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1. Chakras

Throat Chakra

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Throat Chakra

The throat chakra is the gatekeeper between the heart and third eye chakra. It holds both love and wisdom as well as stories from this lifetime and the past. Our words create energy in the form of frequency, intention and tone. It is important to use our words wisely for every word creates a vibration that ripples throughout the universe. The energy of our words resembles the primordial essence of creation.

The Sanskrit word Vishuddha, means “especially pure”, as a reminder to speak truth. Our throat chakra holdsour personal and collective stories within our conscious and unconscious mind. As the chakra of communication, we can choose the stories we wish to share and how we want to speak them.

Throat Chakra – Etheric Body

Sanskrit: Vishuddha (especially pure)

Color: Blue

Location: Throat

Body System: Vocal System

Goals: Clear communication, speaking your truth peacefully.

Practice: Be true to your word, see how your words or your silence affects you and the world around you.

Impacts: Being lied to, having to hold too many family secrets. Not being able to speak your truth without fear.

Physical Imbalance: Sore throat, stiff neck. Loss of voice.

Emotional Imbalance: Shyness, silence, lying, fear of speaking the truth. Disconnection from yourself and others.

Archetype: Tree roots. “Tree & truth” share the same root.

Direction: Below (Roots of a Tree – Our Feet on Earth)

Perceptual State: Under World, Subconscious, Past.

Plant Ally: Elderberry for soothing.

Essential Oils: Chamomile, Gardenia, Bergamot, Fir.

Foods: Fruits, especially juicy fruits such as oranges, lemons, limes, apples, pears, cherries, mangos, kiwi, peaches, melons.

Stones & Crystals:  Amazonite, Celestite, Sodalite, Angelite, Aquamarine, Blue Calcite, Turquoise, Azurite, Chrysocolla, Blue Fluorite, Blue Lace Agate, Blue Kyanite, Lapis.

Sacred Geometry: Fruit of Life

Platonic Solid: Octahedron

Element: Air

Sacred Belief: Roots of Monotheism in Judaism.

Consciousness: Collective Unconscious.

Message: Are we speaking truthfully, do we know our truth?  The throat chakra will help us speak our truth from a place of love, compassion and peaceful power.

“Every spoken word arouses our self-will.” – Johanne Wolfgang von Goethe 

If you liked what you read and want more... you may be interested in having the actual guidebook and card deck. The 134 page full-color book is sold separately from the cards. My goal is to find a publisher who can offer this as a set. In the meantime, you can purchase either the book or cards via these links. Thank you for your support. Laural

Mandala Chakra book available at: Amazon

Mandala Chakra card deck available at: Printers Studio

If you wish to gift one of my mandalas to a friend or hang in your home or office they are available in my online gallery: Ink Drop Arthaus

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2. Nature

Tree Roots

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The throat chakra is the place of communication, resonance and truth. The roots of a tree symbolize theorigins of stories that have been shared and stored within the conscious and subconscious mind for thousands of years.

Our ancient ancestors saw trees as benevolent beings that held the secrets of life and death. Mankind’s fascination with death and rebirth created epic stories of deities who ruled the Under World, Upper World and Middle World. This laid the foundation for many of today’s beliefs and religions. These mythic stories grew organically through the ancient tradition of storytelling. They became epic tales that were passed on from one generation to another. Each storyteller added their own unique voice.

Tree roots are also associated with the lower world of earth where our body will return after death. Thisassociation of death and the underworld is natural. The underworld was originally seen as the place wherethe physical body returned to rest, sinking back into its original home to replenish the earth for futuregenerations.

As religions formed the underworld became known as a dark and scary place where souls roamed in eternal punishment.

Names such as Hades and Hel in Greco-Roman and Norse mythology have synonymous with the underworld that is ruled by gods and goddesses. To shamanic cultures the underworld held the wisdom of the past. Shamans would travel through the roots of a sacred tree into the underworld to access the wisdom of the ancients.

Message:  Search for the deeper meaning of the stories we have been told before sharing them with others.Understand the origins of how this story began. Sense what feels true to our soul before sharing it withothers. As a storyteller, we have the opportunity to heal old stories by telling it in a new way. As we shareour stories through the spoken word, we create a new reality for ourself and future generations.

“Maybe you are searching among branches for what only appears in the roots” – Rumi 

If you liked what you read and want more... you may be interested in having the actual guidebook and card deck. The 134 page full-color book is sold separately from the cards. My goal is to find a publisher who can offer this as a set. In the meantime, you can purchase either the book or cards via these links. Thank you for your support. Laural

Mandala Chakra book available at: Amazon

Mandala Chakra card deck available at: Printers Studio

If you wish to gift one of my mandalas to a friend or hang in your home or office they are available in my online gallery: Ink Drop Arthaus

Photo by – Nina Riel from Shuffle Tarot.

For more information visit: lauralwauters.com

3. Sacred Geometry

Fruit of Life

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The clockwork nature of time is held in the throat chakra. This story is revealed in the geometry of the fruit of life matrix by adding two rings of 18 and 24 circles to the flower of life.

The first ring of 18 circles represents an 18-year Saros cycle, when the Sun, Moon and Earth return to the same relative location to repeat a solar or lunar eclipse. This cycle helped ancient astronomers predict the time and location of the Sun and Moon as they began to measure time and space. A Sar is the 9-year period between a lunar and solar eclipse.

The second ring of 24 circles represents the 24-hours in “one-day”, or one rotation of earth on its axis. A day is defined by 2, 12-hour periods of AM (after midnight) and PM (after noon).

