Score one point for the first column (N or P), two points for the

second column (S or F), three points for the third column (0 or G),
and four points for the fourth column (A or E). Add up the points
for each chakra and compare.

CHAKRA ONE: Earth, Survival, Grounding

CHAKRA TWO: Water, Emotions, Sexuality
CHAKRA THREE: Fire, Power, Will
CHAKRA FOUR: Air, Love, Relationships
CHAKRA FIVE: Sound, Communications, Creativity

CHAKRA SIX: Light, Intuition, Seeing

CHAKRA SEVEN: Thought, Awareness, Wisdom, Intelligence
 Scores of 22-28 indicate a very strong chakra; scores of 6-12
indicate a weak chakra. Scores between 13 and 21 are in the
average range, but could use improvement. However, it is the
distribution that is important. Compare your scores between
different parts. Aside from the strongest and weakest chakras, is
there a distribution pattern, such as higher scores in the lower
chakras, or higher scores in the upper or middle chakras? Does
this pattern coincide with your own views about yourself?

Distribution Analysis
Energy flows in two ways in the chakra system-vertically, as it
passes up and down connecting all the chakras, and horizontally,
as it passes into and out from each chakra, interfacing with the
world outside. The vertical channel can be thought of as the basic
source, while the horizontal flow is the expression of that source.

The vertical channel is a polaric flow between the earth and the
heavens-between matter and consciousness. In order for this flow
to be full, each end of the spectrum must be open and connected to
the raw energy source particular to it.

If the first chakra is closed, then the upward flow of liberating

energy is blocked off. Cosmic energy may still come through the
crown chakra, but it has no pull from the lower body to move
toward manifestation. Ideas may proliferate, creativity and
awareness may be high-but the person has a hard time finishing
projects or directing his life. The consciousness may consist of
loosely formed ideas or fantastic but impractical schemes that
never come to fruition.

On the other hand, if the crown chakra is closed, while the first
remains open, the problem is reversed. The earth energy has no
pull toward expression, but sits like a wallflower waiting for a
dance partner. The person may be highly practical, well-focused
and secure financially, but lacking in creativity, hopes and dreams,
or awareness of subtle planes. Plenty of plodding, but no dancing.
Change is difficult, ruts and habits set in. The person has cut off his
liberating current. The inability to manifest anything new results in
an attachment to whatever security already exists.

These are, of course, extreme examples. Most situations are not

so clear-cut. These combinations result in a dominant theme of
either cosmic or earth energy. Some people are perfectly balanced,
but this is the exception rather than the rule. Establishing the
dominant theme is the first step in analyzing chakra blockages.

Both upward and downward currents can also be altered by

imbalance in any of the chakras. If a person has a block in the
second chakra, for example, with heavy emphasis on the cosmic
energy, then most of the chakras are still well fed, with the greatest
deprivation occurring in the first chakra. Opening the first chakra
may then alleviate the problem by bringing energy up from the
earth to meet and balance the cosmic energy trying to come down.
Indeed, if the first chakra is closed, the cosmic energy will have a
hard time filtering down as low as the second chakra.

If a person with predominantly physical energy has a second

chakra blockage, then they are likely to be in sorrier shape. The
five major chakras above will be blocked from their main source-
the first chakra. In treating a person like this, one can work on
opening the crown chakra (though it is likely to be difficult) or
work on the second chakra directly to allow the earth energy to
rise. This example illustrates why sex is often so important to
physically oriented people. Aside from physical stimulation, it
allows passage of energy to the rest of the body, otherwise
malnourished.

Likewise, the middle chakras can be analyzed in terms of the

directions of the vertical flows. Fifth chakra blocks in mental types
result in an inability to manifest creativity and communicate ideas.
In the physical type, they result in communication without content,
or without knowledge or creativity to back them up.

In the third chakra blockages, a physical type may have power

with no control over it. It may be intermittent, or insensitive. In a
mental type, there may be a great deal of inner strength, but an
inability to really accomplish anything in the "real" world- a lack
of confidence in dealing with tangible things.

When the heart chakra is blocked, then energy from both ends is
also blocked. The mind/body communication is shut down and
needs to be re-established to open things up again. Likewise, if
one or the other end points are blocked, the energy will balance
itself in one of the other chakras, depending on which current is
dominant.

Each chakra is a dynamic combination of earth and cosmic

energy. The ratio between these two energies determines how the
chakra expresses itself. This expression comprises the horizontal
channel, branching out in a spherical fashion from each center.
Each channel takes the source energy, both cosmic and material,
and uses it to interact with the outside world. In this interaction,
energy is also absorbed from the world and brought into
combination with the source.

An earth-oriented fifth chakra might go in for sculpture, dance,

or acting. A more mentally oriented fifth chakra would tend to go
into writing or languages. An earth oriented third chakra would be
interested in science and technology, while his more mental
counterpart would be drawn toward executive functions.

In this way, each chakra perpetuates its patterns. A woman in

technology will meet more people in technological fields than in
political ones. Dancers are reinforced by other dancers to keep in
shape, and writers are reinforced by other writers to read books.

I have seen only slight correspondence between gender and

upper/lower chakra distribution. I believe most of this is cultural
rather than biological in origin. Men, so typically blocked in the
emotional center (which is the center chakra in the physical
realm), are pushed into mental realms and out of the body. Women,
typically assigned the job of physical maintenance, i.e.,
housework, cooking, and child raising (not to mention
childbearing), get pushed into their lower chakras. Much of the
imbalance between the genders fluctuates around the second
chakra (emotions and sexuality)-resulting in a heavy emphasis in
this area as the energy tries to balance itself out. Men, denied
emotional release, put more emphasis on sexual contact as a way
of reclaiming their bodies and re-establishing their physical
connection. Women, often feeling oppressed by this, tend to shut
down their sexuality and retaliate in emotional realms.

With more equality between the sexes, these patterns are

changing. Nor are they so well established that exceptions are not
almost as common as the rule. Many women spend a great deal of
time in mental planes, while the men go out and work in the
physical world. Many women tend to be more interested in
spiritual pursuits, for instance, expressing themselves in intuitive
fashion, while many men pursue more concrete goals, preferring to
talk only about things that can be seen or heard in a tangible sense.
As stated earlier, there are no hard and fast rules.

There is one more significant general pattern in chakra

interaction-the spiral. As mentioned in the chapter on the heart
chakra, the whole body/mind can be seen as a spiral emanating
from or returning to the heart. If the initial outward movement of
the spiral is toward communication, it will end in chakra one,
manifestation. If the spiral initially goes toward the third chakra it
will end in the seventh. In either cases, the channels connect
chakras three and five, chakras two and six, and chakras one and
seven.
 The interrelationships of these combinations are not hard to see.
Communication is facilitated by a sense of personal power and
power is enhanced by effective communication. Psychic and
intuitive faculties are enhanced by tuning into the emotions, and the
emotions are strongly affected by subconscious information picked
up psychically. Chakras one and seven are connected by their
basic polarity; their dance creates the whole spectrum.

A thorough analysis of one's spiritual nature, physical problems,

or general personality should encompass all these aspects. Again,
the general rule for understanding and using a complex system is to
look at the system as a whole, and analyze it with the faculties of
all your chakras.