Planets and chakras

Chakras are the energy centers in our body. The word chakra means wheel. We
have seven main chakras and each chakra is located on a plexus (center of a network of
nerves). These energy centers are responsible for keeping our spiritual, physical and
mental aspects in balance. This subtle system is the same in every human. What is
different is how we use it and with what quality.

Each chakra is ruled by a planet. Chakras display the nature and characteristics of their
ruling planets. Birth charts, which are formulated according to our date and time of birth,
show the aspects the planets were in when we were born and how they relate with each
other. While our birth chart describes our spiritual, physical and mental aspects, it also
helps us see how the planets shape us and affect our chakras and energy body. The
first breath that we took on this earth has made its mark on every cell of our being and
has become an unseperable part of us. Entire humanity shared that moment with us
and life started flowing with the next moment. However, that moment of our birth
spreads over our entire life and gives us the responsibility to use that moment to the
benefit of all humans. Only we hold the chance to make that moment perfect. We can

feel that our life is part of the universe as we get to know ourselves and balance our
being.

The seven chakras within us is like a reflection of the entire solar system. In one sense,
humans are a microcosmos of the macrocosmos. Therefore, universal energies
symbolized with those of the solar system exist within us too. Now let us look at the
connection between the planets and chakras.

Our first chakra that is located beneath the spinal cord is called the
Mooladhara. Mars, which is also the ruler of the sign Aries, governs this center known
also as the root chakra. The mooladhara chakra represents innocence, purity, pure
childlike joy, wisdom, sense of direction and a strong connection with earth and life. If
this chakra is strong within us, it gives us wisdom and decisiveness in our action, the
ability to find the right direction in life and to make correct decisions. Among planets
Mars represents friendly and kind physical strength and action. The energy of Mars is
intense, natural and sometimes instinctive. Our action carries physical dynamism and
courage with positive Mars energy. We live each day with the enthusiasm of a child and
with fresh desire to discover life thanks to this energy.

Mars rules a persons sexual energy in astrology. Badly affected Mars takes a person to

extremes. Similarly, the Mooladhara chakra governs the reproductive organs but its
sensitivity is harmed due to extremes and things that are not innocent. We can feel the
purity within us and have the desire to live accordingly as our first chakra becomes
stronger.

Our second chakra, the Swadisthan, is located in our abdomen area

and is ruled by Mercury. Mercury governs the signs of Gemini and Virgo in astrology.
The most important function of this chakra is to break up fat cells in the stomach and
provide the energy that is needed to renew white and gray cells in the brain. It also
strengthens our thinking capacity. This chakra supports our sense of aesthetics and
creativity in all fields. The ability to understand easily, come up with practical solutions to
our problems in life and intelligence all come from this chakra. Mercury represents
intelligence, the mind and creativity in astrology.

Pure knowledge flows into our being from the Greater Consciousness with this chakra.
Mercury serves as a bridge between the spirit, matter and mind. It rules fine arts and
science. Strong Mercury energy in the birth chart can even connect the most complex
thoughts and difficult concepts.

People under the influence of this planet experience constant mental activity. This could
give rise to an easily angered and impatient nature. The result is the same when we use
the energy of our second chakra too much. A balanced Swadisthan enables a person to
make healthy decisions with clear attention.

The third chakra is located in our stomach area and is called the
Nabhi. This chakra represents satisfaction, balance, morality, generosity and the
capacity to evolve. The ruling planet is Jupiter - the same as the sign that governs
Sagittarius. Jupiter has a noble, generous, helpful and virtuous nature. It gives
prosperity and increases everything both good and bad. It is the planet of good luck.
Our financial wealth is governed by this planet. Our third chakra gives us well being in
both material and spiritual life. A good nabhi chakra makes us feel satisfied with what
we have and helps us be very generous when necessary. The third chakra is like a
house with two doors. Wealth enters through one door and spreads from the other, thus
continuing the cycle. The universal energy provides us with all that we need and we do
not ask for more.

When it is functioning badly, Jupiter signifies an imbalanced and undecided personality.

The person could indulge into fanatism and extremism in their thinking, up to the point of
tyranny. He could incur debt and borrow without thinking. Such an energy would also
make a person seek luxury.

Jupiter governs justice, honesty, religion and philosophy. It can make a person moral,
virtuous and honest by birth. Our nabhi chakra also represents these qualities. We
manifest greater sense of justice and higher human virtues as this chakra develops. We
seek spiritual evolution and ways to become better humans.

Our fourth chakra is our heart chakra which gives pure love,
compassion, the quality of being a good parent, self confidence and
detachment. Most importantly, our spirit is located in our heart and the spirit is nothing

but love. Its ruling planet is Venus, which represents love, beauty, art and rules the signs
of Taurus and Libra.

