The Chakra Map
The Chakra Map is an interactive reading of the seven chakras and a study of how people move through and respond to a designed reflective experience. It needs JavaScript to run. The chakras, questions, laws, axioms, archetypes, and reflections the map uses are written out below.
The seven chakras
Root, Muladhara
The ground has been holding you this whole time.
- Location
- base of the spine
- Function
- Grounding and security. Survival, primal energy, taking care of yourself and others.
- Goal
- Simplicity and basics. Stability, self-preservation, awakening primal instincts.
- Body
- Pelvis, legs, feet, tailbone. Reproductive system. Adrenal glands.
- Feeling
- Base needs of safety and security. Being grounded. The seat of fear.
- Sense
- Smell
- Element
- Earth
- Planet
- Saturn
- Talent
- Acceptance
Balanced. Grounded, physically at ease, safe, present, able to be still.
Excessive. Heaviness, hoarding, holding tight to what you own, resistance to change.
Dormant. Fear, restlessness, disconnection from the body, difficulty turning plans into material action.
What helps your body know it is safe enough to be present?
When life becomes uncertain, what happens first?
- I return to basics and take the next concrete step.
- I clamp down, stockpile, or resist changing what is familiar.
- I become restless, scattered, or unable to settle anywhere.
How do you relate to home, money, food, and the material basics?
- I tend them consistently without making them my whole identity.
- I grip them tightly or measure safety by how much I can secure.
- I avoid them, lose track of them, or struggle to make plans real.
What does stillness feel like in your body?
- Available. I can pause and remain present.
- Threatening unless I am in control of the environment.
- Almost impossible; I need to move, leave, or mentally disappear.
Sacral, Svadhisthana
Something in you still wants things it was told to stop wanting.
- Location
- below the navel
- Function
- Relationships and emotions. Sexuality, intimacy, expressing what you need.
- Goal
- Sensitivity and sensuality. Responding, giving and receiving.
- Body
- Abdomen, spleen, kidneys, urinary tract, ovaries, uterus. Gonads.
- Feeling
- Intimacy and letting go. Emotional cleansing, warmth. The seat of desire.
- Sense
- Taste
- Element
- Water
- Planet
- Moon
- Talent
- Creativity
Balanced. Graceful, joyful, creative, open to change, healthy boundaries.
Excessive. Overindulgence, appetite that does not settle, over-commitment, wanting past enough.
Dormant. Fear of change, powerlessness, emotional numbness, rigidity.
What does your body want more of, and what boundary would let you receive it cleanly?
How do desire and pleasure move through your life?
- I can enjoy them, name what I need, and stop when enough is enough.
- They easily become urgent, consuming, or difficult to regulate.
- I distrust them, cannot feel them clearly, or shut them down.
When emotions arrive, what is your usual response?
- I let them move, learn from them, and keep my boundaries.
- I merge with them, dramatize them, or seek more intensity.
- I freeze, go numb, become rigid, or feel powerless.
How do you meet change in relationships or creative work?
- With responsiveness, curiosity, and room to adjust.
- By overcommitting, chasing novelty, or losing myself in it.
- By resisting, withdrawing, or holding the familiar long after it is alive.
Solar Plexus, Manipura
Power was never about volume.
- Location
- the solar plexus
- Function
- Energy and vitality. Will power, desire, personal authority.
- Goal
- Inner strength and self-control. Purpose, motion, energized emotion.
- Body
- Digestive system, stomach, liver, gall bladder, small intestine. Pancreas.
- Feeling
- The body's battery. Gut instinct, efficiency, purpose. The seat of anger.
- Sense
- Sight
- Element
- Fire
- Planet
- Mars
- Talent
- Commitment
Balanced. Confident, self-disciplined, purposeful, trustworthy.
Excessive. Domineering, controlling, competitive, stubborn.
Dormant. Passive, low energy, poor digestion, low self-esteem.
Where are you being asked to use power without becoming hard?
When a decision needs to be made, how do you meet it?
- I choose, commit, and revise when new information matters.
- I take over, push my answer through, or treat it as a contest.
