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Check your chart for an abundance of :

Aries 

It’s likely easy to balance:The Solar Plexus Chakra ,The Crown Chakra - natural confidence and a sense of unity with the self and your purpose could be easier to reach.

You could have trouble with:The Heart Chakra, The Root Chakra, The Third Eye Chakra- when you let impulsive traits and aggression take over your life.

Neutral on:The Sacral Chakra, The Throat Chakra- if you have a desire to connect to others and speak the truth there should be no issues.If you become disinterested in emotional connections and overly blunt there could be imbalances.

Taurus

It’s likely easy to balance: The Heart Chakra,The Root Chakra - ease in connecting to one’s values and being loving, ease in understanding how to ground oneself.

You could have trouble with: The Solar Plexus, The Sacral Chakra- self assertion and confidence is build slower here, there could be trouble in accepting changes with serenity.

Neutral on:The Third Eye Chakra,The Throat Chakra,The Crown Chakra- as you are very grounded it could be hard to tap into your intuition unless you work on it. Self expression needs to be developed. Could be hard to see one’s connection to the rest of the world in a spiritual sense.

Gemini

It’s likely easy to balance: The Throat Chakra, The Heart Chakra- naturally communicative and expressive and able to understand different sides,likely there’s little trouble in balancing those areas.

You could have trouble with: The Root Chakra, The Third Eye,The Solar Plexus-your versatile energy can have trouble grounding and your need for connections could make you imaginative but the vision is not unified. There could be a need to work on self-assertion and direction as well.

Neutral on:The Sacral Chakra, The Crown Chakra- If you are willing to connect with the world on a grand scale and develop a way to understand your emotions,this can improve.

Cancer

It’s likely easy to balance: The Third Eye Chakra, The Sacral Chakra- highly intuitive and emotionally connective,it’s likely those areas will be easy to balance.

You could have trouble with: The Heart Chakra,The Root Chakra,The Solar Plexus- there could be a lack of ease in self-assertion, grounding and understanding your own power,including issues with developing a freedom in one’s relationships.

Neutral on: The Throat Chakra,The Crown Chakra- self-expression and connectivity is not enhanced but due to your inner richness and spiritual side you could balance these if you work on them.

Leo

It’s likely easy to balance: The Crown Chakra,The Solar Plexus,The Sacral Chakra-very expressive and self-confident energy, likely to be giving and creative, in tune with your purpose and importance.

You could have trouble with: The Third Eye Chakra, The Root Chakra- there’s less emphasis on intuition and boundaries and more emphasis on confidence and fun with your energy,so these could be areas to work on to make your talents easier to manifest.

Neutral on: The Heart Chakra, The Throat Chakra- once you become aware of how your expression plays into your relationships with others and if you plus on making connections,these areas could improve.

Virgo

It’s likely easy to balance: The Root Chakra, The Throat Chakra- naturally intelligent and practical, mind over matter-like, you’re likely to have an easier time balancing those areas.

You could have trouble with: The Heart Chakra, The Third Eye Chakra,The Crown Chakra- more acceptance needs to be developed, in your relationships and towards the world, emphasizing the way your expression fits in the grand scheme of things can help with these areas.

Neutral on: The Sacral Chakra,The Solar Plexus Chakra-While you are fairly active in nature there could be a need to develop more confidence and a more profound understanding of internal emotional changes.

Libra 

It’s likely easy to balance: The Heart Chakra, The Throat Chakra- Naturally understanding and able to express as well as understand connectivity,it’s likely those areas won’t pose much of an issue.

You could have trouble with: The Root Chakra, The Solar Plexus- trusting in one’s own power and defining boundaries is necessary in order to balance things.

Neutral on: The Sacral Chakra, The Third Eye, The Crown Chakra- you have a healthy intuition but it’s up to a willingness to accept more profound and transformative connections in balancing these areas.

Scorpio

It’s likely easy to balance: The Sacral Chakra, The Third Eye Chakra, The Solar Plexus Chakra-passionate and driven as well as intuitive, your natural energy is attuned to understanding emotional transformations and in tune with those areas.

