Merry Meet, Fellow Stars

Today, we will be exploring the 7 chakras of Hinduism

What Even Are Chakras?

In most forms of modern metaphysics and alchemy, it is said that a living thing is comprised of 3 parts: a physical body, an emotional body, and a spiritual body (or as it is better known, a mind, body, and soul). These chakras are parts of all of them in a way. That being they are energy centers, pools of mana, control centers of your very being. Hindu monks often related them to the lotus flower, and claimed there to be thousands of them. Now, we won't be going over 3,000+ chakra today. Luckily, relatively recently, a little over 1000 years ago, several monks came forward claiming there were only 7 you needed to really keep an eye on, plus a few more if one wished to devote themselves entirely to enlightenment. We will go over 9 today.

The Earth-Star

Location: About a foot beneath the soles of your feet

Colour: Black

Element: Earth

Associations: Connection, Roots, The Physical

What It Deals With: This chakra is not of the main chakra, but it comes into play when you are grounding yourself, to connect with the Earth and Her energies. This star is the end of your roots, the source to that connection, like an electrical adapter.

The Root Chakra

Location: The base of the spine

Colour: Red

Element: Earth

Associations: The physical, survival, ancestory, blood, connection to the Earth

What It Deals With: If the Earth-Star is the root's end, the Root Chakra is the root's base, and is the beginning of the cycle of kundalini, or Source energy through your being. This chakra is what connects you to everything you can see around you.

The Sacral Chakra

Location: Just above the genitalia

Colour: Orange

Element: Water

Associations: Passion, inspiration, creativity, emotion

What It Deals With: The Sacral is our emotion. However, this isn't emotion for others so much as ourselves, our own emotion. This is the center for our creativity and passion as well

The Solar Plexus

Location: Just above the naval

Colour: Yellow

Element: Fire

Associations: Optimism, self-esteem, gut feelings, drive

What It Deals With: The Solar Plexus deals with taking action, knowing what you need to do and doing it without doubt. Just Do It! This Chakra is also associated with general happiness for this very reason

The Heart Chakra

Location: Over the Heart

Colour: Green, but it is sometimes associated with the colour pink (I personally like to envision a little of both, like a rose bush)

Element: Air

Associations: Love, emotion for others, sympathy, social balance

What It Deals With: Finally, at this chakra, we begin to hold our emotions over others. Those we love we can sympathize/empathize with, and be there for them. But this chakra also deals with self-love, the ability to know your own worth, as well as maintaining a take/give balance

We will finish later on, as after this, chakras get more complex, and require more explanation than is provided here to understand, and this post is long enough as it is, so for now, Blessed Be my bright stars, keep shining your light upon the world!