PURPLE

PURPLE








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


PURPLE light has the shortest wave and the highest vibrational frequency. The traditional meaning of the colour PURPLE is that of spiritual fulfilment, and it is associated with nobility and power.

PURPLE is a deeply rich, comforting and engulfing colour that resonates with passion and energy, with the warmth of RED blended with the calmness, coolness and sophistication of BLUE.

PURPLE is used to inspire and motivate us to put our creativity into action.

The colour PURPLE is indicative of devotion, Divine healing and healing abilities, kindness, love and lovingness, compassion, care and empathy. PURPLE is also the colour of mysticism and spirituality, justice, wealth, dignity, integrity and high rank, and resonates with power and inspiration. PURPLE represents Divine guidance, protection, creativity, art, beliefs, imagination and extra-sensory abilities. 


PURPLE enhances inspiration, reinforces spiritual awareness and enlightenment and meditative abilities.
  
PURPLE relates to mystery, perceptions, psychic abilities, transformation, spiritual insight, spiritual renewal and power, psychic healing, balancing polarities, astral projection, paranormal sensitivity, compassion, active dreaming, personal power and inner-wisdom. PURPLE relates to the intuition and is deeply associated with dreams.

PURPLE stimulates our spiritual perspective and is the colour of transformation, contemplation, reservation, and meditation. PURPLE uplifts, calms the mind and nerves, offers a sense of spirituality and encourages creativity. PURPLE brings spiritual insights and renewal, and encourages restful sleep.

PURPLE has long been the colour of royalty, dating back to a time when the monarch was thought to have a direct link to the heavens. PURPLE resonates with divination and prophecy, angels, psychic healing, psychic abilities, reversing curses and counter-acting negativity/black magic, meditation and inspiration, spirituality, astral projection and the Third Eye.

PURPLE represents the planets Jupiter and Mercury, and is associated with the Element of Spirit, the zodiac sign of Pisces and The HIGH PRIESTESS and EMPEROR Tarot cards. PURPLE is also associated with the month of February, and the birthstone associate with this month is Amethyst.

PURPLE AROUND THE WORLD And In HISTORY
-  PURPLE was the colour of the very first dye made by humans.  It was called ‘Mauveine’ and was made from coal –tar.
-  Leonardo da Vinci believed that the power of mediation is increased ten times when done in a PURPLE light.
-  In Thailand, the colour PURPLE is worn by a widow mourning her husbands’ death.
-  The PURPLE of the U.S. Military’s ‘Purple Heart’ award represents courage.
-  Roman Emperors were referred to as ‘The Purple’; indicative of the colour of the robes they wore.  Julius and Augustus Caesar, Emperors of Rome, decreed that only the Emperor were to wear PURPLE.  When Nero became the Emperor, the sale and wearing of PURPLE clothing was punishable by death.
-  In Japan the colour PURPLE signifies social status, position and wealth.
-  PURPLE is the royal colour of the Caesars.
-  In Egypt, PURPLE denotes faith and virtue.
-  In Iranian tradition, PURPLE is the colour of ‘what is to come’.  A Moon or Sun that appears PURPLE during an eclipse is an omen of bloodshed within the year.
-  PURPLE is representative of ‘pride’ in Christianity.  It is also associated with Advent and Lent.

FAVOURITE COLOUR PURPLE
PURPLE as a favourite colour indicates a deeply spiritual person who may be looking for the meaning and answers to questions about what life really means, and how to fully serve their soul mission and life purpose. They often have psychic abilities that need to be enhanced and developed.

People who choose PURPLE as their favourite colour often have a vivid imagination and a talent for creative and artistic pursuits. A vivid imagination fuelled by a strong intuition makes a PURPLE person a very interesting, intriguing and mysterious character, and people are drawn to PURPLE people as they are seen to be an inspirational figure.

People who have a preference for the colour PURPLE are generally very understanding, compassionate and supportive of others. Because of this, many people turn to them for advice and guidance. They are well-liked by others and will go out of their way to help others.

Those who have PURPLE as their favourite colour are often dreamers who prefer to live in a fantasy world rather than face the cold, hard realities of life.

A PURPLE person can also become introverted and secretive, and may have a tendency to hide their real self from others. They may also have unrealistic expectations of themselves and others.

Those who resonate with PURPLE are open to receiving information and knowledge from all kinds of source.

A person with an aversion to PURPLE may be a very serious attitude towards life, and may find it difficult to relate to dreams, fantasies, memories and/or vague fears. They may also have a tendency to reject all that they view as unnatural and/or unrealistic.

PURPLE CLOTHING  -  Wearing PURPLE Clothes
Wearing PURPLE clothes suggests level-headedness and higher-wisdom. Those who wear PURPLE are generally great at giving advice and are able to see both sides of a situation and/or issue.

Choosing to wear PURPLE clothing is indicative of someone who is generally an abstract individual who is inspirational, trusting and trustworthy, intuitive and spiritually minded. They are able to tune into the inner-worlds of themselves, others and the Universe.

Those who wear PURPLE possess a sensitive and compassionate nature. They are sensitive to their own personal and spiritual needs, as well as those of others.

PURPLE FOODS
PURPLE foods are rich in Vitamin D and contain essential phyto-chemicals and fatty acids, which are beneficial for the cerebral cortex, pineal gland, they lymphatic system, hypothalamus and upper brain function.

