Word origin · etymology
Latin constellation and sign name.
Taurus means bull; the zodiac sign retains that animal-name.
How we know · epistemology
Zodiac convention with traditional symbolism
Taurus occupies the second equal sector and is traditionally classed as fixed earth. The assignment can be checked from longitude, while descriptions of stability or material preference are interpretive themes rather than measured properties of a Taurus placement.
Deborah Houlding: absolute zodiac longitude ↗Ptolemy: Tetrabiblos I.4–24, Robbins translation ↗Astrodienst: The four Elements and the Signs (practitioner account) ↗
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