Yearly Horoscope: Taurus – 2020

But it’s not only earth, Taurus. You’ll also be catching some “big air” in 2020. Your ruling planet starts out the year in the fixed air sign of Aquarius, where objectivity rules the day. Later in the year, during the summer months, Venus spends some four months in the air sign of Gemini. In October, Venus will pass through the cardinal “let’s all get along” sign of Libra, so a total of about five months of the year will be spent in air signs. And with air comes the need for relationships, for honed communication skills and for mental connections with those you care about. Let’s face it, relationships are the jam of any self-respecting Child of Venus.

When air and earth get together, what do they create? Dust in the wind, perhaps? Or, at the very least, shifting sands. And shifting sands might be an apt metaphor for 2020, especially in the realm of relationships.

As 2020 begins, children of Venus feel oddly removed from all the action. Lab coats, pocket protectors and oversize glasses may be your new fashion statement. With your ruling planet Venus in Aquarius at the top of your solar chart, you could give off the impression of being detached or rebellious over factors that affect your status in the world.

It’s as though you’re holding a petri dish filled with remnants of your professional life, examining how the test samples are holding up the current environment. You’ve been running tests, applying logic and saying Spock-like things such as, “Fascinating!” All the while, a veritable Capricorn lovefest is taking place one house away, where a gaggle of planets have assembled in your house of higher purpose.

Which begs the question: How’s your belief system holding up these days? Tauruses take matters of faith seriously, and in recent years, your faith has been profoundly tested. So much so, that by Jan. 12, your belief system could be reduced to a pile of rubble. But should that happen, remember: Keeping the faith entails seeing beyond your circumstances long enough until your dreams and purpose are realized.

Being a pragmatic Taurus, you’re drawn to practical, rational beliefs – those that provide a benefit. Sure, there may be aliens circling our planet hidden by a cloaking shield, but for you, it’s all about keeping things sensible and down to earth.

But sometimes, the urge to be practical can keep you from seeing the miracles taking place every minute of the day. Patients are brought back to life after being declared dead, a GoFundMe account raises all the needed funds for a toddler’s cancer treatment, a depressed elderly woman comes home from the grocery store to find volunteers painting her house. Being practical, you don’t want to think of these events as miraculous. It’s hard to imagine the hand of the divine at work if you’re requiring scientific proof.

Conversely, you may have placed a great deal of faith in certain religious institutions or philosophical models only to find that your doubts now outweigh your certainty that a higher power even exists.  Pulling away after all the devotion that you’ve lavished upon your church or viewpoint is likely the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do, and one that makes you vow you’ll never believe in “fairy tales” again. Fear not, after a few months of mourning the passing of an outmoded belief system, you may again find your footing and a new and improved version of your higher purpose.

You may start feeling more yourself by March 5, when Venus enters Taurus, one of the two signs it rules. You can’t help but feel more clear-headed and excited about the future.  You might even dazzle others, which could arouse some jealously in your partner if you’re in a long-term relationship. Through April 3, you find you can attract people and opportunities to you as if by serendipity or kismet. However, with Uranus in early degrees of your sign, such connections seem to never go as planned or imagined.

Venus gets “airy” from April 4 to Aug. 7, as she travels through Gemini. April 4 is also the day that Saturn enters Aquarius, kicking off a two-year stay in that air sign. As such, the planet of tests and challenges momentarily trines Venus and underscores the air component. This is also a time when your interest in personal finances is likely to take center stage, and not just because you like playing with numbers but because “shifting sands” have made some budgeting and financial planning necessary.

Because of a retrograde on May 13, Venus spends several months in this mutable air sign, which is also the sign of siblings. You may have increased involvement with a brother or sister (or someone who reminds you of them). Those involvements could dredge up ingrained patterns of behavior, and sibling rivalries may rear their ugly heads, especially during the time that Venus is in retrograde, or appearing to move backward in the sky, from May 13 to June 25.

To add to this loquacious transit, two lunar eclipses, one on June 5 and the other Nov. 30 occur in the sign of Gemini. On or near those dates, you may experience some financial backtracking that tie back to affairs you put in motion in late 2019 or in May 2020, respectively.

The next time you’ll “catch air” is Oct. 28 through Nov. 21, when Venus travels through Libra, the other sign it rules. Venus in this cardinal air sign suggests changes are in store, especially around the workplace or as regards your health. With Venus traveling through the sign that she rules, you can expect those changes to ultimately be of your design or preference.

But perhaps the biggest “air” of all in 2020 — a transit that will possibly alter the course of civilization in year to come – is Saturn and Jupiter’s “conjunction of the decade” on Dec. 20 that takes place in the sign of Aquarius — the same sign that your ruling planet started the year out in? This conjunction occurring at the top of your solar chart, gives a dual track to your 10^th house of career and reputation. There’s probably no better place for such a conjunction to occur, even though you had to wait all year for it.

What’s it mean? you ask. It signifies that it’s no longer enough to earn big bucks and simply prosper in your profession. Going forward, the relationships you cultivate along the way and the benefit of what you do to humanity will become as important as a salary.

Venus has yet to return to her 9^th solar house where a Taurus’ higher purpose is born. That return engagement occurs in early 2021. You’ll want to check here then to see how it all will unfold.