Rooster/Scorpio and Dog/Taurus square up at 67-72%, two formidable operators with no shared half and no shortage of will. Neither one is easily impressed, which is precisely why each finds the other worth a second look.
Rooster/Scorpio has been scaring suitors away with the spooky amplitude of its overflowing heart; Dog/Taurus has been scaring them off with high standards nobody thinks they can meet. So two intimidators meet and are, for once, not intimidated. That mutual unflinchingness is the romance, and it is surprisingly durable.
Both speak in declaratives. Dog/Taurus states plainly how a thing will be done right; Rooster/Scorpio states, with Scorpio-born intensity, what it wants and when. There is little subtext, which suits two signs that distrust it, but volume creeps up fast.
Friction lives in command. Dog/Taurus wants things done its way all the time; Rooster/Scorpio's drive crushes what stands before it, friend and foe alike. When the two programs collide, neither backs down by nature, so somebody has to by choice.
Dog/Taurus's pragmatism teaches Rooster/Scorpio to ease up and cut a corner before the intensity costs another ally. Rooster/Scorpio's fire reminds the sober Dog that dignity is not the same thing as caution. Both get sturdier and a little softer.
At 67-72%, Rooster/Scorpio and Dog/Taurus are workable with effort. Two strong spines that respect each other on sight; the work is deciding who steers, and when.