An Artistic Rendering of the Seven Chakras
According to Hindu tradition, the energy field of the human body is made up of seven major energy centers called chakras. There are more chakras, but for the purpose at hand these are the main ones that seem in my experience to get reflected in dreams. Each of these energy centers generates its own kind of energy to deal with certain life issues. If there is a wounding correlating to one of these issues it affects the quality of the energy in the chakra and can cause disease to a part of the body related to the chakra. Thus, any disease or emotional imbalance is viewed as relating to one or more of these chakra areas.
Getting to Know the Color and Shape of Your Chakras
As with any other kind of issue, once you are aware that a chakra and its energies are presenting themselves in a dream, you can work with that chakra and any relevant issues through dreamwork. You just need to know what to look for in terms of symbolism and metaphor. A good book on chakras can help provide you with the usual colors for the chakras as well as corresponding issues. A good book on dreams may provide the commonly held symbols for the chakras in dreams. On-going dreamwork will reveal the colors of your chakras that are unique to you and your private dream vocabulary. Your colors may appear in different color tones, often depending on the type of energy manifesting from the chakra.
Colors
From the many different sources I’ve read on the subject, the following colors of the chakras are usually given in the manner of how they appear on the spectrum of the rainbow:
1st Chakra: Red
2nd Chakra: Orange
3rd Chakra: Yellow
4th Chakra: Green
5th Chakra: Blue
6th Chakra: Purple
7th Chakra: White
Shapes and Symbols
In my dreams chakras usually present themselves as big round buttons on a tunic I am wearing. They sometimes need to be polished; a hint that I have some spiritual work to do. Also, I have found that a predominant color in dreams (other than black) on a major symbol such as the walls of a room is a good indicator that a chakra issue is present. For example, in the following dream the bright red of the walls was so odd and overpowering it immediately drew my attention to it. Since the wall indicated a space of that color I took it be the “space” of my 1st chakra.
Example (Dream): I am entering a bathroom that is oddly decorated with big, bright red tiles on the walls. The tiles are hard to miss. I start to pee in the toilet.
Peeing in the toilet naturally made me associate with the words “pissed off,” suggesting that perhaps I had a 1st chakra issue needing release. Reflecting on this possibility raised several concerns related to 1st the chakra such as finances and my place in the world that perhaps I needed to work on.
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Fran Kramer 
So interesting to see how differently individuals’ dreams speak to them. I have not really ever worked with color; lately my dreams leave me with a feeling…or point quite clearly to a specific area of the body. It is so fascinating to see how our personal symbols and the connections we make are so unique, even when related to such universal ideas as somatic healing.
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I had two dreams about chakras. I’ll tell you both of them. I dreamt about the solar system in the gasses of a black whole and there were exactly 11 planets alined above my 7 chakras and they we’re lined up in order. The chakras started to light up and illuminate. The glow was so bright I felt energy throughout my body. Then my yellow and blue chakras showed and I saw them brighten up and I felt so much energy and it released negative energy. I had another dream where I dreamt of me sleeping in the exact place and position I was sleeping in. I was looking at myself. And the chakras we’re lined up on my back and I felt energy.