I think two months ago I talked about feeling drawn to a certain color of nail polish because I felt that it had magical significance but also a check in and reflection of this new energy that I was stepping in and that I should embody more of.
Onychomancy is a form of divination, where the source of messages comes from the nails of a person. There's occultic meaning behind the shape of your nails, the health state of your nails, and metaphysical properties that signify intention of what you're attracting, based off the style of how you wear your nails.
I've read a lot of interpretations of what certain nail shapes, specific changes (both good and bad) in nails, and nail aesthetics. But I feel like more analytics behind the significance of nail polish colors is hard to find or there's just simply not much information that is out there.
I've found a new comfort and interest in investing in my nails and thought it would be cool to start a new series based off of my personal observations of wearing specific nail colors.
This post will be about my magical experience with wearing brown nail polish.
⌠The Symbolism âŚ
Planet: I personally associate the planet Saturn with this Nail Color, but I've read that in Vedic Astrology, Brown in general is also a color of Ketu.
Season: Fall! Without a doubt I associate the color Brown with this season. This could also explain why I felt the urge paint my nails with this shade, but what I find interesting is that Libra season starts during Fall, and Libra exalts in Saturn.
Element: Earth/Air
Numerology: 7 (Ketu)
Chakra: Root
Animal: Snake. Before I get into the spiritual and magical effects of wearing brown for nail polish, I'd like to mention that I noticed major Kundalini energy from this, and Kundalini is normally represented by a snake which could also explain the ketuvian influence since Ketu is also represented by a snake.
⌠The Effect âŚ
From what I initially gathered thanks to this article. Brown Nail Polish metaphysically symbolizes vigor, tenacity, stability, consistency, and perseverance.
Now based off of my personal experience from wearing brown nail polish for a month and pairing it with astrology, the magical effect behind brown nail polish initiates drive, powering through new transformations in your self concept, surroundings, relationships, opportunities, and priorities when you come across moments where you internally feel too stubborn or stuck to adapt to what's changing for you and what needs to be left behind. Fall is the part of the year where we naturally feel more sluggish and are in need of a push in taking care of both ourselves and our goals.
The Saturn in Libra vibe that I got from this, was how it promoted more balance for me. On one side of this, it's making commitments towards getting things in order, following through on when I needed to stand on business which at times could feel like I was detaching myself from the more pleasurable things in life like romance and knowing when it's time to rest. An increase in my initiative for hard work but also measuring my limits while learning more on how to improve my time management.
On the other side, was more about what I was attracting and was unconsciously giving. I attracted a lot of good opportunities with money and even compliments from people on almost anything the more that I took time in pouring back into myself. The effects from how this color made me achieve more balance, was receiving creative ideas for both small and long term goals for me to act on, but the patience to work on things thoroughly, slowly, and in a realistic lens.
I found myself embracing the small things in life like enjoying being outside to look at simple stuff like the sky, trees, or just feeling how good the air is, knowing that it is safe to spend money and that I have time to explore things in my city or to do things outside of school and work.
The aesthetic behind this nail polish for the people that noticed that I was wearing it, intrigued them because they never thought to wear such a color on their nails, I saw this as a representation of how the energy behind the nail polish introducing newer ways of seeing things related to beauty, moderation, healing, and timing.
Extras: If you like this shade of brown that I'm wearing, it's called "Dark Horse" and you can get it here from this brand called Moon Cat đ
I hope that this post was insightful for you guys, if you have any recommendations for how I can make this more in depth, interesting, clarifying, then your feedback is much appreciated.
