I was wondering, do aura colours always mean the same? I mean, does a certain colour always have a certain meaning? Or does it depend on more factors?

And can you train yourself to see them, or is it something you either have or not?

I'm not sure about the colors. I think colors in general tend to have certain meanings, but that idea is complicated when you have multiple cultures discussing it (for example western philosophy holds that black is for mourning, death, etc; eastern philosophy says the same about white). I'd love to have a bunch of people from different cultural perspectives sit down in a discussion and compare things!

As for learning it, absolutely!! It may be, though, that some people with a natural affinity will be better/faster/stronger at it than those whose specialties lie in another area. Different people tend to use different senses, also, to pick up on things. You might see them, while someone else might feel them with their hands or something.

How do you learn to see auras?

Come to think of it.. what exactly is an aura? And what do the colours mean (from a Western-world perspective)?

on the colour thing... i figure they're subjected to your personal opinion of colour. and if you see an aura, i think it would be accompanied by a feeling if youd focus on it.

like, if youd see a person and the aura belonging to that person radiates incecurity f.e., to me might be green while it might be blue to you. it would depend on how you feel with colours

learning to see auras could be discussed in one of the advanced courses i guess ^^

*crosses fingers*

But even If you don't know how to learn to see auras you can simply believe you'll achieve this, develop yourself in wide intuition and energy staff and just try to see/hear/feel/sense energy in way you fell is the best for you.

It may take long time like year or longer, but If during this time you will find knowledge how to learn to see auras you'll achieve it much faster and easier, because something in your mind will be ready for this.

^I agree with sztormcia here. I think auras are a sort of 'manifestation' of your intuitive and empathic gifts. some of us just sense something, energy-wise, others see things and still others hear or smell things.

Whispers wrote:I was wondering, do aura colours always mean the same? I mean, does a certain colour always have a certain meaning? Or does it depend on more factors?

And can you train yourself to see them, or is it something you either have or not?

In my experience and in several texts I've read on the subject, the colors always mean the same.

Remember that there is more visual information than just colour. I had a student who saw energies well but never saw colors. She did it by something like texture. Anger, for example was always "spiky" to her. Another used temperatures. I do it by feeling. There is also movement. The Celestine Prophecy talks about energy flows between people and what they can tell you.

As to learning, I've tried for YEARS to see auras with little success. Tho I can feel them out very clearly. So I'm not sure everyone can do it. Those who can claim it's easy.

There are several books and probably websites on the subject. Search for "learn to see auras" or somesuch.

It's also possible to have either emotional or energetic blocks to seeing. If you think you have an emotional block, find a teacher with an emotional gift (like me!) to scan you and give suggestions. If you think you have an energetic block find someone (like Rohaa) with a gift for shaping energy and ask them to "adjust" you.

and remember that it's supposed to be fun as well as useful. So don't take it toooo seriously.

peace
Angel

I've seen auras before and, while I could, it was easy - intuitive. Thing is, I need to be truly relaxed or something to be aware of them. I could do it when my mom, my brother and I went to Japan about 3.5 years ago, and again though not as strongly when my dad took my brother and I to South Africa and Namibia 2.5 years ago. There were days when I could do it in high school. But I haven't been able to do it in a long time. It's something I think I should take a look at again.

Whispers wrote:I was wondering, do aura colours always mean the same? I mean, does a certain colour always have a certain meaning? Or does it depend on more factors?

I'd say yes, because I've never seen an inconsistent aura. Most webpages that discuss the interpretation of aura colors will agree with each other in general; the greatest variability is how the author chooses to express his or herself. Oddly enough, pets (cats at least--I'm not around dogs much) can have auras that read the same as the human spectrum: an affectionate cat with a pink aura, a brainy cat with a yellow aura, and so on. Possibly their emotional spectrum has been shaped by years of human influence.

Mostly what I can learn from someone's aura is too obvious to even bother saying. ^^;

Whispers wrote:And can you train yourself to see them, or is it something you either have or not?

Oh, more the former. I know I could see auras very well as a baby, but I had to re-learn it all twelve years later. It's not hard, but it takes time & practice.

It's also possible to perceive auras in other ways. When I make friends online & start learning the shapes of their personalities, invariably colors develop as well, so I can say without doubt that one person in OH is like a green gummy bear, and another in OK is like a red-and-purple sea urchin.

One technique I read for learning to see auras is this:
It requires a volunteer. Set them up against a white (or very light colored) wall and sit down a bit away so you can easily see their whole body without having to move your eyes.
Then circle them with your glance, going clockwise. You don't have to actually move your eyes, just your focus. After a while, go counterclockwise. You can blink if you want.
It might take a while, or multiple attempts, but you should be able to see colors around them in an uneven bubble sort of shape. It's very faint at first, hence the white background.

I"ve personally never done this with much succes. At times I swore I could see something but then I convinced myself (because that's what I do best) that it was just retinal residue, like the ghost images you see when you stare at a light. Either way I did get some irregular shapes that had nothing to do with the shapes of the people I was looking at, so no idea wether the technique is viable or not, it could go either way.