Aura Reading: Complete Guide to Seeing & Reading Energy Fields

By Nicole, Founder of Mystic Ryst

Your aura is the electromagnetic energy field that surrounds your body, reflecting your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual state. This colorful field of light extends several feet around you and constantly changes based on your thoughts, feelings, and overall wellbeing. Learning to see and read auras gives you insight into yourself and others on a deeper energetic level.

Aura reading is the psychic ability to perceive and interpret these energy fields. While some people are naturally gifted at seeing auras, anyone can develop this skill with practice. Your aura's colors, brightness, and patterns reveal your current state, personality traits, health, and spiritual development.

This is your complete guide to aura reading—what auras are, aura color meanings, how to see auras, and how to read energy fields.

What Is an Aura?

An aura is the subtle energy field that surrounds all living things. It's composed of electromagnetic energy and reflects your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual state.

Aura Layers

• Physical layer: Closest to body, reflects physical health
• Emotional layer: Reflects feelings and emotions
• Mental layer: Reflects thoughts and beliefs
• Spiritual layer: Reflects spiritual connection and development

Aura Characteristics

• Color: Primary indicator of state
• Brightness: Energy level and vitality
• Size: Confidence and energy
• Clarity: Health and balance
• Patterns: Specific conditions or issues

Aura Color Meanings

Red Aura

Meaning: Passion, vitality, physical energy, courage
Personality: Energetic, passionate, grounded, action-oriented
Challenges: Anger, aggression, stress
Chakra: Root

Orange Aura

Meaning: Creativity, sexuality, confidence, joy
Personality: Creative, social, adventurous, enthusiastic
Challenges: Addiction, overindulgence
Chakra: Sacral

Yellow Aura

Meaning: Intellect, optimism, personal power, clarity
Personality: Intelligent, optimistic, analytical, confident
Challenges: Overthinking, anxiety
Chakra: Solar plexus

Green Aura

Meaning: Love, healing, growth, balance
Personality: Loving, nurturing, balanced, natural healer
Challenges: Jealousy, possessiveness
Chakra: Heart

Blue Aura

Meaning: Communication, truth, calm, intuition
Personality: Communicative, truthful, calm, intuitive
Challenges: Over-sensitivity, sadness
Chakra: Throat

Indigo Aura

Meaning: Intuition, wisdom, psychic abilities
Personality: Intuitive, wise, spiritual, psychic
Challenges: Disconnection from physical world
Chakra: Third eye

Violet/Purple Aura

Meaning: Spirituality, enlightenment, divine connection
Personality: Spiritual, visionary, magical, connected
Challenges: Escapism, impracticality
Chakra: Crown

Pink Aura

Meaning: Love, compassion, gentleness, romance
Personality: Loving, gentle, romantic, artistic
Challenges: Over-sensitivity, naivety

White Aura

Meaning: Purity, truth, spiritual awakening
Personality: Pure, truthful, spiritually advanced
Note: Rare, often seen in highly spiritual people

Gold Aura

Meaning: Divine protection, enlightenment, wisdom
Personality: Spiritually gifted, protected, wise
Note: Very rare, indicates high spiritual development

Black/Gray Aura

Meaning: Illness, negativity, blockages, depression
Note: Usually temporary, indicates need for healing

Brown Aura

Meaning: Grounded, practical, but may indicate stagnation
Note: Can indicate need to release old energy

How to See Auras

Beginner Exercise: See Your Own Aura

1. Sit in dimly lit room (not dark)
2. Hold hand against white/light background
3. Relax eyes, don't focus hard
4. Look at space around fingers (peripheral vision)
5. Notice subtle glow or color
6. Practice daily for 5-10 minutes

Seeing Others' Auras

1. Have person stand against white wall
2. Dim lighting (natural light best)
3. Stand 8-10 feet away
4. Relax eyes, soft gaze
5. Look at space around their head/shoulders
6. Notice colors, brightness, size

Tips for Seeing Auras

• Don't strain or focus too hard
• Use peripheral vision
• Practice in dim, natural light
• Be patient—it takes practice
• Trust what you see
• Start with seeing the etheric layer (white/gray glow)

How to Read Auras

What to Observe

• Dominant color: Primary personality/state
• Secondary colors: Additional traits
• Brightness: Energy level
• Size: Confidence, energy field strength
• Clarity: Health and balance
• Holes or dark spots: Blockages, illness

Reading Process

1. Observe overall aura
2. Note dominant color(s)
3. Check brightness and clarity
4. Look for patterns or anomalies
5. Interpret based on color meanings
6. Trust your intuition

Developing Your Aura Reading Ability

Daily Practice

• Practice seeing your own aura daily
• Observe auras of friends/family
• Practice on plants and animals
• Keep aura reading journal

Enhance Ability

• Meditate regularly
• Open third eye chakra
• Work with amethyst or lapis lazuli
• Practice psychic development exercises

Cleansing & Protecting Your Aura

Aura Cleansing

• Sage or palo santo smoke
• Salt baths
• Visualization (white light washing over you)
• Sound healing
• Spending time in nature

Aura Protection

• Visualize protective bubble around you
• Wear black tourmaline
• Set energetic boundaries
• Regular cleansing

Your Aura Reading Practice

Start today:

1. Practice seeing your own aura
2. Learn color meanings
3. Practice on willing friends
4. Keep journal of observations
5. Cleanse your aura regularly
6. Trust your intuition

Final Thoughts

Aura reading is a beautiful psychic ability that reveals the invisible energy surrounding all living things. With practice, you can develop this skill and gain profound insights into yourself and others. Your aura is constantly communicating—learn to listen to its colorful language.

Welcome to aura reading. You are seeing beyond.

Can you see auras? What colors do you see most? I'd love to hear!