The Chakra Meanings

The Chakras Explained

What are chakras? The chakra meanings have been gathered since ancient times. These days more people are thinking about how they work and what their role is within the body. The chakras are energy vortices or spirals that exist within the etheric body. A vortex is a swirling mass... that draws energy into its center.

Explained simply: the energy is drawn into this swirling mass... which is one of the chakras... and it also moves out as they transmit life force energy to the body.

The word chakra comes from the Sanskrit and means 'spinning wheel'. There are seven major chakras as well as other minor chakras. These swirling energy centers are situated along the spinal column and are located between the base of the spine and the crown of the head.

Chakra Meanings

Primitive people knew when they felt out of balance. How did they know what caused their health problems? Perhaps they intuitively knew the problem was linked to a certain part of their body. Information on the chakras in ancient texts has been able to be substantiated by modern man using current equipment.

Yet these 'primitive' people had none of this equipment. They simply knew what action to take... intuitively. How can this be explained?

Perhaps these people who lived so long ago were able to use their innate gifts to find the energy centers of the body. Ancient healers began to associate various parts of the body with such things as their emotions, their physical state, and their spiritual being.

It was also in ancient times when people first began to associate particular natural crystals with healing. They worked out the location of various chakras and the chakra meanings. And then intuited how to use various special natural crystals for healing. Using this ancient information combined with our current knowledge we now know that the concept of chakras is actually true.

Where Are They

There are seven major chakras between the base of the spine and the crown of the head and each governs specific bodily functions. There are also chakras located below the feet and above the head. We also have now become aware of the thymus chakra... which is not one of the main seven chakras... but is located in the chest between the heart and throat chakras.

The first chakra is called the Base Chakra or the Root Chakra... and is located at the base of the spine. It governs survival, base instincts, the sex drive and physical life.

The 2nd chakra is called the Sacral Chakra or the navel chakra... and is located below the navel. It governs the area of the sacrum which is the large bone of the pelvis between the hip bones. It is associated with your emotions, sensuality, intimacy, sexuality and creativity.

The third chakra is called the Solar Plexus Chakra... and is named for the complex network of nerves in the stomach. It may also be called the Power chakra... as it is the area governing personal power.

The 4th chakra is called the Heart Chakra... and is located in the center of the chest near the heart. It is associated with love, compassion, unconditional love and happiness.

The Thymic or Higher Heart Chakra is called the Thymus Chakra... and is located in the upper chest, just above and to the right of the heart chakra... between the heart and throat chakras. This area is where intent originates, and the energy of this chakra connects the emotions of Divine love, compassion, truth and forgiveness with the area where language originates... encouraging you to speak from the heart.

The 5th chakra is called the Throat Chakra... and is located above the collar bone. It governs the area of the throat and the ears. It is associated with communication.

The 6th chakra is called the Third Eye Chakra... and is located in the forehead above the eyebrows. It governs the area of the pineal gland. The pineal gland has been believed since ancient times to be where 'second sight' or psychic sight was located.

The 7th chakra is called the Crown Chakra and it is located at the crown of the head... right above the top of the head. It is associated with the pituitary gland, spirituality, intelligence and deep thought.

Those chakras that are located below the feet and above the head.... are not included in the chakras listed above... as they are not within the body. The chakra below the feet is called the Earth Star Chakra. There are transpersonal chakras above the head... and the eighth chakra is the Soul Star Chakra.

The Grounding Chakra is called the Earth Chakra... and is located below the feet. It governs the principle of ensuring that you are able to ground your excess energy into the earth.

The Eighth Chakra is called the Soul Star Chakra... and is located above the crown chakra... a hand width above the head. It governs the ability to link the conscious mind with the Higher Self or soul. It is associated with spirituality, enlightenment and ascension.

Within the human energy field there are thousands of minor chakras, but when we speak of the chakras it is usual to speak of the seven major chakras. The smaller minor points are called meridians and are the lines of energy flow used by acupuncturists.

What Do Chakras Do

While you are aware that energy flows within the physical body, the energy that flows within the etheric body will affect you not only physically, but also emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

The heart chakra and those above... are often associated with your spiritual journey... and with the development of psychic gifts. If you have some imbalance in your system it may indicate that the chakra is not spinning properly.

Chakra balancing may be needed to improve your health and bring the chakras back to a state of perfect balance. Although you are born with your chakras in balance, it does not take long for life's experiences to cause a state of imbalance to occur.

How To Use Chakra Stones

Particular colors and sounds (vibrations) are associated with each chakra and so for healing you may use these specific colors or vibrations to heal the chakra. Healing crystals of those specific colors or vibrations will work on individual chakras.

The chakra colors are:

• Earth Star Chakra: black and brown
• Base Chakra: red and black
• Sacral Chakra: orange
• Solar Plexus Chakra: yellow
• Heart Chakra: both green and pink
• Thymus Chakra: pink, green, turquoise, aqua and bright white.
• Throat Chakra: blue
• Third Eye Chakra: purple
• Crown Chakra: violet and white
• Soul Star Chakra: bright white.

There are various stones of other colors... and mixed color stones that can be used as well. Once you know the chakra meanings it may be easier to acquire the natural crystals of the chakra colors.

Each chakra has an individual page listing its specific crystals.

Many high vibration stones... with strong crystal energy... will assist the area of the human energy field from the heart up. These chakras are very closely associated with the spiritual area within the etheric body... and may help to develop your psychic powers... including clairvoyant abilities, clairaudience, finding your spirit guide and developing intuition.

Using natural crystals of the two lowest chakras... the earth star and base chakras... can be of benefit, as these are important chakra stones. They are associated with spiritual grounding and with psychic protection... very important for everyone to know about... but especially of interest if your are doing spiritual development or working in psychic employment.

In Summary

Sometimes it is our emotions that alert us to the fact that we are experiencing an imbalance, especially when we feel that familiar feeling in the pit of the stomach... or solar plexus.

So we need to take action to bring our chakras back to perfect balance.

If we need to make changes in our life, it may be the feelings we experience in our chakras that can alert us. If we are wise we will use the knowledge of the chakra meanings to make a difference in the quality of our lives.