Venus in Taurus in the 8th house
A joint savings account you check every Sunday shows where your trust lives. Shared money has to feel solid before you can relax into closeness, and a gift from a partner gets kept for good, box and ribbon included. Intimacy for you is touch and time, and you open up fully only with someone who stayed through the hard months.
Venus in Taurus in the 9th house
"We'll come back next year," you say on the last night of a trip, and you mean the same hotel and the same table. You love travel for the senses, wine country or a market town, over ten cities in ten days. Faith, for you, rests on something you have tested yourself, and a teacher wins you over with patience.
Venus in Taurus in the 10th house
A counter where people pay for something lovely, a florist or a jewelry shop, suits a Taurus Venus at work. Fields that handle beauty or money do well by you, and people trust your taste and your steadiness. Your reputation grows the slow way, one satisfied client at a time, and it rarely slips once it is built.
Venus in the 10th house in any sign: the full page.
Venus in Taurus in the 11th house
The same small circle from school is still your circle now, and you add one new person every few years. Group plans with you involve food, usually a long lunch that turns into dinner. Your hopes are concrete, a house with a garden or a business that runs on your own hours.
Venus in Taurus in the 12th house
A bedroom with very good sheets and the curtains drawn is where you go to be alone. Your Venus keeps some of its love hidden, and a crush can go on for years without a word from you. A rainy Saturday spent in bed with a book restores you better than any trip.
Which Sun signs it comes with
Venus stays within roughly 47 degrees of the Sun, which limits a Taurus Venus to an Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer or Pisces Sun. Gemini and Aries Suns are the most common, close to three in ten each. A Gemini Sun comes across as talkative and curious and turns out loyal and physical in love. An Aries Sun is quick and bold on the outside and takes its time committing inside. With the Sun in Taurus too, the earth style is twice as strong. Cancer and Pisces Suns add softness and a strong pull toward home.
Share by Sun sign, 35,064 birth dates from 1930 to 2025.
When Venus is in Taurus: dates and retrograde periods
Venus visits Taurus for about 25 days at a time and rarely turns retrograde there. In its eight-year cycle the backward turns fall in other signs, so our data has no long stays in Taurus at all between 1930 and 2035, and only 1.5% of Taurus Venus birthdays fall in a retrograde. Venus spent March 31 to April 23, 2026, in Taurus. The next periods are May 15 to June 8, 2027, and March 5 to April 3, 2028. A birthday on the first or last day of a period may need a birth time, and the calculator asks for one when the date is a changeover day. For the few born with ℞ beside a Taurus Venus, we would put it this way: you take your time deciding what a gift or a person is worth to you, and once you have decided, the answer almost never changes.
Venus retrograde dates for 2026, the shadow period and the signs it touches are on our Venus retrograde page.
Venus is a ruler of Taurus as a rising sign, so for Taurus rising this placement says a lot about the whole chart.
Venus also has a house in the chart, and the house most read for love is the 7th: see Venus in the 7th house.
| Entered Taurus | Left Taurus | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2018 | Apr 24, 2018 | |
| May 15, 2019 | Jun 8, 2019 | |
| Mar 5, 2020 | Apr 3, 2020 | |
| Apr 15, 2021 | May 8, 2021 | |
| May 29, 2022 | Jun 22, 2022 | |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Apr 10, 2023 | |
| Apr 29, 2024 | May 23, 2024 | |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Jul 4, 2025 | |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 23, 2026 | |
| May 15, 2027 | Jun 8, 2027 | |
| Mar 5, 2028 | Apr 3, 2028 | |
| Apr 14, 2029 | May 8, 2029 | |
| May 28, 2030 | Jun 22, 2030 | |
| Mar 16, 2031 | Apr 10, 2031 | |
| Apr 29, 2032 | May 22, 2032 |
Dates in UTC: days when Venus stood in Taurus at noon UTC. In US time zones a change can fall a day earlier; on the first and last day the exact time matters, and the calculator above checks it for your birthday.
Share by decade of birth. It rises and falls with the planet's cycle, not with fashion.
Venus in Taurus compatibility
Earth partners understand you best. A Virgo or Capricorn placement in the other person's chart shares your pace and your practical idea of love, and the water signs Cancer and Pisces bring the tenderness you want. Scorpio, the opposite sign, gives the strongest physical pull in the tradition, along with fights over control and jealousy. Fire and air partners can feel too fast or too changeable. An Aries Mars with a Taurus Venus puts push and patience in one couple, which can go either way.