- I defer, delay, or wait for someone else to decide.
How does anger function in you?
- It tells me something matters, then becomes purposeful action.
- It becomes force, control, stubbornness, or the need to win.
- It collapses into passivity, shame, fatigue, or self-doubt.
What is your relationship to discipline?
- Steady enough to build trust without punishing me.
- Rigid, relentless, or organized around proving my worth.
- Hard to access; I struggle to begin or sustain momentum.
Heart, Anahata
Who taught you love had to be earned first?
- Location
- center of the chest
- Function
- Balance, love and connection. Compassion, hope, a workable ego.
- Goal
- Warmth, esteem and forgiveness. Sharing, relating, respecting yourself and others.
- Body
- Heart, lungs, lymph and immune system, circulation. Thymus.
- Feeling
- Sharing and trust. Flexibility, growth, coping. The seat of love.
- Sense
- Touch
- Element
- Air
- Planet
- Venus
- Talent
- Compassion
Balanced. Peaceful, compassionate, content, open to giving and receiving love.
Excessive. Losing your edges in someone else, poor boundaries, jealousy, self-sacrifice.
Dormant. Withdrawn, critical, isolated, afraid of intimacy.
What would receiving love require you to stop performing?
What happens when someone you love needs something from you?
- I care, ask what is mine to give, and remain a person too.
- I overgive, rescue, or abandon my limits to keep the bond.
- I withdraw, become critical, or protect myself by going cold.
How do you receive care?
- I can let it reach me without debt, suspicion, or performance.
- I need constant proof, reassurance, or closeness to feel secure.
- I minimize the need, refuse it, or feel exposed by intimacy.
When connection becomes difficult, what pattern appears?
- I stay compassionate while keeping clear boundaries.
- Jealousy, merging, self-sacrifice, or fear of separation.
- Isolation, defensiveness, criticism, or emotional distance.
Throat, Vishuddha
Some of what you swallowed was never yours to hold.
- Location
- neck and throat
- Function
- Communication and healing. Creativity, seeing the whole person.
- Goal
- Speech and expression. Articulation, creative communication.
- Body
- Throat, ears, sinuses, respiratory system. Thyroid and parathyroid.
- Feeling
- Feelings and openness. Ideas, life force, creativity. The seat of communication.
- Sense
- Hearing
- Element
- Ether
- Planet
- Mercury
- Talent
- Truth
Balanced. Clear, honest, a good listener, creatively expressive.
Excessive. Talks too much, gossip, can't keep confidences.
Dormant. Fear of speaking, a weak voice, secretiveness.
What truth is ready to be spoken without explanation or performance?
When something important must be said, what do you do?
- I say it clearly, at the right scale, and remain open to response.
- I flood the space, repeat myself, or speak before listening.
- I swallow it, soften it beyond recognition, or keep it secret.
How do you listen?
- For meaning, feeling, and what is actually being asked.
- Mostly for my turn, my angle, or material to repeat elsewhere.
- I disappear, agree automatically, or avoid the exchange.
What is creative expression like for you now?
- A living channel I can use honestly and with craft.
- Compulsive output, oversharing, or expression without containment.
- Blocked, hidden, timid, or waiting for permission.
Third Eye, Ajna
Clarity doesn't arrive from staring harder at the thing you're trying to see.
- Location
- the brow
- Function
- Intuition and understanding. Seeing beyond the physical.
- Goal
- The sixth sense. Imagination, knowing and seeing intuitively.
- Body
- Brow, eyes, hypothalamus, autonomic nervous system. Pituitary.
- Feeling
- Psychic awareness. The big picture, a focus on the good. The seat of clairvoyance.
- Sense
- Intuition
- Element
- Light
- Planet
- Jupiter
- Talent
- Intuition
Balanced. Intuitive, imaginative, clear-sighted, good recall.
Excessive. Pattern saturation, obsession, difficulty concentrating, cynicism.
Dormant. Lack of imagination, insensitivity, denial.
What do you already know that you keep trying to gather more evidence for?
When a situation is unclear, what does your mind do?
- I gather enough information, notice intuition, and let the picture form.
