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5: The Throat Chakra

 

Vishuddha

 

The throat chakra deals with communication, expression, and the use of will. The gland associated with this gland is the thyroid gland. The color most associated with this chakra is blue. This chakra is the one that is being developed in the Aquarian Age.

 

 

Section 1Section 1:
Essential Information

 

 

Section 2Section 2:
Balance vs Imbalance

 

 

Section 3Section 3:
How To Balance & Heal

 

 

OTHER NAMES FOR THE THROAT CHAKRA
Fifth Chakra, Vishuddha

THROAT CHAKRA ELEMENTHALSCHAKRA ELEMENT
Ether / Sound

THROAT CHAKRA CORRESPONDING GLAND
Thyroid

THROAT CHAKRA LOCATION
Center of the throat

NUMBER OF PETALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THROAT CHAKRA
16

THROAT CHAKRA SOUND
Vibrates on the note of G

It’s sound is UU and its intoned word is «you».

THROAT CHAKRA MANTRA
HAM

THROAT CHAKRA COLOR
Blue

THROAT CHAKRA AFFIRMATION
I speak…

THROAT CHAKRA WISDOM
Communication

PHYSICAL DYSFUNCTION OF THE THROAT CHAKRA
Throat, vocal chords, trachea, neck, mouth, teeth, gums, esophagus, shoulders, arms, hands, hypothalamus

As you would imagine of the throat chakra, sore throats are a very strong physical indicator of disturbance here, as too are coughs. They are often an indicator that someone doesn’t feel safe saying something and often, they themselves make no connection to the issue at hand.

When someone loses their voice it's a complete giveaway to issues here.

One of my own patients came to me with a cough that had lasted for over three years. Despite seeing myriad doctors and specialists, no-one seemed to be able to find a cause.

She, herself, after reading my book on bronchitis had decided it must have an emotional undercurrent but suspected that it may have been from years of biting her tongue around her feelings about her sister’s marriage.

As an outsider, it was easy to see she felt disappointed in the house she and her husband had chosen. She spoke of it with hatred but didn’t feel it was something she could tell her man.

Over time, situations demanded they move to a new house, and by then her work with her oils (in particular, sweet basil) had brought the issues into her eye-line and given her a chance to consider them.

She moved to a cottage in a village she adored and within weeks the cough shifted and thus far has never returned.

Other possible signs you might expect to see are a stiff neck and perpetual colds. Thyroid issues often improve when you spend time working here.

Other areas of the body that are controlled and connected by the throat chakra are the parathyroid, neck, shoulders, arms and hands... external limbs that reach out into the world, I guess to hug.


FEELINGS, ENERGETICS AND MENTALITY OF THE THROAT CHAKRA
In medical astrology, the throat chakra relates to mercury, the planet of communication. This is the seat of anything that relates to communication and expression.

The main lesson of the throat chakra comes through the personality that we show to the world. Expression comes in two ways. How we speak to other people and how we convey what our thoughts and values are, but also how we dress and wear our hair.

Naturally, this also means creativity, the color and vibrancy that we portray to the world.

This is the chakra of inspiration and whilst it does translate as making time to tinker with a motor bike or doing some embroidery, more, it’s the parts you choose for the bike, and the colors and stitches you choose for the thread. It's the ideas made manifest and transmitted to the world.

This sort of expression requires confidence. Not only do you have to believe you can do it, but then you have to be brave enough to unveil your ideas to the world.

That moment when you say,” look what went on in my mind” is a very naked one. You are exposed.

The throat chakra conveys the wisdom that ultimately, we have our own free will to be exactly who we want to be. With that freedom, comes the responsibility to speak kindly.

It teaches us that the way that we connect with other people, and in fact the universe at large, is no-on else’s choice but our own.

Now, Mercury is the Master of Communication.

He rules information, data and what we do with it. He not only rules swift intellect but also manual dexterity, so again that’s tiny nuts and bolts for the mechanic, and intricate stitchery for the seamstress.

All these also apply to the throat chakra… interestingly too, mercury's color is blue.

But Mercury has a higher octave, which is Neptune which could, by extension, be construed as the darker side of the throat chakra.

Neptune rules deception, misdirection. It has links with addiction, with hallucinogenic drugs and foggy thinking and with the misfits of society.

When the throat chakra distorts, we see all these connections playing out. Likewise, in its upside, Neptune is the glamorous film star, the charismatic leader, and most certainly the powerful individual.

Energetics
Within the 16 petals of the blue chakra we should contemplate the kalas of Lord Vishnu.