Golden calf

(Ex. 32:4, 8; Deut. 9:16; Neh. 9:18). This was a molten image of a calf which the idolatrous Israelites formed at Sinai. This symbol was borrowed from the custom of the Egyptians. It was destroyed at the command of Moses (Ex. 32:20). (See AARON; MOSES.)

gold'-'-n: Probably a representation of the sun in Taurus.

See ASTROLOGY, 7; CALF, GOLDEN.