2023 Taurus Horoscope Preview
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Taurus Horoscopes, the Year 2023: Summary/preview of the year ahead for the zodiac sign Taurus. See also the full Taurus 2023 Yearly Horoscope.
This forecast applies for those with their Sun in Taurus (born approximately* April 20th to May 21st) and for those with a Taurus Ascendant most significantly.
2023 Taurus Horoscope Preview
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Areas of Expansion in 2023 for Taurus:
Your Taurus 2023 Horoscope points to areas of life that are destined to expand and grow.
- Spirituality
- Privacy
- Mental and emotional wellness
- Personality
- Fresh Starts/Initiative
- Self-image, body image
Until May 16th, the areas of life that expand, grow, and reward you are your spiritual world, compassion, private life, and tolerance. These are periods for looking within and learning your inner strength. These are also times for appreciating some level of solitude.
This influence spans two date ranges, with the first wave happening last year in 2022, and the second one starting near the end of 2022:
- from May 10-October 28, 2022,
- and from December 20, 2022-May 16, 2023.
You’re experiencing these themes in steps, and the second and final step occurs in 2023 until May 16th.
Matters from the past magnify in your life now. Your inclination is to sort through the attitudes that serve you well and the behaviors that need to go 
so you can grow, improve, and thrive. This theme prepares you for the times when Jupiter transits your sign –when you’ll then be ready to share yourself more fully with the world. [By the way, Jupiter will be in Taurus from May 16th, 2023, to May 25, 2024, and it’s explained just below.]
This is generally a warm, protective cycle, although with Jupiter in the background in your chart, there may be some sense that you are not truly living or experiencing your life to the fullest or that your joy in life is not as apparent to others. It’s a somewhat more withdrawn, reflective period of your life. You may be exploring the hidden elements of life or developing your spirituality now.
You may also be more markedly compassionate and empathetic. Events occurring now expand your inner world and your innate compassion, warmth, or inner eye.
This can be a powerful period for volunteer work or work done behind the scenes, in private, or in the helping professions.
Because this transit connects your sector of intimacy, shared resources, and debts with your sector of solitude and endings, this can also be a time when your relationship with intimacy or debts is going through changes. There can be hidden or elusive elements to your intimate life or shared resources, or you could be putting a long-standing problem along these lines behind you. It’s possible you’re dealing with secret debt or a hidden relationship.
Potential challenges: Escapism. It can be tempting to escape your everyday responsibilities and challenges. In particular, you might try to avoid reliance on drugs, drinking, or other “glamorous” forms of escape. It’s true that you need more breaks from the usual, but it’s best to aim for healthy forms of hiatus.
Jupiter’s influence is generally considered positive, and it is, ultimately. However, it acts to magnify the area of the chart that it affects, and at times it can be uncomfortable if you are having difficulties in this area.
In your case, if you are lonely or feel helpless, and if you have trouble facing your past, then this influence can heighten these issues. Ultimately, it’s for good. Initial magnification can help you see, starting the process that leads to improvements. The cosmos asks you to surrender some of your attachments and surrender to the unknown. Releasing control is necessary.
Building your faith is the work you are doing now. While you tend to play a supportive role to others, if taken too far, you will need to draw some boundaries with your energy and time. There can be some strains on mental and physical health in spots.
However, what you’re doing now leads to significant improvements. There can be stronger joy in being of service to others, but do be careful that you take care of yourself as well.
Connecting with people from your past can figure strongly, or you can be quite focused on past friendships. Sometimes with this influence, a previous enemy or person you didn’t like now becomes a friend.
For the most part, you are likely to feel emotionally secure and supported during this cycle. Your perceptions heighten. Your ability to make sacrifices for others increases, and you can build your confidence in yourself as you help and support others.
This influence is particularly favorable for activities taking place “behind the scenes” or otherwise privately and in the soul. It’s a cycle in which you become more compassionate, empathetic, and sensitive or get in deeper touch with these traits. You might work on ridding yourself of self-destructive tendencies, deep-seated fears, and deeply-ingrained tendencies towards guilty feelings. Fortunately, you are more able to get in touch with your subconscious mind, and in fact, confronting your fears can be pretty pleasurable during this period.
