What Color Is Your Aura?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 07 Aug 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Strega	07 Aug 2002
Violet, crimson, sapphire, emerald — your aura reveals the color of your spiritual energy. But who wants to sit for hours in the dark staring at a mirror trying to spot that telltale color? :D http://www.emode.com/emode/tests/aura.jsp Mine said: Groovy, baby! Your aura is a bright, rich Crimson -- which means you're a sensual soul with a taste for the good things in life. :*

fairyhedgehog	07 Aug 2002
This was fun, I love these tests :) I came out as violet, but there were several questions I could have answered differently ... I suppose there always are. Anyway, it was fun :) Can any of you really see auras, btw? Regards, FH

Strega	07 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by fairyhedgehog I came out as violet, but there were several questions I could have answered differently ... I suppose there always are. Same here. That's why I took the test twice and answered some questions differently... still came out the same for me. :D

Strega	07 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by fairyhedgehog Can any of you really see auras, btw? I can. I've always been fascinated with auras. :)

Starfish	07 Aug 2002
Interesting test. Thanks for posting the link. I'm a bright, rich Sapphire — which means I'm a loving soul with advice and sympathy for everyone. Hmmmm.... :THERM Starfish

wavebreaker	07 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Strega Groovy, baby! Your aura is a bright, rich Crimson -- which means you're a sensual soul with a taste for the good things in life. Mine's crimson too.

jade	07 Aug 2002
on a serious note: i can see or sense auras and i notice that they change all the time. they aren't constant and seldom are they one colour. i can see people's aura change during a conversation. it may be more intense when they are passionate about what they are saying or more soft when they are just listening quietly etc. it's interesting stuff. love jade

Laurel	07 Aug 2002
I had someone tell me once that the primary colors of my aura are blues, darker when I'm tired and vibrant when I'm active. Emode agreed and declared me a Sapphire :P

LeoLady	07 Aug 2002
Groovy, baby! Your aura is a brilliant Turquoise — which means you're a smart go-getter with plenty of ambition. This is probably one of my fave colours! I went further into the results and this is what it said:

Maan	07 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by jade on a serious note: i can see or sense auras and i notice that they change all the time. they aren't constant and seldom are they one colour. i can see people's aura change during a conversation. it may be more intense when they are passionate about what they are saying or more soft when they are just listening quietly etc. it's interesting stuff. love jade Thats how i see aura's too. The aura's i see are on an emotional level. A friend of mine sees aura's too but she's more health oriented and sees the health problems of a person first. Before i met this friend i did not know that everyone "picked" up the aura's differently. The funny thing is that i became a social worker and she a nurse. So that way either of us can use the aura in our proffesion :)

Kaz	07 Aug 2002
the test said mine was violet, i have never seen my own aura, so i wouldn't know. i sometimes can see others, but i can't control it. it's like there and then it's gone again and i can't get it back. kaz

tigerlily	07 Aug 2002
Groovy, baby! Your aura is a brilliant Turquoise — which means you're a smart go-getter with plenty of ambition. Sorry, but no - I don't have a single bit of ambition in me :)

Violet Gargoyle	07 Aug 2002
With a name like mine it has to be: Emerald. When I changed a couple of answers that I strattled the line on, it came out Violet. I am decent at guessing auras, but I never see them. Something about peoples personality would strike me as someone who has certain colors associated with them, despite what they are wearing and their skin tones, although sometimes I think I am just imagining color coordination like a fashion expert from hell. There is a big in-depth test by time life in one of their mysteries of the unknow book that put my aura as Crystle, it was like 500 questions so more detailed....

jema	07 Aug 2002
well, i will just forget about the test (after more then 1 year with livejournal i seen ALL tests there is to see at least 50 times over) but the subject is interesting. i once saw the aura of a person in a most unexpected way. suddenly i just saw this deep green haze rise up around him and sort of tinting his whole apperance. as i watched it grow i told him what happend and the moment he was aware of it the aura started changing a little bit - some gold started to seep out around the edges and i saw a big pink spot over his chest. amazing. i never had such clear vision before or after. i have been dowsing for auras though and that is fun! and after a while you can almost make them out with your eyes too. usually i just "sense" an aura though. it is really rare that i can actually see them

bergmann	07 Aug 2002
Auras don't exist. But some people do perceive what they believe to be "auras". This is the result of a neurological disorder called synesthesia, whereby the brain's sensory channels are pathological in such a way that stimuli are experienced through the wrong sensory channels. For example, sounds may be experienced in the form of colors, tactile sensations may cause one to experience smells, and so on. Here is some information about this rare disorder: http://wearcam.org/synesthesia/synesthesia_long.html

