TAURUS

在地中海的腓尼基王國裡，有一位美麗動人的公主名叫歐蘿芭，天神宙斯很早便被她深深吸引住了，只是礙於妻子赫拉的阻撓，一直苦無機會。

一天，歐蘿芭和宮女到海邊遊玩，忽然有一頭白色的公牛緩緩向她走來。『哇！好漂亮的白牛啊！』歐蘿芭忍不住讚嘆的說，便向前摸了摸牛頭，並隨意騎牛背，這時，說也奇怪，公牛竟騰空而起，迅速往海中奔去，嚇得公主與宮女們花容失色！

公牛載著歐蘿芭迅速前行、飛越愛琴海，直到抵達克里特島才放她下來。原來這頭白牛是天神宙斯化身而成的，目的是為了接近歐蘿芭！就這樣，天神宙斯與腓尼基公主歐蘿芭，在克里特島上過著只羨鴛鴦不羨仙的恩愛生活，歐蘿芭還為宙斯生下了三個兒子呢！

後來，宙斯化身而成公牛的形象，被安置在天上，成了金牛座，彷彿於夜空中訴說倆的情意！

金牛座是由一等星的水仙花星團、七姐妹星團、以及蟹狀星團所組成的，在一月下旨的黃昏，我們觀察天空中央，見有一形似俯首牧牛的星團，即為金牛座。

金牛座的象徵符號，代表著牛頭，也代表著牛嘴和鬍鬚；『牛頭』表沈穩、安定與耐力，『牛嘴』和『鬍鬚』則暗示著感官上的發達與優越。

Quality	Negative	本質	負
Ruler Planet	Venus	守護星	金星
Principle Elements	Earth	所屬原素	地
Birthstone	Emerald	生日石	綠寶石

The Taurean's characteristics are solidity, practicality, extreme determination and strength of will - no one will ever drive them, but they will willingly and loyally follow a leader they trust. They are stable, balanced, conservative good, law-abiding citizens and lovers of peace, possessing all the best qualities of the bourgeoisie. as they have a sense of material values and physical possessions, respect for property and a horror of falling into debt, they will do everything in their power to maintain the security of the status quo and be somewhat hostile to change.

Mentally, they are keen-witted and practical more often than intellectual, but apt to become fixed in their opinions through their preference for following accepted and reliable patterns of experience. Their character is generally dependable, steadfast, prudent, just, firm and unshaken in the face of difficulties. Their vices arise from their virtues, going to extremes on occasion,such as sometimes being too slavish to the conventions they admire.

On rare occasions a Taurean may be obstinately and exasperatingly self-righteous, unoriginal, rigid, ultraconservative, argumentative, querulous bores, stuck in a self-centered rut. They may develop a brooding resentment through nursing a series of injuries received and, whether their characters are positive or negative, they need someone to stroke their egos with a frequent, "Well Done!" Most Taureans are not this extreme though.

They are faithful and generous friends with a great capacity for affection, but rarely make friends with anyone outside their social rank, to which they are ordinarily excessively faithful. In the main, they are gentle, even tempered good natured, modest and slow to anger, disliking quarreling and avoiding ill feeling. If they are provoked, however, they can explode into violent outbursts of ferocious anger in which they seem to lose all self-control. Equally unexpected are their occasional sallies into humor and exhibitions of fun.

Although their physical appearance may belie it, they have a strong aesthetic taste, enjoying art, for which they may have a talent, beauty (recoiling from anything sordid or ugly) and music. They may have a strong, sometimes unconventional, religious faith. Allied to their taste for all things beautiful is a love for the good things of life pleasure, comfort, luxury and good food and wine and they may have to resist the temptation to over indulgence, leading to drunkenness, gross sensuality, and covetousness.

