2016 Taurus Horoscope Preview

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Taurus Horoscopes, Year 2016: Summary/preview of the year ahead for the zodiac sign Taurus.

2016 Taurus Horoscope Overview

The following is an overview horoscope for the zodiac sign of Taurus for the year 2016. See also Taurus Overview Horoscope.

2016 Horoscope Previews

Areas of Expansion in 2016 for Taurus: Romance, Creativity, Children, Hobbies, Work, Health, Services, Routines

Your Taurus 2016 Horoscope points to areas of life that are destined to expand and grow.

Until September 9, 2016, your romantic and creative worlds continue to expand and grow. You are learning to express yourself playfully and creatively without apology, and more willing to take some personal risks in order to do so. Romantic opportunities tend to abound during this cycle; or chances to kick back and have fun, express yourself, and pursue hobbies and entertainment. Creatively speaking, you can be filled with ideas and plans for realizing a dream.

This influence acts to increase your potential on creative and expressive levels. If you have artistic inclinations, this can be a wonderful time for developing them. This can be a time when children are a big focus in your life. Events can occur now that take your life in a good direction.

Love matters can be in strong focus. Romantic opportunities can arise.

While this position is associated with casual dating, because Jupiter rules your intimacy sector, you could be seeking more intensity, passion, and depth in your love life during this period. This influence has been with you since August 2015.

Potential negatives: Excessive emphasis on, or attention to, having fun to the detriment of other life departments. This is more likely to occur in mid-February to March, late May, and mid-August, when you may be glossing over important, practical details and the appeal of gambling or taking other forms of risks can be strong. Young and impressionable Tauruses may be mixing with the “wrong crowd” at this time. Watch also for indiscriminately lending to friends during this period, as well as recreational escapism that goes too far. There can be difficulties defining love relationships, and there may be some swinging between wanting more depth and preferring to keep things casual and fun. For some, there can be challenges in an intimate relationship due to flirtations or a lack of full commitment.

However, for the most part, you are likely to feel supported and confident during this approximately year-long cycle. Particularly until June, there continues to be strong energy for transforming your creative life, love life, hobbies, and self-expression. There is more depth and power in your creative output, intensity in your romantic world/feelings, and a stronger commitment to improving your life. Your lifeview expands, enriches, and deepens. Your desire to share yourself with others strengthens. Creativity finds a successful channel or outlet, and you are pouring more of your heart and soul into what you create and share.

From September 9th onward, you experience a boost to your work and health endeavors. The desire or need to expand a work project can be in focus now.

Your work, daily routines, and health routines begin to expand and grow. This is a time when your work projects or duties expand, or you have more employment opportunities. You can be so confident of your abilities to take on projects and endeavors, however, that you might overload your plate, so do watch for that. This influence is with you until October 10, 2017.

You find more joy in your work (as long as you don’t take on too much), self-improvement endeavors, and taking care of your health. If you provide a service to others, it is likely to prosper. You are more successful in hiring people to work for you, if applicable, and improvements to your working environment are likely. It can be easier than usual to find employment now. You may get a new job during this cycle, or significantly improve an existing one. Work tends to be very available to you. There is a tendency now to focus on the details of your work, and you might sometimes feel a little overwhelmed with monotonous tasks.

You are proud of how useful you are to others during this cycle. The more integrity and honesty you bring to your services, the more “payback” you will receive. Health is likely to prosper now, and medical procedures or programs, if necessary, are more likely to be successful. There may be an inclination to put on some weight, however, if you don’t watch your sweet tooth. Some people get a new pet during this cycle.

Your work might involve more services or the assisting of others during this cycle, and for some, health-related or healing professions can be attractive at this time.

This can be a time for transforming your working life and when you put a tremendous amount of effort into your work or daily routines.

Overload or the magnification of problems surrounding work can be experienced during this cycle, and is more likely in late November and late December, when you might experience vague health issues, the need for time away from your duties either to take care of yourself or of others requiring care, or the consequences of taking on so much that you have trouble taking time for yourself or vacationing and learning.

However, for the most part, this is a good time for gaining appreciation for what you do or for your skills, for finding work, and for working relationships, particularly in late September and the first half of October is an especially good period for taking advantage of the benefits of this influence.

Areas of Contraction and Lessons in Simplicity: Support, Intimacy, Sharing, Finances

Your Taurus 2016 Horoscope, Saturn Profile, points to areas of contraction, restriction, and necessary “slimming down” in order to test for stable foundations. There are always areas of life that require more simplicity. Tests may be part of the picture as you learn that life with only growth and expansion can run away with itself.

In 2016, the areas of your life that require a “back to basics” approach are intimacy, sharing, and shared finances, or money and property that comes from a source other than your own personal income. There may be tests of sorts in these areas of life, as if the universe is checking that the foundations are strong. Things built on weak foundations may very well crack under the pressure of these tests. Those that are strong will endure and strengthen.

