Basic Color Correspondences are written below to help aid you in your magical workings. These apply to candles, cord magic, and even artwork. It is always best to meditate upon each color and come up with your own set of colour correspondences, because colour is personal to each individual.
These are my personal correspondences from my Book of Shadows and are copyrighted to me. If you wish to put them on your personal site, state where you got it and provide a link back to this page. Thank you!
Red
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Energy: Active/Yang
Red is the color of blood and therefore, of the life force. It represents all things that get the blood pumping, such as passion, anger, war, love, lust, sex, courage, vigor, respect, strength, power and exercise. It is a colour of authority, strength of will, and brute force. While red does represent love, it represents more the physical manifestation of any kind of love (instead of, say, emotional love). The "negative" qualities of the color red include acting without thought, anger issues, impulsive decisions, etc.
Pink is associated with the heart and romantic love, since pink is the combination of red and white.
Orange
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Energy: Active/Yang
Orange is the color of abundance, happiness, thankfulness and creativity. It is also a colour of change. Light shades of orange represent joy, happiness and creativity. Sunset orange is connect to change, time and to new experiences. Pumpkin orange is associated with autumn, Mabon, Lammas and Samhain. Pumpkin orange also represents change, as well as abundance and gratitude.
Yellow
Planet: Mercury, Sun
Element: Air
Energy: Active/Yang
Yellow is the color of communication in all forms, travel (particularly in airplanes), creativity, writing, intelligence, mental health, artistic pursuits, knowledge, study and the mind. Yellow symbolizes the wind that is easily blown through all parts of the world, which is why it is connected to travel, swiftness, thought and knowledge.
Green
Planet: Venus
Element: Earth
Energy: Receptive/Yin
Green is the colour of the plants and trees, and therefore represents growth, nourishment, responsibility, abundance, prosperity, wealth, beauty, physical health, strong foundations, compassion, stability, and motherly love. Green also represents rejuvenation, growth and rebirth. Stubbornness and envy are also linked to the colour green.
Blue
Planet: Neptune
Element: Water
Energy: Receptive/Yin
Blue is the colour of the expansive ocean, and symbolizes the fathomless depths of our mind, intuition, and emotion. Blue helps expand our mind, not through what we see or hear in the world, but through how we feel. This is a very emotional colour. Lighter blues are connected with tranquility, inner peace, solace and grace, where indigo and darker blues are associated with deep, personal feelings. These feelings can be a deep sense of connectedness, or a deep sense of being alone (depression). Blue is the colour of healing and the emotions.
Purple
Planet: Moon, Neptune
Element: Spirit
Energy: Receptive/Yin
Purple is the color of royalty and respect. Respectable pursuits are connected with the color purple, such as mind expansion through spiritual means, religion/spirituality in general, psychism, divination, intuition, the deep mind and selflessness. Purple is connected to outer space and the unknown.
White
Planet: Moon; All
Element: All
Energy: All
White is pure like freshly fallen snow. It is used for purity (of mind, body and spirit), protection, weight loss, cleansing the body of toxins and unhealthy habits, and exorcism. White contains every color, so it can be substituted for any color. White is a blank canvas upon which you can paint a beautiful life.
Black
Planet: Saturn
Element: All
Energy: All
Black may be the absence of color, but is not the absence of magic. Black represents the Mysteries, secrets and infinite wisdom. From nothing all things come, and so it is with the color black. Black is creation out of nothing. Black is also used to banish anything from unwanted habits to unwanted circumstances. It rids you of negativity and can help you when you feel stuck in life.
Silver
Planet: Moon
Element: Spirit, particularly Water
Energy: Receptive/Yin
Silver is a colour that is representative of the Goddess. It represents the illumination of the Mysteries, divination, lunar magic and gifts of the Goddess.
Gold
Planet: Sun
Element: Spirit, particularly Fire
Energy: Active/Yang
Gold is a pure colour that represents the God. It is symbolic of illumination and clarity of thought, insight, solar magic, and gifts of the God. It represents knowledge, abundance and physical wealth.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
My Path
I am a very spiritual person. I always have been. This is just a little bit about my spiritual path. I think if you know what a person believes in and why, you know something that is very personal, and very awesome.
You don't have to agree with what I'm saying, because I'm not claiming to have the ultimate truth. I'm still searching for that myself. Disagreements are perfectly healthy, and it's great to read things you disagree with, because it helps you grow in your own faith. However, I am not looking to receive hateful comments. I am a very respectful person, and I will treat you with respect, so I would greatly appreciate the same courtesy.
And here's a quick note: I'm definitely not saying that if you disagree, you can't comment. I would love to hear your comments about what you believe in, just be respectful, please! Not just to me, but to anyone else who comments here. Thank you!
-x-x-x-x-x-
I do not belong to any particular religion. I find religion highly fascinating, but something about the way I was raised as a Christian (which was blindly follow and you'll be okay) just really didn't sit well with me.
I was very young when I first learned many things about Christianity, and to this day they don't make sense. I didn't know why women couldn't marry other women because if they were happy, it should be okay. Right? And I didn't know why God would have sent me to Hell if I didn't know who Jesus was (but luckily I wasn't born in a tribe in the Amazon that didn't know anything about Jesus, cause then I'd be screwed). I didn't know why God would create animals without souls, because they live, breathe and bleed just like we do; and they raise families and can feel pain like us - they even have lots of the same things we do, like eyes and noses! And what about those dinosaurs, how come they're not in the Bible?
From the age of four to around age nine I had these burning questions - and these are just a few of what I remember. There was lots I couldn't figure out, and a lot of things seemed a little fishy. I asked questions that no one had the answers to; some would say good question, but not give me an answer; others would admit they didn't know; and some told me that it's wasn't important, to have faith like a child - but I was a child! I did have faith, and I wanted a freaking answer!
