Zodiacrune

Ivory

ColorsElement: Metal 金

Overview

Between white and yellow, ivory is read as white that has been kept. Traditional reading asks what the object was.

Meaning

Ivory is read as white warmed — Metal's colour with age rather than with blankness.

Traditional Interpretation

Sources treat ivory as the image of value in an organic material, and of something that yellows rather than decays.

Related Concepts

White
White is read as Metal's colour — reduction to what remains, and the traditional colour of mourning as well as of clarity.
Yellow
Yellow is read as Earth's colour — the centre, and in Chinese tradition the colour of the imperial and of the soil itself.
Metal
Refinement — the cutting away that makes a shape.
Red
Red is read as Fire made visible — the colour of activity at full strength, and of things that announce themselves.

FAQ

What does it mean to dream about ivory?

Ivory is read as white warmed — Metal's colour with age rather than with blankness. Between white and yellow, ivory is read as white that has been kept. Traditional reading asks what the object was.

What does the color ivory mean in a dream?

Color is read through the five-element system. Ivory is read as white warmed — Metal's colour with age rather than with blankness. Ivory corresponds to Metal (金), which shapes how it is interpreted. Ivory that is newly white is a reported variant, read as age not yet acquired.

How is ivory read in Chinese tradition?

Sources treat ivory as the image of value in an organic material, and of something that yellows rather than decays. It is grouped under Metal (金) in the five-element system.

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