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The Moon in Taurus

Taurus is fixed earth, ruled by Venus. This page covers what that means for the Moon, how often it happens, and when.

  • Moon
  • Taurus
Element
Earth
Modality
Fixed
Ruler
Venus
Dignity of the Moon
Exaltation (traditionally, where it works especially well)
Last in Taurus
until 30 September 2026, 17:26 UTC
Next in Taurus
from 25 October 2026, 23:34 UTC
Next visit lasts
about 2.1 days

How common

1 in 12

8.35% of 2,000,000 simulated births have the Moon in Taurus.

within noise of an even split of 12

In plain words

  • Moon in Taurus

    In Taurus, the Moon feels and responds in a steady, unhurried way.

Generic readingA generic description in the style of modern astrology, the same for everyone who has this placement. Not a prediction.

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What does the Moon in Taurus mean?

  1. What the Moon governs

    The Moon feels and responds

    Astrologers treat the Moon as the body that feels and responds. It does that in every sign; the sign changes only the manner.
  2. What Taurus adds

    In a steady, unhurried way

    Taurus is a fixed earth sign. Fire, earth, air and water are the four elements; earth is classically cold and dry. Modalities group the signs by their place in a season: fixed signs sit in the middle of a season. Its ruler is Venus. Traditional astrology calls Taurus the Moon's exaltation, a sign where it is held to work especially well.
  3. How common it is

    About 1 in 12

    Moon in Taurus: 8.35% of simulated births, about 1 in 12; within noise of an even split of 12.

How common is the Moon in Taurus?

How common is the Moon in each sign?

An even split of the 12 signsBars start at zero.Share of simulated births with the Moon in each of the 12 signs. Share of 2,000,000 simulated births (1950–2024), tropical zodiac.

When is the Moon in Taurus?

Moon in Taurus, last pass
ended 30 Sept 2026
28 September 2026, 14:40 UTC to 30 September 2026, 17:26 UTC (about 2 days)
Moon in Taurus, next pass
from 25 Oct 2026
25 October 2026, 23:34 UTC to 28 October 2026, 01:01 UTC (about 2 days)

Last, current and next passes

  1. Moon in Taurus

    28 Sept 2026 → 30 Sept 2026 · about 2 days

    last pass

  2. Moon in Taurus

    25 Oct 2026 → 28 Oct 2026 · about 2 days

    next pass

  • A visit of the Moon to Taurus lasts about 2.3 days at the median, from 2.0 to 2.5 days (2,019 visits, 1900–2050).

As of 16 October 2026, 13:26 UTC. Dates are UTC, tropical zodiac, read from the ephemeris's table of sign entries. This page refreshes hourly.

How do different traditions read the Moon in Taurus?

AI-written text that an AI research review then checked against sources. No person has reviewed it; the notes and references behind each check are under its label.

Hellenistic

The astrology of the Greek-speaking Mediterranean from roughly the 1st century BCE to the 7th century CE, as recorded by authors such as Vettius Valens, Dorotheus and Ptolemy.

AI-written, checked by AI

1 Oct 2026

The tradition lists Taurus as the Moon's exaltation, a high honor in Hellenistic astrology. Hellenistic astrologers count exaltation alongside domicile, the planet's own home sign; medieval astrologers later ranked it immediately below. Taurus is a feminine, fixed earth sign, and the Moon is a feminine, night-team planet, so gender and sect agree. Sect is the tradition's way of sorting the planets into a day team and a night team. In Dorotheus' triplicity scheme the Moon rules the earth signs by night, which adds another line of support. The domicile lord, Venus, is the next planet to examine: its sign, house and dignity show whether the Moon's standing is backed up. The Moon spends about two and a quarter days in each sign. A birth-time error of several hours can therefore move it out of Taurus.

Sources

  • Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I
  • Dorotheus of Sidon, Carmen Astrologicum
  • Chris Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune (2017)

What was checked

An AI research review checked this text against sources on 1 Oct 2026. No person has reviewed it.

Reviewer's notes

Checked sign element, modality and gender, domicile, exaltation, detriment and fall against the project data and Ptolemy, plus sect and sign relationships; all consistent. Changed: removed the claim that Hellenistic astrologers rank domicile above exaltation, which Ptolemy does not state and which is a later ranking. triplicity lords match the Dorothean table (secondary sources; Carmen Astrologicum itself not opened); gender/sect match claims rest on Ptolemy and a secondary source. Source works confirmed to exist and to treat the topic (Valens Book I opened; others via secondary pages).

Sources consulted

Modern psychological

The 20th-century Western approach shaped by Alan Leo, Dane Rudhyar and Liz Greene, drawing on Jungian psychology.

AI-written, checked by AI

1 Oct 2026

Placed in Taurus, the Moon, associated with comfort and emotional habit, sits in a fixed earth sign. Modern psychological astrology reads the need here as steadiness: routine, physical ease, familiar surroundings and a predictable pace. Fixed earth is associated with emotions that build slowly and last. The tension authors describe is inertia, where the wish for security can turn into resisting a change that has already happened. Hellenistic astrologers treat Taurus as the Moon's exaltation, a rule that raises the planet's standing in the sign and makes it a placement of strength. Modern authors reach a warm reading too, but from the sign's sensual and stable qualities, not from rank by sign.

Sources

  • Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas, The Luminaries: The Psychology of the Sun and Moon in the Horoscope (1992)
  • Stephen Arroyo, Astrology, Psychology, and the Four Elements (1975)
  • Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I (dignities and sect)

What was checked

An AI research review checked this text against sources on 1 Oct 2026. No person has reviewed it.

Reviewer's notes

Sign/element/modality, ruler and dignity claims checked against the project reference data and Wikipedia; the per-sign tendencies attributed to modern authors are confirmed only against a popular secondary description, not the books.

Sources consulted

Where they differ

Hellenistic astrology reasons from technique: essential dignity, sect and configuration by sign. Modern psychological astrology reasons from element, modality and the planet's function. They start from different questions, so the same placement can read differently, and neither reading is the verdict. Both use the tropical zodiac here.