Book of Shadows

Feather Color Meaning

White: purification, spirituality, hope, protection, peace, and blessings of the Moon.

Red:
physical vitality. Also courage, good fortune, and life.
Blue:
give mental abilities, peace, and protection. Also psychic awareness.

Yellow
give cheerfulness, mental alertness, prosperity, and blessings from the Sun.
Green
symbolize money, prosperity, growth, health, and fertility.

Green and red mixed feathers affect financial matters

Orange
bring attraction, energy, and success.
Pink
attract love.
Gray
symbolize peace and neutrality.

Brown
give stability and respect. They also symbolize the home and grounding.

Brown striped in black give a balance between the physical and spiritual life.

Brown banded or mixed with white bring happiness and give the kind of protection that enables one to go unnoticed amidst those who would harm them.

Brown and red mixed feathers bring healing to animals.

Black give the mystical wisdom that comes with true spiritual initiation.

Black, iridescent feathers give mystical insight.

Black and white mixed feathers give union and protection.

Black (or gray) feathers banded or mixed with whitegive hope, balance and harmony.

Black mixed with purple means deep spirituality.

Black, white, and blue mixed feathers brings change.

The "eye" on the end of the peacock tail feather protect against the "evil eye" and stimulates inner clairvoyant vision.

The rooster's two prominent tail feathers (called sickles) are symbols of the God and Goddess. The black ones are sacred to the God because of their resemblance to the curved horns of the Horned God. They are also a symbol of male virility.The white ones are sacred to the Goddess because they resemble the tool (the sickle) with which grain (sacred to her) is reaped. They also resemble the waxing and waning Moon