Taurus and Aquarius Compatibility

Taurus and Aquarius is one verdict of 78. To run any other two signs, check your exact match with the sign calculator. The verdict above compares two sun signs and nothing else, so it reads the same for any two people born under them.

Sun signs are the first layer of a match. If you both know your birth times, you can find your exact match by birth chart, which shows where the Moon, Venus and Mars line up as well. This page stays with the two sun signs.

How do Taurus and Aquarius rate in love, friendship, marriage, intimacy and communication?

Taurus and Aquarius carry one rating, the verdict above, and the tradition reads each part of a relationship from the same chart facts. Astrologers see two fixed signs at a square: both hold their ground, and earth's caution pulls against air's appetite for new ideas. The table sets out the five readings and the chart fact each one rests on.

None of the five is a number. Each is how the tradition reads one part of life for these two signs, and what it means for you two is yours to judge.

What are the strengths of a Taurus and Aquarius match?

The strengths of a Taurus and Aquarius match, in the tradition's reading, are these three:

• Staying power on both sides, the mark of a fixed sign (fixed and fixed).
• Practical sense beside original ideas (earth and air).
• Loyalty once committed, so neither is quick to leave (fixed and fixed).

What are the challenges of a Taurus and Aquarius match?

The challenges of a Taurus and Aquarius match, in the tradition's reading, are these three:

• Two firm wills, the case the tradition reads as a power struggle (fixed and fixed).
• Caution and novelty pulling apart (earth and air).
• A standing angle of friction between them (square, 90 degrees).

Both lists come from how astrology compares two signs, beginning with the elements.

What elements are Taurus and Aquarius?

Taurus is an earth sign and Aquarius is an air sign. Earth and air are not one of the two pairings the common convention treats as friendly (fire with air, earth with water), so the elements add nothing to the points above. The tradition reads that as difference, not as a fault.

Astrologers associate earth signs with practicality, caution and the material world, and air signs with communication, socialising and ideas. Taurus wants to know that a thing works; Aquarius wants to know whether it could work differently. Each can learn from the other's question, if neither treats it as an attack.

This verdict follows the element and modality pairing of Taurus and Aquarius. The rules behind every verdict are explained in elements, modalities and the zodiac wheel. Element describes temperament; modality describes how each sign acts on it.

What modalities are Taurus and Aquarius?

Taurus and Aquarius are both fixed signs. Two signs of one modality is what the tradition reads as more of a contest, so the modalities add nothing to the points above. Cardinal signs start things, fixed signs sustain them and mutable signs adapt.

Two fixed signs sustain whatever they commit to, which the tradition counts as a real strength in a relationship. The difficulty is that each also sustains its own position: Taurus holds to the familiar, Aquarius holds to its principles, and both can wait a long time for the other to move.

Taurus brings its element and modality to this pair. For how Taurus handles love with every other sign, read Taurus love compatibility. Aquarius brings its element and modality to this pair. For how Aquarius handles love with every other sign, read best love match for Aquarius. Element and modality belong to each sign; the aspect is the angle between them.

What aspect do Taurus and Aquarius form?

Taurus and Aquarius sit three signs apart on the zodiac wheel, which Western astrology calls a square (90 degrees). The square is one of the five major aspects.

Astrologers read a square as friction, and Cafe Astrology reads it as tension. A square always joins two signs of the same modality, which is why this square is also a pair of fixed signs. The friction the tradition names is not coldness; it is two steady forces meeting at an angle.

The aspect places the signs on the wheel; the ruling planets say what each sign wants.

Which planets rule Taurus and Aquarius?

Taurus is ruled by Venus and Aquarius by Uranus, with Saturn as its traditional ruler. Aquarius carries two rulers because Uranus was discovered in 1781, and before that astrologers gave the sign to Saturn. Astrologers associate Venus with love style and attraction and Saturn with structure. The tradition reads the pairing as comfort meeting conviction.

