Just as with the days of the week, the various colors of the spectrum also have old traditional associations with myriad human areas of concern. In my artist's- eye translation of a scientific explanation, color is a form of energy, traveling as light at different wave lengths that vary in speed depending on the hue: When we work with color, we very literally manipulate energy.

We live in a sea of living energy. Our conscious mind perceives in the form of color, only a fragment of this living energy. Our subconscious, however, misses nothing, and, as psychologists are finding, these color radiations have a tremendous influence upon our health, thoughts and actions.

A major tool in Magick is the proper use of color to one's best advantage. In dress, decor, or healing, color is of the utmost importance to one's success.

Knowing what a color can do on a conscious, as well as a subconscious level, is what Candle Magick is all about. The following will introduce you to thirteen different colors.

A pastel combination of all colors, White reflects light with little to no absorption. Whenever in doubt in a magickal act, use White, which is the most highly balanced form of spirituality possible. White contains virtues in their highest form, and is therefore very protective. It is beyond the word or term God/dess. It is the Creative Source itself, zero, the alpha, the light from which all life springs, the female aspect of God, the Craft of the Wise, the full of the Moon, the symbol of the life giving mother, and all female mysteries.

• Planet: Moon
• Day: Monday
• Hours: 1st/8th/15th/22nd
• Energy: Female

Color: Silvers/Pearls/Creams/Grays/Iridescent Whites

(Pale Pinks, Violets, Blue hues, etc.)

Key Phrases:

To seem unreachable, untouchable, incorruptible; to repel destructive energies; to raise vibrations; to heal emotions, births, rapes, children, and pets; to build purity, balance the aura, confound enemies, create illusions, and contact spirit helpers.

An intense concentration of all colors, it absorbs light. Unlike other colors, Black reflects very little, if any, light back to the viewer. This can give the false impression that Black is the absence of color. It is actually the absence of color reflection. Think of this color as a black hole in space. It absorbs all light with little or no reflection back, thus it becomes a receptacle or a transporter for all that you do not need or want.

Properly used, Black can be one of the most useful and powerful colors available. However, misused, it can cause disaster.

• Planet: Saturn
• Day: Saturday
• Hours: 1st/8th/15th/22nd
• Energy: Female

Color: Dark Blues, Black, Dark Browns, and most dark colors

Key Phrases:

To absorb or remove anything; to end something, to remove or encase undesirable energies; to break up blocked or stagnant situation. The great mystery solver. The Crone, the Unconscious.

Earth energy. It is feminine in its nature and related to its sisters the Moon and Saturn. Being a relatively balanced combination of Red, Yellow, and Blue, depending on the intensity level, it can be used successfully on Monday, Friday, or Saturday. Brown is one of the more complex colors, with varied associations.

• Planet: Moon, (Tan/Browns/ Venus, (all)/Saturn
• Day: Monday/Friday/Saturday
• Hour: 1st/8th/15th/22nd
• Energy: Female

Color: Browns, earth tones

Key Phrases:

To acquire basic material needs for survival; to learn to ground and center your consciousness with the earth; to obtain money that is not transient by working with your hands, i.e. laborer, farmer, gardener, etc.; to attune with trees (re-browns) and communicate with their intelligence.

This color is unique, due to its aspect of neutrality. Gray can be used to neutralize anything from a Magickal act that no longer serves your best interest, to the neutralization of destructive energies in a passive, non-karmic fashion. It is a perfect balance of Black and White, and therefore absorbs and repels. With this quality, Gray draws in the undesirable energies and then sends them out to the universe for dispersal as neither destructive nor constructive properties.

• Planet: Moon
• Day: Monday
• Hours: 1st/8th/15th/22nd
• Energy: Female and Male

Color: Gray

Key Phrases:

To erase, cancel, neutralize, and return tot he universe without repercussion; to eradicate or jumble destructive forces; to attract neither destructive nor constructive energies to your life (this include people and situations).

Blue transforms violence, anger, and hate. It soothes and cools. It gives peace, calm, harmony, satisfaction, bliss, oneness, and understanding of the spiritual realms. It is predominantly feminine energy, and is ruled by either the Moon, Venus or Saturn, depending on the hue. However, many consider Royal Blues as belonging to the expansive male energies of Jupiter. Therefore, it is left up for the practitioner, to experiment and decide for him - or herself which works best.

Associations:

• Planet: Moon, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter
• Day: Monday, Friday, Saturday, Thursday
• Hours: 1st/8th/15th/22nd
• Energy: Female (sometimes Male when used with Jupiter/Thursday)

Colors: Blue Whites/Moon, Blues/Venus, Dark Blues/Saturn, Royal Blue/Jupiter

Key Phrases:

Religious beliefs in a pure and healthy state, inner calm, peace from within, first contact with Higher Self, spiritual well being, wisdom, truth and light, dedication, and loyalty.

Yellow is a color on mental clarity, swiftness, and accuracy. A sunny, positive disposition with spiritual attuning to the healing forces of male energy (refer to Gold).

Associations:

• Planet: Mercury
• Day: Wednesday
• Hours: 1st/8th/15th/22nd
• Energy: Male

Colors: Yellow

Key Phrases:

To obtain knowledge; to learn swiftly; to gain insight into problems. Yellow represents all institutions of learning, particularly upper level studies (especially in sciences). Alters dark mental mood swings. Enhances the knowledge of healing, the ability to concentrate, and the retention of memory. Yellow attracts people, as it has a warm compelling energy, and can also be used to compel another to do your bidding.

