IN Taurus, Mercury is the very antithesis of himself in Aries. The mind of the native is slow, patient, solid and constructive, and often obstinate. He may have a great intellect, but often may learn more from travel and experience than from books. There is, however, frequently some tendency to mental inertia, and this nearly always expresses itself as conservatism. Such minds resist new ideas. Consider Queen Victoria, the most successful reactionary of the nineteenth century. She came to a throne already tottering beneath the blows of the French Revolution, and of such thinkers as Shelley, and {190} she smothered Republicanism by “fighting the fight of sit-down” until at her Jubilee she was more firmly seated than any Tudor!
Huxley, too, for all his brilliancy and originality was in some ways as conservative as his Queen. In science he never jumped at conclusions; he was, perhaps, the most cautious and profound thinker, both in science and in philosophy, that England had produced. Similar qualities, not so well-dignified, are visible in General Boulanger and George V. In them there is some hanging back noticeable; hesitation just where dash was wanted! For constructive obstinacy in politics we should look rather to Cromwell, who was, of course, a far more absolute monarch than the weak king whom he replaced.
And when Mercury in Taurus is constructive, he is very constructive indeed, as is exemplified in Kant, Wagner and Balzac.
There is never any doubt about the solidity and worth of the intellect of people with this position; how it may work out to advantage or disadvantage depends almost entirely upon the aspects.
The following well known persons were born with Mercury in the sign Taurus:
Queen Victoria
Wagner
Joseph G. Cannon
Beauregard
Rudolph Valentino
Oscar Hammerstein
Daniel Chester French
Clarence Darrow
Alan Dale
William Randolph Hearst
For the benefit of those who are not in possession of Raphael’s Ephemeris, or who are not able to interpret the symbols contained therein, the years when Mercury is in the sign Taurus are as follows:
From May 15th through June 1st 1840
May 9th " May 23d 1841
May 1st " May 15th 1842 {191
From April 23rd through May 6th 1843
April 14th " April 29th 1844
April 6th " June 12th 1845
April 1st " April 17th 1846
May 17th " June 6th 1846
May 14th " May 29th 1847
May 6th " May 19th 1848
April 28th " May 11th 1849
April 19th " May 3d 1850
April 11th " April 30th 1851
May 20th " June 13th 1851
April 3d " June 9th 1852
May 16th " June 2d 1853
May 10th " May 25th 1854
May 3d " May 16th 1855
April 24th " May 7th 1856
April 15th " April 30th 1857
April 7th " June 13th 1858
April 1st " April 24th 1859
May 16th " June 7th 1859
May 14th " May 29th 1860
May 7th " May 21st 1861
April 29th " May 12th 1862
April 21st " May 4th 1863
April 11th " April 28th 1864
May 28th " June 11th 1864
April 4th " June 11th 1865
May 17th " June 4th 1866
May 12th " May 26th 1867
May 3d " May 17th 1868
April 25th " May 8th 1869
April 17th " May 1st 1870
April 9th " June 13th 1871
April 1st " May 3d 1872
May 13th " June 7th 1872
May 15th " May 31st 1873
May 8th " May 22d 1874
May 1st " May 14th 1875 {192}
From April 21st through May 5th 1876
April 13th " April 29th 1877
April 5th " June 12th 1878
April 2d " April 12th 1879
May 17th " June 5th 1879
May 12th " May 27th 1880
May 5th " May 18th 1881
April 27th " May 10th 1882
April 18th " May 2d 1883
April 9th " April 30th 1884
May 13th " June 13th 1884
April 2d " June 9th 1885
May 16th " June 1st 1886
May 10th " May 24th 1887
May 1st " May 14th 1888
April 23d " May 6th 1889
April 14th " April 30th 1890
April 6th " June 13th 1891
March 31st " April 19th 1892
May 16th " June 5th 1892
May 13th " May 28th 1893
May 6th " May 20th 1894
April 28th " May 11th 1895
April 19th " May 3d 1896
April 10th " April 29th 1897
May 22d " June 12th 1897
April 3d " June 10th 1898
May 16th " June 3d 1899
May 11th " May 25th 1900
May 4th " May 17th 1901
April 25th " May 9th 1902
April 17th " May 2d 1903
April 8th " June 13th 1904
April 2d " April 28th 1905
May 16th " June 8th 1905
May 15th " May 31st 1906
May 9th " May 22d 1907
April 30th " May 13th 1908 {193}
From April 21st through May 5th 1909
April 13th " April 30th 1910
June 2d " June 11th 1910
April 5th " June 12th 1911
May 17th " June 4th 1912
May 12th " May 27th 1913
May 5th " May 18th 1914
April 27th " May 10th 1915
April 17th " May 2d 1916
April 9th " June 14th 1917
April 3d " June 9th 1918
May 16th " June 1st 1919
May 9th " May 23d 1920
May 1st " May 14th 1921
April 23d " May 6th 1922
April 15th " April 30th 1923
April 6th " June 12th 1924
April 2d " April 15th 1925
May 17th " June 6th 1925
May 13th " May 29th 1926
May 6th " May 20th 1927
April 27th " May 10th 1928
April 19th " May 3d 1929
