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Butterfly Color Meaning & Symbolism (Blue, Yellow, White, Brown, Orange, Black)

Updated: May 16, 2023


Butterflies glide through our consciousness, reminding us of our own internal strength and grace. Each butterfly carries its own unique message, especially in the form of colors.

Butterflies


Orange + Black Butterfly


Desires, introspection, withdrawal from the outside world, peace, tranquility, wonder, fascination, amazement, gentle, caring, spiritual, tactful, healing, transformation, starting anew, bringing darkness to light, mystical brilliance


The orange + black butterfly brings healing through transformation. This butterfly carries higher thoughts and hidden desires. Shines light into the dark, bringing transformation through honesty and integrity.


You may be struggling to find the truth through a maze of confusion and even circumstance. Overcoming obstacles that hinder growth and expansion is signified by this butterfly. It represents new vibrations that resonate with your own, along with attracting others of the same frequency.


Symbolizes maturity, grace, and gentleness.


Crystals associated: orange / yellow calcite, citrine, jasper, tiger's eye, amethyst, amber, ruby, black tourmaline, hematite


Numbers associated:  1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 23, 62, 0



"Your place in the world may be nudging you... It can only be ignored so long before it begins signaling you in other ways, usually in the form of illness."


Yellow Butterfly


Creative, intellectual, joy, compassion, empathy, vulnerable, bare, enthusiastic, opportunistic, powerful, gentle, caring, loving, adaptable, worldly conscious, messenger, new creations, dedication, cooperative, mindful, magnificent power through emotional balance, lights a spark


Realistic through interpretations, and mindful through experience. This butterfly signals codependency and cooperation. It teaches lessons through obstacles and hardship in order to tap into your authentic power. Diligence and dependability most often accompany the solar plexus, which is the color of this butterfly: yellow. Your place in the world may be nudging you and making itself known. It can only be ignored so long before it begins signaling you other ways, usually in the form of illness. Yellow butterflies carry prominent and often life-lasting healing.


Tap into the delicate, resilient voice within your heart and let go of self-limiting thoughts. Be persistent, not resistant. Change is necessary!



Crystals associated: yellow jasper, chalcedony, selenite, kamamba jasper, larimar, rhodonite, yellow calcite, lemurian quartz, citrine




Yellow + Black Butterfly


Powerful, lively, caring, honest, exciting, compassionate, dreamy, attractive, considerate, adaptable, wise, other-worldly, visionary, transformation


Gaining inner-strength through honest transformation. The butterfly flies by to remind you who you truly are, where your boundaries lie, what nourishes you and what doesn't. This butterfly signals a transformative time, filled with challenges and surprise. It is a reminder: "You are safe and you are protected."


There may be external circumstances or people that you feel are creating difficulty. Maybe it is yourself. Whatever the case, if you are facing obstacles, you are asked to adapt. These challenges along the way offer opportunity; chances for an individual to expand and grow.


You could be in the process of reclaiming your personal power. Choosing to take back your own power, and then acting on it, will require sacrifice. Remember to clear away time to let your body and spirit rest. This extended effort will lead to success, just be sure to remain, or become, flexible.


This yellow + black butterfly reminds you to take a step back and recuperate your well-being. You don't need to rush ahead. All is happening as it should. Trust that you will emerge from the other side of this stronger, wiser, and free.



Crystals associated: goldstone, calcite, tiger's eye, bumblebee jasper, charoite, emerald, carnelian




Blue + Black Butterfly


Mindful, contemplative, careful, wise, respectful, joyous, intelligent, curious, reclusive, responsible, emotional, resourceful, creative, reactive, karmic, impartial, tempered, kind, balanced, related to the dove.


Like a mesh of wild and tame, the blue + black butterfly signifies balance. Is there something not quite sitting with you? Is the weight making you exhausted? This butterfly may be gifting you awareness of your persistent thoughts and feelings. What mostly takes up your mind? Are your actions noble and true to you?


Black symbolizes transformation and creation, signifying major change. Through the dark comes the light. Blue brings the water element; creative, intuitive, and emotional. It may be time to ask yourself what it is that brings you true fulfillment. The strongest messenger of all the colors, this is the direct sign to follow your heart. Allow yourself to heal from this change.



