Green is the color we associate with the Heart Chakra.

Whilst reading Auras for people, the Heart Chakra was one of the areas that seemed to be out of balance most often. We often say something tugs at our 'heartstrings' - it is an area that can reveal our vulnerable nature.

The Chakra Color Green is associated with:

• The great outdoors, nature itself and as such it signifies the natural cycle and rhythm of life. We interpret this in several ways: it relates to how we deal with the changes that naturally occur in our life. The changes that affect our physical bodies as well as how we feel about the people and events around us that naturally mature and evolve.

• Balance and perspective are very relevant to the color green too. The Heart Chakra is seen as the bridge between the upper and lower Chakras . Green itself is found midway in the color spectrum. This midway position denotes balance and in most areas of life balance is key.

• Green is often referred to as a healing color, it is also a color of growth and expansion. Because of its' association to Mother Nature it is of course organic and wholesome too. People who have green in their aura often make good, loyal friends, they tend to speak from the heart and have a loving, compassionate nature. Teachers or people who share their knowledge and passionate interests with people often show green in the aura too. The love of their subject comes across in the way they speak and convey their message.

• An imbalance in the shade of green can denote emotions such as jealousy or envy, the color almost seems to 'harden' which of course signifies what is happening to the energy of the heart itself

• Sometimes dark shades of green within the Heart Chakra area may show the person feels trapped or constrained in some way: not much of their daily life seems to be particularly fulfilling or joyous.

• Occasionally the energy around the Heart Chakra seems to be exploding outwards - to me that can signal giving out a lot of love and caring but not a lot may be coming back for the person themselves. Many of us prefer to give rather than receive but as I mentioned before - balance in all things!

• People with green in the Aura can often be very sociable in their character and like texture and the feel of things to be right. Happiness is important to them and they surround themselves with the people and things that make them happy. They also tend to enjoy a good standard of living, enjoying life and they can be quite focused at achieving their goals.

As you can see it is not enough to just say that the Heart Chakra color is green. Light, dark, dim or patchy shades all mean slightly different things when you 'read' that color and relate it to the individual.

This is how we can start to use color to promote healing - when you know the meanings of the color and the energy, you can aim to change or improve that color, bringing it back to balance and harmony.