jema	07 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by bergmann Auras don't exist. But some people do perceive what they believe to be "auras". This is the result of a neurological disorder called synesthesia, whereby the brain's sensory channels are pathological in such a way that stimuli are experienced through the wrong sensory channels. For example, sounds may be experienced in the form of colors, tactile sensations may cause one to experience smells, and so on. Here is some information about this rare disorder: http://wearcam.org/synesthesia/synesthesia_long.html interesting site. i do think it is a bit of a stretch to say that we all suffer from this neurological disorder though. oh and it makes me wonder - wich sense do you think it is that we distort into vision when we think we see an aura? all this reminds me of something! how scientists always told us that the borealis was soundless. the northern light was quiet. yet, we who lived up here and experiensed the aurora borealis was quite sure - we could hear it. all kinds of strange explanations were given, we suffered from tinnitus, it was the snow etc. until just a few years ago. yes, it is true. NOW you can hear the sound of the borealis because all of a sudden we are allowed to hear it because some men with a degree tells us it is ok. it is still not proven or measured but it is ok to hear it since they do have some theories on where this sound comes from. amazing, ain't it.

Umbrae	07 Aug 2002
Interesting verbiage. On the surface, it appears as an opinion stated as a fact. We have Quote: some people do perceive followed by the words: Quote: this rare disorder in relation to the condition of synesthesia. I then could surmise that this rare condition is not so rare, and that the opinion that flies in the face of science is indeed the one true and correct factual statement. The site has no information on Auras.

bergmann	07 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by jema all this reminds me of something! how scientists always told us that the borealis was soundless. the northern light was quiet. yet, we who lived up here and experiensed the aurora borealis was quite sure - we could hear it. all kinds of strange explanations were given, we suffered from tinnitus, it was the snow etc. until just a few years ago. yes, it is true. NOW you can hear the sound of the borealis because all of a sudden we are allowed to hear it because some men with a degree tells us it is ok. it is still not proven or measured but it is ok to hear it since they do have some theories on where this sound comes from. amazing, ain't it. If you can hear it, you can record it. All it would take to prove your claim would be to use sensitive audio equipment to record the sounds of the borealis under supervision of an expert witness. With or without a theory, science cannot ignore hard evidence. When confronted with evidence, science must explain it.

Lee	07 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by bergmann All it would take to prove your claim would be to use sensitive audio equipment to record the sounds of the borealis under supervision of an expert witness. With or without a theory, science cannot ignore hard evidence. When confronted with evidence, science must explain it. As a moderator (although not of this forum), I would like to point out to everyone that no one in these forums is under a "burden of proof" to prove anything. No one here is required to justify themselves or their beliefs. The purpose of these forums is for people of like mind to get together and enjoy talking with each other. That's the agenda. If someone wants a different agenda, they are perfectly free to start their own forum somewhere else. -- Lee

Umbrae	07 Aug 2002
Well, science knows that things such as light can be a wave, or a particle, but not both. However, wave particle duality exists, and has confounded physicists: http://www.hotquanta.com/wpd.html Quantum mechanics deals with such issues. Just because science has not proved or disproved it YET, is meaningless. Science has not proved that auras do not exist.

bergmann	07 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Umbrae Science has not proved that auras do not exist. And nobody has proven that auras actually exist, either. The burden of proof is on the person who makes the outrageous claim. One is under a burden of proof if one seeks credibility for one's claim. That is how the inquiry for knowledge works.

Umbrae	07 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by bergmann . The burden of proof is on the person who makes the outrageous claim. One is under a burden of proof if one seeks credibility for one's claim. That is how the inquiry for knowledge works. Here, the claim is not outrageous. Here, there is no burden of proof. Here, we explore and sample with an open mind. Go back and examine your brief history here. One day. Yet, every post is phrased as an exclamatory opinion based as fact. You are not a skeptic. A skeptic would have an inquisitive mind and explore the forum. A true skeptic would attempt to learn. You have not. The burden of proof lies not upon our shoulders. As they say, "The world is your mirror". Sometimes though, you will see what you want to see, and not what you are looking for. One can get lost with too much guidance, and miss-applied knowledge. Magic requires that you be able to see what others are too old or too tired to see. Magic les in between things. Between the day and night. Between yellow and blue… Never losing your sense of wonder. We understand that often, what we take from the spirit world is only a reflection of ourselves. It is about a very special kind of awake. If you do not believe in miracles, you will never see (experience) one. BTW: Crimson

Sam	07 Aug 2002
i'm a saphire

RedWood	07 Aug 2002
Emerald baby!