This influence began in December 23rd, 2014, retreated for the summer of 2015, and will be with you until December, 2017. It can be felt most strongly earlier or later in the cycle, depending on whether you were born earlier or later in the sign of Taurus. This year, those born with an Ascendant of 10 to 21 degrees of Taurus and those born from April 30th to May 11th are most directly affected.

Tests can come to your financial and intimate worlds during this cycle. You may be dealing with fears of surrendering yourself, emotionally or financially, to others. Support from others may not be as forthcoming as it has been in the past. For example, a partner’s income may be reduced, or another form of financial support may be taken away or decreased during this period. This requires you to assume more independence in terms of making a living.

Emotionally, there can be a feeling that others are not as supportive. There can be delays or difficulties in general when it comes to getting what you want or need from others. Intimacy may seem to dry up before it gets better. In late March and late May and then in June and September, the challenges of this position are more likely to be felt. You may need to deal with addictive behaviors, difficulties with a friend, or disillusionments about a long-term goal that no longer seems feasible or viable.

However, it’s a strong time for handling financial matters, especially debts and taxes, in a logical and realistic manner. These are unlikely to be drastic changes, but rather more on the lines of slow but sure progress, little by little.

Areas of Excitement, Innovation, Independence, and Speed: Spirituality, the Past, Private life

Your 2016 Taurus Horoscope, Uranus Profile, points to areas of your life that seem to speed up so that you are able to take some risks, innovate, and revolutionize.

In March 2011, you entered a lengthy cycle of review of past attachments, those things keeping you from exploring your individuality, and the things that make you unique. This process spans many years (it’s with you throughout 2016 and beyond, until March 2019).

Initially, there can be some elements of your private life that are exposed. Secrets that you had kept might surface, for example. This might have felt uncomfortable at first, but it’s part of a process that involves detaching yourself from certain areas of your private life and your past. Many of you are more accustomed to this energy, but for some of you, those born later in the sign of Taurus, this energy is relatively new.

The aim now is to free yourself from attitudes that have restricted you from moving forward with your life. Ultimately, you’ll be freer to start anew – a life that in which you express yourself more authentically. Circumstances are such that this process comes easily and naturally April and May. You can feel wonderfully expressive and creative. Feelings in a a relationship can be fresh and fun.

Changes can feel a little more challenging in March and August, when part of you is anxious to express yourself freely and to share your affections with someone, but another part fears repercussions or is stuck on a past matter. Elements from the past can interfere with a current relationship for some of you.

Areas of Change, Purging, & Transformation: Beliefs, Travel, Attitudes, Work, Spirituality, Romance, Creativity

Your 2016 Taurus Horoscope reveals areas of life in which change and transformation take place. It’s a time for “out with the old, in with the new”. Attitudes, belief systems, and learning continue to transform this year.

There is a stronger sense that change is good from January to June, an influence that began in October 2015. You may be purging some of the beliefs or attitudes that no longer work for you. A relationship can reach a new level. There can be a wonderful exposure to a new perspective, lifestyle, or culture. Some of you might publish a creative work and meet with success.

There may be people in your life who are bothered by the changes you are making, and these problems can be magnified in November. Circumstances may be such that you take on so many tasks, and even though you enjoy your work and daily routines very much, they can keep you from exploring the world or expanding your experiences.

In 2016, the Moon’s Nodes and eclipse activity continue to affect your sectors of work, health, daily affairs, privacy, and spirituality, and these areas of life continue to evolve in important ways. However, this influence ends in March. A Lunar Eclipse in March gives you the final cosmic push to develop healthier habits and routines.

With the North Node moving through your amusement/creativity and romance sector all year, you can benefit greatly from expressing yourself more playfully and uniquely. This is one of the major keys to happiness in 2016.

Eclipses in another set continue to challenge you to express yourself more creatively and openly. Friendships, group associations, creativity, and romantic involvements are evolving in important ways. New group associations may be made, friendships can expand, and you are challenged to find a balance between your romantic life and your associations with friends, particularly around the eclipses in March (friendship/groups/teamwork eclipse) and September (creativity and romance eclipse).

A new eclipse theme begins in August, when your sector of home and family is activated. It’s a time for attending to the home and hearth, for better balancing your professional and personal lives, and for discovering your needs for nurture and security. This theme is only the beginning of a set that will continue into 2017 and 2018.

Your Planetary Ruler in 2016: Venus is your planetary ruler. More power to you when your ruler is in your sign, and this year, this period is from April 30th to May 22nd. Venus does not retrograde this year as it did last year.

Summary Horoscopes for 2016.

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See also 2016 Summary Horoscopes for neat summaries of the year ahead for each sign and 2016 Love Guides/Horoscopes for Each Sign for forecasts in the areas of romance and relationships.

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