OX The celestial eye, creator,
great heat and light of the sun
(interchangeable with bull). Agriculture, conscientiousness, creative energy, endurance, fecundity,
fertility, labor, life-power, patience, strength, toil, usefulness,
wealth. Also apathy, carelessness, pride, stupidity. Dream
significance: (fat) abundance;
(mad) quarrel; (stopping) fatal
indecision; (thin) bad harvest,
failure; (yoked) quiet happiness.
In heraldry, magnanimity, valor.
Counterpart on earth of Taurus,
the heavenly bull, because of its
service in the cultivation of the
ground. Attribute of the corn
spirit. Emblem of the sun, because, like the sun, it toils for
the benefit of others. In symbolic illustrations frequently represented as domed (dome = resplendent sun). Emblem of Damona, Jupiter, Merodach, Mithra,
Osiris, Susa-no-wo, Thoth.
Word cognate with axis (deer),
Also called bos, majok. Among
Asiatic plains people the animal
which dug into the parched primordial earth with Rs horns until it reached water, from which
lakes and rivers formed. In
China second of the animals
which carry the sun through the
twelve terrestrial branches;
guardian of the direction north-northeast-east; the hours I A.M.
to 3 A.M.; the sign Taurus
(Chlou). Represents Niu. Symbolic of spring; anciently a clay
ox was beaten to stimulate the
revival of spring. One of the
attributes of Christ, who was born
among oxen in the stable at Bethlehem, typifying his indefatigable
service for mankind, necessary
for the Ways of Ascent and the
search for Sangraal. Symbolic
of those who recognize their masters. Emblem of the evangelist
Luke and the saints Sebold and
Sylvester. In England called
mart and slaughtered at Martinmas. Greek incarnation of the
generative powers of Dionysus,
the eating of the ox (or bull) being part of the god' s cult. Among ancient Hebrews a sacrificial animal. In Iranian mythology a form of Geusha Urvan and of Sarsaok. Symbolic of cloud,
rain, storm. In Japan called
ushi; second zodiacal animal;
Buddhist Zen sect emblem.
Jobes, 1962:1222