Lapis Lady - This is
a checkered blue butterfly that belongs in a family of gossamer winged
butterflies. Gossamer winged butterflies
are generally small and their wings are seem delicate and glisten.
Blue is the scarcest color in nature. Plants have no blue pigments, actually the
blue you do see in nature is not a pigment at all!
Animals that display blue color is due to the way the
molecules are structured and how they interact with light. The molecules are shaped is such a way that
it bends the light to a specific wavelength when it reaches our eye that we see
blue. Change the shape or what is
filling the space between them and we would see something different. Blue feathers and even our blue eyes all have
to due with the refraction of light.
There is only one exception of a true blue occurring in nature and that
is the Obrina Olivewing butterfly and it is said that less than 10% of 280,000
species of flowering plants produce blue flowers, and those plants are not using a blue pigment but a red
pigment. It takes the mixing of pigments, ph levels and light refraction that
creates the color blue. As a matter of
fact bluebells, morning glories and even hydrangeas have no true blue pigment!
The butterfly as I have mentioned symbolizes a person’s
soul.
In ancient Greek the
word for butterfly is "Psyche", which translated means
"soul". Psyche is the Greek
Goddess of souls 🧚♂️. Butterflies are
believed to represent one’s essence that encompasses their past, present and
future. They also represent good luck
and joy. Butterflies are believed to be
grantors of wishes. Setting a butterfly
free you are to place a wish on their wings and they will carry that wish to
the heavens to be granted.
The butterfly is the Celtic Zodiac for those born between
September 30th thru October 27th. Those
born under this sign are said to be extremely social hence the phrase, “Social
Butterfly”. They are known to have a
joyful personality and a cheery disposition.
They are intuitively empathetic and people are drawn to their positive
aura.
The Mandarin Chinese word for butterfly is
"hu-tieh". "Tieh" means "70 years", therefore
butterflies have become a symbol for a long life.
☯ Symmetry is another
manifestation of the balance of Yin and Yang, of the unimpeded flow of
ch'i. ☯
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