Your heart chakra is part of the seven primary chakras located in your body. Each chakra is unique, from where the chakra is located to what it represents in your spiritual journey. Your heart chakra supports emotional balance, aligns with green auras, and represents your ability to love. Keep reading to learn more about your heart chakra!

🧘  What are Chakras?

Chakras are energy centers throughout the body. “Chakra” or “cakra” in Sanskrit translates to “wheel” and “circle”. Each chakra is an energetic wheel or circle, adding to the overall ebb and flow throughout your body. There are a total of seven primary chakras throughout the body, which include the following: root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown. All seven chakras have a special meaning, connecting to a different part of your physical body and spiritual energy. Maintaining the balance and health of your chakras is imperative for your spiritual hygiene. 

💚  Heart Chakra Meaning 

The heart chakra, a.k.a. the “Anahata”, is the fourth of your seven primary chakras. Lit with Venusian energy, the heart chakra represents the center of love in your body and energetic field. The heart chakra represents your ability to give and receive love without fear, worry, sadness, or jealousy. The heart chakra reiterates that love is kind and that love is patient. Your ability to tap into your heart chakra allows you to be compassionate and empathetic not only to others, but to yourself as well. When the heart chakra is free and unburdened, you will feel light with unconditional love. A strong heart chakra makes you an empath.

🌟  Keywords: Love, forgiveness, empathy, emotional balance, sympathy, compassion, emotional healing, unconditional love, beauty, self-sacrifice, joy, truth, unhurt, unstruck, kindness, codependency, open-mindedness, selflessness, gentle, calmness, & purity

🤗   Where is the Heart Chakra Located?

If you haven’t already guessed, the heart chakra is located near your heart! The heart chakra sits in the center of your chest, representing the center of love in your body and energetic field. Interestingly, this chakra is aligned with the air element. One may assume that the heart chakra connects to emotional water or passionate fire, but this chakra aligns with air because air represents the open-mindedness, curiosity, and acceptance necessary for love to flow. Air energy enables you to be receptive to everyone and everything, providing you with the mindfulness to hold space without letting your emotions interfere with your interactions with others. The heart chakra gives you the emotional balance to be accepting, kind, and compassionate.

🌿   What’s Associated with the Heart Chakra? 

Each of the seven chakras has special associations and attributes that set them apart. The chakras are associated with a traditional Sanskrit name, a color, a location, body parts, mantras, an element, and a hertz frequency. Knowing these associations can help you tap in and work with a specific chakra. Here’s what’s associated with the heart chakra:

• Sanskrit Name: Anahata (“unstruck sound”,  “unhurt”, “unbeaten”)
• Color: Green
• Location: Middle of your chest 
• Body Parts: Heart, lungs, chest, arms, and hands
• Mantra: YAM
• Element: Air
• Recommended Hertz Frequency: 639 Hz

🟢  Healthy v.s. Unhealthy Heart Chakra

How do you know if your chakra is energetically healthy or unhealthy? Some prefer doing semi-regular aura photos to check on the chakras by analyzing the colors of their aura. An aura photo can show irregularities, dysfunctions, and more affecting a specific chakra. Check which aura colors come up, since that will allude to the health and energy of a specific chakra. Your heart chakra will come up if you have a green aura.

Aside from doing energy balances and aura photos, you will intuitively know if a certain chakra is in or out of alignment. Your physical body will reflect when a chakra is strong or weak. Likewise, your mental and emotional states will give you clues about which chakra needs tending to. Trust that you will know when your chakras need TLC.

A healthy heart chakra feels open and receptive. You will feel emotionally balanced. Nothing can sway you, hurt you, or cause you to have a strong emotional reaction. You’re able to receive, perceive, and express feelings without becoming entrenched in them. A healthy heart chakra is kind, open, and caring. It’s easy to express how you feel while still holding space for others’ emotions. You know you have the emotional ability to be there for others, which is why you’re highly sought after. Everyone knows you have the emotional balance and intelligence to handle anything thrown your way. Instead of shutting others out, feeling discouraged, or being let down, you move forward. Your open, healthy heart chakra allows you to connect without feeling overwhelmed. 

On the other hand, an unhealthy heart chakra will feel closed off, pained, and anxious. Instead of being open, you may shut off any opportunity to relate to others or express your own sentiments. Sharing your emotions feels scary and overwhelming. It’s possible you’re afraid of rejection, since being misunderstood would only make matters worse. You could also feel unsure of how to talk about your anger, shame, or grief. An unhealthy heart chakra will likely lead to emotional reactivity, causing you to lash out. You may say or do something out of fear of being abandoned, rejected, or misunderstood. At the same time, you might cling to someone if you struggle with trust, possessiveness, and jealousy. An unhealed, unhealthy heart chakra may accidentally cause more emotional stress than desired. Start by working through what you’re feeling to find the best way to express your innermost thoughts and feelings. Once you work on communicating your worries, fears, and more, you can begin healing your heart chakra. 

✨  Harness the Power of Your Heart Chakra with ASCEND Crystals & Jewelry

 🧿  Heart Evil Eye Ring

Protect your heart from negativity, energy vampires, and unwanted evil eyes with your heart-shaped evil eye ring. Choose from five different colors: purple, red, green, white, or pink.

🤍  Heart Selenite Plate

Charge your crystals with your heart-shaped Selenite plate. Featuring the powerful “Om” mantra engraved over the Flower of Life, this plate can uplift any space, intention, or crystal.

☀️  Love’s Light Suncatcher 

Enhance the loving and compassionate energy in your sacred space with the Love’s Light suncatcher. Watch this beautiful suncatcher cast rainbows infused with the healing energies of Rose Quartz.

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✍️  Meet ASCEND’s In-House Astrologer & Writer

Liz Simmons is a writer, astrologer, and tarot reader based in Salem, MA. Liz is the resident astrologer at ASCEND Get Lifted. Aside from providing astrological readings and tarot readings, Liz writes for ASCEND’s blog. Her expert commentary is featured in over twenty publications, including Cosmopolitan, Shape, Women’s Health, & more. Check out her work on Instagram, @the_ _crone & book a reading with her at ASCEND.