Sun in Taurus
What Sun in Taurus means, the traditional facts behind it, and when the Sun is actually in Taurus.
What Sun in Taurus means
Your Sun in Taurus roots identity in what is steady and real — you build at your own pace and trust what you can touch. Taurus is an earth sign, so a sense of self grows through patience, comfort, and things that last.
A sign placement reads the same in every house system.
These interpretations are drafted with software assistance and edited by our writers. Astrology is a symbolic language, not a science — take what's useful and leave the rest.
The sign: Taurus
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Fixed
- Polarity
- Yin: inward, receptive
- Ruler
- Venus
Essential dignity
The Sun holds none of the four major dignities in Taurus: no rulership or exaltation, no detriment or fall.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When the Sun is in Taurus
The Sun is in Taurus every year from about April 20 to May 21. The exact moments this year and next:
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2026, 01:39 | May 21, 2026, 00:37 |
| Apr 20, 2027, 07:17 | May 21, 2027, 06:18 |
Times in UTC, to the minute.
See where the Sun falls in your own birth chart
How this page is made
Sign facts and dignities follow the traditional tables; dates come from our own ephemeris engine. Exact about the astronomy, honest that astrology is a symbolic language.