GREEN

GREEN


Including:  All About GREEN * GREEN Around the World and in History * GREEN as a favourite colour * GREEN Clothes – Wearing GREEN Clothing * GREEN Foods * GREEN in our DREAMS – Dreaming of GREEN  * GREEN in the TAROT CARDS * GREEN ESSENTIAL OILS *  GREEN CRYSTALS and GEMSTONES – Crystal Healing * GREEN in the AURA * GREEN in the CHAKRAS * HEALING with GREEN – Colour Therapy using GREEN *


GREEN is made by combining YELLOW (wisdom and intuition), with BLUE (spirituality and healing).  The natural GREENS are seen as tranquil and refreshing, with a natural balance of warm and cool (YELLOW and BLUE) undertones.


GREEN is the balance between warm, extroverted RED, ORANGE and YELLOW, and the cool, introverted BLUE, INDIGO and VIOLET.



GREEN occupies the middle or point of balance in the solar spectrum and occupies more space in the spectrum visible to the human eye than most colours, and is second only to BLUE as a favourite colour. 



GREEN is the colour of Nature and the Earth.  It is balance and harmony in essence, and possesses a soothing influence upon the body and mind.


The colour GREEN evokes an association with plant life and the natural world, growth, calmness, peace and serenity, youth, learning, inexperience, fertility, ecology and new life. 


GREEN indicates regeneration and rejuvenation, youthful vigour, freshness, energy, good health, hope, healing, vitality, security, a sense of home and family, and individualism.  

GREEN reflects sympathy, reliability and dependability and radiates kindness and love. GREEN is linked with abundance, evolution and supply and has always been associated with good luck, prosperity and wealth.

GREEN brings unconditional love, peace, rest, hope and comfort, and relates to nurturing others and being nurtured, calmness, harmony, nature and the natural world, plants, children and animals, health and healing, and a longing for a safe home and family life. The colour GREEN balances our energies and increases love, compassion and empathy for others.

GREEN is the colour of the heart centre and healing, balance, love and compassion, generosity and peace, transformation and growth. It also relates to beauty, contentment, renewal, satisfaction, social identity, oriented to self-acceptance, learning and freedom. GREEN is the colour of healthy relationships.

GREEN is seen as a metaphor for a lack of experience, and to say someone is ‘green’ is to imply that they are inexperienced. ‘Being green’ tells of environmentalism and conservation.  

GREEN is symbolic of striving to gain recognition and establishing independence.  

GREEN is also associated with money and wealth.  

GREEN governs the mental realms and is indicative of ideas and ideals.

GREEN symbolizes ‘nature’ and is one of the dominant colours in the plant kingdom. It represents the harmonious cycle of nature, renewal and growth, and symbolizes the benevolent, abundant and replenishing forces of the Universe. GREEN is the pervasive colour in the natural world, making it an ideal backdrop in interior design because we are so used to seeing it everywhere.  

GREEN is a soothing, harmonious radiation that is essential for the wellbeing of our nerves and the proper functioning of our body. GREEN light gives us the energy of the Sun in the safest and most natural form, and is identical with the GREEN plant energy known as ‘chlorophyll’, which is prescribed by medical science as a specific for the heart. 


GREEN is a colour used principally for healing as it promotes health and wellbeing. GREEN positively affects our ability to express unconditional love, forgiveness and compassion. 


GREEN is good for working with nature and the environment.  
GREEN is related to the elements of Earth and Air, the direction North, the musical scale of ‘FAH’, the planets Venus, Saturn and the Moon, the zodiac sign of Taurus and is associated with the season of Spring.  GREEN is also associated with The EMPRESS and TEMPERANCE Tarot cards.



Feelings of comfort, calmness, relaxation and space are induced by the colour GREEN. If you are craving a need for change and freedom to pursue new ideas and opportunities, include more of the colour GREEN in your life.

GREEN encourages a dislike of conflicts and confrontations.

Too much GREEN can cause us to become overly-critical, possessive, demanding and manic-depressive.  It encourages anger, jealousy, miserly-ness, stinginess, over-confidence, and a tendency to blame others.  Too much GREEN can make on ‘green with envy’.

