I'm not a typical Taurus... I don't care much for materialistic things or people. I hate shopping and don't like to wear jewelry. I feel more "spiritual". I'm not very loyal unless the person really deserves it or I feel that way towards them. It is not a given with me.
I want to be faithful and am when in love. But it can be a struggle.

But I do have many Taurus traits as well!

Well, none of those things are really un-taurusey. A lot of popastrologists get it wrong. It's more about earthiness, sensuality, touch...and rocks.

Typically, there are two types of Taurean women: 1) very social, engaging, dressed to the nines, loves being a girl or 2) very earthy, hippy, earth goddessy.

You can crave security without it being about money.

i have a place i go to get my tarot read on a bi-annual/quarterly basis. so last week, i sit down to chat with my reader and one of the first things to come out of his mouth is – “i’m getting a very (intellectual) impression from you? what sign are you?” “Taurus (of course).” “oh. i’m sensing more Gemini.” “really??”…

turns out that i am a mercury in Gemini w/ an air grand trine, so that could’ve thrown him. my understanding is that sun signs deal with the solar (-duh ;) and by nature the solar aspect of our personality is about ego formation. the core of one’s ego may or may not be evident to the outsider looking in, or even to the insider sometimes. ego’s are not fixed in stone, can change, can inflate or deflate, etc. etc. unless a person is really Self-centred/self-realized. for the rest of us mere mortals, the sun sign represents more what we WILL BE/are becoming/aspire towards than a set of fixed traits defining who we are. moon signs are a better indication of what we are like by nature.

in myth, the “solar” heroes usually go on a long quests or journeys to acquire some desired treasure or accomplish some desired end, but along the way discover themselves in a fuller sense. the stories usually revolve around the fateful decisions these heroes make at crucial moments in life – turning points in the plot of the story. so maybe, my Taurus sun sign indicates the style in which i make crucial decisions that affect my life (destiny). what resources do i bring to the table when it is a matter of what i WILL or will not do?

lastly, i wanted to second the rejection of pop astrology’s take on Taurus as the sign of literal-minded, “i only believe in what is staring me right in the face, right now”, materialism-personified. if the sun sign is a matter of will than it’s much more nuanced and context-specific what the sun sign actually means for a person. more than any orbit in astrology, the sun sign is PERSONAL, person-specific.

my hunch is that in the day (time and place) when much of what is taken as astrological 101 status quo was written, options were severely restricted, by our standards. maybe 9 out of 10 Taurus Suns in that time and place were banker, country farming, etc. etc. (insert Taurus sun sign cliché). the problem is pop astrology lacks nuance, room for subtle distinctions, and is quite possible archaic. so unsurprisingly people with a natural curiousity in themselves and their place within the world or cosmos are turned off by astrology… until they see what a real astrologer can do – hopefully.