Earth with earth
There is no argument here about what matters. Both signs treat a reliable income, a clean house and a working boiler as legitimate concerns rather than as a failure of imagination, and neither has to defend the position.
What a shared element removes is provocation. Fire would push the pairing towards risk and air would question the assumptions, and neither influence is present. Two earth signs can build something entirely sound and never ask whether it is the thing they wanted. The question tends to arrive from outside, if it arrives at all.
Fixed and mutable earth
Taurus settles and Virgo refines. That is a workable division: Taurus decides what the arrangement is and Virgo improves how it runs, and neither needs the other's job.
The trouble comes when Virgo's refinements amount to reopening a decision Taurus considers closed. Taurus does not respond to argument, only to changed conditions, so Virgo's careful case for a better method lands as nothing at all. Virgo then implements it quietly, which works until it is noticed. Taurus regards the quiet implementation as a breach rather than as an improvement.
Venus and Mercury
Venus rules Taurus and Mercury rules Virgo, and the two describe the pairing's characteristic split. Venus wants the thing to be pleasant; Mercury wants it to be correct. Those goals overlap often enough to be confused and are not the same goal.
Both planets stay close to the Sun in the sky, so their signs are limited and worth checking. A Taurus with Mercury in Gemini and a Virgo with Venus in Leo produce a very different pairing from what the sun signs alone suggest.
Where it grinds
Standards. Virgo notices and mentions; Taurus notices and lets it be. Virgo experiences Taurus's tolerance as laziness, and Taurus experiences Virgo's corrections as an unwillingness to enjoy anything that is already good enough.
The second friction is anxiety against comfort. Virgo worries as a working method and Taurus regards worry as a waste of a perfectly good evening. Neither can adopt the other's setting, and the mismatch surfaces mostly in how each handles a small emergency.
Why the two Suns are only a starting point
Sun signs sort the population into twelve categories and describe each in the aggregate. That is a tendency and not a portrait of two people, and a pairing described as compatible here can still be unworkable for reasons no sun sign records.
The Moon covers what each needs privately, Venus how affection is expressed and received, Mars how disagreements go. Comparing those across two real charts is the version of this question that has a specific answer.
Questions people ask about this
Is Taurus and Virgo a compatible pairing?
They agree readily on practical matters, which removes a common source of conflict. What remains is a dispute about standards, and it is persistent.
Why does Virgo find Taurus frustrating?
Taurus does not revise a settled arrangement in response to argument. Virgo's carefully reasoned improvements therefore land with no effect.
Do Venus and Mercury conflict here?
They pull towards pleasantness and correctness respectively. Both planets stay near the Sun, so their exact signs are limited and worth checking.
What is the risk in this pairing?
Building something sound without asking whether it is wanted. Two earth signs supply no provocation, so the question rarely gets raised.