The Solar Plexus Center is the emotional motor. It’s the place where feeling isn’t just an afterthought—it’s the driver. This is where emotional awareness lives, where waves build and break, where truth takes time to arrive.
Being emotionally defined, I’ve found this to be true (and most emo-defined people I meet tend to agree): we are the exact opposite of what you believe someone emotional looks like. We can often be seen as cold, unmoving, stoic. Little gets to us, it seems, because we are always feeling some sort of emotion: all. the. time!!! But when something does? Look out because we are like a dog with a bone. We can’t let go of the emotion and that’s due to the persistence of the emotional wave.
In a world that glorifies certainty, the Solar Plexus demands patience. If you’ve ever felt a surge of emotion and wanted to make a big decision in the middle of it, you’ve already met this center.
What the Solar Plexus Center Does
The Solar Plexus is both a motor and an awareness center. That makes it powerful and messy. It moves in emotional waves, and no two waves are exactly the same.
It is the source of emotional energy and awareness.
It operates through emotional waves that rise, crest, and fall.
It teaches patience, timing, and clarity.
It is not designed to make clear decisions in the heat of the wave.
When people say “give it time,” this is why. Emotional truth isn’t instant. It ripens.
Defined vs. Undefined Solar Plexus Center
Defined Solar Plexus Center
If your Solar Plexus is defined, you ride a consistent emotional wave. Your clarity comes over time, not in the moment. Emotional energy is always present in your system, whether it’s loud or quiet.
You often:
- Experience emotions deeply and consistently. (e.g., sometimes you’re in a “mood” and you don’t know why; this is normal).
- Need time to make aligned decisions.
- Influence the emotional tone of the room.
- Feel both the high and low of each wave.
The trap is reacting to the wave as if it’s truth. It isn’t. The truth is what remains when the wave settles. In fact, while in wave, you have no access to a consistent truth.
Undefined Solar Plexus Center
If your Solar Plexus is undefined, you don’t generate emotional energy—you absorb and amplify it. You may feel things stronger than the people who caused them. This is what I’ve termed “emotional impact” (you won’t find this in any traditional HD texts, so if you decide it makes sense, a little credit, please). Think of an asteroid cutting through the sky, burning up in the atmosphere, crashing into the ground, and kicking up dirt and debris. Then? It’s done. And moved on.
Meanwhile, we emo-defined folk are still trapped out at sea riding a wave.
This can be overwhelming, especially if you don’t realize the emotion isn’t yours.
You may:
- Take on other people’s emotional states as your own.
- Avoid conflict to escape emotional intensity.
- Feel pressure to fix or manage emotions around you.
- Confuse your amplification of another’s emotions for personal truth.
The wisdom of the undefined Solar Plexus is learning to sit with emotions without claiming them. You are here to be emotionally aware, not emotionally ruled.
How Emotional Energy Feels
For the defined Solar Plexus, emotion is like the tide. Sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes crashing without warning. It never disappears completely.
For the undefined Solar Plexus, it’s like standing in someone else’s storm. It can feel overwhelming if you don’t realize it isn’t your wave. That’s where the wisdom begins.
Self vs. Not-Self Patterns
In the Self
Defined Solar Plexus: You wait for clarity. You don’t make big decisions at the emotional peak or trough. You let the wave inform you, not rule you.
Undefined Solar Plexus: You let emotions move through without taking ownership. You allow discomfort to exist without scrambling to fix it.
In the Not-Self
Defined Solar Plexus: You react impulsively in the heat of emotion. You mistake intensity for truth.
Undefined Solar Plexus: You avoid or suppress emotion. You try to keep everyone happy to stop feeling so much. You take on emotional responsibility that isn’t yours.
The Trap of the Solar Plexus Center
This center gets hijacked by stories like:
- “I have to fix this feeling right now.”
- “I can’t trust myself if I feel this much.”
- “I need to make a decision to get rid of the discomfort.”
None of that is true. Emotional truth is slow. It matures with time. Acting in the heat of emotion is like eating fruit that hasn’t ripened yet—it just leaves a bitter taste.
Working with the Solar Plexus Center
For defined Solar Plexus:
Give your wave time to settle before making decisions.
Don’t label emotional highs as “good” and lows as “bad.”
Honor your emotional rhythm.
For undefined Solar Plexus:
Learn to recognize what’s yours and what’s not.
Stop trying to control everyone’s emotions.
Allow emotional intensity to pass through without attaching to it.
Questioning the Stories
The not-self Solar Plexus often carries urgency stories:
- “I have to fix this right now.”
- “I can’t handle this feeling.”
- “I should be more stable.”
None of these are reality. Emotional waves aren’t problems. They’re weather.
Living with the Solar Plexus Center
This center is where the truth of feeling lives. It’s not rational. It’s not linear. And it’s not meant to be controlled.
If it’s defined, learn the shape of your wave.
If it’s undefined, learn to stop surfing everyone else’s. Either way, clarity doesn’t live in the storm.
It lives in the stillness that follows.
Key Takeaways
The Solar Plexus is a motor and awareness center.
Defined Solar Plexus: consistent wave, emotional influence, clarity over time.
Undefined Solar Plexus: amplification of others, wisdom in neutrality.
Self: patience, awareness, emotional honesty.
Not-self: urgency, avoidance, over-identification.
Closing Thoughts
Your emotions aren’t mistakes. They’re signals.
The wave isn’t meant to be controlled. It’s meant to be felt, watched, and respected.
Clarity comes when the wave is quiet. And when it’s quiet, the truth isn’t loud—it’s obvious.