Taurus and Leo compatibility

Love and romance comes out at 39. The angle weighs most in this facet, and for these two it is the square.

Ptolemy calls that configuration discordant because it joins “signs not of the same kind, but of different natures and sexes”. He assigns Leo to the Sun “as being masculine”, and he puts Taurus in a triplicity that “consists of feminine signs”. Applying his general reason to these two signs is our step.

Alan Leo, in the passages we use, treats each sign alone. Of Leo people he writes: “They are genuinely kind, warm-hearted and loving, but usually like to express their love in action, their emotional nature being deep and of the heart.” Of the other sign: “The true Taurean may be said to be one great, feeling individual, but as the sign belongs to the earthy triplicity, it is more often physical and objective than subjective feeling.” Placing the two sentences together is our doing; each one describes a person of feeling.

Trust is the highest of the six, at 57. Steadiness carries as much weight in it as the angle does, and two fixed signs bring steadiness to its full value.

In Ptolemy the signs that follow a tropical or an equinoctial sign “are termed fixed”, because the season “is then more firmly established”. William Lilly has the word “Fixed” in his line for Taurus, a line of qualities for judging a chart, not a portrait of people. Taking a settled season as constancy in a person is our reading, not Ptolemy’s.

Alan Leo’s portraits happen to share a word. Taureans “can be secretive and very reserved, but make faithful friends to all whom they give allegiance”. Leo people are “generous to a fault, faithful, sincere and earnest”. Noticing “faithful” in both is our doing, not his.

Communication is the lowest facet, 28. Adaptability counts here, and by the formula’s measure two fixed signs have none. The elements, which have the largest weight in this facet, count for less than half.

Alan Leo gives each sign a manner. Of Taureans: “They can be very determined, persistent and dogmatic”. Of Leo people: “They are usually very practical with regard to their ideals, as they prefer to live them rather than talk of them.” Our reading of the two sentences side by side: one portrait is of a firm speaker, the other of someone who would sooner act than talk.

Emotions scores 40. The elements have the largest weight here, and earth with fire counts only in part.

In Lilly’s lines Taurus is “Earthly, Cold, Dry, Melancholy” and Leo “Fiery, Hot, Dry, Cholerick”. Dry appears in both lines; cold stands against hot.

Alan Leo calls Taureans “slow, plodding, patient, enduring, persistent, executive and matter-of-fact persons”. Leo people, he says, “can be impulsive and diffusive, but it is usually the impulse of a generous nature”. Slow in one chapter and impulsive in the other: the contrast is drawn by us, not by him.

Values is the second highest facet, at 55. Steadiness counts again, with a smaller weight than in trust, and the elements weigh most.

Alan Leo writes of Taurus: “Persons possessing the strongest wills are born under this sign, but when living for themselves exclusively, they become as obstinate as it is possible for them to be.” Of Leo people he says that “although somewhat ambitious and persevering it is nearly always turned in the direction of self-perfection”. Our reading is that both sentences describe people who hold to a course, strong will in one and perseverance in the other.

Shared activities comes to 31. Like communication it counts adaptability, with a smaller weight, and this pair brings none.

Alan Leo says of Taureans: “They are excellent companions to those possessing ideas”. Of the other sign: “The Leos love to rule, but it is more from the heart and motive than from the head.” Set next to each other, which is our choice, they show a good companion and a person who likes to lead.