Signs · 2 of 12
Taurus (Vrishabha) in Vedic astrology
The 2nd sign: earth, fixed, ruled by Venus.
- Sanskrit
- Vrishabha वृषभ
- Ruled by
- Venus
- Element
- Earth
- Quality
- Fixed (sthira)
- Gender
- Female (even sign)
- Direction
- South
- Body (Kalapurusha)
- Face
- Rising
- Rises hind-first (prishthodaya)
- Nakshatras
- Krittika (pada 2–4), Rohini, Mrigashira (pada 1–2)
Taurus in Jyotish
Taurus is the 2nd sign of the zodiac, 30° from 30° to 60° of the sidereal zodiac. It is a earth sign, fixed (sthira), and ruled by Venus. In the body of the Kalapurusha, the cosmic person whose body is the zodiac, it is the face.
Moon is exalted here (most strongly at 3°); 4°–30° of Taurus is the moolatrikona of Moon.
A fixed sign holds on and endures; a earth sign is practical and stable. As your lagna or Moon sign, Taurus colours the whole chart with these qualities and with the nature of Venus.
Taurus as your Moon sign or lagna
Read your Taurus horoscope, or check whether Taurus is your Moon sign or your ascendant. Chapter 2 of our course, the 12 signs, explains how the signs work together.
Sources: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Phaladeepika for the signs, planets and houses; Muhurta Chintamani for the nakshatra classes and the guna milan attributes. Wording is our own.