Sun Sign, Moon Sign: Discover the personality secrets of the 144 sun-moon combinations. Charles Harvey

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       Chapter Five SUN IN TAURUS

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      SUN TAURUS

MOON ARIES

       Power takes as ingratitude the writhings of its victims.

       The greed for fruit misses the flower.

      RABINDRANATH TAGORE

       All poetry is putting the infinite within the finite.

       Oh, to be in England/Now that April’s here.

      ROBERT BROWNING

      Themes

      EARTH/FIRE Determined; forceful; strong desires; go for what you want; great panache; musical; artistic; energetic; enduring enthusiasm; independent; powerful; selfish; steadfastly ambitious; good at practical or technical skills; a leader.

      Are you a wandering gypsy, a nature mystic or a kind of Davy Crockett figure, king of the wild frontier, who aspires to become lord of the manor? Whatever you do, you have the instincts of an artist and the mind of a businessman. You want fixity, permanence, power and security, and yet you are ever the pioneer, looking for new frontiers once your territory gets too familiar and easy.

      You want action, so you make things happen, throwing yourself into life. If something feels comfortable, however, you put your foot down and it will not budge. Instinctively tuned into your own needs and desires, you have extraordinary determination and unabashed self-interest, which probably carry you into the drama of your life at an early age. You do not wait around for the approval or permission of others – you are a self-starter and usually finish what you have begun. Direct and forthright, you call a spade a spade, and are so certain of yourself and your ideas and feelings that you do not easily stop to question your actions or how they could be improved. You want what you want and usually plough full-steam ahead to get it.

      You love action and enterprise but you also need security and roots, and this can create a tension within you which manifests from time to time in impatience and intense irritability. At home you can be the benevolent dictator. You possess such a strong instinct to manage and control that the co-operative spirit you say you believe in – it makes good sense, right? – is usually put on the shelf. You were made to be captain of your own ship, but to prevent mutiny you have to learn how to treat others with more respect, kindness and equality.

      Your need for achievement, and indeed your talent for using your resources with inspiring innovation, is much stronger than your interest in human nature. Practical and hard-working, you just do not have time for people who moan or have complex emotional problems. With so much drive to conquer and establish, you will find it difficult understanding dreamier, more fragile types.

      Uncontrolled passion and temper is what trips you up: you can express real infantile rage if pushed to the limit. But with more self-awareness, that same energy can go into creative endeavours and move mountains in the business world or in some artistic profession. Often you just want to sit on that mountain after you have got it where you want it, like Smaug the dragon sitting on his mound of jewels. You want to consolidate your position and use your resources to their maximum advantage – and then live off the interest. You could be an excellent entrepreneur, may be very musical or artistic, would be an efficient provider, an organized homemaker and an untiring servant of your own inner vision. That vision will include whatever you feel is your duty to family and mate.

      Relationships

      Sometimes you seem to be the absolute epitome of the rational, sensible person, ready to invest only in what you can taste, touch, see and add up. And yet at other times you are capable of acting from totally emotional concerns, and of expressing outlandish beliefs, fantastic ideas and irrational behaviour.

      Although you are romantic and loyal, given half a chance you will dominate most relationships. You are possessive and demanding, but can be generous, fun-loving and exciting when you have found the right person to balance your big appetites. Home life is extremely important to you, and you want it to be a haven for enjoyment and creative hobbies.

      In co-operative ventures you are quick to take charge, and you may develop a following of subordinates who come to trust your competence and leadership implicitly. But your raucous sense of humour and love of a party endears you to others. Quite simply, your personality stands out as vital, outrageous and funny, but you will win more friends and influence more people if, paradoxically, you attach less importance to personal conquests. If you can do this, you will be an inspiration to loved ones instead of a moody artist they have to put up with.

      Your Greatest Strengths

      Charisma; confidence; courage; indefatigable resilience; unswerving belief in yourself; organizational flair and practical instinct for making your dreams come true.

      Your Greatest Weaknesses

      Stubbornness; tendency to be quarrelsome and to ride roughshod over others; self-centredness; tendency to let emotionalism turn you into a bully.

      Images for Integration

      A pirate’s chest full of gold is discovered, which adds to the already vast empire of Ghengis Khan … An orgy of love on a carpet of bluebells.

      Famous Personalities

      Cate Blanchett (actress), Robert Browning (poet), Georges Braque (artist), Salvador Dali (artist), Ian Dury (rock star), Susan Hampshire (actress), Immanuel Kant (philosopher), Kathryn Kuhlman (minister and healer), Robespierre (French revolutionary leader), Rabindranath Tagore (poet), Stevie Wonder (singer and musician), Malcolm X (American black leader).

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      SUN TAURUS

MOON TAURUS

       From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.

      KARL MARX

      Doin what comes naturally. IRVING BERLIN, Annie Get Your Gun

      Themes