Sunday, February 15, 2009

Correspondence of Colour


* Red

- blood (life force)
- useful in many types of healing because of the blood association
(purifying blood, healing wounds)
- love and lust, passion, sex
- anger, madness, contempt
- impulsiveness, irrationality
- bitterness, hatred

* Pink

- romance (combination of red and white)
- the colour of Divine love
- not as “strong” as red if used in love or lust spells
- close relationships, friendships
- openness, easy-going

* Orange

- use for bringing ideas into form
- combination of red and yellow
- creates a small amount of warmth
- insecurities
- a less intense type of fire
- platonic passion, weak passion
- the fizzling of a relationship

* Yellow

- the Sun
- illumination (in the world and within the self)
- warming

* Green

- wealth, money
- plant life, Nature
- comforting, protective
- combination of yellow and blue
- a cooling colour (as forests are green and provide shade - protection - and coolness)
- herbs, grass
- gnomes, faeries
* Blue

- element of Water
- emotion, tears
- calm, peacefulness
- healing of the mind (depression, stress, insecurities, other emotional issues)

* Indigo

- the night sky
- deep oceans, water

* Purple

- combination of red and blue
- passion
- the halfway mark between anger and calmness

* Brown

- a grounding colour
- healing the earth or animals
- use in combination with green

* White

- the reflection of all colours
- white-hot spark of pure energy
- can be generic (send the light, let the spirit choose the colour)
- for Full Moons, initiations, forgiveness
- a blank slate

* Black

- totality of the Mystery
- the absorption of all colour
- that which is hidden, the shadows
- the space between the realms
- use for divination
- use for understanding deeper or underlying issues
- banishing, to clear negative energy
- honour the Crone

* Silver

- the Moon, stars, universe
- receptivity
- Goddess energy
- the female
- dreaming and meditation

* Gold

- the Sun
- God energy
- the male
- the dawn, morning, day time

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