The Color Red

True·North
Metaphorically, where your heart is, your direction in life

Al·che·my
A seemingly magical power or process of transformation

The Color Red

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At approximately 6,300-7,000 Angstroms in the visible light spectrum, the color red signifies warmth, vitality, passion and energy. It also symbolizes fire, masculinity, even war-like qualities. As an attention-getting color, red is used to communicate danger – think STOP signs -- or alert us to emergencies such as fire. The color of lifeblood, red also communicates qualities of sexuality and control.

We say that we “see red” when we feel so strongly about something that we are blinded by rage. We may wear red to an important meeting, to project power and authority. On Valentine’s Day, we give each other red hearts and flowers, calling on red's association with passion and warmth.

Red is the color that corresponds energetically with our first or base chakra. Chakras are energy centers that permeate our physical bodies; seven major chakras interpenetrate the body at various levels within the torso and head. As the color of the base chakra or energy center in our bodies, red represents the material side of life.

A simple exercise you can do to ground yourself when you're feeling stressed or unbalanced, using the color red and the first chakra.

Visualize yourself rooted to the earth through the soles of your feet.

Picture the color red bathing and cleansing the energy center at the base of your spine, down your legs, to your feet and into the earth.

Feel yourself supported by the earth, safe and secure, grounded and clear.

The Aura-Soma® Colour Care Hue-man illustrates the location and colors associated with the major chakras of the human body.

A Red, Red Rose
by Robert Burns

O, my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June.
O, my Luve's like a melodie
That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair as thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will love thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
I will love thess till, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run:

And fare thee well, my only luve!
And fare thee weel, a while!
And I will come again, my luve,
Tho' it ware ten thousand mile.

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