Taurus (Vrishabha)
Taurus (Vrishabha) is a fixed earth sign ruled by Venus and symbolised by the bull. It stands for stability, patience, sensuality, wealth and the steady building of comfort.
Also known as: vrishabh rashi, vrish rashi
Vrishabha is calm, loyal and practical, with a love of beauty, good food, music and nature. Its natives tend to be patient builders who value security and dislike being rushed. Like the bull, they are gentle until provoked and hard to move once settled: steadiness is the gift, stubbornness the risk.
Taurus is the face of Kalapurusha. The Moon is exalted here, most of all at 3°, and the rest of the sign is its moolatrikona; in the common view Rahu is exalted here too. The last three padas of Krittika, all of Rohini and the first half of Mrigashira fall in Taurus.
For Taurus rising, Saturn rules the 9th and 10th houses and is the yogakaraka, so Saturn’s periods are often productive. As a Moon sign, Taurus gives emotional steadiness and a love of home comforts. The Sun moves through sidereal Taurus from about 15 May to 14 June.