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Animal, color, season, direction, time, natural element, tree, plant, object, and people symbolism Flashcards

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Eagle

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Freedom; Power; Creativity

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Hawk

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Vision; Leadership

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Crow

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Death; War; Change

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Falcon

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Superiority; Ambition; Speed- many kings in antiquity were painted with a falcon’s head

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Owl

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Keenness; Judgement; Wisdom; Messenger by night

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Salmon

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Instinct; Wisdom; Maverick

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Snake

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Deception; Evil

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Black

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Death; Ignorance; Evil; War

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Blue

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Calmness; Layalty

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Red

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Love; Passion; Blood; Danger; Murder; Beauty; Sin

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Green

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Ecology; Fertility; The natural world; Immaturity; Freshness; In some shades, sickness

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Yellow

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Light; Hope; Disease; Old age; Decay or rotting

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White

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Innocence; Purity; Safety; Vastness; Unconsciousness, in some cases death

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Grey

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Business; Depression

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Pink

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Peace; Femininity; Happiness

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Purple

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Power; Authority; Royalty; Bruising

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Orange

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Enthusiasm; Fun; Summer

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Winter

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Death; Stagnation; Evil; Sleep

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Spring

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Birth or rebirth; Rejuvenation

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Summer

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Maturation; Freedom; Time of sacrifice; Ancientness

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Fall

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Harvest; Decay; Approaching death; Change

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North

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Represents coldness; Death; Isolation; In America it symbolizes justice

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East

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Where sun rises- rebirth and new beginning; Soviet Union and eastern culture; Mystery

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South

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Warmth; Comfort; Think birds fly south; In America it represents rebellion

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West

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Where sun sets; Old age; Evening; In western culture it represents land of right, experimentation, and Diversity

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Noon

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Sun is high; Peak in physical and mental ability

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Midnight

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Rebirth; Evil; Height of darkness

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Dusk

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Twilight period; Twilight of life- old age

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Dawn

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Rebirth; Sun rises; Immaturity; Infancy

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Morning

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Rebirth; Purity; New beginnings

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Night

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Forces of evil collect; Death; Sleep

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Wind

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Change; Presence of divinity; Breath and life; Destruction

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Rain

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Cleansing; Purification; Rejuvenation; Rebirth; Washes away guilt or wrongdoing

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Clouds

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Doom; Misjudgment; Heights of heaven

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Thunder

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Divine power; Anger; Destruction; Danger; Voice of the gods

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Lightning

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Creative thinking; Spark in intelligence; Ingenuity; Divine power; Danger; Anger of the gods

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Sunshine

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Hope; Happiness: Life

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Rainbow

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Pathway between heaven and earth; Happiness; Peace; Linked to cycles of rebirth

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Snow

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Veil, can blanket the earth and hide things; Death in it’s most beautiful form; Tranquility

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Fog/ Mist

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Difference between fog and mist is visibility. If you can lose sight 1,100 yards or less, it’s fog(fog is thicker); Unclear thinking or judgement; Can work as a veil like snow

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Eclipse

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Common when moon passes into the earth’s shadow; transformation

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Stars

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Dreams

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Moon

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Feminine symbol; Capriciousness as it shape shifts; Full moon is purported to cause abnormal activity

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Heat

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Oppression; Pressure; Intensity

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Mountain

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Fate; Ultimate test of strength and courage

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Cave

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Dark side of human nature; Linked to underworld where life and cross; Re-entry to mother earth- making it through the cave symbolizes rebirth or transformation

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River

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Fluidity or consistency; Source of life and agriculture, and fertility; Pittsburgh and other cities settle near rivers

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Stream

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Perpetuity; Peacefulness

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Pond

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In Asian and Indian cultures, can symbolize meditation and introspection; Sterility and stoppage since they lack strong currents

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Ocean

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Spirituality, possibility, and immortality; Infinity

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Forest

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Edge of mankind’s domain; Evil; Mystery; Primitiveness; Enchantment

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Garden

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Growth; Rebirth

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Desert

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Revelation

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Valley

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Creation and birth of civilization

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Oak

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Strength; Stability; Leaves are toxic

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Pine

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Immortality- often associated with the idea that the world is all connected; Evergreen- maintain their leaves through all seasons

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Sycamore

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Cultivation; Diversity; Vanity if a character climbs it

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Chesnut

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Foresight; Wisdom

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Redwood

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Superiority; Old Age; Dominance

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Apple

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Temptation; Loss of innocence

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Palm

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The tropics and vacation; Hollywood; In antiquity were symbols of victory

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Weeping Willow

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Grief; Sadness and long depression; Flexibility

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Elm

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Peace; Negotiating; Resistance

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Ivy

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Fidelity; Survival; Dependence

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Olive tree

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Peace; The Old World

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Grass

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Life

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Weed

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Pariah or outcast; Wildness; Evil

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Flower

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Beauty; Youth

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Rose

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Beauty; Deception

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Soap

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Guilt; Immorality

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Skull

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Death; Transience

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Light bulb

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Intelligence; Intuition; Idea

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Apple

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Temptation; Technology

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Seed

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Birth; Possibilty; Dream

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Four-leaf Clover

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Luck; Perfection; Legend has that the first represents faith, the second hope, the third love, and the fourth love

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Keys

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Solutions

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Chains

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Restrictions; Oppression

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Window

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Reality; Escape; Protection

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Mirror

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Prison of the self- forced to look inward; Reality; Truth; Self- reflection

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Ladder

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Growth; Power

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Bread

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Peace offering; Humility

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Candle

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Hope; Transience

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Orange

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Love and Marriage in many cultures; Possibility in Chinatown; Death

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Bee

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Intelligence

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John Wayne

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1950’s conservation; Machoism

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Mozart

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Prodigy; Genius; Music

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Elvis

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Flamboyance; The American Dream; Southern charm

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Marilyn Monroe

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Beauty; Sensuality; Innocence; The American Dream; Femininity

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Plato

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Face of philosophy; Truth

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Shakespeare

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Creativity; Drama; Theater; Manipulation of language; Poetry

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Isaac Newton

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Science; Physics; Revolution; Ingenuity

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Helen Keller

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Courage; Perseverance

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