Rising sign · Earth · Fixed
Taurus rising
You come across calm, steady and pleasant, with a strong physical presence. You move at your own pace and people trust your reliability.
What Taurus rising means
You come across calm, steady and pleasant, with a strong physical presence. You move at your own pace and people trust your reliability. Change has to prove itself to you.
The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth, so it needs the exact time and place. It stands for the face you show, your body and the way you begin things. In Taurus it works steadily, patiently and sensually; it builds slowly and holds on. Its ruler, Venus, is the ruler of the whole chart.
The opposite point, the Descendant, falls in Scorpio: the partner it describes is a magnet. Intense, private, possessive and unforgettable: a partner of deep secrets and deeper loyalty who wants all of you or nothing.
At a glance
- Point
- Rising: the face you show, your body and the way you begin things
- Sign
- Taurus, earth and fixed, ruled by Venus
- Time in each sign
- about two hours; a new sign rises every couple of hours
- Opposite
- Descendant in Scorpio
Rising in the other signs
- Aries risingFire · Cardinal
- Gemini risingAir · Mutable
- Cancer risingWater · Cardinal
- Leo risingFire · Fixed
- Virgo risingEarth · Mutable
- Libra risingAir · Cardinal
- Scorpio risingWater · Fixed
- Sagittarius risingFire · Mutable
- Capricorn risingEarth · Cardinal
- Aquarius risingAir · Fixed
- Pisces risingWater · Mutable
Other planets in Taurus
Questions and answers
What does Taurus rising mean?
You come across calm, steady and pleasant, with a strong physical presence. You move at your own pace and people trust your reliability. Change has to prove itself to you.
How do I know if I have Taurus rising?
You need your exact birth time and place: the rising sign moves through all twelve signs every day. The free rising sign calculator works it out.