In their work, Taureans are industrious and good craftspeople, and are not afraid of getting their hands dirty. They are reliable, practical, methodical and ambitious, within a framework of obedience to superiors. They are at their best in routine positions of trust and responsibility, where there is little need of urgency and even less risk of change, and a pension at the end. Yet they are creative and good founders of enterprises where the rewards of their productiveness come from their own work and not that of others. They can flourish in many different trades and professions: banking, architecture, building, almost any form of bureaucracy, auctioneering, farming, medicine, chemistry, industry Taureans make good managers and foremen surveying, insurance, education and, perhaps surprisingly, music and sculpture. They make an ideal trustee or guardian, and can attain eminence as a chef. Some Taureans are gifted enough in singing to become opera stars or to excel in more popular types of music.

They are more than averagely amorous and sensually self-conscious, but sexually straightforward and not given to experiment. They make constant, faithful, home loving spouses and thoughtful, kindly parents, demanding too much of neither their spouses nor children. They can be over possessive and may sometimes play the game of engineering family roles for the pleasure of making up the quarrel. If anyone offends their amour proper they can be a determined enemy, though magnanimous in forgiveness if their opponent makes an effort to meet them halfway.

No other sign in the zodiac is closer to earth then Taurus. The main objective in leading a Taurean life is primarily (though not entirely) to maintain stability and physical concerns. Your inner spiritual sense longs for earthly harmony and wholesomeness. When you fully understand this, and work toward this end, you will no longer need to blindly reassure yourself with external possessions and comforts. A realization that finding this inner peace will cause all of the above mentioned positive things will overtake you and your life will be very full.

Ultimately the Taurean needs to discover their truest, deepest and highest values. When they know what is truly valuable, they are no longer chained to people and to things that have to do with lesser values. The greatest indication of value to a Taurean is beauty, which cannot be owned, only appreciated.

如果想在牛欄裡，挑出頭Ｏ型牛，往往你會誤挑出頭Ｂ型牛或是Ａ型牛。他們看起來，實在太像了！但是你絕不會將ＡＢ型牛看成別種血型牛。因為所有ＡＢ型牛皆已被征召到競技場去表演鬥牛那把戲了。第一眼的印象，決定一頭牛對你的喜惡。他不會輕易拋棄這第一印象，即使是成見，他也不會認為自己看錯你。你可能在後來的努力中，讓他覺得你有你不可能忽視的優點，但他還是會常想起他對你的第一眼壞印象，不會放棄繼續嚴密考核你的任何機會。當然，你們的初遇如果是愉快的，即使後來有不愉快，一頭牛也不吝給你機會來改進。金牛座的人會吃虧，便是在於他太信任自己對別人的論斷。

牛們都相信一分錢一分貨，也多半會貨比三家。他們可能買了一件昂貴的襯衫的品牌給你看，只會從質感以及他覺得「值得」之處，來說服你它確值這麼多錢。　　金牛座對於數數兒是的，他們有金錢觀念，經商時知道什麼鐵賺什麼穩賠，但卻羞於催帳數款。除非必要，他也不太好意思去要債。年紀大一點的牛會比較懂得「錢進口袋才算數」的道理。

很人以為牛很愛錢，其實牛並不拜金，只不過賺錢的感覺得很好，賺很多很多的錢感覺更好！錢所帶來的安全感，使一頭牛覺得人生是可以期待的。金牛座的人可能一次比一次賺的錢多，但若不善投資，再多的錢也留不住。如果牛有錢，花錢消災或息事寧人，是常有事。既然花錢可以解決事情，那再好不過了。真正討厭的事是錢也不能解決的呀！

金牛座的人是美食主義者。他並不一定愛山珍海味，但是即使是一碗魷魚羹，也必講求精緻美味。在他心中永遠有「正宗、招牌、老字號」的口味。雖然牛座的人烹飪技術不差，但他更喜歡品嚐好廚師的手藝。萬一你做的菜不合他的口胃時，他會忍不住批評，並且一顯身手，示範給你看。