- I obsess, chase signs, or think until concentration breaks apart.
- I deny what is present, flatten complexity, or refuse imagination.
How do you relate to patterns and intuition?
- As information to test with discernment, not orders I must obey.
- Everything becomes a sign, theory, threat, or hidden message.
- I dismiss inner knowing and only accept what is immediately literal.
What is your imaginative life like?
- Vivid enough to reveal possibilities and grounded enough to use.
- Overfull, fragmented, cynical, or difficult to focus.
- Thin, inaccessible, denied, or treated as impractical.
Crown, Sahasrara
Nothing left to defend up here. Nothing left to prove.
- Location
- top of the head
- Function
- Enlightenment and transcendence. Spiritual understanding, cosmic consciousness.
- Goal
- Higher values. Wisdom, inspiration, higher reason and awareness.
- Body
- Crown, central nervous system, cerebral cortex, upper spine. Pineal.
- Feeling
- Spiritual love and compassion. Peace, harmony, focus. Cosmic love.
- Sense
- Thought
- Element
- Thought
- Planet
- Uranus
- Talent
- Boundlessness & Radiance
Balanced. Connected to something larger, clear, wise, able to heal.
Excessive. Leaving the body, living in ideas, spiritual escape.
Dormant. Closed-mindedness, apathy, spiritual cynicism.
Where does meaning touch your ordinary life, not above it, but inside it?
How does spirituality or meaning enter your daily life?
- Through ordinary choices, humility, practice, and connection.
- As escape, abstraction, superiority, or a need to transcend the body.
- It feels irrelevant, inaccessible, or like something to distrust.
What happens when life cannot be explained?
- I can remain open, grounded, and connected without forcing certainty.
- I leave the body for theories, teachings, or spiritual intensity.
- I shut the question down, become apathetic, or harden into cynicism.
How do insight and wisdom become real?
- They enter conduct, relationship, repair, and patient work.
- I collect concepts and experiences faster than I embody them.
- I dismiss reflection or feel cut off from anything larger.
The twelve karmic laws, and Letting Go
The Great Law
As you sow, so shall you reap.
Cause, then effect. What goes around comes around, and it may not come back the same size. If you want peace and joy in your life, start where you are and do something about it.
The Law of Creation
You attract what you are, not what you want.
Your surroundings are clues to your inner nature. Want loving people close? Be loving. Want sharp people close? Get sharp at something. You build the environment from the inside.
The Law of Humility
What you resist, persists for you.
You choose your enemies and hand them your strength. The louder your protest, the more truth you are resisting. Humility is the key.
The Law of Growth
Wherever you go, there you are.
You carry your problems with you wherever you go. New scenery changes nothing until you change. The lessons learned slowly, true in your heart, are the ones that last.
The Law of Mirrors
Whenever there is something wrong, there is something wrong in us.
Every time you got angry, you were there. Your surroundings mirror you, and you mirror them back. Accept that with grace and you get to work on the one thing you can change.
The Law of Synchronicity
Whatever you do may be very insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
Everything connects, lowest to highest. Somebody has to do the small jobs, and waiting on Prince Charming or a lottery ticket is not a plan. Do the daily grind with discipline and humility.
The Law of Direction and Motives
You can't think of two things at the same time.
Higher values and lower appetites cannot hold the same seat. First things first each morning: make your peace, give your people love and attention. Then the work in front of you gets everything you have.
The Law of Willingness
If you believe something to be true, then sometime in life you must demonstrate that truth.
What you say you know becomes testable in conduct. Practice gives an idea consequence, including the possibility that experience will revise it.
The Law of Be Here Now
You can't go home again, but you must try.
Home means the psychological and emotional one. You did what you did and you got what you got. Feeding old dreams keeps you from being here now.
The Law of Change
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
History repeats itself until you learn the lesson that changes your path. Like mother, like daughter. Same moves in new places make the same problems.
The Law of Patience and Reward
When you focus on your life, good things happen.
Before enlightenment, you carry the water and till the soil. After enlightenment, you carry the water and till the soil. Happiness arrives as a by-product of doing your job in life.
