What is an Aura?
What is an Aura?
When someone references an Aura, they're talking about the unseen spiritual energy field that surrounds all living things. The different colors are thought to provide insight into your emotional and spiritual well-being.
It is not always possible to see aura colors with the naked eye, we can usually feel them. Think about how certain people give off a super warm and friendly vibe, or really negative energy even before they say a word; that's the aura at work.
What are the 7 layers of the Aura?
Your Aura consists of seven Auric layers (also known as bodies or planes), and each one represents something different. Think of them like the layers of the onion, with the middle being your physical body.
Physical Aura plane:
As its name suggests, the physical Aura plane is the layer that represents our physical health. It's the layer closest to your skin. It's also called the etheric plane.
Emotional Aura plane:
This is the plane that corresponds to your emotions. If you're all up in your feelings, this plane is going to show it. It changes color depending on your mood and will appear dull or smudged if you're experiencing emotional turmoil.
Mental Aura plane:
This plane has to do with logic, reasoning, and thoughts. It's the third layer out from your body.
Astral body Aura plane:
Moving outward, this plane deals with your spiritual health. It's also where you store your capacity for love.
Etheric Aura plane:
This plane is where you find your psychic abilities. Having a clear etheric plane helps you tap into other people's energy and connect with people who are on a similar wavelength.
Celestial Aura plane:
This is the plane where your dreams and intuition are stored. It's also the plane of enlightenment; someone with a strong celestial aura plane tend to be highly creative.
Causal Aura plane:
This is the last aura plane. It harmonizes all the other layers and essentially helps guide you on your life's path.
What do their colors mean?
The colors of your aura correspond to one of the seven main Chakras: Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Third Eye, and Crown. Your aura is connected to these chakras, and is composed of the aforementioned auric layers.
Knowing which colors correspond to which chakra can help you interpret what your aura is telling you.
White: White auras are incredibly rare. Your Crown Chakra, located above your head, vibrates at this color. It connects you to All That Is, Oneness, and the understanding that we are all connected.
Purple and Violet: The aura color purple is related to your Third Eye Chakra, which you're probably familiar with if you've ever done yoga. It's located above your physical eyes in the center of your forehead. It is your vision of everything you desire to create, the seat of your intuition. You may find you have some sort of psychic ability and are highly intuitive.
Blue: Blue is the color of your Throat Chakra. It's your means of expression, being you, saying what you need and communicating to yourself and others. A blue aura means you're intuitive and empathetic.
Green and Pink: These colors relate to your Heart Chakra. It's no surprise that your heart chakra is all about love—for others and for yourself. It houses compassion and the energy of forgiveness. It is also the access to divine mind and intuition. People with these pink or green aura colors tend to be compassionate, kind, and loving.
Yellow: Your Solar Plexus Chakra connects to yellow. This Chakra is a few inches above your belly button. It houses your personality, personal power, identity, and also emotions. It's the definition of who you are to yourself and the world. A yellow aura means you're creative, curious, and optimistic.
Orange: The color orange is associated with your Sacral Chakra, which is located in your lower abdomen. It contains the beginning energy of the emotional body, creativity, the ability to reach out to others in relationships and sexual energy.
If your aura contains orange, it signals that you're essentially the emotional equivalent of snuggling up under a weighted blanket. You're also independent and a realist.
Red: Your Root Chakra vibrates at the color red. It's at the base of your spinal column, housing your foundational issues like who you are, your home, career, manifesting powers, sexual energy, and your values. If your aura contains red, it basically means you're working from a stable base.
Black: If your aura appears black, it's a sign you might be holding on to some negative thoughts and emotions, which block the flow of energy through your chakras.
How to learn to read your own Aura.
It is also possible to learn to see your own aura. You may see it in a mirror by focusing on body parts (like your hands), in meditation.
You can also try rubbing your hands together to create friction and then slowly and intentionally moving them apart and back together again and see if any colors start to appear as you go.
Once you start getting the hang of it, you can also try to read your friend's and family's auras.
Can your Aura's colors change over time?
A person's aura colors can absolutely change over time. Changes in your energy are reflected in your aura, so your aura colors don't stay the same for your entire life. If you are consistently dominant in one aura color, you can read up on what that color means and how to balance out its dominant energy.
Don't like what you see? Here's how to cleanse your Aura.
If you're not happy with the energy you're putting out, there are plenty of things you can do to change it. Working with crystals, bathing in the sun, taking a dip into water (especially if it's cold), saging or smudging yourself, completing a Chakra balancing meditation, doing sound therapy, or consulting with an energy healer are ways that anyone can tend to their aura.
