COLORS

WICCAN COLORS:

1. The Goddess - Silver
2. The God - Gold
3. Air (East) - Blue
4. Fire (South) - Red
5. Water (West) - Green
6. Earth (North) - Yellow
7. The Gate - White
8. Samhain - Orange
9. Yule - Purple
10. Imbolg - Red
11. Ostara - Light-green
12. Beltane - White
13. Litha - Yellow
14. Mabon - Dark-green
15. Lughnasadh - Brown
16. Full Moon - Milky-white
17. Initiation - Astrological color of student
18. Handfasting - White
19. Wiccaning - White
20. Requiem - Black
21. Love - Pink or Red
22. Banishing - Black
23. Prosperity - Green

ASTRAL CHART of COLORS:

Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 18) BLUE

Pisces (Feb 19 - Mar 20) WHITE

Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19) WHITE

Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20) RED

Gemini (May 21 - Jun 21) RED

Cancer (Jun 22 - Jul 22) GREEN

Leo (Jul 23 - Aug 22) RED

Virgo (Aug 23 - Sep 22) GOLD

Libra (Sep 23 - Oct 22) BLACK

Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21) RED

Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21) GOLD

Capricorn(Dec 22 - Jan19) RED

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

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

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

BLUE:

Planet: Saturn - Jupiter
Element: Water
Sacred to: Aphrodite - Mary - - 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

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

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

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: FireSacred to: Oshun - sun gods
For: solar magic

ORANGE:

Planet: Mercury
Element: Fire
For: intellect - success - travel - strength - balance - communication

PINK:

Sacred to: Aphrodite - Venus
For: happiness - attracting new love
Angelic color, according to William Blake

Rose:

For: love - youth

RED:

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

BROWN:

Planet: Earth
Element: Earth
For: earth energy - earth magic
Sacred to: Agayu - Babalu-Aye - Oya - Maman Brigitte - Yansa

PASTELS:

Element: Air