A well-functioning Venus creates harmony and beauty wherever it is. It makes people
feel nice.

Strong Venus in a birth chart gives a person significant beauty. This beauty spreads
from the inner nature of a person and reflects on the behavior and attitude of a person.
Kindness and sweetness enable us to create positive feelings within people and help us
transform them. We feel more identified with our spirit as our heart opens. The energy of
pure love that is awakened within our heart spontaneously spreads to our surrounding
and sparks such feelings within the people around us as well.

The fifth chakra is called the Vishuddhi. Located in our throat area, this
chakra helps us feel that we are part and parcel of the whole. When this chakra is open
it makes us feel that we are part and parcel of the whole. We experience the feeling of
being one with the universe, with nature and with other humans when this chakra is
open. The ruling planet for this energy center is Saturn. Saturn also governs the
signs of Capricorn and Aquarius. Difficult aspects of Saturn in our birth chart make us
feel lonely in life. Saturn is like a disciplined teacher. The location of Saturn in our birth
chart gives us tests in that area of life and helps us improve our weak points. It reveals
the parts of human character that need to be completed. At times it limits, creates
obstacles and makes initiatives useless. Saturn does this so we learn the lesson it is
trying to teach. Once we learn and discover our limits, Saturn gives us stability,
sturdiness and detachment.

The fifth chakra also governs the ability to discriminate between right and wrong within
us. At times when Saturn is testing us, we are able to use our discrimination power to
understand what is right and wrong with the help of this chakra. This energy center also
gives us a witness state. It helps us to enjoy life while playing our role and witnessing all
the tragedies and difficulties like a drama. The earth, the entire universe and planets
play a role in this game and put it on stage.

Saturn, when functioning badly, creates a pessimistic personality that cannot see the
good things in life and feels sorry for itself.

The sixth chakra, which is located in the forehead, is called the

Agnya. The ruling planet is the Sun. The Agnya chakra contains the ego and our
conditionings. The Sun, on the other hand, forms our character and sense of being
according to the energy of the sign it is located in. The keyword is I. The sign in which
the Sun is located is our main sign and signifies the stage of evolution with which we
were born on this earth as well as the lessons we need to learn in life. It forms our
sense of identity. We all have different identities that make us unique. Our family,
education, friends, world view, the teams we support, etc. However, they are all
identities created by our ego.

Our ego and conditionings cannot rule over us when our Agnya chakra opens. We
perceive our spirit, which is a deeper identity within us. Within us we start establishing
humility and the fact that we are pure spirit. Dominant energy of the sun in the birth
chart can make a person dominating, conceited and egoistical. What blocks the sixth
chakra is vanity, which makes a person feel superior to others.

Apart from this, forgiveness dawns within us as we feel the pure spirit within everyone.

The seventh chakra, our Sahasrara, is the fontanelle area on top

of our head that was soft when we were small. The ruling planet is the Moon,
which also governs the sign Cancer. The Sahasrara chakra is above all chakras and
is made up of a combination of all the chakras on top of our head. The Moon governs
emotions, instincts and our mind. The opening of the seventh chakra helps the chakras
within us become integrated with each other and establishes a strong connection
between us and the cosmic energy. This integration carries a person beyond
consciousness. In astrology the moon defines the unconscious state of our character, in
other words, it signifies an area beyond our consciousness. This unconscious state has
always existed and it will always exist as it is the all pervading power that encompasses
the entire universe.

The Sahasrara chakra is a door that opens from our individual consciousness to the
consciousness of the all pervading power. A strong moon at the time of birth makes a
person sensitive, instinctive, creative, sacrificing, able to understand others and spiritual.
The Moon also represents productivity, femininity and developed feelings of motherhood
within us.

The personality has a changing nature in a birth chart with a dominant moon because
the moon is the fastest to tour the zodiac. The energy it reflects constantly changes and
flows. The moon also bestows a strong ability to adapt. Similarly, the universe is also
constantly changing and flowing. When our seventh chakra is open and has established
connection with the universal energy, we feel like a drop that has mixed into the ocean
and that our being is in harmony with this great flow.

Gems and chakras

First energy center: Mooladhara

Stone: Coral

This energy center is located just beneath our spinal cord and carries our childlike qualities.
- Purity
- Innocence
- Wisdom
- The ability to discriminate between right and wrong

It enables a person to feel pure joy like he did when he was a child. Coral supports the manifestation of these
qualities.
If you are lacking in joy and cannot discriminate between right and wrong, if you want to strengthen your foresight and
want to remain in balance then what you need is coral accessories! They can be worn anywhere on the hand, wrist,
neck, etc.

