We’ve now moved out of the high energy of the me-first Aries season and we are settling down to reap some of the rewards we earned. Taurus is an earth sign, connected to all things earthly and material. They are slow and steady, sometimes bordering on laziness. You can’t make Taurus do anything unless they are good and ready. But their doggedness gets shit done, eventually. They are ruled by Venus and love all things slow and sensual, and they REALLY enjoy the good things in life. They seek out beauty and wealth, and can be materialistic.

So here are my top picks to get you chilling out and enjoying the beauty of physical world.

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A Walk in the Clouds is a sumptuous eye candy of a film starring Keanu Reeves as a soldier returning home from World War II. When he meets a young pregnant and unmarried women on the bus, he agrees to pretend to be her husband for a short time to meet her family, traditional Italian immigrants who own a vineyard. Of course those crazy kids falls in love for reals. Director Alfonso Arau uses special effects to make Napa Valley look absolutely otherworldly. This film definitely relishes the sensual delights of earthly pleasures and wraps its romance in permanent pink sunsets, fairy wings and serenades. And enjoying the beauty of the Earth is one of the Taurus’s great joys.

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A traditional romance with excessive displays of wealth? Tauruses will be lining up for Crazy Rich Asians! Last year’s massive hit follows economics professor Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) as she travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s family for the first time only to discover they are crazy rich! Incredible displays of wealth dazzle the eyes in this fun loving piece of cinematic escapism.
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Taurus is ruled by Venus and in How to Marry a Millionaire we have three earthly representations of Venus with Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall playing models scheming to hook a rich husband. All the woman lands husbands with varying degrees of wealth but more importantly these ladies learn that there are some things more important than wealth (a lesson Tauruses can struggle to learn.)
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Gina Prince-Blythewood wrote and directed Beyond the Lights, an underrated romance about a rising pop star (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) who feels her life spiralling out of control until she falls in love with a dependable police officer (Nate Parker). He teaches her there is more to life than fame and fortune. Your inner Taurus will appreciate this charming film with the message that love conquers all.
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Tauruses are the definition of a slow burn and so they can appreciate this Alfred Hitchcock thriller based on a story by real life Taurus, Daphne Du Maurier. Joan Fontaine stars as a young woman who marries an older widower only to have to compete with his dead wife. Hitchcock’s first American film lacks the shocking scares of his later films but is nevertheless Rebecca is a haunting masterpiece that won two Academy awards.
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Tauruses value family life and will appreciate the ’80s comedy Baby Boom, where workaholic New Yorker J.C. Wiatt (Diane Keaton) inherits a baby (apparently that’s a thing) and moves to a small town in Vermont when her new found maternal bliss doesn’t mesh with her demanding job. Don’t worry, J.C. is eventually able to have it all when learns to balance work and family and lands a handsome veterinarian (Sam Shepard) to boot.
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Speaking of Sam Shepard… Widely regarded as one of the greatest examples in cinematography in film history, Terrence Malick’s lush film Days of Heaven tells the story of two migrant workers (Richard Gere and Brooke Adams) who hatch a plan to inherit a dying farmer’s (Shepard) land. A slow pace and dazzling shots of the prairies intermingle with the themes of love and belonging, make for the perfect escape for the Taurus mind.
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The Western is the genre most connected to Taurean traditional values and Chloé Zhao’s The Rider is a dreamy modern update. She casts non-actors and weaves a dramatized version of their stories with breathtaking cinematography of the endless prairies. We follow Lakota Sioux cowboy, Brady (Brady Jandreau) who has to comes to terms with the toll his rodeo riding way of life is taking on his body. The film highlights the stubborn doggedness of the Taurean spirit and the desire to cling to traditional ways.
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Jeff Bridges’ the Dude from The Big Lebowski is the perfect example of a Taurus. A chill, down-to-Earth slacker who always does everything this own way in his own time. No stranger to the pleasures of the flesh, the Dude is happiest when high, drinking White Russians and bowling. We can all channel the Dude’s Taurus energy and learn to not sweat the small stuff and focuses on the bigger picture,
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Writer-Director Sofia Coppola, herself a Taurus, loves slow languid shots of sheltered wealthy women. In her pop period piece Marie Antoinette the filmmaker deftly uses scenery to illustrate her characters, and the smothering opulence of the the wealthy is on full display here. The dazzling visuals driven by the sensational pop soundtrack make for a exhilarating viewing experience.