ITaurus ingenye yezinkanyezi zezinkanyezi futhi ingeyezinkanyezi ezingama-88 zesimanje. Ngokwe-zodiac eshisayo iLanga lihlala kuyo kusuka Ephreli 20 kuya kuMeyi 20 ngenkathi ikwi-zodiac eseceleni i-Sun kuthiwa iyisusa kusuka ngoMeyi 16 iye kuJuni 15. iplanethi iVenus .
I-Taurus yisiLatini esithi 'inkunzi'. Leli yiqoqo lezinkanyezi elikhulu enyakatho Nenkabazwe elachazwa okokuqala nguPtolemy.
Ibekwe phakathi Ama-Aries entshonalanga futhi IGemini empumalanga. NgoSepthemba nango-Okthoba, iyabonakala emaphethelweni empumalanga ngenkathi ngoDisemba nangoJanuwari kungabonwa ebusuku.
Ubukhulu: Ama-degree ayisikwele angama-797.
Ukukhanya: Impela iqoqo lezinkanyezi.
Umlando: Lena ngenye yezinkanyezi ezindala kakhulu. Esikhathini Sokuqala SeBronze kwaphawula i-Spring Equinox. Ukuhlangana kwayo nenkabi kubukeka sengathi kudala kudala, kuze kufike ePaleolithic engenhla uma bekungakholelwa ubudlelwane benkanyezi nezithombe ezisemihumeni eLascaux. AbaseGibhithe babeyithatha njengenkunzi engcwele eletha ukuvuselelwa entwasahlobo. Izinganekwane zamaGrikhi zazihlonza noZeus futhi inkunzi waguquka lapho ethumba i-Europa.
Izinkanyezi: Inkanyezi ekhanya kakhulu kule nkanyezi i-Aldebaran, isigebenga esibomvu. Lona yi-Arabhu 'yomlandeli' ngoba kuthiwa ilandela iPleiades. Ehlangothini olusenyakatho-ntshonalanga yeTaurus kuneSupernova Remnant Messier 1, iCrab Nebula. Ngasentshonalanga, izimpondo ezimbili zalenkunzi zakhiwa iBeta Tauri neZeta Tauri.
Imithala: Le nkanyezi inamaqoqo amabili aseduze avulekile eMhlabeni, iPleiades kanye namaHyades. Lokhu kokubili kubonakala ngamehlo. AmaPleiades kuthiwa amelela “odade abayisikhombisa” (izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa) ezivela emvelaphi yasendulo.
Izihlambi zemeteor: I-Taurid yenzeka phakathi kukaNovemba. I-beta Taurid yenzeka emini ngoJuni nangoJulayi. Kukhona neminye imvula emibili, iNyakatho Taurids neSouthern Taurids esebenza phakathi kuka-Okthoba 18 no-Okthoba 29.