Not enough GREEN can make us apathetic, placid, lethargic, lazy and slow.  It makes us fear rejection and can allow oneself to be taken advantage of. Too little GREEN in our lives can make us moody and depressed.

GREEN AROUND THE WORLD and in HISTORY
-  GREEN is used to represent ‘safety’ around the world.
-  GREEN is the colour associated with resurrection and regeneration within several religions.
-  GREEN, BLUE-GREEN and BLUE symbolize ‘paradise’ in Iran and are considered to be sacred colours.
-  GREEN is the emblematic colour of Ireland as it represents the vast EMERALD hillsides and Ireland’s patron saint, St Patrick.
-  GREEN is the colour that represents Irish-Catholics, and ORANGE represents Irish-Protestants.
-  GREEN is regarded as the colour of ‘eternal life’ in Japan.
-  GREEN was considered to be ‘royal’ because it was the colour of the quetzal plumes used by the Aztec chieftains in ancient Aztec culture.
-  GREEN Jade crystals and gemstones represent ‘virtue’ and ‘beauty’ in China.
-  The only national flag of a single colour is the GREEN flag of Libya.
-  GREEN is the colour of ‘hope’ due to its association with Spring in Portugal.
-  People used to wear GREEN as a mark of honour in the highlands of Scotland.
-  GREEN is the colour of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
-  The prophet Mohammed was said to have worn a GREEN cloak and turban.
-  In Celtic myths, GREEN was associated with the God of Fertility.
-  In the East, GREEN is the colour of mourning, based on the belief that it is the colour of growth and new life, rather than a symbol of sadness and death.  
-  The Chinese use lots of GREEN in their festivals of joy and gladness.
-  GREEN is associated with Sunday within the Catholic Church.

FAVOURITE COLOUR GREEN
People who choose GREEN as their favourite colour are generally open-hearted, vital, generous and nurturing.  

Choosing GREEN as a favourite colour indicates someone who may need to grow as a person.

People who favour GREEN often have the desire to really extend themselves to their fullest potential. They often crave growth and adventure and feel the need to be constantly moving forward. People who choose GREEN as their favourite colour loathe staleness and stagnation.

Those that prefer GREEN often have a strong affinity with nature and natural environments. They are generally hard working and prefer to complete all tasks that they 
start and have very exacting standards.

People who favour GREEN have the ability to motivate others with their guidance and support, and make excellent mentors, teachers and counsellors.

People whose favourite colour is GREEN cannot tolerate arguments, disputes or turmoil and often play the part of the peacemaker. At times, those who favour the colour GREEN can tend to be over-sensitive and over-cautious. Jealousy and envy may also be an issue at times.

GREEN people love to love and love to be loved. They make loyal and faithful friends and partners, and are nurturing and supportive and care deeply for their loved ones, their community and the environment.

A person with an aversion to GREEN may have a preference for independence and self-development, rather than a warm, safe and secure family-life. They may also prefer to keep a certain distance in relationships (particularly those of a sexual nature).

GREEN CLOTHING  -  Wearing GREEN Clothes
The colour GREEN resonates with soothing, healing and calming energies.  GREEN is also the colour of growth.  


Wearing GREEN can suggest an affinity with nature and the environment.

Wearing GREEN acts as a magnet to those who seek peace and rejuvenation.  

GREEN stimulates our need to feel secure, assertive, powerful and certain, and our need to love and be loved. This makes GREEN a comforting colour that fosters and encourages positivity within our personalities when we wear it.

People who wear GREEN are often very cautious people who are disinclined to trust others easily. They are observers of life, but do not like to get involved in situations more than they need to. A quiet and stress-free life and lifestyle suit them best.


Those who wear GREEN clothes are generally humanistic, service-orientated and benevolent.

GREEN FOODS
GREEN vegetables and fruits contain phyto-chemicals such as luteins and indoles which are good for the heart. GREEN foods are also high in fibre and promote a healthy digestive system.

