I-Taurus yenye yeenkwenkwezi ze-zodiac kwaye yeyamaqela angama-88 anamhlanje. Ngokwe zodiac yetropiki iLanga lihlala kulo ukusuka Epreli 20 ukuya kuMeyi 20 Ngelixa kwi-zodiac esecaleni iLanga kuthiwa liyidlulisa ukusuka ngoMeyi 16 ukuya kuJuni 15. Ngeenkwenkwezi, oku kuyanyaniswa iplanethi yeVenus .
I-Taurus yiLatin 'yenkomo'. Eli liqela elikhulu leenkwenkwezi kumantla e-hemisphere elaqala lachazwa nguPtolemy.
Ibekwe phakathi IiAries ukuya entshona kunye IGemini empuma. NgoSeptemba nango-Okthobha, iyabonakala ecaleni kolwandle olusempuma ngexa ngoDisemba nangoJanuwari inokubonwa ebusuku.
Ubukhulu: Iidigri zesikwere ezingama-797.
Ukuqaqamba: Liliqela eliqaqambileyo.
Imbali: Le yenye yeenkwenkwezi ezindala. Kwiminyaka yokuqala yeBronze ephawulwe ngeNtwasahlobo yeEquinox. Ukudibana kwayo nenkunzi yenkomo kubonakala ngathi kuthandana kwakudala, ukuya kwiPaleolithic ephezulu ukuba beyizokukholelwa ubudlelwane beminyele kunye nemifanekiso emiqolombeni eLascaux. AmaYiputa ayithathela njengenkunzi yenkomo engcwele ezisa uhlaziyo entwasahlobo. Iintsomi zamaGrike zichonge uZeus kunye inkunzi waguquka xa wathimba i-Europa.
Iinkwenkwezi: Inkwenkwezi eqaqambileyo kweli qela yiAldebaran, ingxilimbela ebomvu. Le yiArabhu 'yomlandeli' kuba kusithiwa ilandela iPleiades. Kwicala elingasemantla ntshona eTaurus kukho iSupernova Remnant Messier 1, iCrab Nebula. Ngasentshona, iimpondo ezimbini zenkunzi yenkomo zenziwa yiBeta Tauri kunye neZeta Tauri.
Iminyele: Eli qela linamaqela amabini asondeleyo eMhlabeni, iPleiades kunye neeHyades. Zombini zibonakala ngamehlo. IPleiades kuthiwa imela “oodade abasixhenxe” (iinkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe) ezivela kwimvelaphi yamandulo.
Imvula emajukujukwini: I-Taurid yenzeka ngo-Novemba. I-beta Taurid yenzeka emini ngoJuni nangoJulayi. Kukwakho neminye imvula emibini, iTaurids yaseNtla kunye neTaurids eseMazantsi esebenzayo phakathi kuka-Okthobha u-18 ukuya ku-Okthobha u-29.
