Color

The roots of Color seems to travel all around the trees of history. These days, it seems that the Chakra Colors have the greatest influence on our choices.

Chakras are power zones along our bodies which we use to enrich and enhance our atunement with the elements. When we learn to open our Chakra centers, we are opening ourselves to heightened awareness.

A quick review of Chakra colors and meaning follow. There are many books discussing using and tuning your Chakras. If this interests you, find the books and study them.

The base of the spine is the Lumbar Chakra, which is tuned with red. This is the only Chakra that moves in two directions, which can ground as well as swell. Its associations are physical existence, physical creativity and survival. Its associated with reproduction and sexual energy. Fear and lack of energy manifest when this Chakra is weak.

Up the spine is the Spleen Chakra, tuned with orange. Associated with the transformation of lower vibration energy into higher types of energy. Blocked, the ability for balance is effected.

Further up the spine is the Solar Plexus Chakra, tuned with yellow. This is raw emotion, anger and frustration, basic gut feelings. Blockage causes uncontrolled emotion and inability to tap the intuition. This center is extremely sensitive to the emotions of others.

Traveling ever upwards, the Heart Chakra is tuned with green. It symbolizes unconditional spiritual love, compassion and empathy. Blocked it is self hatred, distrust of others and no understanding of the oneness of all creation. Disruption causes an unbalance between the cold intellect and the physical drives.

Next is the Throat Chakra, tuned with electric blue. It is the seat of communication, balance of powers positive and negative, creativity, psychic hearing, creativity of an abstract nature (arts, science, literature, music). Imbalance produces sharpness of tongue, closed mind to new or unusual ideas and self-righteousness.

In the center of the brow is the third eye tuned with Indigo. This gateway affects clear seeing and psychic perception in all forms.

At the crown of the head is the alternate center, the point of opening, the point that connects us to the God and the Goddess. The Hindu call it the "Lotus of Thousand Petals" as it opens in a similar manner. This center synchronizes all the others, integrates all polarities and is all pervading in power. It tunes on lavender shading into brilliant white.

Compare this with the traditional color symbolism's with respect to certain colors:

White: purity, truth, sincerity
Light Blue: tranquillity, understanding, patience, health
Dark Blue: impulsiveness, depression, changability
Purple: tension, ambition, business, progress
Green: finance, fertility, luck, health
Gold/yellow: attraction, persuasion, confidence
Brown: neutrality, spiritual attachment to the earth
Pink: love, honor, morality
Silver/Gray: adaptability, stimulation, attraction

Also Color Attractions:

Yellow: those involved with divination
Purple: divine power (magicians)
Blue: Healers and teachers
Green: Herbalist's and magical ecologists
Brown: Those attuned with animals
Orange or Red: Those attuned to the God in His Solar Aspect
Black: night universe, lack of falsehood, divine energy - absence of color

When working with candles, we choose based on color

Black: for spells of protection
Dark blue: for spells of understanding
Light Blue: for spells of acceptance and health
White: for spells of peace and purity
Yellow: for spells of confidence
Green: for spells for finance or healing
Red: for spells for courage, strength, sexual love
Pink, for spells for love, honor
Violet: for spells of spirituality
Purple: for spells for power or ambition

Color plays an important part in our work. It guides our work, helps us to center and focus on our goals. All things are used as tools, they contain no power of their own, only that which we ourselves generate. We use these tools to focus, or to store those energies.