I just discovered there are 5 Aspects of Shiva Residing within my Vishudhara (Throat) 5th Chakra (ready to kick some klesha ass) COOL Beans! Bring ’em on!

Shiva is majorly seen in five of His aspects – Aghora, Ishana, Tat Purusha, Vamadeva (Varna Deva) and Rudra (or Saddyojat). Panchavaktra or Panchamukhi is the combination of all these five forms and is commonly depicted as five-headed.

Today is the fifth day of the fifth month in the year 2 + 0 + 2 + 1 = 5

The Vishuddha Chakra is the 5th chakra (counting from the bottom). It is the 1 chakra with 16 petals….

painting by Peter Weltevrede, Sandeep Johahari, students of Harish Johari from book “Chakras” by Harish Johari, Destiny Books

5 Faces of Shiva

1) Sadyojata – “just-now born” meaning that first breath of life that gives every form its life; direction: South; element: Fire; shape: Triangular

  This SADYOJATA aspect is correlated with the following
To “Mano Maya Kosha” amongst the five Koshas
To “AGNI” principle among five principles “Pancha Bhuta”.
To “PANCHAMA” Swara among the seven Swaras
To “MA” in OMKARA. 

2) Vaama Deva – “Left face”; direction: All Directions; element: Earth; shape: Square

Since VAAMA DEVA makes the life live-able by giving happiness, 
he is called as “KALA VIKARANA”
Since he un-energizes the demons, he is called as “BALA VIKARANA”
Since he is the essence of all energies, he is called as “BALA”
Since he exhibits his energy in all living beings, he is called as “BALA PRAMATHA"
Since he controls all living beings, he is called as “SARVA BHUTA DAMANA”
Since he cleanses and betters the mind, he is “MANONMANA”
He is also called as “UNMANI” meaning – one who causes SAMADHI state.
He removes demonic nature, give liberal and charity mind.

3) Aghora – “without dread” (without state of Rajas or Tamas); direction: North; element: akasha (ether); shape: Rounded

This AGHORA aspect is correlated with the following: 
To “Prana Maya Kosha” amongst the five Koshas 
To “MADHMAYA” Swara among the seven Swaras To “U” in OMKARA.

4) Tatpurusha – “that person”; direction: East; element: air; shape: Oval

This TATPURUSHA aspect is correlated with the following:
To “NA” Beekakshara in Panchakshara Mantra
 To “Anna Maya Kosha” amongst the five Koshas
 To “SHADJA (sa), RUSHABHA (ri) AND GANDHARA (ga)” Swaras among the seven Swaras
 To “A” in OMKARA.

5) Ishana – “Lord”; direction: Northeast; element: water; shape: Round

 The word ISHVARA is form the root “IiSHA – AISHWARYE”. 
Total wealth means the total control and ownership of all the fourteen worlds. 
Such form of Shiva, who is the total owner of the fourteen worlds, 
is called as ISHANA.
This fifth face of Shiva represents the creation – balance – annihilation 
energies and control and chaos energies. 
This ISHANA aspect is correlated with the following:
To “Ananda Maya Kosha” amongst the five Koshas
To “NISHADA (ni)” Swara among the seven Swaras
To Nada aspect in OMKARA. 

includes citings from this source much of which disagrees with Harish Johari: 
https://www.myspiritualtreasure.com/2016/12/five-faces-of-lord-shiva.html

I see now that Hanuman also has a couple of 5-faced forms… and in this one, there are the subjects of two previous blog posts, Varaha and Heyagriva.. Neat! I had no idea this was going to turn out like this! I love it! There they are on either end. of all the crazy conicidences! Boars, horses monkeys and lions, and a green faced Garuda, have to see what that’s all about next.

There are two forms of Panchmukhi Hanuman. In the first form, all the five heads of Panchmukhi Hanuman are that of Hanuman and in another form, all the five heads are that of Hayagriva, Narasimha, Hanuman, Varaha and Garuda. Out of these, Hayagriva, Narasimha and Varaha are incarnations of Lord Vishnu. Hence, Panchmukhi Hanuman is also known as the combined avatar of Lord Vishnu and Lord Hanuman. Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman is believed to be Tantric representation of Lord Hanuman. source: https://indianastrology.co.in/1056-shri-panchmukhi-hanuman-story-behind-five-faces-lord-hanuman/

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