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Taurus (Latin for "the Bull") is the second astrological sign in the present zodiac. It spans the 30–60th degree of the zodiac. The Sun is in the sign of Taurus from about April 20 until about May 21 (Western astrology) or from about May 16 to June 15 (Sidereal astrology). People born between these dates, depending on which system of astrology they subscribe to, may be called Taureans.
Taurus was the first sign of the zodiac established among the ancient Mesopotamians – who knew it as the Bull of Heaven – because it was the constellation through which the sun rose on the vernal equinox at that time. Due to the precession of the equinox, it has since passed through the constellation Aries and into the constellation Pisces (hence our current era being known as the Age of Pisces). The Bull represents a strong-willed character with great perseverance and determination. In Egypt, Taurus was seen as the cow goddess Hathor. Hathor was the goddess of beauty, love, and happiness, and she represented all of the riches seen in cattle as the providers of nourishment. Roman astrologers considered Taurus ruled by Venus, the goddess of beauty, and Earth, the goddess of the earth and nature. Taurus is opposite to Scorpio....
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Taurus (Latin for "the Bull") is the second astrological sign in the present zodiac. It spans the 30–60th degree of the zodiac. The Sun is in the sign of Taurus from about April 20 until about May 21 (Western astrology) or from about May 16 to June 15 (Sidereal astrology). People born between these dates, depending on which system of astrology they subscribe to, may be called Taureans.
Taurus was the first sign of the zodiac established among the ancient Mesopotamians – who knew it as the Bull of Heaven – because it was the constellation through which the sun rose on the vernal equinox at that time. Due to the precession of the equinox, it has since passed through the constellation Aries and into the constellation Pisces (hence our current era being known as the Age of Pisces). The Bull represents a strong-willed character with great perseverance and determination. In Egypt, Taurus was seen as the cow goddess Hathor. Hathor was the goddess of beauty, love, and happiness, and she represented all of the riches seen in cattle as the providers of nourishment. Roman astrologers considered Taurus ruled by Venus, the goddess of beauty, and Earth, the goddess of the earth and nature. Taurus is opposite to Scorpio....
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Edward IV, King of England
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William of Orange, The Silent
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Charlotte Brontë, Novelist and Poet, Jane Eyre
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Alexander II, Tsar of Russia
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Ulysses S. Grant, 18th US President, 1869-1877
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John Muir, Father of the National Parks
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Max Planck, Inventor of Quantum Theory
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William Randolph Hearst, Publisher
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Erik Satie, French Composer
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Lenin, Founder of the Soviet Republics
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Bertrand Russell, Philosopher & Mathematician
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Marconi, Inventor Telegraph
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Walter Gropius, Founder of Bauhaus, 1919
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Adolf Hitler, Der Führer
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Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher of Logic
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Vladimir Nabokov, Russian Novelist
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Hirohito, 124th Emperor of Japan
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Marcel Breuer, Architect and Furniture Designer
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Oppenheimer, Father of the Atomic Bomb
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Malcolm X, Human Rights Activist
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Queen Elizabeth II
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Roy Orbison, American Singer / Songwriter
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Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq
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George Lucas, Creator of Star Wars
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Johan Cruyff, Football Player
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