After decades of dedicated study and research, local spiritualist Santina Cross has published a book exploring the way the chakras connect to astrology.
The book, which is illustrated by Jasper artist Marla Pollock, is called Chakra Sun Signs.
Cross started writing it in 2011 after she discovered her theory about chakras and astrology was previously undiscovered.
“I thought somebody else, surely, had come up with this. I thought I was discovering something everybody already knew.”
It was while reading the The Astrology Book: The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences that she realized her theory was brand new.
“I looked up chakras in this book and it said for years researchers have been looking for a link between the chakras and astrology, but they haven’t been able to do it because there’s 12 signs and only seven chakras.
“But what nobody knows is that chakras have people and depending on when we’re born and where we sit in the zodiac and where everybody else sits, we form seven different relationships, and I believe that those seven different relationships coincide with our seven chakras—and nobody has figured this out yet.”
For the non-initiated, this may all seem a little bit daunting. But, as long as you know your birthday, the rest is easily laid out in the book, helping you to find your astrological sign, where you fit on the zodiac wheel and how that placement affects the way you interact with others, depending on their sign and which chakra it coincides with.
With this knowledge, readers are provided with tools to navigate their health, spirituality and relationships, said Cross.
“The book takes you through these things. It starts with an introduction telling you how I came to this and also talking to you about spirit—that you have a spirit and it talks to you in a lot of different ways—then I explain the chakras and I explain the different ways that astrology works, and then I bring it all together for you.
“I will do chakra sun sign readings for people, but I would much rather teach people how to use this information themselves; that’s why I made the book.”
Cross came to spirituality 20 years ago, first asking for tarot cards from her aunt in a family gift exchange and later exploring it further through numerology, astrology, totems, colour energy, Reiki, yoga, and the chakra system.
She said through her book she hopes to enlighten people about the chakras.
“The chakra system needs to be brought to people’s attention. I like to think of it like the engine of your car. You can drive your vehicle your whole life and never know a damn thing about the engine, you’ll still put gas in it and it’ll still drive, but if you knew about your engine, your car would last a lot longer and if something went wrong, you would know that something’s out of line.
“That’s what knowing your chakra system is all about. It’s going to exist whether you learn about it or not, but it’s very healthy to learn about it.”
Chakras are energy points in the body that take in the energy around us. There are seven, beginning with the root chakra, located at the base of the spine. Others include the sacral chakra, located in the lower abdomen, the solar plexus chakra, heart chakra, throat chakra, third eye chakra located in the middle of the forehead and crown chakra located on top of the head.
Each chakra is associated with different qualities, colours, yoga poses, mantras, affirmations, gemstones and aromas and, according to Cross, depending on your sign, you meet different people in different chakras, resulting in different kinds of relationships.
For instance, if you’re a Libra, you meet those who are Leo and Sagittarius in the solar plexus chakra—or yellow chakra.
“You feed each other’s fire and build each other up, that’s yellow energy.
“Yellow is the colour of self esteem and self empowerment; it makes you feel good, so the yellow chakra is in charge of those kinds of issues and taking in things that make you feel good.”
Through an understanding of chakra sun signs, Cross said people can strengthen their emotional, physical and spiritual growth, ultimately living a healthier life.
Chakra Sun Signs is available on Amazon, as well as through Cross, who received an order of 100 books this week.
To learn more about the book and Cross, visit her blog www.chakrasunsigns.com.
Nicole Veerman
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