Color Meanings Associated with Ogham
Searles

Fri Aug 11 16:04:57 2000
There's recently been discussion about what each color means to people in their magical and esoteric systems.  Here is a list showing how the colors are associated with Ogham as well as the Ogham meanings.  This might serve as a good starting point for understanding what the roots of meaning are for each color.  Our first job will be to decide exactly what a color really is (the Irish have several words for green, red, gray and brown for instance):*p*Colors and Meaning According to Ogham*p*Beith - Birch*br*Color Ogham: bán - ‘white.’*br*The Will to Live*p*Luis - Rowan*br*Color Ogham: liath - ‘gray.’*br*Fires Above Stones*p*Fearn – Alder*br*Color Ogham: flann - ‘red.’*br*Guarding of Thought*p*Saile – Willow*br*Color Ogham: sodath - ‘fine-colored.’*br*Parting the Veils*p*Nuin – Ash*br*Color Ogham: necht - ‘clear.’*br*The Truth of a King*p*Huath – Hawthorn*br*Color Ogham: huath ‘terrible’*br*Seeking Opportunity*p*Duir – Oak*br*Color Ogham: dub - ‘black.’*br*Poetry of Honor*p*Tinne – Holly*br*Color Ogham: temen ‘dark gray.’*br*Principles Above Life*p*Cual – Hazel*br*Color Ogham: cron ‘brown’*br*A Wonder Hill*p*Quert – Apple*br*Color Ogham: quiar ‘mouse-colored.’*br*The Music of the Sídhe*p*Muin – Vine*br*Color Ogham: Mbracht - ‘variegated.*br*A Rope of Many Strands*p*Gort – Ivy*br*Color Ogham: gorm ‘blue.’*br*The Cup of Knowledge*p*Ngetal – Broom*br*Color Ogham: nglas - ‘green.’*br*Choices Beyond Pride*p*Straif – Blackthorn*br*Color Ogham: sorcha - ‘bright.’*br*Words of a Seer*p*Ruis – Elder*br*Color Ogham: ruadh - ‘red.’*br*Advice of the Elders*p*Ailm – Silver Fir*br*Color Ogham: alad - ‘piebald.’*br*The Way of All Things*p*Onn – Gorse*br*Color Ogham: odhar - ‘dun.’*br*The Eloquence of Poets*p*Ur – Heather*br*Color Ogham: usgdha - ‘resinous’ (though I’d rather use uaine, which means ‘lush green’).*br*The Reflection of Darkness*p*Edadh – Aspen*br*Color Ogham: erc - ‘red.’*br*Seeking a Higher Authority*p*Idadh – Yew*br*Color Ogham: irfind - ‘white.’*br*Beyond the Circle of Self*p*Let's determine what these colors are in modern terms and what each means to us in terms of our states of being and perhaps our elemental qualities.*p*Searles*p*