Sun in Taurus

Sun in Taurus means you find yourself through what you have built and kept: through solid work and a place you have made your own. In a birth chart the Sun is the core of your personality and your will. Taurus is an earth sign ruled by Venus, the planet of values and pleasure. It sits in the middle of spring, and astrologers call the signs in the middle of a season fixed: they hold on to what has already begun. So there is no hurry in your will; it builds up gradually.

Earth makes you concrete: what matters is what you can touch and check, and you put little trust in abstract ideas. A fixed sign turns this into the ability to hold a chosen course for years without picking up someone else's pace. Venus adds a love of comfort and beautiful things, and along the way it ties your self-worth to what you own, from money to reputation. Your strength is stamina: you carry a job through to a finished thing long after the quicker signs have dropped it. The price is a heavy start. To get moving you need a weighty reason, and to stop once a path is exhausted you need an even weightier one.

The difficulty for Taurus is the habit of confusing yourself with what you have gathered. Losing a possession or a title feels like a blow to you personally, and resistance to change hides behind talk of common sense. Your steadiness holds even when something around you changes, and you can test that on a small scale. Once a season, you might give away something you have not used in a long time, or change one familiar route and notice that nothing important falls apart.