GREEN Foods include:
Alfalfa, apple, artichoke, asparagus, avocados, beet greens, bock choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cactus (nopales), celery, chives, collard greens, comfrey, cucumber, dandelion greens, edamame, fennel, grapes, green beans, green cauliflower, green eggplant, green grapes, green olives, green peppers, green tomatoes, green zucchini, honeydew, kale, kiwi fruit, kuir, leafy green vegetables, lettuce, limes, mint, nettles, okra, oregano, parsley, pears, peas, pumpkin seeds, rosemary, seaweed (kelp), sinqua, spinach, sprouts, Swiss chard, tarragon, tomatillo, wasabi, wheatgrass.

GREEN In Our DREAMS  -  DREAMING of GREEN
GREEN resonates with natural life, vigour, growth, hope, good health, healing and balance and when appearing in dreams symbolizes and stimulates feelings of love, harmony, peace and personal growth.  

Seeing GREEN in your dreams inspires generosity, vitality, power, expansion, encouragement, open-heartedness, a need to nurture, compassion and empathy, sharing, harmony, balance and growth.

GREEN appearing in dreams helps with overcoming and limiting attachments. Seeing GREEN whilst dreaming may suggest or symbolize your efforts to establish your independence or gain personal recognition.


GREEN energy is very healing on feelings of self-doubt and insecurity, and may be symbolic of your ambitions and establishing your own independence.

The colour GREEN appearing in your dreams can be a message to ‘go ahead’  -  you have been given the ‘green light’ and you are to continue with your plans.

GREEN seen within a dream is beneficial for healing any deep brooding feelings of regret and/or remorse.  

Seeing GREEN can be implying that you are inexperienced or lack experience is some way.  

GREEN appearing in dreams releases possessiveness and jealousy, selfish attachment, envy, insecurity, mistrust and self-doubt.

GREEN appearing in your dreams may be suggesting that there is a need to balance your masculine and feminine aspects and attributes.

The colour GREEN can be symbolic of money and wealth and is also the colour of envy and jealousy, depending upon the tone or theme of the dream.

Dark GREEN can indicate materialistic tendencies, deceit and difficulties with sharing.


Overall, the colour GREEN is a very healing energy and vibration to experience in your dreams.


COLOUR DREAMING  - What the Colours in Dreams Mean




GREEN in the TAROT 
When the colour GREEN is seen within the Tarot cards it is an indication that growth is taking place on many levels and that through this growth, abundant harvests will be reaped.  It also suggests learning and healing.

GREEN resonates with The EMPRESS (3) Tarot card, as it relates to fertility, nature, plants, animals, the environment, our emotions, healing and growth.



The TEMPERANCE (14) Tarot card influences and is representative of the colour GREEN as we strive to maintain equilibrium in our body and soul, mind and spirit.


COLORS and their MEANINGS and SIGNIFICANCE within the TAROT


GREEN ESSENTIAL OILS  -  ESSENTIAL OILS that Resonate with GREEN
Green Mandarin, Green Myrtle.

GREEN CRYSTALS and GEMSTONES
There are certain crystals that help us to connect to the angelic and spiritual realms. These crystals are naturally attuned to the angelic and spiritual realms due to the extremely high resonance that crystals carry which attunes the wearer or bearer to the highest spiritual realms.
  

GREEN crystals are used to attract prosperity, attracting love and money.