To compare your Venus with a partner's, enter both birth dates in the zodiac compatibility calculator.
Both partners with the Sun in Taurus: Taurus and Taurus compatibility.
Famous people and celebrities with Venus in Taurus
- George Lucas, American filmmaker and philanthropistMay 14, 1944
- Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor and martial artistApr 7, 1954
- Mark Zuckerberg, American Internet entrepreneurMay 14, 1984
- Lana Del Rey, American singer-songwriterJun 21, 1985
- Michael Phelps, American swimmerJun 30, 1985
- Jessica Alba, American actress and businesswomanApr 28, 1981
- Ariana Grande, American singer, songwriter, and actressJun 26, 1993
- Paul McCartney, English musician and member of the BeatlesJun 18, 1942
- Roger Ebert, American film critic and authorJun 18, 1942
Birth dates from Wikidata, only entries with a single sourced date. We list a person only if Venus was in Taurus for the whole of their birthday in every time zone. A placement describes a style in the astrological tradition; it does not explain anyone's success.
More Venus signs
How common each Venus sign is, and where Venus is today: Venus signs.
In tarot, the Golden Dawn gave Venus the card The Empress: its meaning upright, reversed and in love.
Other planets in Taurus: ☽ Moon in Taurus · ☿ Mercury in Taurus · ♂ Mars in Taurus · ♃ Jupiter in Taurus · ♄ Saturn in Taurus · ♅ Uranus in Taurus · ☊ North Node in Taurus · ⚸ Black Moon Lilith in Taurus. Three or more of them together: stellium calculator.
Taurus elsewhere on the site: Taurus zodiac sign (the Sun in Taurus: traits, dates, love) · Midheaven in Taurus · Taurus compatibility by birth date · Moon sign calculator · earth signs · The World (the tarot card of earth) · in tarot, The Hierophant (the Taurus card).
Venus in the sky now: where every planet is today · transit chart calculator (today's planets against your birth chart) · Taurus horoscope 2027 (the year ahead for the Sun sign) · all planet sign calculators.
Venus in Taurus in a full chart with a birth time on record: Ariana Grande's birth chart · Prince's birth chart · Princess Diana's birth chart · Lana Del Rey's birth chart · Paul McCartney's birth chart · Tim Curry's birth chart · Marlon Brando's birth chart · Jessica Alba's birth chart · Stephen Curry's birth chart · Prince William's birth chart.
Questions people ask
Is Venus in Taurus a strong placement?
Yes, by traditional rules: Venus rules Taurus, so it is in domicile and works on its own terms. The price is a dislike of change, which can keep you in a relationship long after it stopped working.
What does it mean if my Venus is in Taurus but I am a Gemini?
Your everyday personality is quick and curious, while your way of loving is unhurried and physical. More Taurus Venus owners are Geminis than any other Sun sign.
Is a person with Venus in Taurus a Taurus?
Only if their Sun is in Taurus too, which is true for about a quarter of them. What people call your zodiac sign is the Sun's sign.
Where can I look up my Venus sign?
Use the calculator above with your birth date. You get the Venus sign for that date. When the planet crossed into a new sign that day, it also asks what time you were born.
What turns a Taurus Venus off?
Broken promises, first of all. Being rushed comes a close second.
Is this Venus jealous?
It can be possessive, because you hold on to what you love. Regular reassurance and kept promises calm that far better than arguments do.
When is Venus in Taurus again?
May 15 to June 8, 2027, measured at noon UTC. It was last there from March 31 to April 23, 2026.
Who is the best match for Venus in Taurus?
Traditionally, someone with Mars or Venus in Virgo, Capricorn, Cancer or Pisces. Scorpio, the opposite sign, brings the strongest physical pull and the most arguments about control.
Is Venus in Taurus good or bad?
By traditional rules it is a comfortable placement. Venus rules Taurus, so the planet sits in its own house and acts on its own terms. Loyalty, steadiness and sensual warmth follow from that. The costs are resistance to change and a streak of possessiveness. Whether that counts as good depends on what you want from love.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine: the open-source ephemeris library behind our planet positions, dates and statistics
- Wikidata: birth dates of the famous people listed
- How we create our readings: our own calculation of sign dates, positions and the 1930 to 2025 statistics
Written by The Zodiac Atlas editorial team with the help of AI and edited by a person. Planet positions come from the astronomy-engine ephemeris (tropical zodiac), and the statistics from our own run of every birth date from 1930 to 2025. Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science; read a placement as a set of questions about yourself.