Archetypal Symbols Flashcards

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Black

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cold and negative aspect suggesting passivity, death, ignorance, or evil

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Red

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Stands for blood, passion, emotion, danger, associated with fire

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White

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innocence, life, light, purity, enlightenment

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Green

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inexperience hope/new life, color of plant life; jealousy/money

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Yellow

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sickness, rotting, heat, decay, old age, approach of death

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Blue

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cool, calm, peaceful

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Pink

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innocence, femininity

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Purple

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royalty, bruising or pain

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Brown

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color of earth, ploughed land, represents humility and poverty

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Apple tree

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knowledge, temptation, loss of innocence

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Weeds

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evil, wildness/outcasts of society

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Flowers

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beauty, youth, strength, gentleness

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Water

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washes away guilt, origin of life, regeneration, vehicle of cleansing

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River

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fluidity of life, stream of life and death

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Moon

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changing and returning shape, feminine symbol

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Sun

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source of light, heat and life, masculine symbol

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Cave

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the maternal womb

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Mountain

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places where heaven and earth meet, often symbolic of human pride

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Gold

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perfect metal, reflection of heavenly light, wealth

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Snow

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clean, white, pure, blanket which obscures, covers

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Fog/Mist

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prevents clear vision or thinking, represents isolation

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Rain

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sadness or despair or new life (baptism of sorts)

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Rainbows

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heralds of good, redemption and forgiveness, pathway between heaven and earth

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Lightning

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spark of life, can be either life-giving or death-dealing

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Thunder
voice of God or gods
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Spring
birth, new beginning
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Summer
childhood, freedom, carefree
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Autumn
school/knowledge, adulthood, growing old (late autumn = nearing death)
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Winter
old age, death, sleep hibernation, or stagnation
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Christmas season
birth, change for the better, hope in midst of darkness
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Easter season
rebirth, enlightenment
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Morning
dawn, beginning, hope, symbolizes birth/young life (similar to spring)
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Afternoon
childhood (similar to summer)
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Evening
adulthood, slowing down, coming to a close/end (autumn)
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Night
old age, death sleep, end, hibernation
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Dove
peace, purity, simplicity
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Fox
slyness, cleverness
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Raven
death, destruction
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Lion
power, "king"
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Peacock
pride,vanity
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Serpent/Snake
temptation, evil
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Mouse
shyness, meekness
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Owl
wisdom, rational knowledge, messenger of death
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Lamb
serves as a manifestation of the power of spring and renewal, sacrificial element, Jesus Christ, children of God
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Walls
barriers between people, both physical and mental, barrier that shuts out the world
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Windows
barrier that can be seen through but still separates
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Blood
fire and the heat and vitality
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Bones
framework of the human body, strength and virtue
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Eyes
windows to the soul or barometer of emotions
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Key
power and authority of letting in and shutting out