The Law of Value and Upliftment
What you put in, you get back.
Garbage in, garbage out. Everything you contribute lifts the whole or lowers it. The value is in the energy you put in, down to how you grow and cook your food.
Letting Go, a solution
You don't truly have something until you can give it away.
You prove you have something by giving it: money, help, love. Let other people be right sometimes, the ego has room to spare. Give out more love and see if you don't get more in return.
The four axioms
Cyclical and Spiraling
Nature cycles, spirals and intertwines, clockwise and counter. Everything is connected to everything.
Oneness
Whatever has a front has a back. Left and right, black and white. All of it is one thing.
Balance
Nature abhors a vacuum and moves to fill it. Balance is the goal, and balance is what brings peace.
Change
Everything is in a dynamic state. What is not ready to change gets changed anyway, by the winds of change.
The archetypes
Root
The Groundkeeper. You are organizing life through presence, basics, and enoughness.
The Fortress. You are trying to create safety by making change impossible.
The Unrooted Traveler. Your system is searching for ground before it can build.
Sacral
The Flowkeeper. You can feel, want, receive, and remain in relationship with your boundaries.
The Flooded Vessel. Desire and feeling are moving faster than your capacity to hold them.
The Frozen Current. The current is present, but fear or rigidity is keeping it from moving.
Solar Plexus
The Steady Flame. Your power is becoming trustworthy because it can act without domination.
The Commander. Your will is trying to secure worth through control, force, or victory.
The Banked Fire. The fire is not gone; it is waiting for permission, fuel, and a first committed act.
Heart
The Bridge. You are able to connect lower needs and higher values through reciprocal love.
The Boundless Giver. Your compassion is outrunning your boundaries and turning care into self-erasure.
The Guarded Chamber. Protection has become isolation, and intimacy is waiting outside the door.
Throat
The Clear Bell. Your voice can tell the truth and listen for what returns.
The Broadcaster. Expression is outrunning listening and reception.
The Swallowed Word. Truth is gathering pressure behind silence, secrecy, or permission-seeking.
Third Eye
The Seer. Imagination and discernment are working together so you can hold more than one layer at once.
The Labyrinth. The search for meaning has multiplied into obsession, signs, and broken focus.
The Veiled Seer. Inner knowing is present but being dismissed, flattened, or denied.
Crown
The Witness. Meaning is descending into ordinary life instead of pulling you out of it.
The Ascender. The pull toward transcendence is becoming an escape from embodiment.
The Closed Sky. Cynicism or apathy is protecting you from the vulnerability of meaning.
integrated
The Integrated Witness. No single imbalance is controlling the map. Your work is maintenance, honesty, and continued observation.
Reflections
Root
- Where does your body touch the ground right now? Let the weight go there.
- What do you believe about your own safety today?
- Fear shrinks the body. Notice where you are braced.
- One basic thing, handled today, is the practice. Pick it.
Sacral
- Low belly. Warm, tight, quiet? Just check.
- What do you keep deciding not to want?
- Desire is information. Let one want surface without an argument.
- Give or receive one real thing today. Either direction counts.
Solar Plexus
- The space under your ribs. Fire, flutter, or stone?
- Where does your willpower go in a day?
- Anger is fuel with no manners. What is it trying to move?
- Choose one thing today and finish it. Volume optional.
Heart
- Chest and breath. Open, guarded, or somewhere between?
- Who taught you love had to be earned first?
- Trust flexes. Where are you rigid with someone you love?
- Forgive one small thing today, out loud or in writing.
Throat
- Jaw, tongue, throat. What are you holding shut?
- Which sentence have you rehearsed but never said?
- Openness has a sound. Hum, sigh, or say it.
- Say one true thing today at speaking volume.
Third Eye
- Behind the forehead. Busy or still?
- What do you already know that you keep double-checking?
- Intuition arrives quiet. What has been arriving?
- Act once today on a hunch instead of a proof.
Crown
- The top of your head. Notice the space just above it.
- What would be left of you with nothing to prove?
- Peace is not absence. Where does it already live in you?
- Do one thing today with no audience and no report.