Where this comes from
Planet in sign · Sun and Taurus
The line
This Sun shines by building: worth is measured in things made solid, kept, and enjoyed, and purposes run on years rather than weeks. Steadiness is the gift; the same grip that holds a course can hold too long, on plans, property, and people.
The passage behind it
Frances Sakoian & Louis S. Acker, The Astrologer's Handbook (1973)
Part I, ch. 3 'Sun Sign Potentials', Taurus
“The hub of the Taureans' universe is security, both emotional and material.”
Harper & Row