Ox

The Ox has a harmonious relationship with:
Snake
The Ox has no conflict but needs to make an effort with: ...

The figure of the ox signifies strength and vigour and the opening of the intellectual furrows to the reception of fertilizing showers; and the horns signify the guarding and unconquerable power.

It had the head of a wild ox or buffalo, the forequarters of the Lion, the hindquarters of the Eagle, and the tail of the lion.5 Given the 5=6 sign, it responded with the same signs, and added the signs of Earth and Water6.

Examples for Aleph-Nun: "The Ox falls past the Sun. The Ox is stuck tight in the spinning rounds of the Fish who chases his tail." Well, you've obviously got to do something more than just saying "Ox", "Sun" and "Fish".

Then let us teach them, and prove to them, that pain follows the evil-doer as his shadow, or as the cartwheel follows the ox.

"Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

he eats grass like an ox.
Behold, his strength is in his loins,
and his power in the muscles of his belly.
He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
His bones are tubes of bronze, ...

Frequently the statue of Isis was accompanied by the figure of a large black and white ox. The ox represents either Osiris as Taurus, the bull of the zodiac, or Apis, an animal sacred to Osiris because of its peculiar markings and colorings.

Those born under the sign of the Buffalo (also known as the Ox) are usually hard-working, methodical, patient people. Though they can often be found in positions of leadership, they can sometimes be loners.

Historically the I Ching probably developed out of the earlier methods of tortoise shell and ox shoulder-bone divination, ...

5000 - 4000 BC, had Goddess figurines associated with the cow, serpent, humped ox, sheep, goat, pig, bull, dove and double ax. These things were known to the people and became symbols representing the Goddess.

See also: World, Spirit, Light, Ritual, Anima