Colours
COLORS
(Submitted by {little symbol that I can't do} 11/2/01)
BLACK:
Planet: Saturn - waning Moon
Direction: North
Element: Water
For: binding - restriction
- limitation - retribution - hexing
Sacred to: Babalu-Aye - Osiris
- Demeter - Elegba - Eleggua - Exu - the Great Goddess - Kali, the Black
One - Maman Brigitte - Moon goddesses - Ogum - Ogun- Ogou-Feraille - Oya
- Papa Legba - Yansa
Black candle: to bind an enemy
- for indrinking spells
Symbolized resurrection and
eternal life in ancient Egypt
Death color in western countries,
and in ancient Greece.
Symbol of wisdom to the Aztecs
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GRAY:
Sacred to: the Graiae, the
Gray Ones - the Grey Goddess
For: loneliness
SILVER:
Planet: new Moon
For lunar magic
Sacred to Moon goddesses
Symbolizes Life-in-Death
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WHITE:
Direction: West
Element: Air
Sacred to: Aphrodite - Batala
- Cerridwen, White Lady of Inspiration -Chango- Elegba - Gauri, Brilliant
White - the Great Goddess - Moon goddesses - Obatala, Chief of the White
Cloth - Shango - the Triple Goddess - the White Goddess - White Tara -
Xango - Yemaya - Yemonja
For: purity - protection -
love - innocence - healing - rain - flood -ecstasy - uncrossing - indrinking
- cosmic consciousness - fallow periods - male energy - the spirit world
- work for small children - calm, unbiased judgment
William Blake referred to the
"white light of reason."
Symbolizes death in China
Dress in white for creation
or recreation
CLEAR:
Element: Air
Symbolizes the Spirit World
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BLUE:
Planet: Saturn - Jupiter
Element: Water
Sacred to: Aphrodite - Mary
- Oshosi - rain deities - sky goddesses - Yemana- Yemaya - Yemonja - Zeus
For: communication - organization
- peace - truth - justice - administration- tranquility - removing bad
vibrations - authenticity of
expression - the female, magnetic
principle
Blue candle to: make a safe
space - bless a new home - know your inner child- for healing image spells
Heavenly color
dark blue:
Planet: Jupiter
Sacred to: Anu - the Triple
Goddess - Vishnu
Symbolizes infinity
Wear dark blue for fertility
indigo:
Sacred to Venus
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PURPLE:
Planet: Jupiter
For: wisdom - prophecy - divination
Sacred to: Babalu Aye - Maman
Brigitte - Oya - Yansa
Symbol of royalty
VIOLET:
Planet: Mercury
For: spirituality - intuition
- insight - clarity - the astral plane - the Akashic Principle
Sacred to: Tzu-Ku-Shen, the
Violet Lady
WINE/MAROON:
Sacred to: Maman Brigitte -
Oya - Yansa
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GREEN:
Planet: Earth - Venus
Element: Water
Direction: East
For: growth - love - money
spells - prosperity - youth - nature - emotion -acceptance - faith - instinct
- intuition - envy - Death-in-Life
Sacred to: Agayu - Allah -
Al-Uzzah, the Great One - Aphrodite - Demeter -Ogum - Ogun - Ogou-Feraille
- Orule - Orunmila - Osiris - Green Zeus
Fairy color
Green and yellow are jester
colors
Green candle to: attract money
- make a safe space - know your inner child
Symbolized youth and vegetation
in ancient Egypt
Male symbol in China
AQUA:
Sacred to Olokun
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PINK:
Sacred to: Aphrodite - Venus
For: happiness - attracting
new love
Angelic color, according to
William Blake
ROSE:
For: love - youth
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RED:
Planet: Mars, the Red Planet
- full Moon
Element: Fire
Direction: South
For: passion - romance - finding
love - keeping love - mercy -brazenness -female power - organic healing
- sexual energy - the male, electric principle
Sacred to: Agayu - Ares - Chango
- Elegba - Eleggua - Exu - Mars - the Great Goddess - Moon goddesses -
Ogou-Feraille - Ogum - Ogun - Papa Legba - Red Tezcatlipoca - Set - Seth
- Shango - the Triple Goddess - Typhon - Xango
Red animals and red-haired
strangers were sacrificed as fertility charms for grain in ancient Egypt.
Hathor, Set/Seth/Typhon, the
Morrigan and Odysseus/Ulysses all had red hair.
Some people consider red hair
a witches' mark.
Dress in red to combat evil.
Symbolized wisdom to the Aztecs,
sacrificial blood to the Hebrews.
Celtic color of the Otherworld.
Red was the color of death
in ancient Greece and Bronze Age Britain, where red ocher was used in burials.
It was taboo for commoners to eat red food like lobster, bacon, red berries,
fruit or mushrooms except at feasts to honor the dead. Red toadstools,
apples and rowan berries were all considered foods of the gods.
Sacred kings had their faces
stained red, often with alder dye.
SCARLET:
Sacred to Aphrodite
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BROWN:
Planet: Earth
Element: Earth
For: earth energy - earth magic
Sacred to: Agayu - Babalu-Aye
- Oya - Maman Brigitte - Yansa
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YELLOW:
Planet: Sun
Direction: Center
For: power - happiness - solar
magic - jealousy - the creative, feminine power
Sacred to: Orula - Orunmila
- Oshoshi - Oshun - Shakti - Sun gods
Symbolizes bile, in the sense
that Baudelaire used the word
Yellow candle: to make a safe
space - for joy
Mayan death color
Associated with Judas, and
with the Spanish Inquisition.
Convicted murderers once wore
yellow gowns for execution.
GOLD:
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Sacred to: Oshun - sun gods
For solar magic
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ORANGE:
Planet: Mercury
Element: Fire
For: intellect - success -
travel - strength - balance - communication
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PASTELS:
Element: Air
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