Outstanding Orange

Key words: Warm, determined, authoritative, energtic, action; Compassion, harmony, sociability, harvest

Imagine yourself on a beach at sunset. An orange ball of flames sits on the horizon, it’s dominance in nature allows it to fill the sky with color. This majestic sight, all at once, inspires awe at the determination with which it presents itself, and warms us in it’s presence. Orange is ruled by the sun, it’s symbol is fire and flames.

Yet as the sun warms, it can also burn. The sun represents our ego. While orange can represent our creative energy, it can also make us forget our need to be humble, making us overly prideful, restless and impatient with those around us.

As fire warms, it can also burn. The energy of flames is mesmerizing and meditative but, out of control, it can move impulsively and recklessly.

Sitting between red (Mars) and yellow (Mercury) on the color scale, orange doesn’t have the passion or aggression of red, but has a fiery, authoritative, determined, energy, giving us ambition, moving us to take action. Not quite reaching the airy happiness of yellow, it has a calm joy: a harvesting of the fulfillment we seek.

In that vein, orange is the color of the second chakra, which sits between the red root chakra and the yellow solar plexis chakra. The orange sacral chakra controls our sense of well-being & contentment.

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To interpret orange in a tarot reading consider these connotations:

Positive & Neutral Connotations:
— Warmth
— Energy, action
— Sociability
— Authority
— Creativity
— Harvest, fulfullment
— Encouraged by new ideas

Negative Connotations:
— Lack of humbleness
— Restlessness
— Impatience
— Impulsive action

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Sample Interpretation with Orange

Deck: “Albano Mini”
Card: Ace of Wands

A hand, holding a wand, emerges from a cloud in front of an orange sky. There is an excitement in the air (orange) about the growth (wands, green landscape) of a new venture (ace.) The (hypothetical) person this reading is for, is encouraged at the prospect of the venture and has the drive and determination to put any plan into action which will ultimately lead to the harvest of the fruits of their labor.

As always, choose one or two key words that are meaningful to you for that specific reading.

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References:
\”Pictures from the Heart: A Tarot Dictionary\” by Sandra A. Thomson
\”Color Magic for Beginners\” by Richard Webster
A. Venefica’s Tarot Teachings
Diva Botanicals
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