By adding these rings of 18 and 24 circles with the 19 circles in the flower of life, a total of 60 interlocking circles surrounds the central “one”. This correlates to 60-minutes in “one-hour” and 60-seconds in “one-minute”.

The actual fruit of life pattern is created by focusing on the 13-independent circles within the 61 circles. Each of these 13 circles represents a 7-day week, or a 13-week cycle, which is the approximate number of weeks within the four seasons of: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. These four 13-week seasons equate to a 52-week year.

The sacred geometry held within the fruit of life inspired the creation of calendars and clocks, which brought order into everyday life. As farming communities grew, temple towns were created and the nature of time was kept secret by temple priests and priestess. Eventually calendars and time were used to control the people and enforce laws. As patriarchy grew, men associated themselves with the solar world of the sun, as “keepers of the seed”. Women were associated with the lunar world of the moon, as “keepers of the mystery”.

Time is relative to how we perceive it, and interact with it. To some, time is an illusion, to others it’s a mathematical model. In reality, Earth will continue to rotate each day on its axis as it orbits the Sun every 365.25 days. The Moon will hide and reveal itself as it moves in harmony with the Sun. Earth’s tilted axis will determine the days when each of the four seasons begin.

Message: It is time to rethink and reset as we prepare for change.  Become aware of our surroundings and identify what needs to shift in order to move forward. We are encouraged to share our stories with others as we shift into this new reality.

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” – Plato 

If you liked what you read and want more... you may be interested in having the actual guidebook and card deck. The 134 page full-color book is sold separately from the cards. My goal is to find a publisher who can offer this as a set. In the meantime, you can purchase either the book or cards via these links. Thank you for your support. Laural

Mandala Chakra book available at: Amazon

Mandala Chakra card deck available at: Printers Studio

If you wish to gift one of my mandalas to a friend or hang in your home or office they are available in my online gallery: Ink Drop Arthaus

Photo by – Nina Riel from Shuffle Tarot.

For more information visit: lauralwauters.com

4. Platonic Solids

Octahedron

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The octahedron represents the element of air, which is expressed in the throat chakra through our breath and voice. Breathing is a reciprocal process of receiving and releasing life force energy.

An octahedron is a polygon with eight equal triangular faces. It is made up of two four-sided triangles(pyramids) of equal proportion that meet at the base. These dual pyramids represent cosmic balance.Greek philosophers saw two levels of air. “Aer” is the atmosphere that we breathe, which surrounds ourearth. “Aether/ether” is the air above the clouds associated with the divine sky.

Air is the creative essence of life; breath creates life through vibration. In Chinese philosophy air is chi orbreath, the eternal source of life force energy. In Hindu tradition, Prana is the act of breathing in life. In Christianity, breath in the form of a word was seen as the creation essence of god.

The air we breathe is in fact made up of nitrogen, oxygen, argon and carbon dioxide. Trees are often called the lungs of earth because they breathe in carbon dioxide and release life giving oxygen. Breathing is a reciprocal process as we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide.

Becoming mindful of breathing is to be present now.

Message: We are being asked to become more conscious of the air we breathe and how we breathe. Use our breath to exhale any heavy energy and inhale life-giving energy. As we find our inner balance, allow ourself to rest and recharge. We are entering a period of renewed creativity in our life. Be conscious how our words and our voice create our reality.

“Breath is the bridge, which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts.” -Thich Nhat Hanh 

If you liked what you read and want more... you may be interested in having the actual guidebook and card deck. The 134 page full-color book is sold separately from the cards. My goal is to find a publisher who can offer this as a set. In the meantime, you can purchase either the book or cards via these links. Thank you for your support. Laural

Mandala Chakra book available at: Amazon

Mandala Chakra card deck available at: Printers Studio

If you wish to gift one of my mandalas to a friend or hang in your home or office they are available in my online gallery: Ink Drop Arthaus

Photo by – Nina Riel from Shuffle Tarot.

For more information visit: lauralwauters.com

6. Consciousness

Collective Unconscious

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Fruit of Life

The collective unconscious is held within the shared stories, memories, instincts, and experiences common to all humans.

Carl Jung saw these patterns as archetypes that were manifested through dreams and behaviors. These collective shadows are influenced by ancestral experiences that shaped science, religion and morality.

The throat chakra holds the stories of our collective unconscious. These stories were passed on through generations of storytellers. The throat holds the archetypal wounds of man and woman, etched in the shadow of the psyche.

By shedding light on the shadowy stories held within the collective unconscious we see them for what they are. From here we can begin to rewrite the stories and shed light for others to heal. The goal is to awaken the collective unconscious to become conscious of our choices and heal these old stories to create a better world.

Message: It is time for us to reclaim the wisdom that is within us. Look at the old stories of our life and see the wisdom hiding among the fears and gifts. This will help us to speak our truth and share it with others from a place of peaceful power.  Words spoken with love and wisdom are the most powerful gifts we can give to the world.

“The collective unconscious – so far as we can say anything about it at all – appears to consist of mythological motifs or primordial images, for which reason the myths of all nations are its real exponents. In fact, the whole of mythology could be taken as a sort of projection of the collective unconscious” – Carl Jung 

If you liked what you read and want more... you may be interested in having the actual guidebook and card deck. The 134 page full-color book is sold separately from the cards. My goal is to find a publisher who can offer this as a set. In the meantime, you can purchase either the book or cards via these links. Thank you for your support. Laural

Mandala Chakra book available at: Amazon

Mandala Chakra card deck available at: Printers Studio

If you wish to gift one of my mandalas to a friend or hang in your home or office they are available in my online gallery: Ink Drop Arthaus

Photo by – Nina Riel from Shuffle Tarot.

For more information visit: lauralwauters.com