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Keynote: Fertility Cycle of Power: Year-round The bull, and its female counterpart the cow, have long been symbols of fertility. While the cow is predominantly a symbol of motherhood and nourishment through non-injury (it's an animal able to furnish food with being slaughtered), the bull is an animal which brought nourishment through slaughtering and so came to be know as an animal symbolizing fertility through sacrifice. While the cow usually embodied lunar aspects, and goddesses sometimes wore horns of the cow, the bull was a symbol of the sun. To the Assyrians, the bull was born of the sun. The Hindu divine being Indra is often depicted riding on a bull, while Brahma is depicted upon a cow. Bull worship was part of Egypt and Greece. The Egyptian god Osirus is often depicted with the head of a bull. In Roman and Greek mythology are several powerful legends of the bull. Probably the most familiar is the tale of the Minotaur. A study of the myth and lore of the bull may provide insight into past lives for those with this totem. The bull is, of course, associated with the astrological sign of Taurus, an earth sign. It is a sign that has to do with possessions. It is a sign that has links to making the mundane and earthy more fertile. The sign of Taurus should be studied for further insight. The bull is masculine and implies a fertilizing of the Earth, a feminine planet in traditional astrology. In the bull then we have union of the male and female. The bull is sometimes depicted as lunar (female) and sometimes as solar (male). The horns of the bull resemble the lunar crescent, giving it the link with the feminine. Anytime the male and female come together there is opportunity for fertility. If a bull has shown up as your totem, you should ask yourself some important questions. Are you being as productive as you can? Do you need to sow some new seeds? Are you being stubborn and rigid? Do you or those around you need to become more sensitive? Are you rushing when you should be allowing things to become fertile in their own time? Are you or those around you insecure? The bull can help you to understand and work with the mundane aspects of fertility and the relationships necessary for it. It will teach stability without stubbornness. The bull can help you to assert your feminine energies with the greatest success.
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