Blue Aura Meaning: Calm, Communication and the Different Blues

The quick answer on blue

Aura writers use this color for the throat and the voice. A blue aura is pictured as belonging to someone who thinks before speaking, keeps promises, listens well and prefers a steady pace. Readers often call blue people dependable and a little private.

Because the meaning centres on communication, a reading that says blue is often followed by remarks about honesty, teaching, writing or counselling. These are suggestions drawn from the symbolism and have no relation to a person's actual job.

Why blue means calm

Two threads run together here. The older one is symbolic: the 1901 book Thought-Forms, by the Theosophists Besant and Leadbeater, painted devotion and religious feeling in blue, and blue has long stood for sky, water and steadiness in many cultures. The newer thread is the chakra scheme, in which the throat centre is shown as blue and is tied to speech and truthfulness.

So when a chart says blue is calm, it is repeating a color association that is far older than the aura system, rather than reporting something observed.

Light blue, dark blue and the blues next door

Searchers often ask about a particular tone, and readers do draw distinctions. These are a convention more than a standard.

• Light or sky blue is said to show peace, ease in conversation and a gentle manner
• Royal or medium blue is said to show confidence in communicating and a sense of responsibility
• Dark blue is said to show a serious, inward person, sometimes carrying worry or a heavy load of duty
• Turquoise and teal, where blue meets green, are described as caring and expressive
• Indigo, where blue deepens towards violet, is tied to intuition and the third eye

Blue in relationships and work

In love, the tradition describes blue as faithful and slow to open up, someone who says little at first and then means all of it. In friendships blue is the confidant. At work, blue is said to prefer steady projects and clear instructions, and to dislike conflict.

These portraits will fit some readers of this page and miss others, which is the Barnum effect at work. Statements broad enough to apply to many people feel personal when they are phrased warmly. Ask whether the description would have been equally believable if it had been offered for a different color.

The shadow side of blue

Every color has a cost in these charts, and blue's is withdrawal. A person with a blue aura is said, on a bad day, to bottle things up, avoid hard conversations and let resentment build quietly. Some writers also describe a blue that dims into grey when someone feels unheard.

You can use that without believing in the aura. Many people do find that they go quiet when they most need to speak, and the chart is a prompt to notice it.

Putting a blue reading to practical use

A reading can be a nudge towards something concrete. Try these.

1. Think of one thing you have not said to someone and write the first sentence of it.
2. Say it to a friend you trust, in your own words, within the next few days.
3. Notice how your body feels afterwards, and whether the delay was worse than the conversation.
4. If speaking up is hard in general, consider practising with someone supportive, such as a counsellor.