Crystals associated: blue chalcedony, agate, mookaite jasper, dumortierite , kyanite (blue or black)


Blue Butterfly


Imaginative, creative, soft, gentle, brilliant, sensual, stillness, flowing, caring, brave, dreamer, selfless, loving, reclusive, head in the clouds, healing, growth


* Dreams, dreams, dreams! *

Imagining and thinking expansively, whether about one topic or many.  Your dreams hold potent power to transform to reality. Believing in yourself and your gifts will bring your dreams to material form. Blue butterflies bring replenishment and enhancement of your gifts. "Embrace life and all its opportunities," says blue. Reality may seem to be shifting for you. This butterfly has a reclusive side and may be saying it is time for you to restore your delicate energy - and recharge.


The Blue Morpho butterfly spends most of its time on the forest floor. When seeking its desires however, bursts forth with flight and grace. This butterfly is tempered with patience and ingenuity.



Crystals associated: celesite, quartz, rose quartz, peacock orr, blue calcite, angelite, blue kyanite, aqua aura quartz




White Butterfly


Introspective, loyal, interpretive, flowing, free, bountiful, loving, fair, kind, precise, communal, linguistic, gifted, pure, higher thoughts, messenger, angels


White butterflies are often a direct message from the world, signifying pure intentions. You have worked and waited along your path to be truly proud of who you are. Take this as a message that you are ever supported in your endeavors, and your good deeds have always been seen. Accounted for, in fact. Nothing is ever 'left to the wind'. All is recorded, counted, and weighed. All that you have given in pure faith will be reflected back to you. Bring on the blessings!


A white butterfly may signify a loving message from spirit, sometimes in the form of an ascended soul. Did an individual come to mind when spotting this butterfly? Remember to trust yourself to decipher your own meaning from each sign presented to you. Only you know the true message.




Crystals associated: selenite, crackle quartz, malachite, tree lace agate, angel aura quartz, prehnite, milky quartz, apophyllite




Black Butterfly


Respect, candor, trusting, flexible, just, perplexing, mysterious, giving, powerful, daring, wondrous, gifted, responsible


You're preparing for an upgrade in your life. Your power may have gotten lost along the way, but you're collecting the pieces of your soul. Black butterflies show you're on the hunt for yourself, diving deep through introspection. You are reclaiming your inner power. They represent taking steps towards an abundant mindset and prosperous future.


A black butterfly may also signify limiting thoughts and the need for self-care. Keep in mind you are ridding yourself of the old, stagnant self and have not yet stepped fully into your new self. Take the time to transition and go gently. Pat yourself on the back more often, and be sure to take time to breathe - even for 5 seconds. You may be expending all your strength to make it through this chapter. Go easy on yourself.



Crystals associated: black jasper, tourmaline, banded agate, tourmalated quartz, titanium aura quartz, smokey quartz



Brown Butterfly


Forgiving, instinctive, soft, gentle, down to earth, earthly, majestic, intuitive, creative, brilliant, leads with integrity, resilient, shifting through change, gaining wisdom through experience, going with the flow, grounded, connected, loving, kind, bold, completion, grounded creation.


There is much you've experienced in the recent past that has brought you to where you are. Some good, some that tested all that you have. You've been through a great deal. This butterfly is a reminder of your resilience. How else could you have made it through? The brown butterfly is a messenger of strength and grace. So much has been gained, fought through, and overcome. This butterfly is wisdom contained. It is here to open your mind to the courage and faith it took to rise from your experiences!


Brown butterflies carry the message of forgiveness. The trials are of the past. While there may be conclusions and confusion, the worst of it is behind you. This is the intermission just before your new life takes shape. Who is there left to forgive? Even silently? What memories bound you to self-doubt? This butterfly says, "forgive and flow to fertile ground."


An entirely new way of being is just before you. This is the time to let go of anything that you no longer wish to carry with you. Just let it be, and you will be,

free.



Crystals associated: septarian, petrified wood, iron, mica, lepidolite, green amber, elestial quartz




"Just as every butterfly carries its own unique pattern of colors, so do we. It is our choice whether to weather the cocoon."



blessings, soul friends



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