Charity, giving/donating anonymously, volunteering, and helping others without expectation of reward will be most fulfilling during this cycle. Helping others helps you.
Your dreaming world may be especially rich yet also lighter, helpful, and more intuitive. Meditation and retreats may benefit you now, as they regenerate and invigorate your spirit. You can find much pleasure and growth in solitude and contemplation.
A more vital interest in spirituality is possible during this period. There can be surprising events and changes to your inner world. Intuition heightens. Aim to pay attention to what comes to you in the way of dreams or hunches. You may very well discover new interests and desires that help you rid yourself of outdated habits or attachments to the past that no longer serve you well. A secret might come to light for some of you that serves the same purpose.
Your dreaming world is active in 2023. Spiritual teachers may come into your life. A feeling of spiritual protection is with you, and your faith in the “unseen” begins to grow.
From May 16th onward, Jupiter is in your sign. This transit lasts a little over a year and comes only every twelve years, serving to bring you out of your shell. You’re ready to take on the world!
This influence runs from May 16, 2023, to May 25, 2024. It’s a time for exploring your needs and pursuing your dreams. Your personality, image, body image, and self-confidence expand to new levels with Jupiter in your sign. You see brand-new possibilities, and your vision of life is panoramic.
Jupiter in Taurus
If you’ve done your inner “work” well while Jupiter was transiting your solar twelfth house just before this transit, this can be an especially rewarding period. Your confidence in yourself and faith in the world are growing exponentially. Freedom is what you seek, and it’s a beautiful quest as long as you keep in mind the potential costs of freedom when it’s pursued without the necessary attention to responsibilities.
You are more willing to enjoy new experiences and rid yourself of those things that have held you back from truly living and owning your life.
There can be new projects you begin now that have long-term potential. You may not yet know where you’re heading with them, but you’re undoubtedly enthusiastic about starting anew. Happily, you experience a powerful initiative at this time in your life!
Expanding your horizons through higher learning might also figure strongly. It’s a time to align your behavior with what you believe is right. You are taking more “me” time, which is, in fact, long overdue.
Because Jupiter is the natural ruler of your solar eighth house, your new beginnings can very much tie in with a matter related to an intimate relationship, ending an addiction or obsession, pooling your money or talents with someone, paying debts, or other shared resources. Sometimes inheritance or support is involved. A lifestyle change impacts your confidence and approach to life.
You could do more learning in a self-directed manner. You’re seeking more freedom to explore and discover. A long-standing problem or belief can end, freeing you on a mental plane. Your success on inner levels or in your intimate life relates to expressing your personality or independence fully or more confidently, the confidence in your ingenuity, or your body, appearance, or image. This transit also favors teaching, publishing, or advantages in court or school.
You seek a new beginning – a fresh start, of sorts – and your desire to do right is powerful. Work or projects you have been developing in private or behind the scenes may begin to pay off. There is less focus on serving and helping others, perhaps because this is no longer as necessary. For example, a child can go off to college, or it’s even possible that it’s the end of a relationship or major project that took up a lot of your energy and resources, from which you are now enjoying some level of freedom. Now you can put some of your interests on the front burner.
You won’t feel like puttering about during this period of your life! You are hungry for new experiences. Everyday stresses that may have frustrated you in the past now seem almost inconsequential–your vision lifts above the mundane. As such, your ability to manage stress and pressure increases.
You are more tolerant in your attitude towards others, and you’re considerably more confident about expressing the playful, creative, and fun side of your personality.
It can be a time of increased personal meaning and purpose. Personal initiative is strong. The motivation arrives to work on healing any problems with presenting yourself confidently or self-image issues.
Potential problems: Restlessness, over-confidence, wastefulness, weight gain, pompous behavior, and excesses, in general, are potential pitfalls when the energies of Jupiter go too far. See to it that these things don’t mar an otherwise excellent period. In your desire to start over, watch that you don’t blind yourself to certain essentials and responsibilities.
