***Laura Linney's Oscar Aura Readings

When you think of Academy Awards, do you think "spiritual reading"? If not, why not?

I have an annual custom of doing aura readings, comparing auras of top-nominated actors with their auras in roles; it's a great way to practice using deeper perception.

Anyone nominated for Best Actor or Actress has the technical skills down cold. The voice, the walk, the imagination, the ability to make a role seem spontaneous and real.

But an intuitive reading can show you something even more fascinating. Who changes so deep, even the aura is altered? What happens deep within energy fields?

Auras combine changing experiences with gifts of the soul, components that usually don't change. But can a super talented actor change all the way down to that level? Some can.

This year, I have researched five ultra-revealing aura databanks on each nominee for Best Actress and Best Actor. Then I have used a photo of each nominee as herself or himself.

For comparison, I have read those very same databanks on the actor or actress in the nominated movie role. In this article, we're reading one of my favorites, the great Laura Linney.

Until you can do aura readings through a dedicated technique, try this short-cut. Look into the actor's eyes, in the photo being read. Then turn to the comments on one chakra at a time. Alternating this sequence, you can taste the flavor pretty strongly.

This is a kind of intuitive reading, a super-scaled-down version of one of my techniques for reading the soul through the eyes. You'll receive just about 10% of the clarity from doing bona fide aura readings, but it's fun. And it's a start.

Having seen Linney in many roles, I consider her the Meryl Streep of her generation. But how does she do in her role as Wendy Savage? Here she plays a struggling playwright who must care for her elderly father and try to make her brother accountable.

First let's start with the fun of reading this star's aura as herself, using this photograph. www.selfgrowth.com

PRESENCE WHEN ENTERING A ROOM at the Root Chakra

Calm, collected and cerebral, Laura Linney is a technician. Her presence, though larger than normal life, isn't quite up to the megawatt standard of a major movie star, including Streep.

SEX APPEAL at the Belly Chakra

I find both tenderness and feminine vulnerability. Once again, the display at Linney's aura is more intense than you'll find in most "normal" people but isn't huge enough to make her a standout among Oscar nominees.

In fact, this chakra databank is a make-or-break one for fame. I've read many auras of actresses like Angelina Jolie who project loads of oomph, probably very unlike their (much smaller) personal interest in sex. Typically, actors of either sex use their sex appeal to hook audiences.

Linney doesn't do this. Her sex life stays private. That bodes well for her integrity as a person but may detract from her career.

HANDLING POWER IN TOUGH SITUATIONS at the Solar Plexus Chakra

She responds as an artist. Vulnerability again! This is no truck driver of an actress, more like a fine sports car. She responds. She feels. In real life she's more likely to get hurt than to push.

What's the big exception? Career. If she needs power to do her art, that power will flow as needed.

In this way, Laura Linney is like many a musician, painter, writer or other type of artist. As a writer and spiritual teacher, I can totally relate. If you're an artist also, can you?

EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO OTHER PEOPLE at the Heart Chakra

Kindness is a very strong component of her nature. Laura keeps her heart opened up, yet she can quickly withdraw if threatened.
What I like most about this databank is the naturalness. Many a performer develops distancing or self-involvement, but this actor hasn't lost her humanity as a result of her work or her fame.

SOUL DEVELOPMENT at the High Heart Chakra

Here is a mature soul, very graced, an artist to her core. Sweet!
To compare Linney's role as a playwright, let's use this picture. www.selfgrowth.com

PRESENCE WHEN ENTERING A ROOM at the Root Chakra

In this scene from the movie, she's joyful and zesty. This is a carefree character… at this point in the film, anyway.

It's an appealing choice of chakra, and a definite change from Linney as usual.

SEX APPEAL at the Belly Chakra

Does the chakra projection change? Only by about 1,000%. Now the sex appeal bounces across the room. At this part of the movie, her attractiveness is easy, breezy.

HANDLING POWER IN TOUGH SITUATIONS at the Solar Plexus Chakra

One more switch: This character is a fighter. In fact, her determination has a dozen nuances. Yet Laura keeps a trace of her vulnerability in this role. It's a very winning characterization.

EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO OTHER PEOPLE at the Heart Chakra

Porcupine alert! "Suddenly" the actress has developed a sharp tongue, a sarcastic sense of humor, and emotional toughness with a strong defensive component. Great for portraying a playwright, a great auric shift!

SOUL DEVELOPMENT High Heart Chakra

No real change shows here. That loveable high heart stays exactly the same.

CONCLUSION:
Total number of chakras dramatically changed: 4
Laura Linney's artistic choices are simple but compelling. They add up to a powerful portrayal that is highly entertaining to watch, masterfully constructed.