Taurus daily horoscope

Today the Sun is in Scorpio, in the sign opposite yours. You take your time, and what you build tends to stay built.

At the middle of the day the Moon is in Libra, which runs sociable and conflict shy, at its best when everything is even. The Moon is new, sitting with the Sun and giving no light at all. Cycles start in the dark, so this suits a quiet beginning and suits a launch that needs an audience very badly indeed. It is 3 per cent lit and shrinking. The Moon crosses into Scorpio later today, and the mood turns over with it.

Taurus is ruled by Venus, which governs what you value, who you are drawn to, and how money and affection move. It is currently in Libra, which makes that part of life about other people, fairness, and what looks right. Venus is retrograde, which happens far less often than Mercury doing it. It is a reviewing stretch for what you value and who you want near you. Old names tend to resurface. Hold off on the big purchase and the big promise, and just notice what you actually want. Because it is your ruler, that applies to you more than it does to most people.

The Moon is sitting right on top of Venus, your ruler, about 0.6 degrees off and just past exact and widening. A conjunction concentrates things. Whatever that planet does, it does it to this part of your life at full strength and without much subtlety.

Mercury is retrograde, which means Earth has overtaken it and from here it appears to track backwards against the stars. The old advice holds up better than the superstition around it: reread before you send, confirm the time and the address, and expect conversations you thought were finished to come back round. Saturn is retrograde, so the deadline pressure eases off a little. The work does not go away, it comes back for a second look when Saturn turns direct, which is the argument for doing it properly now.

Do the slow version. Anything you rush today will need redoing, and you hate doing things twice more than you hate doing them slowly.