Taurus rising is stable, stubborn, passive, practical, unassuming, patient and long-suffering: you respond much better to being coaxed or led than to being pushed or driven.  Fixed in your opinions, your possessive of both people and finances.  You have a strong need to achieve tangible success through your effect upon your surroundings, and are aware of the possibilities of compensation for everything you do.  This can result in self-expression ranging from cautious and circumspect to restrained and fearful.  Slowness in reflexes and in mind may bring about difficulties with studies.  Depending on the placement of your Venus and Saturn, you may have great personal magnetism, as well as artistic sensibilities.  Your love of good food can cause weight problems.  The house your Venus is in shows experiences necessary in developing your self-awareness and your expression as an individual.  Venus' sign and aspects will indicate your ease or difficulty in doing this.

Famous people with Taurus rising are/were Charles Addams, Chet Atkins, Pearl Bailey, Brendan Behan, Halle Berry, Julian Bond, Timothy Bottoms, Joyce Brothers, Fritjof Capra, Art Carney, Wilt Chamberlain, Billy Crystal, Bobby Darin, Angela Davis, Moshe Dayan, Bruce Dern, Amelia Earhart, Werner Erhard, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Mia Farrow, Peter Frampton, Buckminister Fuller, Pancho Gonzales, Ulysses S. Grant, Melanie Griffith, Darryl Hannah, William Randolph Hearst, Danny Kaye, Dr. Martin Luther King, Queen Latifah, Vivien Leigh, David Letterman, Roddy McDowall, Ali McGraw, Herman Melville, Lisa Minneli, Jeanne Moreau, Wayne Newton, Nick Nolte, Peter O'Toole, Les Paul, Joe Pesci, Anthony Quinn, Bonnie Raitt, Dan Rather, Carlos Santana, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Maria Shriver, Suzanne Somers, William Howard Taft, Nikola Tesla, Dionne Warwick, Sigourney Weaver, Mae West and Serena Williams.