Venus in Taurus: Brooding Passion
Prince, Gemini Sun.
When we talk about Venus, we talk about allure.
When Venus, the planet of beauty and attraction, is in Taurus, she is in her own sign. Fixed Earth: the sign of full-busting spring in the north, when thoughts turn to what the birds and the bees do. Venus is, of course, the planet of love and of making love, of how we attract lovers and what we love to attract.
As you might expect, Venus in Taurus people can be very, very attractive; very, very sexy. The late-lamented Prince sang about sex a lot. He was, of course, an embodiment of Gemini, but his Venus in Taurus combined with Scorpio Rising gave him the powerful, earthy sexual drive — the passion. But Prince is for a full post later —
There is quite a distinctive look to Venus in Taurus, which Prince also shares: big, cow eyes, heavy brows, broad foreheads and defined jawlines. Sometimes those beautiful eyes are slightly wide set. Of course there will be many exceptions, but compared to some other Venus signs, this visual similarity is quite striking.
Did I mention brooding? Or controlled power?
Marlon Brando, Aries Sun
Diana Princess of Wales, Cancer Sun
Daniel Day-Lewis, Taurus Sun
Johnny Depp, Gemini Sun. Not so much with the eyebrows for Depp.
… and it helps to be a French actress…
Juliette Binoche, Pisces Sun
Simone Signoret, Aries Sun
Emmanuelle Seigner, Cancer Sun
Isabelle Huppert, Pisces Sun
Or an Italian one…
Claudia Cardinale in The Leopard. Aries Sun
But there are not so many in Hollywood. I wonder if this tells us something about national preferences… steaming suppressed passion might be a bit European. Look at some of the roles these actresses have played. Huppert in The Piano Teacher, Cardinale in The Leopard (and everything else), Signoret in Room At The Top, Juliette Binoche in Les Amants de Pont Neuf. There’s a wild beast in there and when she comes out….!
This is a super-powered Venus.
Jessica Lange, Taurus Sun
Liv Tyler — of course she’s famous for the Tolkien films now, but interestingly her breakthrough movie was a European production Bertolucci’s Stealing Beauty.
Debbie Harry, Cancer Sun
Of course, there are other ways of luring lovers than simply looking gorgeous. Taurus is associated with the voice — Marlon Brando, Daniel Day Lewis and Johnny Depp have remarkable voices, and so does a personal favourite of mine, Christopher Walken.
Christopher Walken, Aries Sun
But consider Ella Fitzgerald, such a rich, warm voices.
Ella Fitzgerald, Taurus Sun
Young Paul McCartney had the big, moody eyes and the rock & roll voice. Gemini Sun
Maybe it’s not just the voice — but the turbulent passion. Angsty Lana del Rey and Alanis Morissette (like Adele an overnight sensation after writing a break-up album at a tender age) both have Venus in Taurus.
Alanis Morissette, not so cross anymore. Gemini Sun
Lana del Rey, Cancer Sun
Finally, and just to remind us of how devastatingly beautiful Venus in Taurus can be.
Linda Evangelista, Taurus Sun
You nailed the Venus in Taurus look… that picture of Marlon Brando is particularly heart melting!
My past few boyfriends have all had Venus in Taurus and Libra Moons.
Although my Venus in Scorpio, I am a Libra Sun/Libra Rising, making Venus chart ruler and in the 2nd house; I also have full brows several shades darker than my natural blonde hair and large eyes. It’s what people comment on the most.
Aha – I have been contemplating a great picture of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh — Taurus and Scorpio — and contemplating what happens when those two signs hook up.
What would it mean to have Venus.Mars and Mercury in Taurus?
That would partly depend on the rest of the chart, but it’s going to give your chart a strong Taurus flavour. Persistence, stamina, a love of beauty, could be quite a temper if the Mars-Mercury are conjunct, care with words, quality…
Yes,I do have Mars conjunct Mercury.I have the 3 planets in my 10th house.
My younger son is turning 16. He has Venus in Taurus, Sun in Cancer. He’s always had a deep voice. The eyebrows and the jaw are coming in now. I’ll remind he that he’s beautiful. : )
Adele has Venus in Gemini btw. Not Taurus…
Thanks!
Thanks. I will fix that.
Adele has Venus in Gemini and Lana del Ray has the Sun in Cancer..