The male half of the Cosmic or Universal Life Force - sun energy. Intelligent action or action motivated by deliberation and knowledge, usually with healing, money, or wealth in mind. Gold is related to Orange and Yellow, in that it is a higher vibration of these two colors, and any on of the three can actually be used on Sunday (sun) with success. The choice here is for the practitioner to experiment, and then to decide which color suits his or her needs. Generally speaking, Orange vibrates to physical and mental action, while Yellow vibrates to mental action only (better attributed to Wednesday/Mercury). Lastly, Gold would be indicative of intelligent, quick action, with a monetary emphasis.

Associations:

• Planet: Sun
• Day: Sunday
• Hours: 1st/8th/15th/22nd
• Energy: Male (Amazon/Female)

Colors: Gold

Key Phrases:

To attract money and power (you constantly will have to work to keep it however); to heal and rejuvenate your being; to attract happy, active people into your life. Gold imparts the energy and intelligence to take proper action in a monetary situation. Attracts stock market gains, transient abundance, the appearance of wealth and grandeur. Epitomizes the gambler, the risk taker; chasing a pot of gold at the end of an elusive rainbow. It expedites money you know is coming but has not yet arrived due to red tape, lawsuits, etc.

Red is a fiery color that attracts and magnetizes, but must be used with discernment to avoid disastrous results. The shade of Red used or considered in your magickal act will be of extreme importance here. Stay with the lighter, brighter shades of Red and leave the darker shades for the more experienced practitioners for now. The darker are for wars, battles, blood, hate, and danger.

Associations:

• Planet: Mars
• Day: Tuesday
• Hours: 1st/8th/15th/22nd
• Energy: Male (Amazon Female)

Colors: Red

Key Phrases:

Lust, physical desire, anger, base energy, war, blood, pain, attracts and magnetizes, courage, enemies, danger. Red stimulates and energizes. Cherry-Reds are for physical and mental lovemaking, but without the brutal force of the darker hues.

Pink is a lighter shade of red. It deals with a spiritual, emotional love rather than the physical form. Pink represents love that comes from the heart that is freely given without condition, such as the emotions and feelings between parent and child, close friends or family.

Associations:

• Planet: Venus
• Day: Friday
• Hours: 1st/8th/15th/22nd
• Energy: Female

Colors: Pink

Key Phrases:

Love from the heart, without the sexual connotation, purest form of love, raises vibrations, love without selfishness, feminine, spiritual healing, banish lower vibrations and hate, love of friends and family, affections, unselfish emotions, to start a relationship.

Orange is a combination of Yellow/Mercury/mental agility and Red/Mars/action-energy. Thus you have the best of both worlds, the energies and actions of Red, yet the intelligence to know how to use this action. The overaggressive nature of the Red/Mars is now toned and tapered with the healing wisdom rays of Yellow/Mercury that nurtures the entire system. Sunday is the best day to use the color orange. It can be used on Tuesday or Wednesday with success, depending on your magickal goals. If used on Tuesday, the emphasis is on Physical action. If used on Wednesday, it is on mental action whereas Sunday is a balance of both.

Associations:

• Planet: Sun/Mars/Mercury
• Day: Sunday/Tuesday/Wednesday
• Hours: 1st/8th/15th/22nd
• Energy: Male (Amazon Female)

Colors: Orange, rarely Red, sometimes Yellow

Key Phrases:

Prosperity, energy building, attracts others in a positive way, attracts success, good luck and fortune. Builds vitality, energy, and stamina. Encourages fun and discourages laziness. Enhances mental agility, accompanied by the ability to take physical action toward a desired goal. Energizes the entire system. Promotes a happy-go-lucky appearance.

Green really does bring the luck of the Irish, but in cases of money, you could be chasing rainbows. Money sought with this color seems to fade quickly and trickle in a little at a time, just enough to whet your appetite (refer to Gold or Brown). Think of Green as being and elusive leprechaun and you will better understand what I mean. Green stimulates growth, especially concerning your garden and communication with plant life or garden faeries. Green is an Earth color, and is used on Friday. Depending on the magickal system you employ, it may be used on Wednesday, as Wednesday is also used for healing. Green used on Friday gives an emotional healing (matters of the heart), while Wednesday emphasizes healing knowledge.

Associations:

• Planet: Venus/Mercury
• Day: Friday/Wednesday
• Hours: 1st/8th/15th/22nd
• Energy: Female or Male

Color: Green

Key Phrases:

Money, healing, fertility, good luck and fortune. Attracts success. Communication with the plant kingdom (darker Greens) or faeries (Pastels). The secrets of healing are yours when you turn to this color. Use in conjunction with herbal healing techniques.

Purple is the color of expansion in all forms. If you want to do something in a big way, this is the color to use. Purple expands anything you desire, i.e., spirituality, business, money, health or love. The Royal Blues are less expansive, dealing more with the emotional and spiritual levels of Jupiter. Therefore, the Royal or Dark Blues are attributed to Saturn.

A word of caution, however: if you do not already have the items you desire, do not use Jupiter. Jupiter only expands and brings you more of what you already have. To obtain the items of the desires, use Sun/Sunday/Orange in order to manifest what you currently do not have in your life.

Associations:

• Planet: Jupiter
• Day: Thursday
• Hours: 1st/8th/15th/22nd
• Energy: Male

Colors: Purple, sometimes Royal Blue, Dark Purple/Saturn

Key Phrases:

Money begets money, the rich get richer; poverty begets poverty, the poor get poorer. Purple brings more of what you already have, in a big way. Wisdom, high idealism, knowledge of the higher realms of Magick, spiritual protection and healing, the becoming of your highest potential, becoming your God/dess self, reversal of a jinxed condition. Manipulation of law, business, commerce, courts, judges, people in a position of power over you. Enhancement of power, psychic ability, male energy. Influence older men of power and women with a strong male nature. Protective energy, bestows fame, power, and recognition in a chosen field. Progressive energies that continually expand the field.