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# Planets: Jupiter
# Planets: Jupiter
# [[gemstones|Precious Stones]]: [[sapphire]]
# [[gemstones|Precious Stones]]: [[sapphire]]
# Virtues: Justice and Loyalty
# [[Virtue]]s: [[Justice]] and [[Loyalty]]
# Celestial signs: Taurus and Libra
# Celestial signs: Taurus and Libra
# Months: April and September
# Months: April and September
# Days of the Week: Thursday
# Days of the Week: Thursday
# Ages of Man: Purility, or childish years from 7 to 14
# Ages of Man: Purility, or childish years from 7 to 14
# Flowers: Blue lily
# Flowers: Blue [[lily]]
# Elements: Air
# Elements: [[Air]]
# Seasons of the Year: Spring
# Seasons of the Year: Spring
# Complexions: [[sanguine (humour)|Sanguine]]
# Complexions: [[sanguine (humour)|Sanguine]]

Latest revision as of 06:05, 11 September 2007

Azure is the heraldic term for blue. According to The Blazon of Gentrie it signifies the following:

  1. Planets: Jupiter
  2. Precious Stones: sapphire
  3. Virtues: Justice and Loyalty
  4. Celestial signs: Taurus and Libra
  5. Months: April and September
  6. Days of the Week: Thursday
  7. Ages of Man: Purility, or childish years from 7 to 14
  8. Flowers: Blue lily
  9. Elements: Air
  10. Seasons of the Year: Spring
  11. Complexions: Sanguine
  12. Numbers: 4, 9
  13. Metals: Copper

See colour.

The name comes from the French word for blue, itself from the Arabic, in reference to lapis lazuli.