http://www.examiner.com/article/spiritual-symbolism-of-jonah-and-the-whale
The tale of Jonah's voyage of fleeing from, and then finding alignment
with God's will, is common to the sacred scriptures of Judaism, Islam,
and Christianity. The spiritual transformation that Jonah or the Soul
experienced in the stomach of the whale is paralleled in the death and
rebirth mysteries of numerous ancient religions. The Book of Jonah
allegorizes the human soul as it undergoes the initiation described by Jesus as being” born again”.
The Book of Matthew chapter 12 verse 40 compares the three days Jonah spent inside the whale to the time Jesus remained in the tomb before his ascension on the morning of the third day. Resurrection from the grave at sunrise of the third day is characteristic of many sun- gods whether the Egyptian Serapis, the Chaldean Bel, or the Greek Hercules, who like Jonah, lived three days in the belly of a great fish.
Jonah’s sacrifice of being thrown overboard into the sea and then swallowed by the whale is an ancient symbol of the soul being spiritually reborn, in the cave of initiation. The cave is the womb of Earth, the traditional meeting ground of the divine and human selves, and the place of the second birth. Spiritual resurrection from a cave, grave, or chamber of a pyramid, indicated a new beginning, soul renewal, and attunement to one’s divine mission. The tomb or cavern is identical in meaning to the whale of matter that encases and conceals the spirit Jonah inside.
The constellation Cetus, the Whale or Great Fish, expresses multiple meanings in Jonah’s journey toward spiritual understanding. It is the darkness of death and ignorance that engulfs the human soul prior to spiritual illumination. The belly of the whale is the transforming womb that casts the newly reborn soul onto the solid ground of spiritual truth. The whale also represents the world of physical substance, and the prison of the mortal self from which the immortal soul within is eventually set free.
The Judgement card of the tarot depicts the rebirth of six individuals resurrecting from their watery graves of death and human ignorance. They, like Jonah of old, are hearing and being tested by the Word of the Lord, symbolized by their response to the sound of the angel’s trumpet.
The Book of Matthew chapter 12 verse 40 compares the three days Jonah spent inside the whale to the time Jesus remained in the tomb before his ascension on the morning of the third day. Resurrection from the grave at sunrise of the third day is characteristic of many sun- gods whether the Egyptian Serapis, the Chaldean Bel, or the Greek Hercules, who like Jonah, lived three days in the belly of a great fish.
Jonah’s sacrifice of being thrown overboard into the sea and then swallowed by the whale is an ancient symbol of the soul being spiritually reborn, in the cave of initiation. The cave is the womb of Earth, the traditional meeting ground of the divine and human selves, and the place of the second birth. Spiritual resurrection from a cave, grave, or chamber of a pyramid, indicated a new beginning, soul renewal, and attunement to one’s divine mission. The tomb or cavern is identical in meaning to the whale of matter that encases and conceals the spirit Jonah inside.
The constellation Cetus, the Whale or Great Fish, expresses multiple meanings in Jonah’s journey toward spiritual understanding. It is the darkness of death and ignorance that engulfs the human soul prior to spiritual illumination. The belly of the whale is the transforming womb that casts the newly reborn soul onto the solid ground of spiritual truth. The whale also represents the world of physical substance, and the prison of the mortal self from which the immortal soul within is eventually set free.
The Judgement card of the tarot depicts the rebirth of six individuals resurrecting from their watery graves of death and human ignorance. They, like Jonah of old, are hearing and being tested by the Word of the Lord, symbolized by their response to the sound of the angel’s trumpet.
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