Auras: Some Basics & Categories of Reading

Some* Aura Basics

*I only intended to give enough basics to grant an understanding of the rest of the article.

Auras are the energy we give off that surrounds us. It typically forms an egg, oval, or spherical shape around the person. It can be just as complex as the internal energy system: it can have many layers, components, energetic constructs, and so on. 

Auras are so much more than just a representation of someone’s emotions. 

All incoming and outgoing environmental energy is filtered through the aura, simply because our auras surround us. If you send energy out through your hands, it passes through your aura simply because your hand is submerged in your aura. To skip the aura, one would have to intentionally control and adjust it such that the hand sticks outside of it for the duration of the working. 

This makes the aura significant in any external workings. It is an automatic filter applied to any external energy sendings or intake. 

There are so many different layers and methods that auras can be dissected into. Here are a few other categories of auras. Note that these are not mutually exclusive; it is possible to switch between the different views by focusing your intent. 

A Complete History of the Person’s Life to Present

Auras can contain the entire history of a person. When viewing auras with this intention in mind, I often see the layers like the rings on a tree, or if eggs could have layers on layers of shells. The state of the layer and any different spots or colorations on it can reflect how the day went. Happy days will look bright with minimum dark spots, mixed days may be bright but with many dark spots, and so on. Using a clair skill, one may focus on any noticeable spots on the aura and scry into the memories of that day. If the spots are negative, one may heal those specific spots. 

Each day is a new layer, becoming the newest outermost layer. Therefore the oldest days are closer to the person, while the newest days are closer to the outside. This is because our energy leaves us and flows towards the outside, like water flows to the surface of a spring. And while these newer days are on the outside, they still must filter through all of the older layers first before emerging outwards. 

In relation to environmental energy exchange, therefore, all incoming environmental energy will penetrate the newest layers first, then the old ones, then reach the person. And vice versa for sending energy out: it will filter through the older layers, first, then newer, then finally be outside of the person. Any time energy comes in or goes out, it can pick up both good and bad energy from previous days in the person’s life. 

It is difficult to say exactly how much the quality of energy exchange with the environment is affected by the aura: all living beings have auras, and it takes extra work to keep the energy for exchange separate from the aura. However it can be assumed that how much it affects the quality of energy going in or out will entirely depend on how much “stuff” is within the aura. Therefore it is recommended that any energy healers pay attention not only to their internal energy body, but to also dissect their aura and include that maintenance as part of their practice as well. 

Someone’s Current Emotions

This is the one new agers are familiar with the most: using auras as a form of emotional scrying.  But in addition to color, all of the other senses can be integrated as well. For example, the aura of someone who recently cried may be far more watery than usual. An angry person’s aura may smell sharp or acrid. And so on. 

The Latent Energy Someone is Releasing into the Environment

All living beings release energy into the environment by virtue of being alive and having a metabolism. Personally I see this more of “burn-off” from the aura rather than part of the aura proper; as this latent energy is quite literally released- it’s not part of the generator’s energy anymore. And therefore no longer part of the person. 

This latent energy can be examined to see what effects the person’s energy has on the environment. It can also be used to check on the current energetic state of that person; are they well or unwell? 

Energies Associated with a Specific Energy Center

Focusing your intent can allow one to look at the energies that a specific energy center is giving off. This allows a reader to analyze the health of an energy center by checking the quality of energy that it is giving off. 

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Post Edition: March 06 2022