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BLACK |
Planet: Saturn - waning Moon
Direction: North
Element: Water
For: binding - restriction - limitation - retribution - hexing -
banishing - protection
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 |
For: Loneliness
Sacred to: the Graiae, the gray ones - the Gray goddess
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SILVER |
Planet: new Moon
For: lunar magick - the Goddess - Female empowerment
Sacred to: Moon Goddesses
Symbolizes Life-in-Death |
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WHITE |
Direction: West
Element: Air
For: purity - protection - love - innocence - healing - rain - flood - ecstacy - uncrossing - indrinking - cosmic consciousness - fallow periods - male energy - the spirit world - work for small children - calm, unbiased judgement - peace - cleansing
Sacred to: Aphrodite - Batala - Cerridwen, White Lady of Inspiration - Chango - Elegba - Gauri, Chief of the White Cloth - Shango - the Triple Goddess - the White Goddess, White Tara - Xango - Yemaya - Yemonja
William Blake referred to the "white light of reason"
Symbolizes death in China
Dress in white for creation or recreation |
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BLUE |
Planet: Saturn - Jupiter
Element: Water
For: communication - organization - peace - truth - justice -administration - tranquility - removing bad vibrations - authenticity of expression - the female, magnetic principle - healing -
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
Blue candle: to make a safe space - to bless a new home - to know your inner child - for healing image spells
Heavenly color
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DARK BLUE |
Planet: Jupiter
Sacred to: Anu - the Triple Goddess - Vishnu
Symbolizes infinity
Wear dark blue for fertility |
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Indigo |
Sacred to: Venus
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PURPLE |
For: wisdom - prophecy - divination
Sacred to: Babalu Aye - Maman Brigitte - Oya - Yansa
Symbol of royalty |
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VIOLET |
Planet: Mercury
For: spirituality - intuition - insight - clarity - the astral plane - the Akashic Principle
Sacred to: Tzu-Ku-Shen, the Violet Lady
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WINE/MAROON |
Sacred to: Maman Brigitte - Oya - Yansa
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GREEN |
Planet: Earth - Venus
Direction: East
Element: Water
For: growth - love - money spells - prosperity - youth - nature - emotion - acceptance - faith - instinct - intuition - envy - Death in Life - fertility
Sacred to: Agayu - Allah - Al-Uzzah, the Great One - Aphrodite - Demeter - Ohum - Ogun - Ogou-Feraille - Orule - Orunmila - Osiris - Green Zeus
Green candle: to attract money - make a safe place - know your inner child
Green and yellow are jester colors
Fairy color
Symbolized youth and vegetation in ancient Egypt
Male symbol in China
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AQUA |
Sacred to: Olokun
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PINK |
For: happiness - attracting new love
Sacred to: Aphrodite - Venus
Angelic color, according to William Blake
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ROSE |
For: love - youth
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RED |
Planet: Mars, the Red Planet - full Moon
Direction: South
Element: Fire
For: passion - romance- finding love - keeping love - mercy - brazeness - 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 - Ogin - Papa Legba - Red Tezcatlipoca - Set - Seth - Shango - thje 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.
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SCARLET |
Sacred to:Aphrodite
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BROWN |
Planet: Earth
Element: Earth
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YELLOW |
Planet: Sun
Direction: Center
For: power - happiness - solar magick - jealousy - the creative, feminine power - learning - imagination
Sacred to: Orula - Orunlima - Oshoshi -Oshun - Shakti - Sun Gods
Yellow candle: to make a safe space - joy
Mayan death color
Associated with Judas, and with the Spanish inquisition
Convicted murderers once wore yellow gowns for execution |
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GOLD |
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
For: solar magick
Sacred to: Oshun - sun gods
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ORANGE |
Planet: Mercury
Element: Fire
For: ambition - legal actions - business actions - success
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