Amethyst & Lavender

Svadhisthana is the second chakra in the line up. It is also called the Sacral chakra or the Orange chakra. Svadhisthana is depicted as orange and governs your relationships, creativity, sexual activity. Svadhistana is a chakra that connects you with everyone else but not in the sense that Anahata or Sahasrara does.

Signs of a blocked or sluggish Svadhisthana are issues with the sex organs, issues with urination (frequent UTIs), lower back pain near the Svadhisthana area, issues with creativity (writers block, not feeling like creating things like you used to), struggling with over and under eating, relationship issues (not wanting to engage in fluid emotions, feeling like relationships are a hassle/aren't worth it, and things similar to that), feeling like you are undeserving of pleasure and/or fun, needing strict or rigid schedules due to a fear of exploring fluid emotions (NOT to be confused with needing strict or rigid schedules due to neurodiversity)

Signs of an over-open or irritated Svadhisthana are issues with the same physical issues as a blocked Svadhisthana but you'll experience issues with prioritizing play/fun over work (again not due to neurodiversity), unable to stick to a schedule (not due to neurodiversity), being codependent/dependent on other people you are in a relationship, feeling like you need to be in a relationship to be satisfied or happy, feeling like you need others to be happy, and things similar.

You can work on healing and balancing your Svadhisthana by eating orange foods (blocked and sluggish Svadhisthanas), eating blue foods (over open and irritated Svadhistanas), wearing orange (blocked and sluggish Svadhisthanas), wearing blue (over open and irritated Svadhisthanas), chanting Vam (the root word for Svadhisthana), doing yoga poses that are hip openers (Goddess Pose, reversed Triangle Pose, Triangle Pose, etc), meditating with the intention of balancing and centering your Svadhisthana, using orange crystals (Amber, Carnelian, Citrine, etc) for blocked and sluggish Svadhisthanas, and using blue crystals (blue lace agate, blue topaz, lapis lazuli) or clear quartz for over open or irritated Svadhisthanas.

Muladhara is the first chakra in the line up. It is also called your Root chakra or the Red chakra. Muladhara is depicted as red and governs your personal safety, your grounding, your financial safety, and everything that is the most basic and human parts about you. This chakra keeps you safe and grounded.

A person who has an underactive Muladhara may worry about their finances, have issues with anxiety, may struggle with PTSD symptoms, may struggle with bowel and bladder issues, may be ungrounded, skin issues, issues with the legs and may have issues with fear.

A person with an overactive Muladhara may be overly grounded or focused on the mundane, they may be a workaholic, they may be overly focused on obtaining riches, they may be overly focused on the physical, and they may struggle with stress issues akin to a person with an underactive Muladhara. They also can have the medical/physical issues associated with the underactive Muladhara but the emotional and spiritual issues are different.

Muladhara is the first chakra that people should work on with because we store our childhood trauma here. We also store any other forms of trauma here as well, no matter when it happened. Trauma doesn't have to be this big old thing, it can also just be being told that something you enjoyed doing as a child isn't something you should pursue. Anything that truly affected you or affects you is stored here as stagnant energy.

Some ways to balance/heal Muladhara is by wearing the color red (if you are underactive/sluggish), wearing a calming color like blue or green (if you are overactive/irritated), eating red foods (underactive/sluggish Muladharas), eating blue or green foods (overactive/irritated Muladharas), chanting Lam (the root word for Muladhara), meditating with grounding stones like tiger's eye, doing a meditation specifically for balancing and healing Muladhara, or doing yoga poses that strengthen your pelvis or legs.

Okay, lets have a Amethyst Talk shall we? Today we'll talk about divination specifically today.

Divination is the practice of using a tool whether it is the sky, tarot cards, stones, water and oil, or another tool to learn about the future or the messages from spirit guides, deities, or ancestors. Some of the more well known divination tools are tarot cards, oracle decks, pendulums, dowsing rods, and the I Ching. Each of these divination tools have their own pros and cons for them and some are geared for a specific type of question. For example, pendulums aren't very good for in depth understanding but tarot cards are great for in depth answers. So a lot of times, you'll see diviners have more than one tool. One may be tarot and another may be a pendulum. They may also have several of one type of divination tool.

Divination is a very personalized practice despite that it can also be used for other people. One diviner may read tarot specifically for wealth and health and romance while another tarot reader may prefer not to do that. There are no two diviners that are the exact same because of how personalized divination can be. Even pendulums and dowsing rods can be personalized. For example, I've met people who's pendulum swings forward and back for a yes and left to right for a no but my pendulum swings counterclockwise for yes and clockwise for a no.

Outside of the differences between each diviner and each divination tool, they each have the same basic purpose; to aid you in getting answers that you cannot get from the mundane world. You can use divination for understanding a message from a god. You can use it for getting information so that you can make a more informed decision. You can use it for getting a forecast for the next day/week/month/year. The possibilities for divination is basically endless.

Welcome to Amethyst & Lavender, a blog about energy work, energy based healing, aura work, chakra work, divination, and witchcraft. This is a blog that is informative and also fun. There is information about the basics of energy work, energy based healing, aura work, chakra work, divination, and witchcraft. This is a space that is welcoming to all. Enjoy yourself and don't forget to grab a bundle of lavender and an amethyst crystal.

With Love & Light,