There might also be times when others feel threatened by your newfound displays of freedom and independence, when your personal desires are greater than your means, or when you have trouble with self-discipline, budgets, and limits.
Otherwise, this can be a time of opportunity. There can be a strong sense of release and freedom from previously limiting, rigid, or stifling conditions.
A positive attitude will bring favorable circumstances into your life if you remain realistic. Try not to take unnecessary risks or gambles. Your heart is very open this year. Protect it with realistic expectations, and you’ll have a memorable time!
A significant other seems quite supportive of your efforts toward self-improvement. While you may have struggled with your personal philosophy and belief systems in recent years, you feel more confident about your behavior aligning with what you believe is right.
In May, when this transit begins, your desire for more personal freedom could clash with your professional goals or with the attention you feel is needed for your responsibilities to the outside world. Your stronger need for independence or space can come with a price! The temptation may be to overdo in both areas, but a compromise is less stressful.
June brings excellent opportunities through or for friends, networking, and business income. A more stable approach to extracurricular activities or socializing can boost you at this time. You feel more confident about going after your dreams and happiness goals. Friends could be integral in your quest for more from life.
Areas of Contraction and Lessons in Simplicity:
Your Taurus 2023 Horoscope 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 from itself.
- Career
- Life Path
- Reputation
- Friendship
- Happiness Goals
- Involvement with Community/Groups
Until March 7th, the areas of your life that require a “back to basics” approach connect with the sector of your solar chart that rules career, reputation, responsibilities, long-term goals, and your life path. This is the most public area of your chart. It depends on your age or the current stage of your life whether this area of your solar chart relates more to your career path or your responsibilities and public life. Authority figures are ruled by this sector of the chart as well. Again, depending on your current circumstances, these can be parents, bosses, managers, the government, and teachers.
There continue to be “tests” in these areas of life–as if the universe is checking that the foundations are strong. Things built on weak 
foundations may crack under the pressure of these tests. Good ones will endure and strengthen. You can help this process along by actively working on strengthening vulnerable areas.
This influence began in 2020, but it became a consistent transit in 2021 and 2022. Saturn finally ends its transit to this area of your chart in March 2023.
You’ve experienced these themes more strongly earlier or later in the cycle, depending on whether you were born earlier or later in the sign of Taurus. In 2023, those most directly affected by this transit are those born from approximately May 14-21 and those with an Ascendant of 23 to 30 degrees Taurus.
During this cycle, your career requires critical decisions and choices. Major projects may come to fruition, and this can be a time for reaping their rewards, but there can also be some disappointment if you haven’t achieved what you wanted to accomplish. You are certainly more accountable for what you have and haven’t done.
Projects you’ve been working on behind the scenes or left unfinished might come to fruition, or you could be using them to further your career. Your career might involve more altruistic goals, or helping others could figure strongly. You may need to be cautious about elements from your past, as these might come before the public eye in some way during this cycle.
You may acquire a higher position now, and you are likely to feel the weight of increased responsibilities that come with it. There can be issues to handle with a parent or parent figure, or a boss/authority figure in your life. Conversely, this can be a time of flux when it comes to your career or life path goals.
While this period can be a tad challenging at times, particularly when Saturn forms a square to your Sun or Ascendant, there are some dazzling spots, making it rewarding overall, particularly if you focus more on long-term benefits and less on short-term frustrations.
It’s a solid time to show the world what you can do. Success can be realized now. If you’ve been working hard on a project or endeavor, it may culminate at this time.
Nevertheless, you can sometimes do battle with your personal needs for more independence. Occasional clashes with authority are possible. When you express your originality or individuality, you feel a bit off-center and ungrounded. This is a time to free yourself from certain old habits but also to establish new and healthy habits or routines.
Saturn is in one of the signs that it rules, Aquarius, during this period, and performs well here as a result. The last time Saturn moved through Aquarius was from 1991-early 1994. Many of you (especially those with a Taurus Ascendant – What’s My Ascendant?) will enjoy a career peak of sorts at some point during this cycle — this is a time of achievement, accomplishment, harvest, recognition, and the taking on of new responsibilities. If you’ve cut corners, however, this can be a time to deal with those consequences and make things right.
