Taurus ndi amodzi mwa magulu a zodiac ndipo ndi am'magulu amakono a 88. Malinga ndi zodiac yotentha Dzuwa limakhalamo kuyambira Epulo 20 mpaka Meyi 20 pomwe ali munthawi zodiac Dzuwa akuti limadutsa kuyambira Meyi 16 mpaka Juni 15. Kukhulupirira nyenyezi, izi zimalumikizidwa ndi dziko Venus .
Taurus ndi Chilatini cha 'ng'ombe'. Uwu ndi gulu lalikulu la nyenyezi lomwe lili kumpoto chakumadzulo komwe Ptolemy adalongosola koyamba.
Imaikidwa pakati Zovuta kumadzulo ndi Gemini kum'mawa. Mu Seputembala ndi Okutobala, imawonekera chakum'mawa pomwe mu Disembala ndi Januware amatha kuwonedwa usiku.
Makulidwe: Madigiri 797 lalikulu.
Kuwala: Gulu lonse lowala kwambiri.
Mbiri: Uwu ndi umodzi mwa magulu akale kwambiri a nyenyezi. Kumayambiriro kwa Bronze Age adalemba Spring Equinox. Kuphatikizika kwake ndi ng'ombe yamphongo kumawoneka kuti kukukhala pachibwenzi kalekale, mpaka kumtunda kwa Paleolithic ngati kukhulupirira ubale wa gulu la nyenyeziyo ndi zithunzi m'mapanga aku Lascaux. Aigupto amawawona ngati ng'ombe yopatulika yomwe imabweretsa kukonzanso masika. Nthano zachi Greek zimadziwika kuti ndi Zeus ndipo ng'ombe adasandulika pomwe adagwira Europa.
Nyenyezi Nyenyezi yowala kwambiri mu gulu ili ndi Aldebaran, chimphona chofiira. Uyu ndiye Arabu wa 'wotsatira' chifukwa akuti amatsata Pleiades. Kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Taurus kuli Supernova Remnant Messier 1, Crab Nebula. Kumadzulo, nyanga ziwiri za ng'ombe yamphongo zimapangidwa ndi Beta Tauri ndi Zeta Tauri.
Milalang'amba: Gulu ili lili ndi masango awiri otseguka kwambiri ku Earth, Pleiades ndi Hyades. Zonsezi zimawoneka ndi maso. Pleiades akuti amaimira 'alongo asanu ndi awiri' (nyenyezi zisanu ndi ziwiri) kuyambira pachiyambi.
Mvula yamvula: Taurid imachitika mu Novembala. Beta Taurid imachitika masana Juni ndi Julayi. Palinso mvula ina iwiri, Northern Taurids ndi Southern Taurids yomwe ikugwira ntchito pakati pa Okutobala 18 ndi Okutobala 29.
