The symbol of the Ark, courtesy of the wonderful recent e-book find, Behold the Sign: Ancient Symbolism, by Ralph M. Lewis, is the emblem of the “concealed, tiled, guarded, and safe place where the bonds which united the Brethan were secretly and sacredly preserved.” It is a place where in the earthly, material secrets are stored and preserved.

Moving back to Cirlot’s work, A Dictionary of Symbols, the ark represents a minute seed that preserves both the spiritual and material essences until such time a rebirth is possible. Of course, the ark in this case is also in space, potentially hinting at the “space is water” meme running through various fields of thought at this moment.

I see Horus, Venus, Heremetic, and The Fool as equivalents, so who knows. It’s as stretch, I know.