The Symbolism Behind the Colors of Fall

All the colors in the rainbow can be found during the fall season- if you know where to look. Here on the hill where I live, nature is bursting with color. I spotted the colors below while on a recent walk.

In symbology different colors represent different meanings. Take a look at the colors below and notice which one(s) resonate with you. Go out for a walk in nature and notice which colors jump out at you. Soak them in!

Blue Represents:

• intellect
• peace
• contemplation
• water
• coolness
• infinity
• the Virgin Queen of Heaven
• Venus the goddess of love

Green Represents:

• nature, both growth and decay
• sensations
• jealousy 
• ambivalence
• positive link with Tir Nan Og, the Celtic isle of the blessed

Orange Represents:

• fertility
• hope
• new beginnings
• spirituality

Pink Represents:

• femininity
• innocence
• good health
• love
• patience

Purple Represents:

• mysticism
• focus for meditation
• raises consciousness to a higher level
• sorrow
• mourning 

Red Represents:

• life force via the animal world
• energy of the physical body
• violent emotions
• war
• Roman god Jupiter
• masculinity
• activity
• good luck (Chinese)
• Christ's passion (Christian)

White Represents:

• purity
• virginity
• transcendence
• pallor of death
• mourning (far East)
• color of Mount Meru, the mountain at the center of the world in Tibet
• assent to enlightenment

Yellow Represents:

• faithlessness
• betrayal
• disease and quarantine as depicted on a yellow flag in the West
• national color of China, sacred to the Emperor
• humility (Buddhist)
• used in monk's saffron robes

Sources:
The Secret Language of Symbols by David Fontana
The Secret Language of Dreams by David Fontana
The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols by Adele Nozedar