Taurus Sun, Capricorn Moon

When the pipe bursts or the funeral needs organizing, your phone rings. You’ve probably already found the plumber.

Very little is frivolous here

Few mixes in the zodiac are as emotionally stable and as practical. You want security, both the money kind and the feelings kind, and you may not really relax until you feel that every part of your life is under control. People lean on you in a crisis because you stay level, know what to do first and have a shrewd sense of what things cost. You probably want proof before you believe much of anything, astrology very much included.

Integrity matters to you. You do what you say, and you tend to be baffled when other people don’t.

Affection, with terms

You bloom in a settled, devoted relationship, and you bring a great deal: loyalty, a warm physical presence, a plan for retirement. You also know what you want and can be fairly demanding about it. Your way of doing things can harden into the only way of doing things, and a partner may find they’ve moved into a well-run institution with you as its director.

Because you value what’s tangible, you might measure love in what’s provided. Someone who needs words, surprises or long talks about nothing could feel unseen, even in the lovely home you’ve made together.

Unscheduled joy

Try spending some money on something useless, with your partner, and enjoying it. Ask for their way of doing a thing and actually use it for a month. Remember that a person isn’t a project, and that you’re allowed to be looked after as well. Your Taurus Sun gives you a real gift for pleasure. Use it as the point of all that hard work, not just the reward at the end, because the end can be a long way off.

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