Taurus Zodiac Sign: Dates, Traits and Ruling Planet

Usual dates

April 20 to May 20

Element

Earth

Mode

Fixed

Ruling planet

Venus

Dates and the edge days

Taurus dates are April 20 to May 20. April 20 and May 20 are the edge days: the year and the birth time can put the Sun on either side of the change. The calculator checks that moment instead of trusting the printed range.

Element, mode, and ruler

Taurus is an earth sign, and it is fixed. Fixed signs sit in the middle of a season. Taurus is the fixed earth sign, which the old texts treat as the part of the year that holds on rather than starts or finishes. Steady, sensual, hard to rush.

Venus rules Taurus in the traditional list. Venus is also the ruler of Libra, so the same planet is asked to describe both a steady earth sign and a social air sign. Taurus is drawn as a bull, and the textbook meaning follows that picture: slow to start, hard to push, and attached to comfort, food, and familiar ground. Writers call it sensual because the sign is about the senses, not because a birth date creates a personality. Read it as a label for the Sun's slice of the year.

Moon in Taurus

A Taurus Moon is described as a need for calm routines and physical comfort. The tradition says moods settle when the surroundings are stable, and they resist being hurried. Check the Moon page if the Moon changed sign on the birthday, because the date alone is not always enough.

Taurus rising

Taurus rising is the textbook first impression of someone unhurried and hard to rattle. It is still an ascendant, which changes about every two hours. A clock time and a city are what make this placement real for a birth.

Sign and constellation

The constellation Taurus is easy to pick out by Aldebaran, the reddish star in the bull's face, and by the Pleiades cluster nearby. The sign is the next 30 degrees of the year after Aries.

Calculators

For the Sun sign, use the zodiac calculator. The Moon, Rising, Mercury, Venus, and Mars calculators answer a different question, and the Taurus horoscope is a separate daily note on the same sign.

Zodiac sign calculator · Moon · Rising · Taurus horoscope

Dates usually counted as Taurus

April 20 · April 21 · April 22 · April 23 · April 24 · April 25 · April 26 · April 27 · April 28 · April 29 · April 30 · May 1 · May 2 · May 3 · May 4 · May 5 · May 6 · May 7 · May 8 · May 9 · May 10 · May 11 · May 12 · May 13 · May 14 · May 15 · May 16 · May 17 · May 18 · May 19 · May 20

Questions

What are Taurus dates?

Taurus dates are April 20 to May 20 in the usual tropical calendar. Those two edges are changeover days: the year and the birth time can put the Sun in Taurus or in the neighboring sign. Each date page below uses noon UTC, the same engine as the zodiac calculator, so you can see whether that birthday stays in Taurus.

What month is Taurus?

Taurus season sits in April and May. It does not fill either month on its own. April 20 is the usual start, and May 20 is the usual last day, with a clock time that shifts a little each year. Use the date list on this page, or the April and May birthday hubs.

When does Taurus season start?

Taurus season usually starts on April 20. That is the calendar day when the Sun is treated as entering Taurus, but the exact minute depends on the year. The zodiac calculator uses the same tropical longitude as these pages. If the birthday is April 20 or May 20, check the year rather than the printed range.