Second energy center: Swadisthan

Stone: Amethyst

This energy center is located in the groin area and manifests a persons creativity. To do so, it brings about pure and
correct knowledge and pure attention. Amethyst can be used to clear out impure knowledge and negative energies.

- Do you feel angry? Are you finding it difficult to gather your attention in one place? Are you unable to create new
ideas in the kitchen or elsewhere? You can use amethyst to counter all of these as well as neutralizing the negative
energies that could affect you or the environment you are in.

If you do have amethyst in your room do not forget to rest it in salty water for one day and rinse it afterwards once a
month. This will purify the Stone and help it clear out once again.

Third energy center: Nabhi

Stone: Emerald

This energy center is located in the stomach area. It gives the qualities of being peaceful within, leading a correct
style of life, being able to overcome material attachments, generosity and being the master of ones self.

- You can use emerald on the middle finger of your left hand if you wish to increase your inner peace and the feeling
of being a master of yourself while reducing restlessness.

- You can prefer to use it on the middle finger of your right hand if you wish to increase generosity and prosperity.

Fourth energy center: Heart

Stone: Ruby

This energy center is located in the heart area and gives unconditional love. It makes a person fearless and detached
and gives the joy of the spirit. It also gives self confidence. Ruby supports these qualities and helps clear out the
blood.

- You can wear ruby on your left pinky if you wish to become more loving, compassionate and open hearted in your
relationships and to overcome attachments

- You can wear a ruby ring on your right pinky to help balance your feelings of responsibility and relationships with
your husband-father-son-brother. This also helps develop qualities of the ideal human.

Fifth energy center: Vishuddhi

Stone: Sapphyre

This energy center is located in the throat area and it gives us pure and genuine feelings of fellowship. It makes
speech sweet, soft and sincere. It also helps us find the truth in life by making keeping us in a witness state in the
face of events.

If we constantly feel guilty and feel we are of no good then we can use accessories with blue Stones on our left index
finger or left wrist. If we use harsh words without wanting to and if we wish to be sweeter and more diplomatic in our
speech then we can use ruby or blue-stone accessories on our right index finger or right wrist.

Sixth energy center: Agnya

Stone: Diamond

This energy center is located in the middle of the forhead. It gives a person the qualities of tolerance,forgiveness,
thoughtless awareness and compassion.

- Is your past occupying you more than your present? Do you keep on
remembering your memories? Do you get stuck on to negative feelings coming from the past when you wake up in
the morning? Then you can say I forgive myself frequently during the day and wear diamond accessories on your
left ring finger.

- Do you constantly plan about the future? Are you still wide awake and tense an hour after you have laid down in bed
at night? Do you have difficulty forgiving others? Then during the day you can say I forgive everyone numerous
times and wear diamond accessories on your right ring finger.

Seventh energy center: Sahasrara

Stone: Pearl

This energy center is located at the fontanelle bone area on top of the head. It gives a person the state of meditation,
in other words, the state of thoughtless awareness. It exists to unite the person with the energy of the universe. It
gives silence, joy and happiness while making person feel eternal freedom. It makes self realization possible and
pearl supports all of these.

- If you feel like you havent been able to reach your goal, like you are within your own shell and unable to make your
voice heard, not valued enough, lonely emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually and if you havent yet felt the
eternal peace and tranqulity of a drop that has mixed into the ocean then you might not hae experienced Sahaja Yoga
and self realization yet.

- We suggest you first visit the link below and fully enjoy the experience of self realization. Then you can use pearl
ornaments in the form of earrings, necklaces, rings or pins as you wish.

Self-Realization Meditation

Put your right hand on your

heart
Ask 3 times the motherly
energy
Kundalini within you:
"Mother, am I the spirit?"

Open your hand fully and press

on the fontanelle bone area.
Move it slowly clockwise 7
times,
so that you move your scalp
together with the hand.
Each time repeat:
"Mother, please give me my
Self-Realization"

Put your right hand under the

ribs
on the feft-hand side. Ask
inside 3 times:
"Mother, am I my own
mster?"

Put your right hand on the back

of your head,
push your head back and say,
"Oh, Divine Power, if I have
comitted
any mistakes, please
forgive me"

Put your right hand on your

forehead,
bend down your head
and say a few times:
"Mother, I forgive everyone
including myself"

Put your right hand on the left

groin
and ask inside 6 times:
"Mother, please give me
the pure knowledge"

Put your right hand under the

ribs
on the feft-hand side. Say 10
times:
"Mother, I am my own
master"

Put your right hand on your heart

and repeat inside 12 times
"Mother, I am the pure spirit"

Put your right hand on the

corner
of your neck and the left
shoulder,
turn your head to the right.
Say inside 16 times:
"Mother, I am not guilty at

all".