Joseph Polansky - Your Personal Horoscope 2016

In general a Taurus will choose money and earning power over public esteem and prestige. A position that pays more – though it has less prestige – is preferred to a position with a lot of prestige but lower earnings. Many other signs do not feel this way, but a Taurus does, especially if there is nothing in his or her personal birth chart that modifies this. Taurus will pursue glory and prestige only if it can be shown that these things have a direct and immediate impact on their wallet.

In love, the Taurus-born likes to have and to hold. They are the marrying kind. They like commitment and they like the terms of a relationship to be clearly defined. More importantly, Taurus likes to be faithful to one lover, and they expect that lover to reciprocate this fidelity. When this doesn’t happen, their whole world comes crashing down. When they are in love Taurus people are loyal, but they are also very possessive. They are capable of great fits of jealousy if they are hurt in love.

Taurus is satisfied with the simple things in a relationship. If you are involved romantically with a Taurus there is no need for lavish entertainments and constant courtship. Give them enough love, food and comfortable shelter and they will be quite content to stay home and enjoy your company. They will be loyal to you for life. Make a Taurus feel comfortable and – above all – secure in the relationship, and you will rarely have a problem.

In love, Taurus can sometimes make the mistake of trying to control their partners, which can cause great pain on both sides. The reasoning behind their actions is basically simple: Taurus people feel a sense of ownership over their partners and will want to make changes that will increase their own general comfort and security. This attitude is OK when it comes to inanimate, material things – but is dangerous when applied to people. Taurus needs to be careful and attentive to this possible trait within themselves.

Home and family are vitally important to Taurus. They like children. They also like a comfortable and perhaps glamorous home – something they can show off. They tend to buy heavy, ponderous furniture – usually of the best quality. This is because Taurus likes a feeling of substance in their environment. Their house is not only their home but their place of creativity and entertainment. The Taurus’s home tends to be truly their castle. If they could choose, Taurus people would prefer living in the countryside to being city-dwellers. If they cannot do so during their working lives, many Taurus individuals like to holiday in or even retire to the country, away from the city and closer to the land.

At home a Taurus is like a country squire – lord (or lady) of the manor. They love to entertain lavishly, to make others feel secure in their home and to encourage others to derive the same sense of satisfaction as they do from it. If you are invited for dinner at the home of a Taurus you can expect the best food and the best entertainment. Be prepared for a tour of the house and expect to see your Taurus friend exhibit a lot of pride and satisfaction in his or her possessions.

Taurus people like children but they are usually strict with them. The reason for this is they tend to treat their children – as they do most things in life – as their possessions. The positive side to this is that their children will be well cared for and well supervised. They will get every material thing they need to grow up properly. On the down side, Taurus can get too repressive with their children. If a child dares to upset the daily routine – which Taurus loves to follow – he or she will have a problem with a Taurus parent.

Last year, as Saturn left your 7th house, the love and social life turned around. For some years – especially in 2013 and 2014 – it was severely tested. Many a Taurus got divorced – a traumatic experience for anyone, but especially for a Taurus. Good relationships survived, but it wasn’t easy. Happily things are much better now. Last year, on August 12, Jupiter moved into Virgo and started to make harmonious aspects to your love planet, Pluto. This aspect is still in effect until September 9. More on this later.

Uranus has been in your 12th house for many years now. Thus spirituality has become very important in your life. In many cases, Taurus, you are opting for a spiritual career. Others are making it a priority in their lives. This trend continues in the year ahead.

Pluto has been in your 9th house for many years. This shows a death and rebirth of your philosophical and religious beliefs. Many are dying and many are being reborn in a new form. The belief system is an ultra-important part of life, too often ignored by the psychological community. But it influences every area of life. Changes here change the life.

Jupiter spends most of the year in your 5th house. This makes Taureans of childbearing age much more fertile than usual. This aspect also tends to involvement with children in general – your own or other people’s. It’s a fun kind of period. A party period.

Jupiter moves into your 6th house on September 10. This is an excellent aspect for job seekers and for those who employ others. Even if you’re currently employed, many happy job opportunities will start to happen.

Saturn moved into your 8th house of transformation late in 2014 and will be there for all of the year ahead. This suggests a need to tone down the sexual expression. A need to focus on quality rather than quantity.

Your most important interests in the year ahead are: children, fun and creativity (until September 9); health and work (from September 10 onwards); personal transformation and reinvention, sex, occult studies, taxes and estates; religion, philosophy, higher education and foreign travel; friends, groups and group activities; and spirituality.

Your paths of greatest fulfilment this year are children, fun and creativity; and health and work (from September 10 onwards).

(Please note that this is an astrological perspective on health and not a medical one. In days of yore there was no difference, these perspectives were identical. But now there could be quite a difference. For a medical perspective, please consult your doctor or health practitioner.)

Now that Saturn has left his stressful aspect with you (which he did late in 2014) your overall health and energy are super. All the long-term planets are either in harmonious aspect with you or leaving you alone. Health should be wonderful this year. If you have pre-existing conditions, you should see improvement with them.

Of course, as our regular readers know, there will be periods in the year where health is less easy than usual, perhaps even stressful, but these are temporary things caused by the planetary transits and not trends for the year. When the difficult transits pass, normal good health and energy return.

Health doesn’t even seem a major concern until September 10. The 6th house of health and work is empty for the most part and you sort of take good health for granted. After that date, Jupiter moves into your 6th house and gives greater focus here. But it seems to me that the focus will be more on work than on health. Perhaps you’re getting involved in a healthier lifestyle, but not much more than that.

Good though your health is you can make it even better. Give more attention to the following – the vulnerable areas of your Horoscope (the reflexology points for these areas are shown in the following chart):

The neck and throat. These are always important for Taurus. Regular neck massage will do wonders for you, and craniosacral therapy is also good for the neck.