napaisti	07 Aug 2002
For providing some respite from the tension that was building here and getting back to the original feel of this thread. I had wanted to, but had to stop reading to keep from joining into the discussion in a very uncivil way. Anyway, to follow in your footsteps, here are my results. Your aura is a sparkling Crystal - which means you're a sensitive soul with a romantic, introspective nature. I have also been told that my aura is peachy (really). After I had been told that more than once, I had the opportunity for a Kirlean (I know I'm not spelling that right, but can't remember the correct spelling at the moment) photograph; it, at least supposedly, shows one's aura. What do you know -- mostly peach, with some gold and pink so that it actually resembled the coloring of a ripe peach. Unfortunately, the sources I have been able to find haven't said anything about the meaning of a peach aura. If any of you know what it means, I'd be interested to hear about it. Thanks for putting up with my rambles. napaisti

jmd	08 Aug 2002
For the sake of the discussion on Auras, synesthesia and science generally, I am interested in adding a few points. Firstly, Bergmann appears to have a keen sceptical sense. As I mentioned in another post, this may, at times, be a barrier or hindrance to proper scientific investigation, rather than an aide. S/he may be interested, given comments made, to investigate the views of those who have looked at what occurs in science (as opposed to the claims made by some scientists). Here the works of Lakatos, Tulman, Popper, Feyerabend, and Kuhn come to mind. Any decent university library will have these (and others) which will soon dispel the type of thinking presented on this thread as proper scientific method. With regards to synesthesia, though extreme cases may, as presented, result from neurological disorders, the multi-sensory aspects of, for example, either colour or tone is not that uncommon. This does not necessarily, of course, relate to auras. It should also be noted, however, that the colour sensation of auras is, though having similar qualities to straightforward visual ones, is more akin to the colour sensation one has when imagining a colour - in the case of observations of another human being, the senses engaged are not just visual, and the sense of the other, combined synesthesically, may assist in having a visual experience.

jade	08 Aug 2002
emerald :D jade ps heehee jade emerald........green green. heehee

mermaiden	08 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by LeoLady Groovy, baby! Your aura is a brilliant Turquoise — which means you're a smart go-getter with plenty of ambition. This is probably one of my fave colours! I went further into the results and this is what it said: I got turquoise too! :D I wanted sapphire at first but after I read this description (thanks for posting it btw, Leolady :D) I was happy with it. :)

catlin	08 Aug 2002
I also was Turquoise in this test. I once took part in a reiki session and one of the masters told me that she had seen a bright blue ball coming out of me, enveloping the other persons and then turn into a clear white light above my crown chakra. In the same time I picked up her aura which was sparkling in rainbow colours like a wheel of fire.

destinyawaitsme	08 Aug 2002
I'm Gold! We don't need a psychic to tell us that you're giving off a Gold vibe. You couldn't ask for a better color — a glistening gold aura is as good as it gets. A lively blend of yellow and orange, gold people are happy, playful, energetic, sensitive, and generous. Always up for adventure, you'd give a friend in need the shirt off your back. You're spiritual, too — all those halos in old paintings aren't colored gold by coincidence. Almost childlike in the carefree, joyful way you live your life, you're popular and outgoing with your large circle of friends. Chances are you're so full of light and energy that you sometimes find it hard to sit still and chill out. Instead, you're constantly looking for excitement, no matter how risky or impulsive the occasion. Happy-go-lucky and always laughing, you truly are as good as gold. Hmm...I guess this is like me on a good day. :) I really enjoy naps.

Sulis	08 Aug 2002
I`m Emerald, apparantly I`m an earthy soul with a green thumb and an easy going nature. Crystalmynx xx

WhiteDrag0n	08 Aug 2002
Even though i havnt taken the test i know my aura is a soft golden color, but heres the wierd thing whenever i channel reiki it changes to a mellow emerald!

Jenny-Li	08 Aug 2002
Quote: Originally posted by tigerlily Groovy, baby! Your aura is a brilliant Turquoise — which means you're a smart go-getter with plenty of ambition. Sorry, but no - I don't have a single bit of ambition in me :) That's me too, and I am ambitious - when I have a project worthwhile to spend all that energy on...! I didn't like the questions though, there was SOOO many I would have wanted to answer "none of the above" to...! :) To you who do see auras, clearly and in colour (I sense that it's there, but then the eye tries to see better and it disappears before I can stop it. But someday I hope to learn!) - what about aura photos? If I'm really curious to see it, should I go have my aura photo taken or is it just mumbo-jumbo? I mean since you say it changes all the time... I guess some of it would reflect the personality and spiritual identity, which would be the same, and other parts/levels of the aura changing with mood etc... Or how would you say it works...? Curious as ever, Jenny :)

zorya	08 Aug 2002
the test said crimson. when i see aura's, which just happens, not often and i don't have much control. i just see light, or a kind of shimmer, no color. a couple of times, i saw the energies of the forest. that was really cool! i can feel aura's and disturbances in them with my hands. sometimes i can see them with a kind of internal eye.

