Earlier times; individual light of your personality; your personal awareness; life energy; insight; spiritual awareness or knowledge; the soul; the relationship between God and man; reverence; ritual; mystery.

Candles are often used at ceremonies and may, therefore, symbolize relationships; cycles; the passage of time; creating the mood for romance; and past or present romance. Ritually used, they can create the safe, magic circle, which denotes another state of being.

It can reflect feelings of inferiority(can’t hold candle) or too much activity(burning too fast). Unlit candle suggests untapped inner resources. A burnt candle may symbolize lack of awareness; an issues you cannot or do not want to face.

In Freudian terms it is a phallic symbol, so consider how it burns or what you do with the candle. Esoterically the was candle is related to the bees that come from paradise.

See bees, fire, flame, light, sex.