Original Source: spirit-dreamr; Original Post: 7-12-16 The Second Chakra* Svadhisthana, the Sanskrit name for this chakra, means sweetness. It’s called the Sacral Chakra and is located in the lower abdomen between the navel and genitals. The Sacral Chakra influences several aspects of our lives from our emotions to our movements, passions, desires, attractions, feelings, pleasure, sexuality, relationships, fertility, creativity, confidence, enthusiasm, joy, energy, and our connection to individuals. The Sacral Chakra is everything we love to do. The representative color is orange. The symbol is six orange-red petals containing a second lotus flower and a crescent moon. Within the moon lies the “makara”, a fish-tailed alligator with a coiled tail. The developmental age is between 8-14 years old.The main issues are emotional balance and sexuality. The goals are allowing pleasure and creative expression. The life lesson is uncovering and challenging motivations influencing choices based on social conditioning. The societal association is partnerships. The sacramental association is communion. The element is water and ruling planet is Pluto. The astrological associations are Cancer and Scorpio. The sense associated with this chakra is taste. Fragrances and incense/oils include Jasmine, Rose and Sandalwood. A fish-tailed alligator is the associated animal and the archetypes are functional-sovereign and dysfunctional-martyr. Liquids are the associated food. The associated body parts are the sex organs, bladder, circulatory system, prostate and womb. The parts of the body affected by our Sacral Chakra are the sacral nerve, plexus, lower back, pelvis, abdomen, bladder, and reproductive organs or ovaries and testes. Physical dysfunctions are impotence, frigidity, bladder and prostate problems and lower back pain. Emotional dysfunctions include an unbalanced sex drive, emotional instability and feelings of isolation. You know you’re out of balance when you have intestinal disorders, lack of confidence, eating disorders and kidney infections. Crystals, gemstones and minerals to use for balancing our Sacral Chakra are Citrine, Carnelian, Golden Topaz, Coral, Amber, Orange Calcite, Orange Sapphire, Copper, Goldstone, Tiger’s Eye, Pink Banded Agate, Moonstone, Pearl, Gray Banded Agate, Uanadinite, Chiastolite, Crocoite, Sardonyx, Picasso Marble and Halite. Place the gemstone below your navel. * I have accumulated this information from several sources over a period of 20+ years. Unfortunately, I never documented most sources. One definite source was The Book of Chakra Healing by Liz Simpson. (This is a super fantastic book!) Some paragraphs may be an entire quote, I’m not sure. But, most of the information I gathered was intermingled, same topics mixed together.
