Biblical symbol
Bull
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Bull is a biblical symbol of strength, fertility, sacrifice, wealth, danger, and sometimes idolatry.
Bull symbolizes powerful embodied strength that can serve worship or become an idol.
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- Biblical Symbolism
- Related
- Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge, Serpent, Temple
Bull symbolizes powerful embodied strength that can serve worship or become an idol.
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Hill's Age of the Bull
J. H. Hill ties the bull to the Age of Taurus, when the spring equinox lay in that sign. He lists Apis, Baal, the winged bull, the silver bull heads of Mycenae and the golden calf as its images, and reads the T-shaped temples as the first cross, the sign of Taurus.
He puts the bull of God that "taketh away sin" as the image later taken over by the lamb. His Age of Taurus ends about 4,300 years before his time. These are his arguments.
The bull among the four creatures
Taurus is also the ox or calf of the four living creatures, one of the four fixed signs. Hill pairs it with Aquarius as the Cherubim, the half of the year when days grow longer. See Four Living Creatures and Age of Aquarius.
The story behind Bull
Ancient Near Eastern religions often used bull imagery for divine strength and fertility, which forms the background to biblical polemic.
The spiritual meaning of Bull
Spiritually, Bull asks whether strength and appetite are being consecrated or enthroned.
Bull in the Bible
Bulls appear in sacrificial law, prophetic imagery, royal strength, and idol critique such as the golden calf story.
Why Bull matters
Bull matters because the same animal can stand near the altar, the field, royal power, or the golden calf.
Where readings of Bull go wrong
The usual misreading is to treat bull imagery as one-note masculinity symbolism.
Sources and editorial method
This entry summarizes the tradition in the Almanac's own words; where no source is listed, it is an editorial summary rather than a primary text, and symbolic readings are named as the tradition's, not as fact.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Biblical Symbolism
- Last updated
- 2026-09-26
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Common questions
What is bull?
Bull is a biblical symbol of strength, fertility, sacrifice, wealth, danger, and sometimes idolatry.
Where does bull come from?
Ancient Near Eastern religions often used bull imagery for divine strength and fertility, which forms the background to biblical polemic.
What does bull mean spiritually?
Spiritually, Bull asks whether strength and appetite are being consecrated or enthroned.
What do people get wrong about bull?
The usual misreading is to treat bull imagery as one-note masculinity symbolism.
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