Symbolism for Handfasting A couple should consider color correspondences when choosing a color for their cord(s). The cord is what the officiant will tie or wrap around the couples' hands during ritual to symbolize their union. You can use color meanings relevant to you, or you may use some correspondences I have listed below. These color correspondences may be used in choosing other relevant items such as candles, altar cloth, clothing, etc. | COLOR | Associations and Symbolism | | RED | Signifies: will, passion, strength, fertility, courage, health, vigor, lust, danger,
Holiday: Yule, Planet: Mars, Day: Tuesday Astrological: Scorpio | | ORANGE | Signifies: encouragement, adaptability, stimulation, attraction, plenty, kindness.
Holiday: Candlemas, Deities: Brigid, Planets: Sun, Mars, Mercury Days: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Astrological: | | YELLOW | Signifies: attraction, charm, confidence, balance, harmony, knowledge, learning, concentration, persuasion, jealousy, joy, comfort,
Planet: Mercury, Day: Wednesday, Astrological: Gemini, Leo | | GREEN | Signifies: finances, fertility, luck, success energy, charity, growth, rejuvenation, prosperity, nurturing, beauty, health, ambition, counteract greed and jealousy, plants kingdom including herbal healing,
Planets: Venus, Mercury, Days: Friday, Wednesday Holidays: Spring Equinox, Beltane, Astrological: Taurus Deities: Persephone, Hestia | | BLUE | Signifies: tranquility, understanding, patience, health, truth, devotion, sincerity, honor, loyalty, peace, wisdom, protection during sleep, astral projection
Light Blue: tranquility, understanding, patience, health
Dark Blue: for a safe journey, longevity, strength
Planets: Moon, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter Days: Monday, Friday, Saturday, Thursday Astrological: Libra, Sagittarius | | VIOLET/PURPLE | Signifies: power, piety, sanctity, sentimentality, tension, sadness amplification of other energies. wisdom, high ideals, spiritual protection and healing, psychic ability, protective energy, strength, progress
Planet: Jupiter, Day: Thursday Astrological: Sagittarius | | BLACK | strength, empowerment, wisdom, vision, success, pure love, negation without reflecting, unlocking when stuck, banishing evil or negativity.
Holiday- Samhain, Planet- Saturn, Day - Saturday, Deities- The Crone Astrological - Scorpio & Capricorn | | WHITE | Signifies: purity, consecration, meditation, divination, exorcism, the full moon, healing, peace, spiritual strength, truth, serenity and devotion. May be substituted for any other color.
Planet: Moon, Day: Monday, Astrological: Cancer | | GRAY | Signifies: balance, neutrality, used in erasing, canceling, neutralizing, and return to the universe without repercussion destructive energies Planet: Moon, Day: Monday Deity: Athena, Astrological: Virgo | | PINK | Signifies: unity, honor, truth, romance, happiness, healing, familial or emotional love (rather than sexual), friendship, affections, unselfish emotions, spiritual healing, banishing hatred
Gem: rose quartz Planet:Venus, Day: Friday | | BROWN | Signifies: The Earth, grounding, trees, concentration, telepathy, healing, skills, talent, nurturing, home and hearth, spells to locate lost objects, protection of the familiars, pets, and animals,
Planets: Moon (tan browns), Venus (all), Saturn (dark browns), Days: Monday/ Friday/ Saturday Deity: Gaia, Astrological: Capricorn Holiday: Mabon | | SILVER | Signifies: purity, the moon, treasure, values, female energy, the unconscious mind, creativity, inspiration, vision, and protection.
Day: Monday Astrological: Gemini Deity: Artemis and other Moon Goddesses | | GOLD | Signifies: the sun, male energy, wealth, financial wisdom, conscious mind, attracting happiness, activity, intelligence, unity, longevity, prosperity, strength.
