Looking for a personalized Friday the 13th activity? I got you.
Last month, well more like the last 6 weeks, I was serving on a jury for a murder trial. It's true- I was stuck in court while Meg was island hopping around Southeast Asia! (cue tiny violin pity party) While this unexpected civic duty kind of took over my life, I decided to see it as an opportunity to explore a neighborhood that I don't really choose to spend time in anymore: NYC's Chinatown. Who gets excited when a friend says: "Let's go shopping on CANAL STREET!!" No one.
One of my friends gave me a healing crystal for my birthday back in December - she really wanted to protect year #twentyGREAT for me. She told me all about her experience heading down to Chinatown, spending time picking out the right stone for me, and explained to me how to take care of it. It was all really thoughtful. While she was there, they told her after spending a certain amount of money, she could get a picture of her aura taken for just $8-- so why not! She had a fascinating image full of deep red covering her body like fire, and they related it to the strong passion she had in her life.
Sooooo on a freezing afternoon in Chinatown that just so happened to be Friday, February the 13th, what should a curious girl on a break from court do? Get a picture of my aura of course.
I headed to Magic Jewelry right around the corner (easily accessible via subway), which is supposed to give one of the best aura readings in the city. I walked into the small shop and was greeted immediately with two friendly faces. I expressed the desire to get a picture of my aura, and before I knew it I was sitting in a booth in the back of the store, staring into a big black box, and placing my hands on two metal plates. It felt like I was getting a portrait taken back in the olden days.
It only took a few minutes for the photograph to develop, and over a cup of hot tea and a chakra chart, the nice man started reading my aura for me.
As you can see from the arrows in the image below, there's a flow to the whole aura thing. The left side is your past few weeks, the top is your present, and the right side is your future. The blue on the left means that things are calm and smooth, and the white spots represent contemplation. The pinkish cloud hovering over my head says that I'm focused on a romantic or intimate relationship, and, again, the white spots represent that I'm thinking or over-thinking it all (geeez). The blue on my right is similar to that of the past- representing that the future is calm but brighter. And, yes, at this point, with more white clouds, I can admit that I think about things perhaps too much. (who doesn't?) Blue on my body means that I'm calm on the inside and have a connection to spirituality, but my digestive system and/or womb may be a little weak. Overall, my aura is good, but it could be stronger. When you hear the phrase "you have a strong aura," that means that the image covers your whole body and face and you can't see the person through the strong color arrays.
It was all kind of fascinating regardless of whether you believe it or not. It would be interesting to start a collection of pictures of your aura, right?! I say try something new, and we live in a city full of new things to try. You don't need to travel far for some #wanderlust...just Canal Street. So, if you find yourself in Chinatown... check out your aura. What do you think your aura looks like on this Friday the 13th?
notes:
- $20 for a photograph of your aura, reading, and cup of tea. ($8 if you spend $25 or more in the store...)
- they say you can go back and get a new picture of your aura every few weeks. this could be a fun activity, or at least art activity. they haven't made an "aura" instagram filter... yet.
- fun fact: meg and i used to live in a very itsy bitsy apartamento in chinatown. those good old days were filled with a single person fourth floor walk-up, non-consistent heat, mice, and lots of studying. oh, undergrad.