Taurus
Taurus, the bull, is one of the most ancient symbols of fertility and power and was sacred to the Great Goddess. The white 'Bull of Heaven' was created at the behest of Ishtar, the barbaric Babylonian Venus, in order to destroy Gilgamesh, the world's first hero, who had spurned her favours. He accused her of destroying all her lovers, which included lions and horses. The oldest known zodiac was measured from the eye of the Bull, the great 'red giant', Aldebaran, 'The Watcher in the East', which was also the star of the archangel Michael. Taurus, with its 'V' shaped face of stars, lies to the north of the Great Hunter, Orion on the zodiac band
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summarised from:
' The Box of Stars : A Practical Guide to the night sky & to its Myths
& Legends' by Catherine Tennant. Chatto & Windus and Little, Brown,
USA.