Actinolite, African Jade, Agate, Alexandrite (Chrysoberyl), Amazonite, Andalusite, Aquamarine, Aventurine, Azurite-Malachite, Beryl, Bismuth, Bloodstone, Cameo Agate, Caat’s Eye nstatite, Cat’s Eye Jade, Cat’s Eye Kornerupine, Cat’s Eye Tourmaline, Chalcedony, Chrome Diopside, Chrome Tourmaline, Chrysoberyl, Chrysocolla, Chrysoprase, Corundum, Dalmation Jasper, Diopside, Dioptase, Emerald, Enstatite, Fluorite, Fucsite, Gaspetite, Green Agate, Green Apatite, Green Apophyllite, Green Beryl, Green Calcite, Green Fluorite, Green Garnet, Green Jasper, Green Kunzite, Green Moonstone, Green Quartz, Green Sapphire, Green Topaz, Green Tourmaline, Grossular Garnet, Heliotrope, Hiddenite (Green Moldavite), Idocrase, Jade, Jasper, Kornerupine, Lemon Chrysoprase, Lemon Jade, Malachite (Chrysocolla), Mawsitsit,  Moldavite, Morrisonite, Moss Agate, Nephrite Jade, Ocean Jasper, Owyhee Jasper,  Peridot, Prase, Prasiolite, Sea Jasper, Seraphinite, Spene (Titanite), Seriphos Green Quartz, Spodumene, Tektite, Titanite, Tourmaline, Tree Agate, Tsavorite, Unakite, Uvarovite, Variscite, Vesuvianite (Idocrase), Watermelon Tourmaline, Zircon, Zoisite.

GREEN in the AURA 
GREEN is the second basic colour tone. It loosens and equalizes the etheric body and is the colour seen most commonly and prevalently in the aura.

GREEN in the aura is a positive sign, and indicates regeneration, individualism, supply and energy and growth. 

GREEN governs the mental realm and indicates a multitude of ideas, sympathy and calm, and can also denote a person who is reliable, dependable and open-minded. People who have achieved prosperity and success usually have green tints in their aura.

GREEN appearing in the aura in a balanced way attests to the ability to accept things as they are, change and creation the ‘new’, growth, hope, good communication, gardening and agriculture and the performing arts, and the healing and care professions.  

GREEN in the aura also symbolizes Universal Love, unity and balancing of the mind, body and spirit.

PALE GREEN reflects spiritual advancement by means of attuning to nature and the spiritual realm. It is as compassionate as a guardian angel, and people with PALE GREEN in their aura are seen as truly beautiful people. Most elderly people have large streaks of PALE GREEN in their aura.

Bright, clear GREEN in the aura denotes animation, versatility and adaptability, independence, enthusiasm, thoughtfulness and open-mindedness. Bright GREEN reflects versatility, adaptability and enthusiasm. The vibration of bright GREEN is extremely refreshing to the soul.  

APPLE GREEN is the aura tells of a healthy life-force, and when seen around the hands it denotes natural healing abilities.

EMERALD GREEN in the aura denotes a naturally-born healer and indicates a rare quality. EMERALD GREEN tells that an ongoing trauma is being put to rest in a subtle way. This colour has a ‘feeling’ affect on the emotions. Most good listeners have one or more small pockets of this colour in their aura.

JADE GREEN represents a charitable nature and denotes patterns of self-sacrifice.

JUNIPER GREEN is the colour of Karmic patterns in the aura.

YELLOW-GREEN appearing in the aura may suggest sympathy for others, compassion, good communication, the ability to forgive, honesty and a love of peace and harmony.  But it can also denote sickness, cowardice, discord and jealousy.

GREENISH-YELLOW is the shade of a ‘liar’ or a ‘cheat’. This shade you will often find in adolescence, cheating lovers, corrupt policemen and criminals who plead innocent when they are not, and anyone who has ever told a little ‘white lie’.

Dark GREEN appearing amongst the colours of the aura denotes the ability to express and present oneself and the ability to adapt. It also represents vitality.


Dark GREEN in the aura can also attest to materialism, fraud and cunning. It can also denote greed, envy and jealousy, and mental stress. Dark GREEN in the aura can indicate materialism, deceit, cheating and/or difficulties with sharing.  


Dark GREEN appearing may also suggest a need to find balance between the masculine and feminine attributes. Dark GREEN within the aura can reflect miserliness, uncertainty, jealousy and envy, possessiveness, self-doubt and mistrust. 

Olive GREEN in the aura denotes treachery and deceit.

The muddier or darker shades of GREEN reflect uncertainty and/or miserliness, possessiveness, mistrust, self-doubt and jealousy.

In an unbalanced way, GREEN appearing in the Aura may indicate jealousy and envy, pessimism, a lack of satisfaction, resistance to the natural course of life, artificiality and over-sentimentality.


