The color of happiness is yellow. I dreamt it.

Many psychologists believe that dreams are the brain's way of dealing with the subconscious without the restrictions the Ego and Super Ego impose on our waking thought. Shamans and other spiritual people say that we can actually travel in our dreams to other realms of time and space, visiting spirits as well as places. During the last several weeks my dream life has been extremely active and often very vivid, although, as is typical, once I wake up and start my day the details tend to fade rather quickly. My witchcraft teacher has always encouraged his students to keep a dream diary and I'm trying to get better at remembering to do this. I was determined to record the odd dream wherein this important information was revealed.

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On the surface, learning that the color of happiness is yellow seems simple enough. Yellow is a cheerful color; any number of people might offer yellow as the answer to the question "what color is happiness?" But as a magickal person being trained to seek and heed the counsel of spirit guides, when someone comes to me in a dream and asks me to answer this question, my instinct tells me that my answer holds the key to something significant.

As I mentioned in my post about the shamanic work I've been doing, I had a powerfully cathartic experience at the end of our class that has brought me to the other side of a pretty dark place. After months of feeling a sense of divine disillusionment - when the spirit feels empty and wherever it is that we have been putting our energy hasn't been working for us - I suddenly feel full of anticipation and promise. I am ready to focus on the upper world and its spirits now, ready to be in the light. However, this feels a bit like being in a foreign country and not yet speaking the language. I'm excited to be here and looking forward to all sorts of wonderful experiences, but I'm not quite sure how to communicate with the natives or what the customs in this new place are. I need to figure out where to direct my energy now and I think that working with the color yellow will lead me to some insight.

Yellow is associated with the element of air and is the color of charm, wisdom, intellect, thought, analysis, mental clarity, reason, communication, persuasion, optimism, movement, confidence, power of thought, logic, memory, creativity, imagination, sunlight, spiritual progress, faith and constancy. Yellow's uses in magic include movement, aid in astral projection, increasing knowledge and understanding, breaking mental blocks, easy exchange of thoughts, harmonizing of will and emotions, telepathy, psychic powers, direct contact with spirits, and protection. I couldn't think of a better color to be working with right now!

A friend of mine who is a master with oils and herbs is going to help me develop a special "yellow" oil that I can use for aromatherapy, meditation and other things that will help me to bring yellow energy into my life. After the New Moon I am going to do something that I've been meaning to since I moved into my apartment: paint my bathroom yellow. The bathroom is in the power area of my apartment and I've used red and other bright colors to counterbalance the effect that water has in this important area of the home. A bit of yellow to bring in some happiness will be good too, and an excellent further step toward the transformation that I've been undergoing in this new year. I'll also be paying particular attention to the correspondences listed below to see how they may be appearing and/or manifesting in my life.

Some important correspondences for the color yellow:

Direction: East

Chakra: Third, Solar Plexus Chakra

Planet: Sun

Day: Sunday- Mental Action; Wednesday - Physical Action

Number: 3

Scent/Oil: Lemon, Frankincense, Bay, Patchouli, Marigold, Lavender, Laurel, Cinnamon Orange Blossoms, Musk, Vanilla, Cloves.

Plant/Herb: Laurel, Vine, Ash, Rue Marigold, St. Johns Wort, Centaury, Chamomile, Mistletoe, Saffron, Begonia, Geranium, Morning Glory, Snapdragon, Daffodil, Rosemary, Sunflower and Daisy.

Animal: Phoenix, Snake, Beetle, Dragonfly, Meadowlark, Chameleon, Antelope, Snake, Crow, Bobcat, Goat, Lion, Mouse, Gull, Sea Lion, Parrot and Oriole.

Stone: Topaz, Yellow Diamond, Pyrite Yellow Jacinth, Rutilated Quartz, Clear Quartz, Chrysolite, Goldstone, Citrine, some Tiger Eye, Carnelian and Amber.

Tarot: the four Knights and the four Sixes.

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 7:00 PM