AstrologgerTaurus Compatibility
Apr 20 – May 20 · Fixed Earth sign ruled by Venus
How Taurus pairs with each of the twelve signs in love, friendship and work. Every score below is computed from the same three real relationships — element, modality and ruling planet — so it reads the same whichever partner you start from. Taurus’s strongest match is Cancer at 94%; the one that asks for the most deliberate effort is Aquarius at 61%.
Taurus with all 12 signs
| Pair | Overall | Love | Friendship | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taurus & Cancer | 94% | 93% | 98% | Full reading › |
| Taurus & Pisces | 91% | 93% | 95% | Full reading › |
| Taurus & Scorpio | 90% | 92% | 91% | Full reading › |
| Taurus & Virgo | 89% | 90% | 92% | Full reading › |
| Taurus & Capricorn | 89% | 90% | 95% | Full reading › |
| Taurus & Taurus | 88% | 89% | 88% | Full reading › |
| Taurus & Aries | 66% | 62% | 69% | Full reading › |
| Taurus & Gemini | 65% | 63% | 68% | Full reading › |
| Taurus & Libra | 65% | 62% | 71% | Full reading › |
| Taurus & Sagittarius | 65% | 64% | 70% | Full reading › |
| Taurus & Leo | 64% | 62% | 67% | Full reading › |
| Taurus & Aquarius | 61% | 60% | 65% | Full reading › |
Taurus’s three strongest matches
Taurus & Cancer — 94%
In love, Taurus and Cancer traditionally spark easily, with attraction and warmth that tend to come naturally (93/100).
Taurus & Pisces — 91%
In love, Taurus and Pisces traditionally spark easily, with attraction and warmth that tend to come naturally (93/100).
Taurus & Scorpio — 90%
In love, Taurus and Scorpio traditionally spark easily, with attraction and warmth that tend to come naturally (92/100).
Where Taurus has to work hardest
Taurus & Leo — 64%
Watch for Taurus's earth instincts and Leo's fire instincts reading as friction until each learns to translate rather than correct.
Taurus & Aquarius — 61%
Watch for Taurus's earth instincts and Aquarius's air instincts reading as friction until each learns to translate rather than correct.
Taurus in Vedic matching: the rashi axes
Indian matchmaking does not read elements — it counts the distance from one rashi to the other. Two of those distances, the 6/8 shadashtak and the 2/12 dwirdwadash, are the combinations Bhakoot koota scores zero of its seven points; the 5/9 nav pancham trine is the one it treats as most harmonious. Counted from Taurus:
- Nav Pancham — Virgo, Capricorn
- Samsaptak — Scorpio
- Kendra — Leo, Aquarius
- Trishadaya — Cancer, Pisces
- Shadashtak — Libra, Sagittarius
- Dwirdwadash — Aries, Gemini
One caveat worth repeating: Bhakoot is judged on the two Moon signs, not sun signs. Use it here as an indication of the rashi relationship, and run full kundli matching on both birth charts before treating any of it as a verdict.
Why Taurus matches the way it does
Taurus carries the earth element while Cancer carries water, and these two are classically complementary — earth is grounded, practical and steady, water is feeling-led, intuitive and deeply attuned, and each tends to feed what the other reaches for. Taurus's earth energy and Cancer's water energy can lift one another rather than compete. This is often one of the more naturally encouraging elemental combinations.
Taurus answers to Venus while Cancer answers to the Moon, so their underlying motivations pull in contrasting directions. Traditionally that contrast is workable — even enriching — when each treats the other's ruling instinct as a different lens rather than a flaw.
Common questions
Which sign is most compatible with Taurus?
On element, modality and ruling-planet relationships, Taurus's strongest overall match is Cancer at 94%. Pisces (91%) and Scorpio (90%) follow closely. Sun-sign matching is a starting point, not a verdict — a full chart comparison weighs Moon, Venus and the 7th house too.
Which sign is least compatible with Taurus?
Aquarius scores lowest at 61%. A low score means the two temperaments need more deliberate effort, not that the relationship cannot work — plenty of long marriages sit on "difficult" sun-sign pairings.
What makes Taurus compatible with another sign?
Taurus is a Fixed Earth sign ruled by Venus. Compatibility here is computed from three real relationships: how the two elements interact, whether the modalities clash or cooperate, and how the ruling planets relate. That is why the scores are the same whichever order you read the pair in.