Taurus on the inside, Aquarius on the way in.
Your sun in Taurus (earth, fixed) is the engine — what grounds at the centre, what holds when you are at home in yourself. Your Aquarius rising (air, fixed, ruled by Saturn) is the door — the way you arrive in a room, the first read the world takes of you, the body you walk in.
Strangers tend to assume you are witty and detached — that is the Aquarius arriving first. Then they get to know you and discover the Taurus earth underneath, which can be a quiet contrast — light surface, weighted core.
Reads as Aquarius until you trust them; then Taurus comes through. The fixed-fixed mix means you consistently holds.