WhiteDrag0n	08 Aug 2002
hey jenny-li aura photos are real and do work...ive had mind done several times...its a good way to see your aura and chakras...if you get a chance get yours done its worth it!

amyel	08 Aug 2002
The test said my aura was violet. I've had one of those aura photos done...I don't know where it is now (it was more then several years ago) but I recall it had alot of green & blue in it...I've heard it can change, though.

cherrywind	09 Aug 2002
Emerald We don't need a psychic to tell us that you're giving off a Emerald vibe. Your bright, refreshing, grass-green aura tells us that you're a relaxed person with a laid-back attitude. Into living a healthy lifestyle — from eating right to trying yoga and aromatherapy — you're down-to-earth and always easy-going. You bring calm and peace with you wherever you go. A bit of a flower child, you're as unpretentious and open-minded as they come. Everyone is invited to your party. Chances are you have quite the green thumb, too, as well as a knack for healing people — both emotionally and physically. Sensitive and compassionate, you're as reliable as the earth and as natural as herbal tea and organic vegetables. Haha, I know some people who would definately not agree with saying I'm unpretentious ;). I've actually been told by a woman who can see auras that I have a blue and green aura (something about inner and outer? I'm not too knowledgable about auras).

fairyhedgehog	09 Aug 2002
I'm starting from the base that I don't believe in auras, because I can't see them. But then I can't see electro-magnetic fields either, yet I know they exist. And there's the feelings that I get about the weather: when I know it's going to rain or thunder, am I sensing air pressure? humidity? electrical potential? or something else? So, although I don't believe, I don't firmly disbelieve either. Once when I was on a course, two of my tutors were disagreeing but without having it out in front of us. I sensed one of the tutors as being like a porcupine - radiating spikes, like a shimmering field shot through with spiky bits reaching out. I could almost see it in my mind's eye. This sounds a bit like what some of you are describing, although not in glorious Technicolor. Was I picking up body language? Or something else? I always tend to go for the psychological explanation - I was picking up body language and my mind translated it into something visual cos that's how my mind works. But that is only one of the possible explanations. I may be wrong I have been before :) Who knows?

Lightlike	09 Aug 2002
I was hoping for a mellow, cool color but I got Crimson. I guess it's true though cause I do anger WAY TOO fast and cool off justas fast, it's something I'm struggling with... I'm afraid it runs in the family... Hmm, they have another test What's Your True Color: http://www.emode.com/color/ I came up as blue on that test (blue is my favorite color, red is one of my least favorite colors)

DarkElectric	09 Aug 2002
What do you believe in, muad dib, logic, science? Good for you. Is it also your opinion that your belief is the correct one, and that you are trying to do us a favour by attempting to convince us of the logic of your argument? Why does it mean so much to you to have people agree with you? And if you think all of this is silly, why are you here?

napaea	09 Aug 2002
I was a hot crimson! You guys should see my astrological chart, all it talks about is sex! I should be a guy!!! But i didn't read the whold interpretation, will have to go do that. yeah, i'm also really loving people that just drop off their 2 sentences of "this is life. i am right. you all are cracked in the head". it's really enlightening to my soul. oh yeah, i'm with a couple other people: i don't really "see" the colors, but i feel the person's aura. one day (i was working at a bookstore) this guy came in that we'd all seen before, and we all avoided him cause of his really intensely creepy aura. so he's with his mom, and they come up to make a purchase, and i have to see her id cause she's writing a check. i kid you not, the picture on her id had a big huge black "cloud" type shadow over half of her face! if it was me i would want a different liscense. i was really tripped out though!

Moongold	10 Aug 2002
I'm an emerald green. Could be why I like to go out side in the garden Was salutary for both sides, Lots of love to all; Moongold

Kazz	11 Aug 2002
I am bright Crimson too! :)

Murphy	11 Aug 2002
The test was fun... I came up Gold... but already forgot what it means... In real life I haven't been able to see aura's, but it could be because I'm a rare female who's colour blind. (thanks mom & dad) I also have one foot size 7B and the other 8D ... what a freak! Good thing this isn't the Chrysalids.

VGimlet	12 Aug 2002
Crimson for me - not surprising though, because I am a very strong-minded and passionate person. :D Although I have never seen an aura, I've often wondered what color mine is, if I have one. I once rode the bus with a woman who was attending a psychic fair here in Seattle - she said she had a camera (very expensive) that could photograph auras.

floracove	12 Aug 2002
Your aura is a bright, shiny Gold — which means you're a kid at heart with a happy, generous nature.

Yogi Cat	24 Aug 2002
Mine is emerald - earth soul with a green thumb I occasionally see auras around people - usually when I am not trying - I do sense their aura - I see more of their energy. I believe aura colour changes all the time depending on what one is feeling etc.

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