The Throat Center
The Throat is where everything in the chart is trying to get to. It turns energy and awareness into speech and action.
- Governs: Communication, expression and manifestation
- Defined in about 72% of people
When it is defined
- A defined Throat has consistent access to expression. What that expression is depends on which centre connects to it, and that connection is what determines your type.
- Consistency here does not mean you always speak well. It means the channel to expression is always available.
When it is open
- An open Throat has no fixed voice, so it takes on the expression of whoever is around. The pressure is enormous: an open Throat wants to be heard, and often speaks to attract attention rather than because there is something to say.
- This is where the classic advice about waiting to be asked comes from. An open Throat that speaks unprompted usually finds the room does not land it well; the same words, invited, land completely differently.
The not-self question
Am I talking to attract attention?
Questions
What does an open Throat centre mean?
You have no consistent way of expressing yourself, so you take on the communication style of whoever you are near. The common pattern is talking to get attention rather than because you have something to say.
Why do I talk too much with an open Throat?
Because the pressure to be recognised runs through this centre, and an open one amplifies it. Waiting to be asked, rather than initiating, changes how the same words land.