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Crown Center (Sahasrara — thousand-petalled lotus)

सहस्रारsahasrāra

also: crown-chakra, sahasrapadma, thousand-petalled-lotus, head-center-7th, 7th chakra

pra-sahasrara

Definition

The seventh center, the crown / thousand-petalled lotus (Sahasrapadma / Sahasrara), at the top of the head. In Frawley's yogic astrology it is explicitly OUTSIDE the planet/sign system: it transcends the six chakras and the movement of time — 'the state of the Sun beyond time, when the breath no longer rises or sets, the perpetual day of pure consciousness'.
Traditional

Prāṇa relevance

⚑ The Sahasrara is Frawley's definition of the prana-TERMINUS: 'when the breath no longer rises or sets' (book p.230). The entire six-chakra prana/breath cycle (rising lunar breath Aquarius→Cancer, falling solar breath Leo→Capricorn) exists BELOW it; the goal of yoga is to take the life-force out of that breath-cycle and into the breathless crown. So this center defines the boundary of prana itself — the point at which vital breath is transcended — making it maximally prana-relevant by negation [MODERN — Frawley, on a Vedic/Upanishadic base].

Sources

  • txt-frawley-astrology-seersbook p.230Modern✓ verifiedthe 7th/head center (Sahasrapadma, thousand-petalled lotus) is outside the system; transcends the six chakras and time; the breathless 'perpetual day of pure consciousness'
  • txt-chandogya-upanishadIII.10.3 (quoted by Frawley, book p.230)Classicalunverified'For him the Sun does not rise, nor does it set; it is a perpetual day, for one who knows the secret spiritual teaching.'

Other attributes

System Of Origin
yoga-tantra
Location In Body
crown / top of the head (above and beyond the six lower centers)
Function
The breathless, timeless state of pure consciousness — the goal of yoga: the 'resurrection of the Sun out of darkness', taking the soul/inner Sun out of the cycle of time and breath into the superconscious, breathless state. No planet, sign or house is assigned to it; it transcends the system.
Element Association
none — beyond the mahabhutas; the unconditioned/transcendent state [TRADITIONAL — yoga-tantra; Frawley places it outside the elemental system entirely]
Ruling Planet
NONE — explicitly outside the planetary system [MODERN — Frawley, book p.230]
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