Planet: Sun, Day: Sunday, Astrological: Leo Deity: Apollo and other Sun Gods |
| Acacia | Chaste love | | Acanthus | Artifice | | Allspice | Compassion | | Amaranth | Immortality | | Amarylis | Splendid beauty, pride | | Ambrosia | Love returned | | American cowslip | Beauty, divine | | American cowslip | Divine beauty | | American Linden | Matrimony | | American sweet-brier | Simplicity | | Amethyst | Admiration | | Anemone | Expectation | | Angelica | Inspiration | | Arbutus | Thee only do I Love | | Ash tree | Grandeur | | Aster | Variety, symbol of love | | Azalea | Temperance | | Balsam | Ardent Love | | Bells of Ireland | Good Luck | | Beech tree, wheat | Prosperity | | Birch tree | Gracefulness | | Blue violet | love, Faithfulness | | Bridal rose | Happy love | | Burgundy rose | Unconscious beauty | | Butterfly orchis | Gaeity | | Cabbage rose | ambassador of love | | Cardinal flower | Distinction | | camelia japonica (white) | Perfected loveliness | | Chrysanthemume (white) | Truth | | Carnation (pink) | Woman's love | | Carnation | Fascination, Honesty | | Cedar of lebanon | Incorruptibility | | Cedar | Strength | | Celandine | Joys to come | | China rose | Beauty | | Cinquefoil | Maternal affection | | Clematis | mental beauty | | Cloves | Dignity | | Cornflower | Delicacy | | Cuckoo plant | Ardor | | Damask rose | Freshness | | Dandelion | Love's oracle | | Dock | Patience | | Daisy (whtie) | Innocence | | Dittany (white) | Passion | | Dwarf sunflower | Adoration | | Eglantine | Poetry | | Elder | Zealousness | | Everlasting pea | Lasting pleasure | | Fern | honesty, Sincerity | | Fig | Longevity | | Filbert | Reconciliation | | Flax | kindness | | Flowering gern | reverie | | Forget-me-not | True love | | Four-leaved clover | Luck | | French honeysuckle | Beauty, Generousity, and devoted affection | | Gardenia | Wishes will come true | | Garden sage | Esteem | | Geranium | Gentility | | Gillyflower | Affection, Unfading beauty | | Globe amaranth | Unchangeable | | Gooseberry | Anticipation | | Gorse | Enduring affection | | Great yellow daffodil | Chivalry | | Hawthorn | Hope | | Heather (white) | You have made my life complete | | Heliotrope | Devotion | | Hemp | Fate | | Hibiscus | Delicate Beauty | | Holly | Foresight | | Holly herb | Enchantment | | Hollyhock | Fecundity | | Hyacinth | Play | | Iceland moss | Health | | Iris | My compliments | | Ivy | Fidelity | | Ivy geranium | Marriage | | Jasmine | passion, sexuality, Amiability | | Jasmine (Cape) | happinness, joy | | Jasmine (Indian) | Attachment | | Jasmine (Spanish) | Sensuality | | Jasmine (yellow) | Grace and elegance | | Larkspur | Levity, lightness | | Lemon blossoms | Fidelity in love | | Lemon geranium | Unexpected meeting, Zest | | Lilac (purple) | Protection, First emotions of love | | Lilac | Confidence | | Lilac (White) | Innocence, youth, purity | | Lily of the valley | Return of happiness | | Lime | Conjugal love | | Lotus flower | Estranged love | | Lucerne | Life | | Lupin | Imagination | | Magnolia | Love of nature | | Mercury | Goodness | | Mimosa | Sensitiveness | | Mint | Virtue | | Morning glory | Affectation | | Moss rosebud | Confession of love | | Motherwort | Concealed Love | | Mountain iash | Prudence | | Mountain laurel | Ambition | | Multiflora rose | Grace | | Myrrh | Gladness | | Myrtle | Love | | Oak leaves | Bravery | | Oak tree | Hospitality | | Oak-leaved geranium | True friendship | | Oats, reeds | Music | | Olive branch | Peace | | Orange tree | Generosity | | Orchis | Beauty | | Pansy, purple violet | You occupy my thoughts | | Parsley | Feasting, Festivity | | Passion-flower | Belief | | Pencil-leaved geranium | Ingenuity | | Peony | Happy Marriage | | Peppermint | Cordiality | | Phlox | Unanimity | | Pimpernel | Change | | Pineapple | perfection | | Plane tree | Genius | | Plum tree | Kept promises | | Poet's narcissus | Self-esteem | | Poppy | pleasure | | Potato | Benevolence | | Ragged robin | Wit | | Ranunculus | You are radiant with charms | | Chrysanthemum (red) | love | | Tulip (red) | Declaration of love | | Rose acacia | Love, platonic, Friendship | | Rosebud (red) | Pure and lovely | | Rosemary | Your presence revives me | | Roses (garland of) | virtue | | Rose (pink) | Perfect Happiness | | Rose (red) | "I Love You", Beauty and prosperity | | Rose (thornless) | Love at first sight | | Roses (white and red) | togetherness, Unity | | Rose (white) | I am worthy of you, purity | | Rosemary, forget-me-not | Remembrance | | Sage | Virtue, domestic | | Scarlet fuchsia | Taste | | Scarlet geranium | Comforting | | Scarlet poppy | Fantastic extravagance | | Scotch fir | Elevation | | Sea lavendar | Dauntlessness | | Shamrock | Lightheartedness | | Sorrel | Parental affection | | Southernwood | Jest | | Spearmint | Warmth of sentiment | | Stephanotis | Happiness in Marriage | | Stock | Lasting beauty | | Stonecrop | Tranquility | | Straw | Agreement | | Strawberry | Excellence, perfect | | Sweet basil | Good wishes | | Sweet flag | Fitness | | Sweet William | smile, Finesse | | Sycamore | Curiosity | | Tendrils of climbing plants | Ties | | Thyme | Activity | | Truffle | Surprise | | Variegated tulip | Beautiful eyes | | Virgin's bower | Filial love | | Water willow | Freedom | | White lily | Modesty, sweetness, purity | | White mulberry | Wisdom | | White periwinkle | Pleasures of memory | | White poplar | Time | | Wild geranium | Steadfast piety | | Wild plum | Independence | | Wood sorrel | Joy, Maternal tenderness | | Woodbine | Fraternal love | | Yellow violet | Rural happiness | | Zinnia | Thoughts of absent friends, lasting affection | |
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