Candle Color Meaning | Blue

Calming, Forgiveness, Communication

Day: Thursday
Chakras: Throat
Astrological Sign: Sagittarius


Numerology: 4, 6
Blue candles transform violence, anger, and hate. Blue gives peace, calm, harmony, satisfaction, bliss, oneness, and understanding of the spiritual realms. Blue is one of the colors associated with West and the element of Water, is the color of emotional work, it soothes and cools. In its brighter shades, it is a color of inspiration and clear communication. The deep blues are good for legal matters, wisdom, royalty, protection. Devotion, honor, and loyalty are represented by the deeper shades of blue. Blue is an excellent color for business success, as it balances logic with intuition. Protection, sleep, and prophetic dreams are assisted by the color blue. In magic, blue can expand the boundaries of possibility and create confidence and power mingled with altruism and idealism. Burn a blue candle when principles are at stake, to discover the truth and receive guidance, when dealing with government and when seeking justice.
Blue candles can be lit for the expansion of mental horizons, for success and the increase of possibility. They also represent the expansion of physical horizons and travel. Above all, blue offers protection and calm in the midst of times of crisis and turmoil. Considered the color of wisdom, thoughtfulness, and celestial regions. A feeling of youthfulness fills this color. Blue is an excellent hue for peacefulness and profound reflection. Use it for harmony, communication, and resonance.
Blue can be ruled by either Jupiter (royal blue, Thursday), the Moon (light blue, Monday), or Saturn (dark blue, Saturday) - depending on the hue, because there is different shades of blue with different energies and is the one color that can be a bit confusing. However, many consider Royal Blue as belonging to the expansive male energies of Jupiter and other father / sky gods in their role as law-givers and powerful rulers. Light or pale blue candles is another very spiritual color, they are more in tune with lunar energy, intuition, communication, meditation, and inner wisdom, and radiate Aquarian energy (calm waters) and are ideal for pursuing inspirational meditations. Those who light a blue candle are seeking truth, harmony, peace, brings calm and conciliation, agreement, and guidance while amplifying their creativity and perception, it helps in piety or devotional or inspirational meditations, employ where a situation must be synthesized. The blue pearl of wisdom that Buddha speaks of is a gentle light blue and imparts harmony, tranquility, understanding, patience, peace, and health. Burning a dark blue candle promotes joy and laughter, and influences dreams and emotions, and helps against moodiness, depression, unfortunate circumstances, impulsiveness, unsteadiness. Royal blue promotes laughter and joviality, signifies loyalty and fealty, influence, and stirs the spiritual self and this color of candle is invoked by seekers of truth. For workings of black magick, blue can be used for inciting depression, sadness, and hopelessness, lack of sympathy, coldness, and gloom. Jupiter rules royal blue, and so workings using blue energy should be done on Thursday. Spells using blue need the power of the throat chakra. Use with sodalite, lapis lazuli, blue lace agate and turquoise.