Colours within the Aura

GREEN and the CHAKRAS
GREEN is absorbed by the Heart Chakra and controls the cardiac centre and strongly influences the heart and blood pressure. It is linked to the heart, lungs, circulatory system, cardiac plexus and the complete chest area.  


The Heart Chakra is the ‘Harmonizing Element’ and bridges the gap between the physical and spiritual worlds. It allows a person to feel compassion and empathy and gives one the ability to give and receive graciously. The Hearth Chakra resonates with ‘unconditional love’.

When the Heart Chakra is blocked, we experience emotional instability and problems in our relationships with other people. It makes us feel sorrow and loss which we feel we cannot get passed.

COLOUR HEALING and the CHAKRAS



HEALING with GREEN  -  Colour Healing
GREEN is a colour used principally for healing as it promotes health and wellbeing.


GREEN is considered to be the optimal healing colour and is the colour of nitrogen, which is an element that constitutes the main components of the atmosphere, and is essential for the formation of bones, muscles and other body tissues.

GREEN constitutes a balancing link between the warm colours (which stimulates and energizes) and the cool colours (which are soothing and calming.) GREEN helps to balance energies and a calms a state of disharmony. It helps to achieve a healthy new structure. GREEN stimulates growth and the life-force energy, balances the body and mind, soothes and strengthens.  

GREEN is neither an astringent nor a relaxant, yet is rejuvenating and anti-inflammatory. It can help to calm anger and improve memory, ease paranoia and nervous exhaustion.

The colour GREEN has a soothing effect on the nervous system, soothes irritations and alleviates pain. Physically, GREEN is linked to the muscles, bones, bronchial tubes and the lungs. GREEN is good for treating problems to do with the heart and circulatory system. It has an invigorating effect on the blood vessels and balances the 
blood pressure.


GREEN affects the lungs, heart, thymus gland and the immune system.


GREEN is very healing for deep feelings of regret and remorse, and for overcoming any limiting attachments.  


GREEN energy is very healing for self-doubt and insecurity and feelings of inadequacy and ineptness. GREEN helps to overcome obstacles and begin a new path or change of direction.

GREEN can be used to treat backaches, immune disorders, heart trouble, allergies, lupus, shock and trauma, head colds, and to lower the blood pressure. GREEN also helps to maintain eyesight and may reduce the risk of vision problems common in later life.

GREEN stimulates the pituitary gland and is effective for soothing states of emotional imbalance. GREEN can counter panic attacks and addictions.

GREEN encourages cell renewal and the overall regeneration of the organism. It fortifies the entire body in general and helps to improve the absorption of oxygen in the body.

GREEN is suitable for treatment and projecting in all impaired physical states, and for every health problem, except for tumours.


Excessive use of the colour GREEN may stimulate an aversion to conflict, and may bring on feelings of frustration, irritability and anger.

GREEN can be used to:
-  soothe
-  relax the mind and body
-  help to alleviate depression
-  calm nervousness and anxiety
-  offer a sense of renewal, self-control and harmony

GREEN stimulates inner-peace.


Introduction to Colour Healing – Chromotherapy

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OLIVE GREEN
The colour OLIVE GREEN symbolizes ‘ZEN’ and natural wisdom. It also indicates achieving peace and tranquillity in your environment.  OLIVE GREEN is the traditional colour of peace.

OLIVE GREEN can also denote treachery and deceit.


LIME GREEN
LIME GREEN resonates with the Element of Earth and relates to possibilities, perception and anticipation, excitement, motivation, anticipation, hope, luck, money and prosperity, employment and growth.

LIME GREEN allows us to be perceptive and non-judgemental.  It inspires us to try new things by initiating change.

Too little LIME GREEN can make us feel hateful, petty and envious of the opportunities that other people are experiencing.

LIME GREEN CRYSTALS and GEMSTONES  -  Crystal Healing
Cat’s Eye, Fluorite, Green Garnet, Jade, Lemon Chrysoprase, Peridot.



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Joanne Walmsley      
Sacred Scribes