Candles, ribbons, cloths: whatever carries purple into a working carries purple meaning with it.
Purple in symbolism
Purple is a masculine color. Purple is the color of royalty, charm, meditation, idealism, divination, progress, justice, mysticism, devotion, clairvoyance, luck, accomplishment and religion. In magick, purple is employed for protection, power, legal matters, divination, progress, the breaking of bad luck, the access of higher realms, driving away evil, to stop gossip or lies, material wealth, spirit contact and to enhance spiritual and psychic powers.
Correspondences
- Element: Air
- Direction: East
- Planet: Jupiter
- Day: Thursday
- Plants: Mimosa, Wisteria, Mugwort Hazel, Eyebright, Rowan, Elder, Rue, Shamrock, Clover, Oak, Dandelion, Betony, Meadowsweet, Begonia, Cactus, Dahlia, Iris, Violet
- Tarot links: The Chariot and the four Fours
Choose this color for candles or cloths when your question leans toward purple matters.
The wider web of symbols
| System | Correspondence |
|---|---|
| Tarot | The Chariot — card of the purple ray |
| Botanicals | Mugwort — herb of the purple candle |
| Botanicals | Elder — herb of the purple candle |
| Botanicals | Rue — herb of the purple candle |
| Botanicals | Dandelion — herb of the purple candle |
| Botanicals | Cactus — herb of the purple candle |
| Geomancy | Puer — figure of the same element |
| Geomancy | Acquisitio — figure of the same element |
| Geomancy | Laetitia — figure of the same element |