Taurus and Aquarius are not opposite signs, so the tradition's pull of opposites is not part of this reading. Rulers add colour to the reading and no points to our rating.

Are a Taurus woman and an Aquarius man compatible?

The rating is the same as the verdict above, because our scoring takes two signs and nothing else. A Taurus woman and an Aquarius man are still earth and air, three signs apart. Read through Taurus, the tradition puts Venus and earth first: Taurus wants comfort, routine and affection that can be counted on. Aquarius's loyalty to what it believes is read as the constancy that can answer it.

Are a Taurus man and an Aquarius woman compatible?

The same rating applies: our scoring reads two signs, never who is the woman and who is the man. Read through Aquarius, the tradition puts its rulers and its air first. An Aquarius woman and a Taurus man are read as a pair where one wants room for new ideas and the other wants the old ones kept. Taurus's patience is what the tradition says gives those ideas time to prove themselves. The reading holds for any two people of these signs, whatever their gender.

Aquarius and Taurus compatibility: is it the same reading?

Yes. Aquarius and Taurus is the same reading as Taurus and Aquarius: the order of the names does not change the rating, and the page is listed under Taurus because Taurus comes first on the zodiac wheel. Searches for Aquarius and Taurus compatibility, or Aquarius and Taurus love compatibility, land on this one page.

How compatible are Taurus and Aquarius in friendship, marriage and bed?

Taurus and Aquarius in friendship, marriage and bed are read from the same chart facts as the verdict, one part of life at a time.

Are Taurus and Aquarius good friends?

Taurus and Aquarius are read as loyal friends once the friendship is set, a reading that rests on the two fixed modalities. They are slow to change its terms, so a long friendship between them tends to keep its old jokes. As friends, the tradition reads Taurus and Aquarius through the same chart facts. The page on the friendship dimension, sign by sign, sets out where this pair sits among all twelve signs.

Are Taurus and Aquarius a good match for marriage?

Taurus and Aquarius are read as a pairing with shared staying power and a recurring standoff for marriage. The tradition's advice is to agree whose way a thing is done before it hardens into a principle for one and a habit for the other. For marriage the tradition weighs patience and shared pace more than spark. The page on the zodiac's marriage verdicts shows how every sign does long term.

Are Taurus and Aquarius sexually compatible?

Taurus and Aquarius are read as a pair whose closeness depends on agreeing a pace, because the square is the angle astrologers associate with friction. Venus is read for attraction on the Taurus side, and the tradition suggests the difference in pace is talked through rather than guessed. Intimacy on this site is written for adults. The page on intimacy in astrology, explained gives the sign-by-sign version. With every part of life read, the useful question is what the two people can do with it.

What should a Taurus and Aquarius couple do to make it work?

A Taurus and Aquarius couple makes it work, in the tradition's terms, by choosing which ground to hold:

• Pick the battles: agree the few things each of you will not move on (fixed and fixed).
• Try the other's idea for a set time before judging it (earth and air).
• Name friction early, in plain words (square).

None of this is a forecast. Any decision about a real relationship is yours to make, together.

Do the sun signs tell the whole story for Taurus and Aquarius?

No. A sun sign is one placement out of many that astrologers read. A full birth chart adds the Moon, Venus and Mars of each person, which the tradition reads for emotional needs, love style and desire. Two people with the Taurus and Aquarius sun signs can differ in all three. The whole system is a tradition: there is no evidence that birth dates predict how two people get on.

Questions about Taurus or Aquarius alone

These questions are about one sign, so the full answer lives on that sign's page.

Who is Taurus not compatible with?

Western astrology names no single sign to avoid for Taurus; the tradition reads all twelve partners, easiest first, and reads the hardest of them as work rather than a ban. The ranked list is on the Taurus page.

Who are Aquarius not compatible with?

Western astrology names no single sign to avoid for Aquarius; the tradition reads all twelve partners, easiest first, and names the friction in each rather than ruling any out. The ranked list is on the Aquarius page.