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Aries and Taurus compatibility
Aries and Taurus make a pair of heat and weight. Aries starts the engine, Taurus decides whether the road is worth taking, and the attraction lives in that difference.
Aries
March 21 to April 19 · Fire · Cardinal
Aries begins things. It is the sign that moves before the plan is finished, and it would rather correct a real attempt than perfect an imagined one.
Taurus
April 20 to May 20 · Earth · Fixed
Taurus builds a life that feels good to live in. It is steady, sensory and quietly stubborn, with a long memory for what has been promised.
The angle between Aries and Taurus
30 degrees, semisextile
A semisextile is the angle of neighbours, thirty degrees apart. Aries and Taurus do not share an element or a modality, so the pair learns by watching rather than by instinct. The attraction is curiosity. The work is to accept that the other person's first reaction will rarely be yours.
In love
Aries falls first and says so. Taurus takes longer, because it is checking whether the interest has a floor under it. The courtship works when Aries treats Taurus's caution as discernment rather than a challenge to be won. Taurus should say what it finds attractive instead of waiting to be won, and Aries should let a slow evening be the point rather than the prelude.
Communication
Aries speaks in headlines and Taurus wants the whole article. A fast question from Aries can feel like pressure to Taurus, while a considered answer from Taurus can feel like a no to Aries. The fix is a small ritual: Aries asks once and waits, Taurus answers with a time frame rather than a maybe.
Trust and conflict
Taurus trusts what repeats, and Aries trusts what is said out loud. A promise kept three times means more to Taurus than a passionate explanation. When they argue, Aries wants to resolve it now and Taurus wants to stop being pushed. A pause is not a withdrawal if Taurus names when the conversation will resume.
Friendship
As friends, Aries gets Taurus out of the house and Taurus gets Aries to stay for dinner. The friendship lasts when Aries does not treat a quiet no as a project and Taurus does not treat a spontaneous plan as an imposition.
At work
At work this is a strong starter and finisher pairing. Aries opens the account, Taurus makes sure the work is still good in six months. Give Taurus ownership of the standard and Aries ownership of the deadline, and stop asking each of them to be the other.
The practical version
Let Aries set the first date and let Taurus set the pace after that. Patience is not a rejection.
Questions about Aries and Taurus
Are Aries and Taurus a good match?
Yes, when pace is negotiated. The attraction is real; the friction is about how fast a decision becomes a commitment.
Who should make the first move?
Aries usually does, and that suits the pair. Taurus should make the second move clear enough that Aries knows the interest is returned.
What breaks Aries and Taurus up?
Aries reading patience as disinterest, and Taurus reading speed as recklessness, until neither bothers to check the translation.
Try it with your own charts
The sign pair is the headline. The real comparison uses both birth charts: the Moon, Venus, Mars and the angles. This is the same two-person calculator used on the synastry page.
Both birth times give the Moon and the angles; without them the result is marked approximate.
Two charts, compared
The calculator compares every planet in one chart with every planet in the other. The score is a reading aid, not a verdict on the relationship.
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