
Oh, and wait, what are those floating white orbs in the upper area of my aura? These are your spirit guides and passed-on loved ones making their presence known by popping in to say hello with a reminder that they’ve got you.
#DEFINE AURA PLUS#
This is part of the beauty of an aura reading: You receive a visual depiction of your energetic strengths and weaknesses so you know what parts of you are feeling vibrant and fortified plus what is lacking and could use some TLC. However, there could be a muddy or foggy aura with wispy clouds of faint color, which shows depletion, exhaustion, or a lack of confidence overall. You, my darling, are ALIVE and emanating energy always, so there will be no “black aura” here. On the flip side, a black aura seems to be something people fear before an aura reading, but black simply denotes a lack of energy. It’s a quieter sense of power that is still just as impactful even if less chromatically saturated. (A lot of healers exhibit this type of aura!)Ī pastel rainbow aura is a blend of light and color that indicates a peaceful serenity and sensitivity. Someone who possesses a rainbow aura is usually confident, enlightened, and meditating regularly. On a rare occasion, someone may display a rainbow aura of multiple colors, which reflects a gorgeous sense of energetic balance and alignment as each energy center of the body is spinning equally. An aura is malleable and ever-shifting, reflecting the various transitions and phases we go through, so all of these qualities are open to change. You know those people who light up a room with their presence that you cannot help but be transfixed by at a party? That larger-than-life essence equates to a majorly substantial aura! Expect someone with a large aura to be gregarious, expansive, and approach life as one big adventure, whereas someone with a more closed-in aura is more introverted, sensitive, and prefers solitude. A big, vibrant cloud that extends to the edges of the photograph shows a healthy, dynamic energy. The most visible hues reflect where your energy is the strongest and most concentrated. Typically, your aura will exhibit one or two dominant colors. Your Power Color, Based on Your Zodiac Sign It’s a literal snapshot of your energy in the current moment! A subject places their hands on the sensors as the camera opens for a long double exposure, creating both a headshot and a visual, colorful auric capture layered on top. In this system, the camera is hooked up to two charged metal plates containing biofeedback centers. In the 1970s, coinciding with a boom in new age spirituality, an entrepreneur named Guy Coggins used the ideology of Kirlian photography to create his own camera system, the AuraCam 6000 (which is still used today!).

This form of photography captured electrical emanations on film, which they believed could provide psychic insights.

That’s when Semyon and Valentina Kirlian discovered “coronal discharge photography,” which they named “ Kirlian photography” after themselves.

In order to understand aura photography, we need to travel back in time a little bit…all the way back to 1939, to be specific. Plus, a gorgeous photo of yourself with hazy psychedelic swirls of colorful clouds cascading over your face and bathing you in a magical light makes for a pretty sweet profile pic. Like astrology and tarot, aura portraiture has surged in popularity in recent years. Maybe you’ve come across aura photos as you scroll through Instagram and not known what they are…some sort of filter? But if it’s a filter, why is it a Polaroid? Nope, it’s real.