「吃」是一種享受，他不喜歡有人在飯桌上吵嘴或使臉色。吃飯皇帝大啊！他不是那種飢不擇食的人，飯菜的色香味都很重要，難看的菜色倒盡牛的胃口。

一頭牛可能會有一段長時間瘋狂地愛吃牛肉麵，直到吃得反胃，便再也不吃牛肉麵了。但他可能還是吃牛肉乾。這種在味覺上的耽溺，是一種講究也是一種偏執。

因距離所造成的美感，牛是很受用的。含蓄而緩慢的愛情速度，是金牛座追求伴侶的方式。當一頭牛陷入情網的心理準備就緒後，就會一心一意地要對你表現出他的奉獻、犧牲的美德。如果你太急攻近利，他會為你草率、魯莽。動作粗魯的愛人，更是牛所不屑的。　

金牛座的人心思細膩，卻常給人一種粗枝大葉的錯覺。要知道，牛不願給人一種小家子氣或窮酸的感覺，因此他表達感情的方總是以大面積、大色塊來處理，蠻大而化之的，又不會在眾目睽睽之下兒女情長，自然也隱藏了他私密的情緒。事實上，牛座人的思維是相當細密的，就像他在算帳一樣，絕對不會放過有疑問的那一筆。如果你有一個知心的朋友，你一定知道他有多愛聊天。他不愛喧嘩的場合，寧可在人不多的咖啡館與你聚一聚。他並不喜歡打屁，他要和你聊的是對真實人生的感受。一味感性的談天內容，牛會以理性的結論來終止。

金牛座對歷史很敏感，所以也願意尊重「傳統」，但他們又是很放得開的非保守派人士。換言之，他可能接受你在大馬路上突襲式吻他，但這並不等於他會因此就愛上你。他仍會受不了你的唐突，而懷疑這個吻的品質。但如果一頭牛愛上你而在街上吻你，那他一定是已經愛到不可自拔了。當然啦，你們相愛了之後，在馬路上擁吻對他來說，雖尷尬，卻也曼妙；偶而為為尚可忍受。　　對事業有創造性的眼光，使得金牛座的人創業的時候，朋友對他都有信心。牛能咬牙撐過創業維艱的時期，卻在事業遇到突破性的瓶頸問題時，會鬧情緒。情緒化是牛的大敵。一場感情的黃昏雨，會使得一頭牛什麼都提不起勁。不過如果他約好了一個大客戶，他還是會冒雨去洽商的。

不管公牛或母牛，他們對家庭的看法與想像是一致的。有好食物、好傢俱、好孩子以及一條好狗或好貓，才像個家。而如果金牛座結婚的對象，不是他原來最摯愛的情人，他也會克盡己職，只要對方還算溫柔、體貼，不吵人，他甚至會覺得這樣的婚姻也有其價值，也會付出真誠。　　

軟心腸而面惡心善型的金牛座，疼愛小孩、小動物，會為他死去的貓掉眼淚。一家人去海邊玩，也要帶著家中的寵物去，不管他的小寵物是否受得了海邊的酷陽。　　

金牛座的人是有那麼一點婦人之仁。但脾氣又頗暴躁，動了怒，便不可收拾。你以為一氣之下會殺了你，可能哦！不過而雨過天晴時，牛仍會站在草坡上溫順地吃著你餵給他的嫩草。

*Traits*	*On the dark side*
Patient and reliable Warmhearted and loving Persistent and determined Placid and security loving	Jealous and possessive Resentful and inflexible Self-indulgent and greedy
優點	缺點
做事謹慎．事前都會深思熟慮型。金牛座的性格特徵是謹慎，喜歡安逸的生活，行動之前都會三思而後行，且細心負摃，做事較少失敗。	固執．缺乏積極型。金牛座非常頑固，比較堅持己見，認定的事會堅持到底，而且行動緩慢，總是慢半拍型。
*LIKES*	*DISLIKES*
Stability Being Attracted Things Natural Time to Ponder Comfort and Pleasure	Disruption Being pushed too hard Synthetic or "man made" things Being rushed Being indoor