A shared love of nice things
Venus rules both signs in traditional astrology, and it shows. They like pleasant rooms, music, good manners and being treated kindly. Early on, it’s often very romantic in a slightly old-fashioned way: a proper dinner, a well-chosen gift, attention paid to how things look and feel. Neither enjoys a screaming match.
But the two signs use Venus differently. Taurus loves through the body and things you can hold. Libra loves through the meeting of minds and the back and forth between people. So Taurus’s perfect evening is at home, and Libra’s has other people in it.
Decisions and dodging
Libra can take a long time to choose, and tends to ask what you want first. Taurus takes a long time too, but once they’ve settled they won’t budge. Between them, picking a house can be a two-year project. Then Libra sometimes agrees to keep things pleasant, and Taurus takes that yes as final. Six months on, Libra’s still unhappy about it and Taurus feels tricked.
Libra also tends to smooth over tension, and Taurus tends not to notice it. A problem can sit there politely, for a long time. There can be some friction about money, too, since Libra’s idea of a good price for a lovely thing may not match that of a Taurus who has been saving.
Saying the unpleasant thing
You’ll both have to tolerate a little unpleasantness to stay close. Libra can say “actually, I don’t want that” before the deal is done, not after. Taurus can ask a second time: “Is that a real yes?” Split the social calendar openly, too. Agree on a number of nights out and nights in, and let Libra go solo sometimes without any bad feeling.
It’s worth seeing how each person’s Venus is placed, since a Venus in Aries Taurus and a Venus in Virgo Libra won’t fit this picture at all.