Welcome back to the series of planetary rulers for each ascendant. After the impetus Rams of the zodiac, lets now move to the next ascendant – the tenacious Bulls. The focus of these articles will be on the individual planets and how they can function or be used to their best ability for such an ascendant. Please read the ascendant series articles for more information on Taurus itself.
Let’s get started with the lagna lord Venus. For a Taurus ascendant, Venus rules the 1st – house of physical body, self-image and overall how one projects oneself to the world and the 6th (libra) house of physical health, daily service, enemies, legal issues etc. So what happens when these two houses get linked due to ownership. Firstly, Venus ruling these houses implies that if you are a Taurus ascendant, the aspects of life that these houses govern will have a Venusian approach from your side. i.e first and foremost you will have a calm and pleasurable personality. People will always have a first impression of you as a friendly and polite person. This is because Venus governs beauty, grace, luxury and loves peace and comfort. There can be number of factors that can alter this, based on where Venus is located and if there are any other planets in the 1st house etc but we can safely assume, that there will be this underlying theme in these people’s life.
Secondly, ruler of the 6th makes these people more peace loving that the rest of the crowd. 6th house is all about battling your enemies, winning legal cases, dealing with health issue etc. It is considered as a difficult house, one of the upachaya houses that grow with time. You can understand having Venus rule this will impact the overall personality of a Taurus ascendant. 6th house is also about overcoming obstacles and working hard. It is this link between the 1st and the 6th that gives Taurus their obstinate/stubborn nature. Their capacity to endure something till completion.
One of the stereotypes of the Taurus sign, that they like to avoid conflicts and confrontations probably can be attributed to its ruler-ship of the 6th house, housing the most balance loving sign Libra. Such people like to deal with the 6th house matters in a more diplomatic way that their counter-opposites Scorpios or a martian energy person. They would rather try to resolve problems with negotiations rather than going to war in that sense of the word. Obviously not to say that these people shy away from fighting for what is right or theirs, but they rather not create inharmonious situations around them.
Coming to the concept of exaltation and debilitation, Venus gets exalted in the 11th house (of Pisces) and debilitated in the 5th house (of Virgo). This gives us some important insights into a Taurus personality. Just to note, although we are talking about Taurus as the ascendant but the high level takeaways can be interpreted for any Taurus dominant personality in one way or another.
The lagna lord being exalted in the 11th house implies if used with the best of its ability Taurus ascendants can be very good at networking and developing a large social circle. They can achieve this using their Venusian qualities of diplomacy and negotiation handling. It is best for such individuals to think of the collective and not focus too much on individualism or materialism. Venus in the sign of Pisces is all about merging with the collective. Taurus sometimes has the reputation of being too materialist, I believe it will be very favorable for these individuals to use their wealth in social activities either in non-profits or actual investment business depending on how their life unfolds. Along with the 1st, the 6th lord gets exalted in the 11th which is 6th from itself i.e the bhavat bhavam placement. What this can mean is for 6th house matters, it is best for such individuals to handle them with grace in public. Their 1st and 6th being linked can in some way make them their own worst enemy, diseases resulting due to life style choices etc so focusing on their health for example by restricting heavy calorie diet can go a long way for them (as pisces is a sign of the ultimate moksha and abstinence).
The lagna lord debilitated in the 5th house can show why Taurus ascendants are sometimes not able to deal with their children in a logical manner. They might overindulge them. They should not try to define themselves through their children. Trying to live through them might result in communication barriers (5th -virgo ruled by mercury) with their children. Another aspect that such people should be careful about is not trying to get recognized and placing their worth on their creative expression such as media, arts etc. They would do well in those areas as will be discussed in later articles but they should’nt put all their worth in such activities.
To conclude this, I would just like to say, for Taurus if they work with their Venus in the best possible way they are capable of doing really well resulting in financial gains (11th house) through consistent hard work (6th house) and improve their social presence and network.
That is all for now, will be back with the second/ fifth lord – Mercury in the next article.
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