if you see these in prose or a poem, it’s no coincidence
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Rain and WaterRain and water symbolize renewal, baptism to a new life, change, cleansing.Especially when characters get submerged somehow.
Blue Sky and sunrises
Blue skies symbolize the promise of good times, better times to come. Positivity and happiness and hope.
StormsConflict!Storm outside = storm inside
between charactersinternally within a character
Rain – characters getting rained on could also mean change, renewal (baptism)
Gates, Fences, and BridgesEntrance into another world, huge change. “crossing over” to some other side.
Seasons
Spring : growth, birth, renewal
Summer: good times, happy, positive, life
Autumn: before death, adult years, coming to an end,
harvest
Winter: death, end
BirdsFreedomLiberationthe human desire to escape gravity, to reach the level of the angel. The bird is often the disembodied human soul, free of its physical constrictions
ColorsPurple
unites red's fiery masculinity with blue's cool femininity. Purple is often used to represent royalty, imperial power, justice, and/or truth
The moon is a feminine symbol, universally representing the rhythm of time as it embodies the cycle. The phases of the moon symbolize immortality and eternity
Moon
Biblical: deceit, temptation, wisdom, “Satan in disguise”Cultural/Historical: serpents and snakes represent fertility or a
creative life force. As snakes shed their skin
Snakes and serpents
through sloughing, they are symbols of rebirth, trans-formation, immor-tality, and healing. Poison and
medicine
Problems with vision = problems seeing the truth, skewed perception
Oftentimes, a character will lose the ability of sight and will only then see the truth
Sight and truth
light in the darkness of life, especially individual life, illumination; holy illumination of the spirit of truth.
Candle
A sexualized representation of male potency, power, or domination--particularly through some object vaguely reminiscent of the penis
Arrow Cane/walking stick Staff Sword, club Tower Missile, rocket Key
Phallic symbol