The Chakra Functions
This chart outlines the primary jobs of twelve major chakras.

Chakra

Color
Location
Physical
Emotional
Mental(Belief about...)
Spiritual

First

Red
Hips
Genitals, adrenals
Primal feelings
Safety and security
Deserving to exist
Second
Orange
Abdomen
Intestines, ovaries or testes
All feelings
Creativity
Ability to express feelings
Third
Yellow
Solar plexus
Digestive organs
Fears and self-esteem
Power and success
Empowerment
Fourth
Green
Heart
Heart, lungs
Emotions in relationship
Love
Connection to Divine
Fifth
Blue
Throat
Auditory system, mouth, thyroid
Expressions of all emotions
Communication
Receiving Divine guidance
Sixth
Purple
Forehead
Sight, pituitary
Related to self-acceptance
Self-image
Vision and futuring
Seventh
White
Top of head
Higher learning, pineal
Related to spiritual nature
Spiritual purpose
Spirituality
Eighth
Black
1-2 inches above head
Thymus
Feelings from past events
Power and use of power
Karma and shamanic abilities—connections to dimensions and other worlds
Ninth
Gold
1 1/2 feet above head
Diaphragm
Feelings within our soul
Idealism
Unity and harmony; global peace
Tenth
Brown
1 1/2 feet under ground
Feet, bones
Related to ancestral beliefs and environment
Nature and ancestors
Spirit in natural world
Eleventh
Pink
Around entire body, especially hands and feet
Connective tissue
Feelings as directed toward forceful ends
Right to lead and command
Commanding; connection with natural and supernatural forces
Twelfth
Clear
Outside of eleventh
32 separate points in body
Feelings about being true self
Personal gifts and aptitudes
Mastery

Chakra Endocrine Glands
First:
Adrenals
Second:
Ovaries in women, testes in men
Third:
Pancreas
Fourth:
Heart
Fifth:
Thyroid
Sixth:
Pituitary
Seventh:
Pineal
Eighth:
Thymus
Ninth:
Diaphragm
Tenth:
Marrow of bones
Eleventh:
Connective tissue
Twelfth:
Thirty-two secondary chakra points

Chakra Development

Chakra

Age

One

Womb to 6 months
Two
6 months to 2 1/2 years
Three
2 1/2 to 4 1/2 years
Four
4 1/2 to 6 1/2 years
Five
6 1/2 to 8 1/2 years
Six
8 1/2 to 14 years
Seven
14 to 21 years
Starting at chakra seven, we reprocess our first through seventh chakras again.

Chakra

Age
Key Concept

One

14 to 15 years
Security
Two
15 to 16 years
Creativity
Three
16 to 17 years
Personal power
Four
17 to 18 years
Loving relationships
Five
18 to 19 years
Self-expression
Six
19 to 20 years
Self-image
Seven
20 to 21 years
Spiritual purpose

We then begin processing the next five chakras in seven-year cycles.
Eight
21 to 28 years
Karma
Nine
28 to 35 years
Soul purpose
Ten
35 to 42 years
Purposeful survival
Eleven
42 to 49 years
Creative success
Twelve
49 to 56 years
Powerful mastery
One
56 to 63 years
Awareness of all
Two
63 to 70 years
Creativity with peace
Three
70 to 77 years
Success, inner and outer
Four
77 to 84 years
Relationship with all
Five
84 to 91 years
Speaking for above
Six
91 to 98 years
Visions from heaven

Aura and Location
Color
Major Function

First, in and around skin
Red
Safety and security
Tenth, around first
Brown
Grounding
Second, around tenth
Orange
Emotions
Third, around second
Yellow
Thoughts
Fourth, around third
Green
Relationship
Fifth, around fourth
Blue
Communication
Sixth, around fifth
Purple
Vision / Establishes future
Seventh, around sixth
White
Spirituality
Eighth, around seventh
Black
Karma
Ninth, around eighth
Gold
Harmony
Eleventh, around ninth and thickest around hands and feet
Pink
Ability to command
Twelfth, around eleventh
Clear
Personal mastery