5-2 护身符和象征：颜色（在线收听）

Charms and Symbols

Color

Color  Colors can influence more than your mood. Each color has a special significance in attracting, or repelling¹, the power of the planets.

Black  Saturn² is attracted by black, and because Saturn has a negative effect on children, youngsters are cautioned never to wear black clothing. It is a good color, however, for persons born under the signs of Libra³, Aquarius⁴, or Capricorn⁵.

Blue  The color associated with Venus as well as the color of the sky, blue has been sacred in religions dating back to prehistoric times. Today it is associated with the Virgin Mary^6. We sometimes say we are "blue" when we are less than happy. Still, blue is a happy, even lucky color for most of us. And when we have unexpected good luck, we often say it came "out of the blue⁷." It is an especially lucky color for people born under the signs of Aquarius, Libra, and Taurus⁸.

Blue neckbands⁹ have been worn for centuries by nursing mothers in parts of Europe. They believe the color protects their babies from fevers. And what bride would tempt fate¹⁰ by walking down the aisle¹¹ without "something borrowed, something blue¹²" ?

注释:

1.repel [ri5pel] vt. ＆ vi. 抵拒，抗御，驱除

2.Saturn [5sAtE(:)n] n. [天] 土星

3.Libra [5laibrE] n. [天] 天秤（星）座

4.Aquarius [E5kwZEriEs] n. [天] 宝瓶（星）座

5.Capricorn [5kAprIkC:n] n. [天] 摩羯（星）座

6.Virgin Mary（基督教）圣母马利亚

7.out of the blue 出乎意外地，突然，文中是“喜从天降”之意

8.Taurus [5tC:rEs] n. [天] 金牛（星）座

9.neckband [5nekbAnd] n.（作装饰用的）领圈，领巾

10.tempt fate 冒不必要的危险，玩命

11.walk down the aisle 行婚礼

12.something borrowed，something blue 西方流传至今的婚礼习俗之一是新娘佩戴“Something old，something new，something borrowed，something blue” 。

护身符和象征

颜色

颜色 颜色能够影响你的不仅仅是你的情绪。每种颜色在吸引或抵制行星的作用力时都有特殊的意义。

黑色 土星被黑色所吸引。因为土星对孩子有负面影响，所以年轻人被告诫决不要穿黑色的衣服。但是对于出生属于天秤座、宝瓶座或摩羯座的人来说，黑色却是好的颜色。

蓝色 让人联想到金星和天空的蓝色，在史前时期就具有宗教上的神圣意义。如今，人们把它与圣母马利亚联系在一起。我们不大高兴时，有时会说我们“blue”，表示有些忧郁。但对于我们大多数人来说，蓝色仍然是个象征快乐、甚至吉祥的颜色。当我们有意外的好运时，我们常说“喜从天降”。对于出生属于宝瓶座、天秤座和金牛座的人来说，蓝色是个特别吉祥的颜色。

在欧洲部分国家，奶妈佩戴蓝色的围颈带已有数百年的历史了。奶妈们相信蓝色能够防止婴儿发热。再说新娘，哪个敢冒险在举行婚礼时不戴得“有借有蓝”?