Color Associations and Symbolism
Color Associations and Symbolism
Color Associations and Symbolism
RED
Signifies: Strength, health, vigor, lust, danger.
Holiday: Yule
Planet: Mars
Day: Tuesday
Astrological Sign: Scorpio
ORANGE
Signifies: Encouragement, adaptability, stimulation, attraction, plenty, kindness.
Holiday: Candlemas
Deities: Brigid
Planets: Sun, Mars, Mercury
Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Astrological Sign: Leo, Sagittarius
YELLOW
Signifies: Knowledge, learning, concentration, persuasion, charm, confidence, jealousy, joy, comfort.
Planet: Mercury
Day: Wednesday
Astrological Sign: Gemini, Leo
GREEN
Signifies: Finances, fertility, luck, success energy, charity, growth rejuvenation, ambition, counteract
greed and jealousy, plants kingdom including herbal healing.
Planets: Venus, Mercury
Days: Friday, Wednesday
Holidays: Spring Equinox, Beltane
Astrological Sign: Taurus
BLUE
Signifies: Tranquility, understanding, patience, health, truth, devotion, sincerity, honor, loyalty, peace,
wisdom, protection during sleep, astral projection.
Planets: Moon, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter
Days: Monday, Friday, Saturday, Thursday
Astrological Sign: Libra, Sagittarius
VIOLET/PURPLE
Signifies: Power, piety, sanctity, sentimentality, tension, sadness amplification of other energies,
wisdom, high ideals, spiritual protection and healing, psychic ability, protective energy.
Planet: Jupiter
Day: Thursday
Astrological Sign: Sagittarius
BLACK
Signifies: Negation without reflecting, unlocking when stuck, banishing evil or negativity.
Holiday- Samhain
Planet- Saturn
Day - Saturday
Deities- The Crone
Astrological Sign: Scorpio & Capricorn
WHITE
Signifies: Purity, consecration, meditation, divination, exorcism, the full moon, healing, peace, spiritual
strength.
(May be substituted for any other color.)
Planet: Moon
Day: Monday
Astrological Sign: Cancer
GRAY
Signifies: Balance, neutrality, used in erasing, canceling, neutralizing, and return to the universe without
repercussion destructive energies.
Planet: Moon
Day: Monday
Deity: Athena
Astrological Sign: Virgo
PINK
Signifies: Healing, familial or emotional love (rather than sexual), friendship, affections, unselfish
emotions, spiritual healing, banishing hatred.
Gem: Rose quartz
Planet: Venus
Day: Friday
BROWN
Signifies: The Earth, grounding, trees, concentration, telepathy, spells to locate lost objects, protection
of the familiars, pets, and animals.
Planets: Moon (tan browns), Venus (all), Saturn (dark browns)
Days: Monday, Friday, Saturday
Deity: Gaia
Astrological Sign: Capricorn
Holiday: Mabon
SILVER
Signifies: Purity, the moon, treasure, values, female energy, the unconscious mind.
Day: Monday
Astrological Sign: Gemini
Deity: Artemis and other Moon Goddesses
GOLD
Signifies: The sun, male energy, wealth, financial wisdom, conscious mind, attracting happiness, activity,
intelligence.
Planet: Sun
Day: Sunday
Astrological Sign: Leo
Deity: Apollo and other Sun Gods
Color energies are useful in many ways. One of the most basic ways to use color symbolism in magick is
to select candles of the color appropriate to your purpose. The power of color may be added at any
point in rituals and spells to enhance the symbolism, and thus the power of the spell.
Examples include:
Candles
Meditations on colors for reaching specific chakras, or areas for psychic development.
Garments for ceremonies or simply on days when you wish to attract (or deflect) certain
energies.
As with most things magickal, how you feel about the color and your aims is the most important guide. If
a color feels right to use for a purpose, even if it is not listed here, use it! As shown in the varying and
sometimes overlapping associations above, the power and meaning of colors varies somewhat form
person to person.