You could have trouble with: The Throat Chakra, The Heart Chakra- Likely to be secretive and inwardly drawn, it may take some work to connect mentally to others and accept differences in values.

Neutral on: The Crown Chakra, The Root Chakra- If you choose to aim your energy towards understanding your place in the Universe and develop a sense of purpose and work on manifestation,these areas could serve as a vehicle to your development.

Sagittarius

It’s likely easy to balance: The Throat Chakra, The Third Eye Chakra, The Crown Chakra- visionary and interested in expressing and learning universal truths, it’s likely there’s less issues in balancing those areas.

You could have trouble with: The Root Chakra, The Heart Chakra- there could be trouble understanding boundaries and differing perspectives unless there’s work done in those areas.

Neutral on: The Sacral Chakra, The Solar Plexus Chakra- there’s some ease in self-expression and forging emotional connections,but there would be work needed to understand one’s emotional transformations here.

Capricorn

It’s likely easy to balance:The Root Chakra, The Third Eye Chakra, The Crown Chakra- easily understanding one’s place in the word and the importance of building towards the future,there’s likely not to be much issue balancing these areas.

You could have trouble with: The Heart Chakra, The Sacral Chakra - there needs to be more ease in give and take through relating and work on obtaining an easier flow of emotions and thoughs between self and other in these areas.

Neutral on:  The Solar Plexus,The Throat Chakra- although there is drive to assert oneself there could be confidence issues and restrictions in self expression that can be improved upon.

Aquarius

It’s likely easy to balance: The Crown Chakra, The Heart Chakra, The Throat Chakra- able to communicate and channel messages that can help bring about progress, these areas are likely naturally active and easier to balance.

You could have trouble with: The Sacral Chakra, The Solar Plexus- There’s a need to understand how individuality and emotional transformations can affect oneself and the world,and work is needed in these areas.

Neutral on: The Third Eye Chakra, The Root Chakra- there is some understanding of systems together with an understanding of the future but intuition and the ability to ground one’s visions into reality can be developed further with some work.

Pisces

It’s likely easy to balance: The Crown Chakra, The Third Eye Chakra, The Sacral Chakra- accepting of change and vulnerability,while naturally imaginative -it could be easy to balance these areas. 

You could have trouble with: The Root Chakra, The Solar Plexus- it may be more difficult to develop healthy boundaries and assert or define the self in interactions with the world-so these areas need development.

Neutral on: The Heart Chakra, The Throat Chakra- while understanding, this energy is not naturally so expressive and is more focused on unity than understanding differences and separations,so these areas could bring a new dimension of understanding if worked on.

inlightofolympus:

I was interested in seeing if the Ancient Greeks had a system of chakras, I’ll refer to them as centers throughout the rest of this post, similar to the Hindus and Buddhists. I found this interesting essay by John Opsopaus, The Parts of The Soul: A Greek System of Chakras, and how in Plato’s Timaeus, he notes the existence of various energy points in the body, although he did not name them outright. I think it is interesting enough, so I’d like to bring this to a wider audience.

Plato’s Theory of the Soul

Before we get talking about the various centers, we must first talk about Plato’s theory of the soul. He believes the soul is made of the logos(logic, the mind, and reason), thymos(emotion, passion, and aggression), and epithymia(appetite, sexual desire, and desire). Logos resides in the head, thymos resides in the chest, and the epithymia is located in the stomach.

Koruphe

The first center, koruphe, relates to the crown of the head, governs the connection to the divine, and is also the first part of the soul dedicated to the logos. Plato believed that humans stood upright because the koruphe gravitates towards the heavens. It was also believed that one who had great intellect, a nimbus (a halo of flames) would form around their head. Thus, this is associated with the Sahasrara.

Enkephalos

The second center, enkephalos, relates to the brain, the psyche, and is the second part of the soul dedicated to the logos. As the hair is believed to emanate from the psyche, it makes sense why the enkephalos resides in the brain. It also controls rational thought, and is believed that the enkephalos governs and controls all the lower centers. Thus, this is associated with the Ajna.

