The Qualities and Symbols of the Svādhishthāna Chakra
| Position within the body | About 3cm above the lower part of the spinal column where the coccyx and the sacrum meet. |
| Colour | ORANGE – activity, energy, joy, hope |
| Tattva | JALA (Water) – soft and yielding |
| Mantra | VAM |
| Lotus | 6 Petals – symbols for the six obstacles on the path of development: Anger, hate, greed, jealousy, cruelty, laziness |
| Animal | CROCODILE – lethargy |
| Divinity | BRAHMĀ – creator, consciousness
SARASVATĪ – knowledge, intellect, discrimination (Viveka) |
| Symbols | HALF MOON – feelings, tides, female cycle |
| Qualities and Aspects | First level of human development, the subconscious HĪRANYAGARBHA – the “Golden Womb” PRĀRABDHA KARMA – influence of earlier actions on one’s destiny positive: ICCHĀ SHAKTI (willpower), KRIYĀ SHAKTI (vigour/drive) negative: Egoism, passion, pride, envy, doubt, laziness, etc. |
| Prāna | APĀNA – elimination |
| Plane | BHUVARLOKA – astral level |
| Planet | MERCURY |
| Principle | CHITTA – consciousness/Principle NĀRĀYANA, memory |
| Precious Stone | BERYLL |
| Metal | TIN |
| Mineral | SODIUM |
| Characteristic | KRODHA – anger |
| Sensation | KLĀNTI – tiredness/fatigue |
| Sense Organ | JIHVĀ – tongue/Principle VARUNA, sense of taste |
| Feature | RASA – fluidity |
| Taste | SALTY |
| Quality | CHALANA – to move |
| Part of the Body | MAMSA – flesh |
| Organ | UPASTHA – sexual organs/Principle PRAJĀPATI, Creation, Reproduction |
| Secretion | VĪRYA – hormones |
| Gland | SUPRARENAL GLAND |
| Plexus | HYPOGASTRIC (network of nerves in the lower abdomen) |
| Other Names | LOWER ABDOMINAL CENTRE |
