In this chapter of the tarot course we will see. What does the color blue mean in the tarot? Is it a positive or negative color?
What does the color blue mean in the tarot?
In the tarot, the color blue means: spirituality, intelligence, divinity, intuition, platonic love, inspiration, expansiveness, loyalty, justice, order, security, protection, truth, eternity, wisdom, and reason. Its negative part means immobility, suffocation and severity.
The meaning of blue in the tarot
- Blue is a complex color, and its meaning can vary depending on where it appears. The vast majority of cards present some shade of blue, whether in the sky or water, in clothing, weapons, tools or the background.
- If blue appears in the water it usually means emotionality, sensitivity, intuition, femininity, this can be noticed in the cup cards.
- If it appears in the weapons or armor it can mean justice, severity, order, protection, reason, action or wisdom, usually represented in the swords cards.
- If we find it in the sky or in the background it can symbolize divinity or spirituality, represented, for example, in the major arcana, such as the star or the sun.
- Blue is the color of the sky symbolizing spirituality, divine protection and good karma.
- It is the color of serenity, of inner strength and represents in almost all cases the positive action of the spirit.
- It is also a color representative of spirituality, truth and immortality.
- It is said that in astrology this color always refers to the emotional plane of the person.
- In tarot, it is often used to represent steel or metal, we can find it in armor, swords and tools. Therefore, it can be said that it represents justice, and action to the use of reason and severity. An interesting detail to note is that some swords appear with a blue hue, while others are gray or white.
- So it is understood that it represents loyalty, justice and intuition.
- We can find in the tarot different characters with blue clothes, the king and queen of swords, the papisa, the king and queen of cups, the hung man, the chariot, the 2 of swords and the arcane of judgment.
- It is worth reflecting on which cards the background is blue, for example, the sun, the star, the one of cups, the king of cups.
- Finally, it is said that it symbolizes spiritual inspiration and wisdom in the case of the Emperor’s celestial hair, or the Hermit, and the just and spiritual word represented in the blue beard of the Pope.
Is blue a positive or negative color?
In conclusion, blue in the tarot is a very positive color, but with a very complex and varied meaning, ranging from the spiritual, intellectual and emotional, and to be understood correctly it must be studied in its details and nuances.