From March 7th, the areas of your life that require a “back to basics” approach involve the sector of your solar chart that rules friendship, your social life, networking, happiness pursuits, innovative ideas, and hopes or dreams. 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. Suitable ones will endure and strengthen.
Your Taurus Horoscope for the year 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.
This influence runs from March 2023 until 2025/2026.
You’re likely to feel this transit most strongly earlier or later in the cycle, depending on whether you were born earlier or later in the sign of Taurus. This year, it will influence those born from approximately April 20-27 and with a Taurus Ascendant of 0-7 degrees the most. The rest of the sign will feel its influence more directly in later years.
Tests can come to your friendships during this long-term cycle. You may be more discriminating when it comes to making new friends, or circumstances are such that you spend less energy on networking and involvement in your community, teams, and groups.
Existing friendships may experience some tests or trials during this cycle, and one or possibly more connections may end. Those that are true, however, will strengthen. In fact, this can be a remarkable period for forming or strengthening a lasting alliance with a person, group, or cause.
Keeping friendships strong and healthy requires effort. Friends or group affiliations may seem more demanding of your time and energy now, or you might feel stressed about how much of yourself you put into your social obligations.
There can be some strain on a friendship due to an increased focus on other areas of life. Friendships or causes can sometimes drain you if you are giving too much while ignoring your needs.
There can be stress from both personal and social camps as each area of life demands much of you (or you want more from these things!).
Alternatively, you might contribute to your community in significant, tangible, and practical ways during this transit. There can be nice opportunities to make long-lasting connections. You can have more influence in a group, possibly naturally taking the lead. It’s a time for making solid plans for your future.
You may want to be more involved in a particular cause. Learning or studying with and through friends and groups can be beneficial.
In March especially, you can feel some tension as social goals or friendships seem to clash with your renewed desire for privacy and downtime.
Overall, this is a rewarding period, particularly if you focus more on long-term benefits and less on short-term frustrations. You might form valuable, long-term associations. You are respected in your group or circle, especially in April, June, August, and October. It’s also possible that you form alliances with people who have similar grievances as you. Drawing some boundaries in a friendship or with others can come naturally. It’s a fine time for putting energy into a group effort or teamwork. Your friendships tend to be mutually beneficial.
Areas of Excitement, Innovation, Independence, and Speed: The Self
Your 2023 Taurus Horoscope points to areas of your life that seem to speed up so that you can take some risks, innovate, and revolutionize.
- Personality
- Independence
All year, you are compelled to make personal changes and updates. This exciting transit that began in 2018 lasts a total of approximately seven years. You’re feeling further rumblings of change in 2023.
The image you present to the world and your personality alters quite rapidly during this cycle. You are embracing change, pushing yourself beyond your normal limits, expressing your independent streak, and taking a few personal risks.
The need to express yourself differently remains strong as Uranus transits your Sun sign.
Potential negatives: While personal changes are necessary and perhaps inevitable, foolish risk-taking and pointless rebellion are not! You don’t need to throw away everything from your past or totally clean the slate in order to express your independence. Taurus knows these things intrinsically, but with influences occurring now, it can be helpful to remind yourself. Aim to tame your urges to rebel, if it’s just for the sake of it or to prove something to the world. Rebelling keeps you beholden to others. Answer your instincts rather than simply react to others if you feel restricted or confined.
Otherwise, this is a time for discovering your own unique path, and you may be making a bit of a splash as you forge ahead. Your sign has a reputation for being quite content and easygoing, as you tend to seek out harmony, sometimes at all costs. However, this Uranus theme in your life suggests you won’t tolerate feelings of being confined, limited, or unauthentic just for some measure of peace.
Changing your career path can be in focus now, and it affects your sense of freedom and the expression of your personality. For some, becoming your own boss can be your direction.