PURPLE food include:
Aubergine (eggplant), basil leaves, beetroot, blackberries, black tomatoes, dulse (seaweed), elderberries, grapes, kohirabi, lavender, marjoram, mint flowers, mulberries, passionfruit, passion flower, purple beans, purple broccoli, purple cabbage, purple eggplant, purple grapes, purple (RED) onions, purple peppers, purple plums, rosemary flowers, sage flowers, thyme flowers.

PURPLE in our DREAMS  -  DREAMING of PURPLE
The colour PURPLE is most deeply associated with dreams and dreaming. Listen carefully and take special notice of dreams containing PURPLE, INDIGO and VIOLET.


Seeing PURPLE in our dreams stimulates our need to feel at one with the Universe, and to have harmonious relationships.

PURPLE has soothing, calming and comforting effects and seeing PURPLE in a dream may indicate psychic awareness, strong inner-wisdom and intuition.

When seeing PURPLE in a dream you may be seeing the future as these dreams are often prophetic.

Dreaming of PURPLE may be implying that your spiritual side needs to be explored and expanded.  Trust your intuition, always.

Purple appearing in your dreams inspires:
inspiration and vision, faith and trust in the future, sensitivity to the spiritual realms and psychic abilities.

Seeing purple in your dreams releases:
confusion (brings clarity), lack of discipline, resentment and contempt, arrogance, pride and forgetfulness.


COLOUR DREAMING  - What the Colours in Dreams Mean

PURPLE in the TAROT
When PURPLE is seen on the Tarot cards it implies that guidance and assistance from the highest realm will be available. It also intimates a karmic situation and/or vital life lesson to be learned. PURPLE points to our spiritual selves.

The archetype of The EMPEROR (4) carries with it the Universal influences of the colour Purple. The colour PURPLE is also associated with The HIGH PRIESTESS (2).

COLOURS and their MEANINGS and SIGNIFICANCE within the TAROT

PURPLE ESSENTAIL OILS  -  Essential Oils that Resonate with PURPLE
Chamomile, Lotus, Violet.

PURPLE CRYSTALS and GEMSTONES  -  Crystal Healing
PURPLE crystals can be used to boost psychic abilities and to aid connection with the angels and spiritual realm.

Alexandrite, Amethyst, Ametrine, Charoite, Chevron Amethyst, Charoite, Corundum, Fluorite, Garnet, Holly Blue (Chalcedony), Idocrase, Imperial Purple Jasper, Iolite, Lavender Jade, Lavender Quartz, Lepidolite, Peacock Topaz, Purple Garnet, Purple Jade, Purple Sapphire, Quartz, Rose De France, Scapolite, Selenite, Spinel, Sugilite, Tanzanite (Zoisite), Tiffany stone (Opalite), Umbalite Garnet, Vesuvianite (Idocrase), Violet Sapphire, Violet Spinel, Water Sapphire (Iolite).

PURPLE in the AURA
Appearing in the aura in a balanced way, the colour PURPLE attests to powerful intuition, extra-sensory abilities, the ability to receive spiritual messages and information, personal spirituality and spiritual abilities.

PURPLE in the aura denotes creativity, idealism, devotion, a calm and tranquil attitude, and the ability to change, adapt and develop.

The colour PURPLE appearing in the aura in an unbalanced way may attest to obsessive behaviour, a lack of justice and justness, religious fanaticism, intolerance of anything different, belief in punishment and penalization, the use of negative energies and impotence.

IMPERIAL PURPLE is the most common colour found in the aura of those seeking the ‘New Age’ path.


Colours within the Aura

PURPLE in RELATION to the CHAKRAS
The colour PURPLE is associated with the Crown Chakra and represents insight, wisdom and our ability to see beyond what is considered to be the normal span of visual perception.

The Crown Chakra ensures that you are connected to the Universal Energies. A balanced Crown Chakra allows us to be in-tune with our inner-wisdom and intuition.


Colour Healing and the Chakras

HEALING with PURPLE  -  COLOUR HEALING with PURPLE
In Colour Healing and Therapy, PURPLE can be used for emotional and mental issues associated with addiction.  


PURPLE helps to balance the mind to transform fears and obsessions. PURPLE acts as a sedative, bringing calm and peace to an over-active and/or over-stimulated mind.

The colour PURPLE has powerful healing qualities and assists with nervous problems and mental diseases.  


PURPLE decreases sensitivity to pain and decreases sexual activity. PURPLE also helps with detoxification.

PURPLE heals hysteria, melancholy, delusions, addictions, and soothes disharmony and counter-acts depression and mental and emotional stress. PURPLE helps to heal mental/emotional/psychological problems, eyes, ears, pineal gland, addictions, aids recovery, stimulates the spleen, increases white blood cells, decreases pain sensitivity, and aids and lifts depression.

PURPLE is used for weight reduction, curbing diarrhea, purifying the blood and for stimulating the spleen and increasing the production of leukocytes (white blood cells whose action is essential for the immune system).

Excessive use of PURPLE can encourage unrealistic and impractical energies.


Introduction to Colour Healing – Chromotherapy


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Joanne Walmsley      
Sacred Scribes