But no answers came. Finally, around age 11 or 12, I began looking elsewhere for my answers. And I'm so glad I did, because I have never felt more at peace or more close to the one who gave me life. I am happy. But it took me a long time to finally feel that way, to shed my old skin, to become renewed.
When I first began looking at all of the other religions out there, I was frustrated, confused, lost - even angry, depressed and I felt really helpless. How did I know which was right, which was wrong? Was I abandoning God or meeting Him for the first time? It was really hard for me to find something I felt was true. And then I found Wicca. Things began to click for me then. I abandoned everything I didn't really believe anyway and went straight into it, not questioning a darn thing, because questions were hard and everything was making sense so far.
But Wicca wasn't right for me either. I'm thankful that Wicca was part of my journey, and I still follow the Rede, which is "An' it harm none, do what ye will" - but it's not my Truth. Wicca seemed a little shady, too, like every other religion out there. The more I read about its history is what turned me off the most, I think. It claims to be an Old Religion, but it's a relatively new one. It follows old traditions, but Wicca in and of itself is not old. I know it's a little detail, but it bugs me.
From Wicca came Paganism - which is a word I feel best describes what I practice and believe, but I'm also not entirely happy with it. I guess I just like the word Spiritual. I love having a personal relationship with the Creator despite what names other people call him/her. I do call upon the Lord and Lady, but I know that they're one and the same, and they go by thousands of other names. Gods and Goddesses are like a disco ball - every deity is a mirror, and every mirror makes up the the One Thing, the source of all that is. But every mirror reflects light, and everyone's light shines at a different frequency, so each God looks a little bit different to everyone. Hopefully that makes sense - if not, I can elaborate.
Anyway, that's where I am on my path now. I still love learning about all different types of religions, because I think they all have some truth, and they all have some bullshit. And I don't want any of the crap in my life that I don't need - I just want the truth, and one day I'll find it. But for now, I know I'm in the right place in my life.
Where are you in your path? What do you believe in? Comment below, I would love to hear! Have a wonderful day :)
You don't have to agree with what I'm saying, because I'm not claiming to have the ultimate truth. I'm still searching for that myself. Disagreements are perfectly healthy, and it's great to read things you disagree with, because it helps you grow in your own faith. However, I am not looking to receive hateful comments. I am a very respectful person, and I will treat you with respect, so I would greatly appreciate the same courtesy.
And here's a quick note: I'm definitely not saying that if you disagree, you can't comment. I would love to hear your comments about what you believe in, just be respectful, please! Not just to me, but to anyone else who comments here. Thank you!
-x-x-x-x-x-
I do not belong to any particular religion. I find religion highly fascinating, but something about the way I was raised as a Christian (which was blindly follow and you'll be okay) just really didn't sit well with me.
I was very young when I first learned many things about Christianity, and to this day they don't make sense. I didn't know why women couldn't marry other women because if they were happy, it should be okay. Right? And I didn't know why God would have sent me to Hell if I didn't know who Jesus was (but luckily I wasn't born in a tribe in the Amazon that didn't know anything about Jesus, cause then I'd be screwed). I didn't know why God would create animals without souls, because they live, breathe and bleed just like we do; and they raise families and can feel pain like us - they even have lots of the same things we do, like eyes and noses! And what about those dinosaurs, how come they're not in the Bible?
From the age of four to around age nine I had these burning questions - and these are just a few of what I remember. There was lots I couldn't figure out, and a lot of things seemed a little fishy. I asked questions that no one had the answers to; some would say good question, but not give me an answer; others would admit they didn't know; and some told me that it's wasn't important, to have faith like a child - but I was a child! I did have faith, and I wanted a freaking answer!
But no answers came. Finally, around age 11 or 12, I began looking elsewhere for my answers. And I'm so glad I did, because I have never felt more at peace or more close to the one who gave me life. I am happy. But it took me a long time to finally feel that way, to shed my old skin, to become renewed.
When I first began looking at all of the other religions out there, I was frustrated, confused, lost - even angry, depressed and I felt really helpless. How did I know which was right, which was wrong? Was I abandoning God or meeting Him for the first time? It was really hard for me to find something I felt was true. And then I found Wicca. Things began to click for me then. I abandoned everything I didn't really believe anyway and went straight into it, not questioning a darn thing, because questions were hard and everything was making sense so far.
But Wicca wasn't right for me either. I'm thankful that Wicca was part of my journey, and I still follow the Rede, which is "An' it harm none, do what ye will" - but it's not my Truth. Wicca seemed a little shady, too, like every other religion out there. The more I read about its history is what turned me off the most, I think. It claims to be an Old Religion, but it's a relatively new one. It follows old traditions, but Wicca in and of itself is not old. I know it's a little detail, but it bugs me.
From Wicca came Paganism - which is a word I feel best describes what I practice and believe, but I'm also not entirely happy with it. I guess I just like the word Spiritual. I love having a personal relationship with the Creator despite what names other people call him/her. I do call upon the Lord and Lady, but I know that they're one and the same, and they go by thousands of other names. Gods and Goddesses are like a disco ball - every deity is a mirror, and every mirror makes up the the One Thing, the source of all that is. But every mirror reflects light, and everyone's light shines at a different frequency, so each God looks a little bit different to everyone. Hopefully that makes sense - if not, I can elaborate.
Anyway, that's where I am on my path now. I still love learning about all different types of religions, because I think they all have some truth, and they all have some bullshit. And I don't want any of the crap in my life that I don't need - I just want the truth, and one day I'll find it. But for now, I know I'm in the right place in my life.
Where are you in your path? What do you believe in? Comment below, I would love to hear! Have a wonderful day :)
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