Taurus and Pisces Compatibility

Taurus and Pisces is one verdict of 78. To run any other two signs, check your zodiac match on the two-sign selector. 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, a birth chart comparison shows where the planets line up between your charts, the Moon, Venus and Mars included. This page stays with the two sun signs.

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

Taurus and Pisces carry one rating, the verdict above, and the tradition reads each part of a relationship from the same chart facts. Astrologers read ground meeting imagination at a friendly angle: Taurus keeps things real, Pisces keeps them tender. 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 Pisces match?

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

• One of the two element pairings the convention treats as friendly (earth and water).
• A friendly angle between them on the wheel (sextile, 60 degrees).
• One sign holds steady while the other adapts (fixed and mutable).

What are the challenges of a Taurus and Pisces match?

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

• No shared element, so each has to learn the other's register (earth and water).
• Imagination that can look like vagueness to a practical partner (Venus and Neptune).
• A plan that Taurus holds and Pisces lets drift (fixed and mutable).

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

What elements are Taurus and Pisces?

Taurus is an earth sign and Pisces is a water sign. Earth with water is one of the two pairings the common convention treats as friendly (the other is fire with air), and our scoring counts it that way.

Astrologers associate earth signs with practicality, caution and the material world, and water signs with emotion, empathy and sensitivity. Taurus trusts what it can touch; Pisces trusts what it can feel. Together the tradition reads them as a pair where one builds the house and the other makes it somewhere people want to stay.

This verdict follows the element and modality pairing of Taurus and Pisces. 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 Pisces?

Taurus is a fixed sign and Pisces is a mutable sign. The two modalities differ, which our scoring counts in the pair's favour, because the tradition reads two signs of one modality as more of a contest. Cardinal signs start things, fixed signs sustain them and mutable signs adapt.

Taurus is the one who keeps the Sunday routine going for years. Pisces will happily join it, and just as happily let it lapse when something more interesting drifts by. The tradition reads that as a workable balance, as long as the plans that matter are named out loud.

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

What aspect do Taurus and Pisces form?

Taurus and Pisces sit two signs apart on the zodiac wheel, which Western astrology calls a sextile (60 degrees). The sextile is one of the five major aspects.

The distance crosses the start of the wheel: Pisces is the twelfth sign and Taurus the second, with Aries between them. That is why two signs at opposite ends of the usual list sit only two apart. Astrologers read the sextile as friendly, and Cafe Astrology counts it among the easy aspects; a sextile joins the elements the convention pairs, as earth and water are here.

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

Which planets rule Taurus and Pisces?

Taurus is ruled by Venus and Pisces by Neptune, with Jupiter as its traditional ruler. Pisces carries two rulers because Neptune was discovered in 1846, and before that astrologers gave the sign to Jupiter. Astrologers associate Venus with love style and attraction, Neptune with imagination and Jupiter with growth and expansion. The tradition reads the pairing as pleasure meeting dream.

Taurus and Pisces 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 a Pisces man compatible?

The rating is the same as the verdict above, because our scoring takes two signs and nothing else. A Taurus woman and a Pisces man are still earth and water, two signs apart. Read through Taurus, the tradition puts Venus and fixed steadiness first: Taurus offers a calm, reliable home base. Pisces's gentleness is read as what makes that base feel warm rather than merely safe.

Are a Taurus man and a Pisces woman compatible?

The same rating applies: our scoring reads two signs, never who is the woman and who is the man. Read through Pisces, the tradition puts Neptune and the mutable ease first. A Pisces woman and a Taurus man are read as a pair where one dreams freely and the other keeps both feet on the ground. Taurus's patience is what the tradition says gives a Pisces dream time to become real. The reading holds for any two people of these signs, whatever their gender.

Pisces and Taurus compatibility: is it the same reading?

Yes. Pisces and Taurus is the same reading as Taurus and Pisces: 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 Pisces and Taurus compatibility, or Pisces and Taurus love compatibility, land on this one page.

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

Taurus and Pisces 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 Pisces good friends?

Taurus and Pisces are read as gentle, easy company, a reading that rests on the fixed and mutable modalities. One keeps the plans and the other keeps them kind. As friends, the tradition reads Taurus and Pisces 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 Pisces a good match for marriage?

Taurus and Pisces are read as suited to marriage by earth's steadiness, which gives the long run a base. The work the tradition names is turning shared dreams into shared plans, with dates and budgets attached. 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 Pisces sexually compatible?

Taurus and Pisces are read as tender and unhurried in bed, a reading that rests on the sextile and on Venus, the planet astrologers associate with attraction. The tradition describes feeling and trust as setting the pace. 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 Pisces couple do to make it work?

A Taurus and Pisces couple makes it work, in the tradition's terms, by giving the dreams a shape:

• Turn one shared dream into a dated plan (earth and water).
• Say plainly what you need, since one of you tends to hint (earth and water).
• Agree which plans stay fixed and which can drift (fixed and mutable).

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 Pisces?

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 Pisces 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 Pisces alone

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

Who will a Taurus usually marry?

Western astrology names no sign that Taurus usually marries, and no sun sign can say who anyone marries; the tradition reads all twelve partners, easiest first. The ranked list is on the Taurus page.

Who do Pisces usually marry?

Western astrology names no single match for Pisces and keeps no record of who Pisces marry; the tradition reads all twelve partners, easiest first. The ranked list is on the Pisces page.