Opal Chakra

The opal center is between the green, pink and blue in both location and in hue; and like an opal gemstone, has a swirling mixture of all three shades moving through it making it elusive as movement itself. It is located where the manubrium, which is the top part of the sternum (breast bone), joins the main, lower part of the sternum (you can touch this spot and feel a horizontal line in the bone here). It is just below where the clavicles (collar bones) join and behind it is the region where the trachea splits into the right and left bronchi. So as we breath in air (or prana from the universe), it splits here going to our yin (left) and yang (right) sides. This is also where the thymus gland is, which acts as the energetic input computer for the immune system. It also relates to the septums that divide the heart muscle.

Thus protection is the greatest role of the opal center as this is also the location where the bones of the arms join the core skeleton (so our arms can protect our core--"breaking a fall"). It is also the farthest down that ingested substances can be swallowed and still be gagged back up, when we swallow bad food (like a point of no return). Both of the above facts are mentioned as they correlate with strong instinctive neurological reflexes for protection.

More esoterically speaking, it is the center point of the cross of Christ where above is found our more heavenly aspects of spirit and below is found our more earthly aspects of being. This is the balance point of yin and yang between the male/yang right side of the heart (the pink) and the female/yin left side of the heart (the green). Opal is where yin meets yang for our entire being (both the black dot and white dot of the yin/yang symbol). Consequently if we are in balance with both our male and female aspects of our being, our heart can be open and still safe and protected. Similarly if we grew up with balanced love and support from both our mother and father we would be protected and thrive in our growth; or if our relationship with the Yin and Yang Energy of the Universe (Heaven and Earth) is in balance, we then are protected.