Trachelos

The third center, trachelos, relates to the neck, communication and purity, and is the first part of the soul dedicated to the thymos. It acts as a bridge between the logos (the immortal soul) and the thymos (the mortal soul). The trachelos allows communication between the logos and the other two parts of the soul, but also acts as a purifier between the logos and the others, as to prevent them from polluting the logos. Thus, this is associated with the Visuddha.

Phrenes

The fourth center, phrenes, relates to the heart, the seat of the thymos, and is the second part of the soul dedicated to the thymos. As the thymos is especially related to the heart and the lungs (the pnuema, or the Spirit), it is no wonder the phrenes is located here. Emotions and feelings are generated here, but especially anger. The feeling mind is located here, thus it is the opposite of the enkephalos. Thus, this is associated with the Anahata.

Under the phrenes is the midriff partition, which separates the two parts of the Mortal Soul, as the lower three centers relates to the body and desire.

Gaster

The fifth center, gaster, relates to the stomach, the Fire element, and is the first part of the soul dedicated to the epithymia. We share this center and the lower two with animals, relating to the more primal and body needs. The gaster is also known as the Appetitive Soul, as this is where all appetite and desire (both nutritional and sexual) comes from. The Fire element resides here also, allowing digestion in the process of pepsis(which I might cover in a later post). Thus, this is associated with the Manipura.

Gonades

The sixth center, gonades, relates to the genitalia, life, and is the second part of the soul dedicated to the epithymia. This center is considered where the Soul meets the Body. This is where the desire for life and procreation comes from, and where life is formed. The Ancient Greeks also believed that semen was a spiritual essence brought from the enkephalos to create new life. Thus, this is associated with the Svadhisthana.

Hieron Osteon

The seventh and final center, hieron osteon, relates to the base of the spine, survival instincts, and is the third part of the soul dedicated to the epithymia. This is where all of our primal survival instincts come from. It’s where we cling on to life and resort to when we are close to death. Thus, this is associated with the Muladhara.

Other Centers

While not major centers, it is believed that there was a higher concentration of the spiritual sap at the hands, knees, thighs, and chest.

What to Take From This

I think this can be very helpful in trying to avoid cultural appropriation of closed off cultures and religions. Plus, I’d like to see more development in the Hellenic centers, as there isn’t any correspondences for each center, besides the organ its associated with. (Plato did not go into depth on any of them, and only had minor notes of each one.) This can also be used in Ancient Greek medicine, which I also plan to go more in-depth.

I’m very interested in seeing what y’all will use with this!

Resources

John Opsopaus - The Parts of the Soul: A Greek System of Chakras
Plato’s Timaeus
Greek Medicine - Greek Chakras

hippydippywitchy:

north-shore-witch:

I’ll say it before and I’ll say it again

CHAKRA’S ARE A BUDDHIST PRACTICE AND THEREFORE NOT PART OF A CLOSED RELIGION

A little louder for the people in the back

Chackra’s are a Buddhist practice and therefore not part of a closed religion

Interesting, I had always thought they were closed because they are also a part of Hindu belief. But after looking through the comments and then looking into it a little bit online, I see that there is a chakra system in both Buddhism and Hinduism.

It seems that Buddhists believe in a five chakra system, while Hindus believe in six of seven. So (genuine question!) does this mean that to work with the five chakra system would be acceptable but to work with the six or seven system would be appropriative?

Fantastic question!

Six chakras is pretty much an exclusive Hindu belief, but once you go into a deeper level of chakra study, then there is no defined system. However, for the average beginner, Buddhism usually believes in 4,5,7, or 10 chakras, depending on the person. 5 was the first system introduced to Buddhism and is still the main system used by , 4 is less common, 7 is the newest but also the most common, and 10 is the least common. However they are all studied and practiced for the last 450+ years so take that as you will.

Here’s what I’ve always studied and what I’ve always taught. Chakras are a gathering of energy that are attached to us but exist in an extraordinarily fluid reality. Each person is going to have more or less depending on themselves, and what they hope to accomplish when they are focusing on their chakras. However most people have one at their head, one at their heart, and one at the end of the spine known. But Chakras aren’t fixed at these locations. There are some people I know who focus on as many as 16 chakra points. However for the average student, 5 or 7 is the way to go.

• spirituality is simply humbleness

the creator lives within every soul