Tauruses most affected by this transit in 2023 are those born from approximately May 5-13 and those with an Ascendant of approximately 15-23 degrees Taurus.
Boosters happen, particularly in late March and early May, and the key to success seems to be to seek opportunities where you typically don’t look. As you change and evolve, be especially aware of how you let go of the past. Do so with sensitivity and mindfulness so that you turn over a new leaf with more confidence and pride.
You might find yourself attracting people or lessons into your life that encourage you to detach from traditions or conventions that have kept you from growing.
Areas of Change, Purging, & Transformation:
Your 2023 Taurus Horoscope reveals life areas where change and transformation occur. It’s a time for “out with the old, in with the new.”
- Beliefs
- Travel
- Attitudes & Outlook
- Career or Life Path
- Reputation
- One-to-One Relationships/Partnerships
- Independence
- Personality
- Emotional & Physical Health
Until March 23rd and then from June 11th forward, attitudes, belief systems, and learning continue to transform. You may be purging some beliefs or attitudes that no longer work for you. There can be wonderful exposure to a new perspective, lifestyle, or culture. Some of you might publish creative work and meet with success.
You are in excellent shape to boost your life experiences or studies. Meeting people, even virtually, or studying new ideas or topics can be life-changing.
You’re approaching your life or topics of interest and projects with more gusto and passion. You can be a mentor or help others in significant ways. February brings a boost related to past connections. This theme is beginning to phase out this year after a very long run! Recent problems in these areas are resolving.
From March 23rd to June 11th, a new Pluto theme is with you. While it’s only a sneak preview of a transit that will stick around for years to come, you’ll see some preliminary changes in 2023. Career, professional matters, and public life begin to transform, requiring deep and lasting fundamental changes. It is a very long-term influence that can bring some tests to your level of expertise, and possibly some exposure of weak areas. For best results, treat these as challenges to improve. Especially in May, you could find that your career or responsibilities often runs at odds with your newfound desire for more independence, for example, and you’ll do best to watch for overdoing in either direction!
In 2023, the Moon’s Nodes and eclipse activity continue to prompt questions of independence and partnership. In emphasis are lessons related to independence, courage, self-reliance, and partnership. These influences nudge you towards understanding your needs for autonomy and companionship. You’re exploring these themes, and you’re also trying to find a good balance. Resolutions are likely to come following the Lunar Eclipse in October.
The North Node continues to transit your solar first house until mid-July. It’s a powerful prompt to better yourself and improve your life! It’s a period for developing true self-confidence–allowing yourself to shine.
This points to a genuine need to learn how to rely on yourself, which ultimately will bring you more joy and opportunity. It’s a time for you to reach a balance between partnering and independence. Your personality and your partnerships evolve in meaningful ways. Personal appearance, body, image, and self-determination are areas of special focus again this year, and there can be important relationship changes.
From mid-July forward, however, the North Node transits your solar twelfth house, and you get a taste of a new theme emerging in April after a Solar Eclipse. These things push you along a new journey about work, health, mental health, and rest. It’s a time to find a better balance. Especially in the second half of the year, you’re encouraged to connect with your purpose or spirituality and balance your attention to physical and emotional health. The North Node in your sector of endings, spirituality, and privacy until early 2025 points to a real need to connect to your inner world and help and support others, as these things can bring wonderful benefits and much joy to your life.
Your Planetary Ruler in 2023: Venus is your planetary ruler. There’s a Venus retrograde cycle from July 22nd to September 3rd. (Keep in mind there are preamble and hangover periods involved with this–Venus enters its shadow on June 19th and comes out of its retrograde shadow on October 7th). This is not an ideal time for new endeavors, beginnings, or launches, but it’s a useful period for looking back and learning from the past. Rest, reflect, and reconsider while Venus is retrograde.
With your ruler back to its normal speed from October 7th forward, life feels a little smoother.
More power to you when your ruler is in your sign; in 2023, this period is from March 16th to April 11th. Better dates for Venus are February 2, February 8, February 19, March 1-3, March 20, April 10-11, May 12, June 2, October 21, October 30-31, November 6, and December 24-25.
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