Of Tauren Splendor,…

The Earth element signs, Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn all follow a rather similar practical theme. Initially for Taurus though the classic analogy is that of the Tortoise of the Hare. But as such any earthy creature can be slotted in to replace the tortoise, a mole or a squirrel perhaps. The tortoise I regularly use for he has this obvious shell which symbolically appears as the earthy mound. Hence he has to move slowly as stability is his key concept. The mole has his molehills that he constantly builds as does the squirrel with her embodiment of this mountain/asset base, which the earth sign is always laboriously working on.

See for Earth signs, it is all about a pile of dirt, cash, finance, stability, resources. In the personality, this is all about personal value and self worth. Lets finish up with the ol tortoise and hare though first and you will see where I am heading. So the hare is synonymous with Gemini, the wirey socialite, always on the move as the peer/sibling group constantly shifts the goal posts. So as such the tauren issue is often that of one’s own values versus that of the peer group. Regularly, as it is an earthy complex, the idea further is that the tauren is working with soiled goods. Building up this heap of soil/wealth, one day looking to have acquired a mountain. Now we all know how hard and long one needs to persevere in order to save a decent amount of anything really. Well then the hare is as in a TV advert that beams across the flitting new peer group fad. Will the Tauren heads down and keep to his task or will the bouncy peer group sidetrack them. This is where self worth comes in, for who does the tauren value more, the self or the group?

Regularly then we find that Earth signs are most obviously those who keep to their tasks the latest in the day and accept the greatest burden in their work environment. Not that they want this for themselves, but for they assume they best perform else they surely will be perceived as being of no real worth.

As such then yes, the mountain is about boundaries, as Capricorn, the Mountain, is about ones skin and perimeters. I know my boundaries hence i know my worth. Body language is of the Virgo sign so this comes into it all too. How do I respond to others correctly that sends off the right self worth signals? Hence keeping still is one of the most ancient or archetypal forms of a solid defense.

To cut to the chase, here’s a regular scenario, employer to employee. This relationship exists in many of our sibling/peer relationships too, so you can substitute the dialogue with either of those characters below in similar circumstance.

The employer wishes the employee to work late or to do something beyond their job description. Agreeing to this on the first occasion leads to a situation where the employer tends to assume this to be the norm and becomes to expect such later on in the relationship. The employee over time then tends to feel that their boundaries have eroded and their ability to say no is well rendered nought. The whole self worth complex falters here further and the individual starts to slide in various spheres of life feeling they have little ability to keep things tight within their periphery.

The solution to such is potentially as follows. As demand or request is made for further effort from the employee/sibling/peer. As such, one may indeed be willing to perform such, but knowing human tendency, one obviously needs to protect oneself. So, rejecting this request the first few times, mentioning perhaps that you are already busy on a timeline. Note that you do after all have your own integrity that allowed you here in the first place. Then as such on further request, you will notice the employer is a bit more considerate on querying your availability. At such latter point you would rather be asked whether ‘you are able to’ as opposed to whether you will outright. “Could you possibly fit it in?” i.e. the employer/sibling/peer now assumes to understand that you do indeed have your own integrity besides that of the groups/firm’s objectives.

Sounds all earthy and boring a topic perhaps, but one would be surprised how good it feels to exercise ones true limits in many circumstance. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush!