Characteristic
of Colors in Relation
to Planets in Astrology
By Dr.Shanker
Adawal
Colour
has strong but subtle vibratory force in the shaping of
human behaviour. Right from childhood man responds and reacts
to the impact of colour. Bright colours fascinate children.
Even primitives and tribal people, having colour appeal
deck themselves in gay coloured clothes and beads. Psycho-analysis
tries to study behaviour patterns of man sometimes with
his bias towards certain colours. This appeal for colour
has also been taken advantage by the modern interior decorators.
Astrology, a science to identify the celestial with the
mundane things, in cognizance of this fact, had assigned
gold for the Sun, silver for the Moon and so on purely on
their colour similarities. Various colours have been ascribed
to planets thus: Orange or Gold colour to Sun, Red for Mars,
Dark Blue for Saturn, Green for Mercury, Yellow for Jupiter
and so on.
Though a conclusive assessment of a person's positive and
negative qualities can not be made chiefly relying on his
likes and dislikes to certain colours, yet its importance
in total evaluation cannot be lightly dismissed. Realizing
this aspect, the Astrologers had made frequent references
to colours in their works. According to them, the wearing
of red kumkum on the forehead by our Hindu women, symbolizes
Mars who rules blood. A particular gem or stone is also
assigned to a planet on the basis of similarity of colour.
A person's penchant towards a particular colour can be attributed
to strong influences of a planet.
According to Astrology, the `colour-consciousness' of a
person can be fairly gauged by the sub-lord of Lagna, the
disposition of Lagna lord and planets aspecting Lagna cusp.
More than one planet reveals the modifying shades of a colour.
To take an example: a Thula lagna native with sub-lord Saturn,
lord of lagna posited in Kataka in the star of Saturn, would
naturally prefer light blue colours since Venus in Kataka
will surely dissolved the strong blue of Saturn. Now a question
may arise. Will a person whose natural preference is light
blue like that only hue all through life irrespective of
change in circumstances and vagaries of taste? Logically
the answer is that since the dasa lord is a prime factor
during the period of its run, any amendment, alteration
or modification in one's choice may be traced to the dasa
lord and its constellation lord. This gives a clue as to
why a person who has been preferring cream and yellow colours
during Jupiter dasa has slowly started liking darker shades
with the advent of Saturn dasa.
Now I shall broadly study the characteristic of a few colours
with reference to their respective planets:
RED (Mars): A vigorous and forceful colour
depicting a man of action, adventure and boldness. More
of brawn than brain. On the positive side, red-lovers are
upright, bold and face the challenges of life with vigour.
On the negative side, it makes them impulsive, vengeful
and fool-hardy.
MAROON (Modifying shade of red): Represents
strength with stamina. A colour of warmth and cooperative
effort. Suffers from moody spells.
PINK (Modifying shade of red): A very popular
colour especially for bedrooms, drawing rooms and lounges.
Think Pink is a slogan of a Hollywood comedian. Pink shows
love and willingness to help others. True pink is a delicate
shade and people who respond to its vibration get easily
hurt though they recover readily.
GREEN (MERCURY): Adaptable to circumstances.
Both sentimental and sympathetic. Fond of companionship
and inclined to take life easy. If beset by failure they
try to wallow in self-sympathy and put the blame on others.
EMERALD (Modifying shade of Green): This
strong green raises adaptability to the status of adventure.
Emerald-lovers make the most of the opportunities coming
in their way.
OLIVE (Modifying shade of green): A weak
colour representing a person who shirks responsibilities
and tries to find excuses. Lovers of this hue need lot of
cajoling, encouragement and support to goad them into action.
BLUE (SATURN): True to the nature of its
ruling planet, this hue indicates moods and sentimentality.
On the positive side, blue gives some measure of devotion,
a certain self-sufficiency and deep and far reaching thoughts.
NAVY BLUE (Modifying shade of blue): A
dark shade of blue depicting faithfulness and constancy
of purpose. Reliability trust and strength characterize
this shade. (Probably that is why this colour is preferred
by the Navy).
SKY BLUE: A lighter shade of blue. Lovers
of sky-blue now and then descend to the depth of dejection
and then rise up to the heights of cheerfulness. Even in
company they some time feel lonely, and worrying over trivial
seems to be a hobby with them.
VIOLET (Associated with VENUS): a SOOTHING
AND HARMONIOUS COLOUR. Violent admirers often have taste
towards literary, artistic and dramatic works. They are
imaginative and creative. Turning fantastic into reality
is their common objective. They develop a liking for mysticism.
They influence others easily. On the negative side, violet-lovers
assume a sort of self importance. Being blind to their own
faults, they avoid criticism. They like to live in their
own world of illusions and often draw self satisfaction
out of it.
PURPLE (Modifying shade of Violet): High
thinking, sense of superiority, Empty grandeur, are some
of the traits of this royal shade.
WHITE (MOON): Often considered a symbol
of purity. They are sincere and fair to others and understand
others with sympathy. People who are fascinated by the vibrations
of this colour often like to live an orderly life (whether
they do it or not) and change their ideas to the changing
times in order to keep in tune with life. On the negative
side they tend to be over critical.
GRAY (Modifying colour of white): A deceptive
and uncertain colour indicating persons who appear to be
indifferent to circumstances but definitely a calculating
and cool opportunist. Gray lovers exhibit caution often
resulting in wise moves.
BLACK (RAHU & KETU): Highly formal
and conventional Black vibration exhibits great understanding.
Devoid of false prestige, it shows dynamism and purposefulness.
ORANGE or GOLD (SUN): Proud and self-esteemed
they impress and influence others easily and become a centre
of attraction. Ambition of some kind drives them along and
neither love nor sentiments can distract them from their
purpose. Popularity and success appeal to them very much
and they will leave no stone unturned to come to limelight.
On the negative side, they sometimes lack warmth and override
all opposition with uncanny cunning and genius. Their conceit
often narrows their outlook.
YELLOW (JUPITER): Yellow in its full bloom
denotes intellectuality. It speaks of a scientific mind
that overcomes ignorance. Lovers of yellow shades are often
sought after for their practical wisdom and constructive
counseling. They inject confidence, encouragement and cheerfulness.
Having been endowed with broad vision, they plan everything
on a grand scale. They are benevolent and take applause
and abuses with equanimity. They also tend to develop religious
and philosophical interests as they advance in age.
Having seen a panoramic view of the characteristics of colours
in relation to their respective planets, I should like to
submit here that an interesting horizon is awaiting fruitful
researches in the field of colourology. The day is not far
off when just like gem therapy, colour-therapy can be effectively
developed to off-set certain mental ills and deficiencies.
Astrology, if suitable researches are made in this direction,
can really offer useful suggestion based on planetary colours
to infuse courage, cheer and confidence in our fellow being.
