Candles, ribbons, cloths: whatever carries blue into a working carries blue meaning with it.
Blue in symbolism
Blue is a neutral color and applies equally to feminine and masculine energies. Blue promotes calming, tranquility, written and oral skills, sleep peace, loyalty, good will, purifying, protection, hope, sincerity, mature love and commitment, truth, patience, sleep, guidance and freedom. In magick blue is utilized for achieving equilibrium, peace and patience, communications, honor, health, friendships, dreams, sleep, inspiration, harmony in the home and meditations.
Correspondences
- Element: Water
- Direction: West
- Planet: Neptune and Mercury
- Day: Monday/Moon = Lt Blues - peace, patience. Wednesday/Mercury= Blues - friendships, creativity, dreams. Thursday/Jupiter = Royal Blue - honor, happiness. Saturday/Saturn = Dark Blues - communication
- Plants: Carnation, Honeysuckle, Orange Heather, Cypress, Hazel, Oak Moss, Mallow, Aloe Vera Buttercup(communication), Daffodil and Babys Breath
- Tarot links: The Heirophant and the Suit of Cups
Choose this color for candles or cloths when your question leans toward blue matters.
Old correspondences
| System | Correspondence |
|---|---|
| Tarot | The Hierophant — card of the blue ray |
| Botanicals | Carnation — herb of the blue candle |
| Botanicals | Honeysuckle — herb of the blue candle |
| Botanicals | Orange — herb of the blue candle |
| Botanicals | Cypress — herb of the blue candle |
| Botanicals | Aloe — herb of the blue candle |
| Geomancy | Populus — figure of the same element |
| Geomancy | Puella — figure of the same element |
| Geomancy | Albus — figure of the same element |
| Geomancy | Conjunctio — figure of the same element |
| Geomancy | Via — figure of the same element |