Chapter 41The Animal World · Bull
Book 5. Part Two: The Opening of the Inner Senses · Section Three: Symbols
The bull is an emblem of strength and force. It is also in the Veda an image of the Gods, the male powers in Nature. Again the bull is the v¯ahana of Shiva. It may in a dream or an experience be any of these symbols — but it is probably the first here.