Helen Ye Plehn, a wellness guide and author of The Aura Color Wheel. She shares her perspective on healing, energy, and how we can all create more balance in our daily lives. www.helencreatesbeauty.com
Helen, your work beautifully intertwines beauty, energy, and the soul. What was the moment of inspiration that led to the creation of the Aura Color Wheel?
My entire life’s work has been an exploration of light. As a professional artist, Feng Shui interior designer, energy healer, and daily meditator for more than a decade, I’ve always understood color as a living frequency. But everything shifted in 2018 during my first Kundalini awakening. It was as if a veil lifted. My intuitive senses expanded in a way I can only describe as stepping into a brighter dimension of myself.
Then, in 2022, a profound series of channeling experiences with my spirit team—whom I call the Dragon’s Eye—delivered the blueprint for what would eventually become the Aura Color Wheel. Four major transmissions arrived with crystalline clarity.
The first came through a “remembering my soul gifts” meditation. Out of nowhere, a 19th–century English philosopher, Herbert Spencer, appeared as one of my spirit guides. He is known for pioneering Social Darwinism, applying evolutionary theory to society. Through a voice that felt both external and internal, he told me with absolute certainty that I was meant to write a book on soul evolution. That single message became the seed of everything that followed.
The second transmission arrived during a deep meditation in which I found myself transported to the ceilings of the Hathor Temple in Dendera, Egypt. I have never visited the temple physically, yet the vision was so detailed that I later confirmed what I saw through photographs. On the ceiling is the Dendera Zodiac—an ancient star map featuring 36 decans or celestial beings. In that moment, I understood that those 36 decans corresponded to 36 Soul Aura Color profiles. I was also urged to explore the spiritual significance of the number 36. I discovered its presence across many traditions: the 36 hours of primordial divine light in the Midrash, the 36 biblical instructions to care for the stranger, the 36 righteous souls in Jewish mysticism believed to sustain the world, and the 36 Hanukkah flames. The symbolism was too powerful to ignore.
The third channeling unfolded during a meditation on cosmic origins. A crab appeared, walking across a rocky, turquoise-lit planet. When I later sketched the vision and researched it, the Crab Nebula appeared on my screen—and I felt chills through my entire body. It felt like remembering. I realized that I had once lived as a Pleiadian star being who came to Earth after that cosmic explosion. The Pleiades are a school of spiritual learning—creativity, healing, and consciousness evolution. Suddenly, the trajectory of my entire life made sense: everything I had ever created was woven from that lineage of light.
Over the next four to six weeks, the system downloaded itself into my awareness. I began seeing holographic images in my third-eye vision—people surrounded by different auric colors around their heart, revealing their soul gifts, their primary wounds, and their soul lessons. Strong aura layers shimmered like prisms; wounded layers appeared dim or translucent. These visions crystallized into what is now the 12-color additive color wheel, each with two tints, forming 36 Soul Aura Colors that perfectly mirrored the Dendera Zodiac.
For nearly two weeks, I lived almost completely in a channeling state—meditating, praying, writing, and receiving streams of information even in dream-time. I ate very little yet felt deeply nourished by the experience. It was a full transmission of light.
The core teaching is simple yet profound:
Your Soul Aura Color reflects the unique combination of your soul gifts, soul wounds, and soul lessons.
As we heal and embody our gifts, new layers of light appear in the aura, increasing our “light quotient”—the amount of divine light we can hold. When we fully integrate our lessons, the incarnation cycle ends. This is enlightenment. It is what masters like Buddha and Jesus achieved while still incarnated.
The concept of the Soul Aura Color is both mystical and deeply personal. How can someone discover their color, and what does it reveal about their life’s purpose?
The easiest way is through my free 20-question online quiz at helencreatesbeauty.com. The quiz itself was channeled—every question arrived through automatic writing. One question even came through as a long sequence of dates and times. I later realized my spirit team was gathering Chiron information—one’s spiritual wound—for the quiz algorithm. You can also work with an aura reader or psychic, or, if your intuitive sight is active, you may see your soul aura around the heart chakra. But first, it’s essential to understand the difference between the three aura layers:
1. Mood Aura
This layer shifts constantly with emotions and environment. It appears around the face and is the most temporary.
2. Personality Aura
Semi-permanent, this aura reflects the blend of gifts you were born with. It often changes during adolescence or major life transitions. Aura photography usually captures this layer.
3. Soul Aura Color (Deepest Layer)
The Soul Aura Color is the most profound and most permanent layout of your energy field. It radiates from the heart chakra and reflects your soul gifts, wounds, and lessons. This color shifts only after meaningful healing and growth have been integrated over time. While all three aura layers can overlap or match depending on your life path, the Soul Aura Color is the one that reveals your true purpose.
So what does your Soul Aura Color reveal?
While each person’s path is unique, there is a universal truth:
At a soul level, our purpose is to evolve.
This means:
- Using our gifts in service to ourselves and others
- Healing the soul wounds we carried into this lifetime
- Learning the lessons our soul chose before incarnating
Your Soul Aura Color points directly to all three. Through the quiz, you discover your Soul Gift Archetype, which acts like a compass showing:
- What your natural soul gifts are
- Where your primary soul wound lies
- What life lessons your soul is learning now
The level of self-knowledge helps you make aligned choices, dissolve imposter syndrome, and consciously navigate challenges before they become roadblocks. When you understand your Soul Aura Color, you understand your soul’s blueprint—and you can begin living your life with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
As the founder of Helen Creates Beauty, you’ve built a brand that celebrates inner radiance as much as outer beauty. How do you weave spiritual awareness into your approach to beauty and self-care?
True beauty is the radiance of the soul. The aura—a multi-layered electromagnetic field—holds our emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual experiences. When we nurture each layer, beauty becomes an expression of alignment rather than appearance.
Each aura layer corresponds to a fundamental aspect of our human experience:
- Red (Root Chakra): Vitality, safety, basic needs
- Orange (Sacral Chakra): Emotional flow, creativity
- Yellow (Solar Plexus): Thoughts, boundaries, personal power
- Green (Heart Chakra): Love, compassion, soul wisdom
- Upper layers: Intuition, divine connection, higher guidance
When you live your soul gifts and heal your wounds, the aura naturally expands. That expansion is the glow people notice.
This philosophy extends into my art, my Feng Shui practice, and the Soul Flower & Aura Color Portraits I create. When clients display their portraits in their Feng Shui lucky directions, the energy amplifies. Your home is an extension of your aura.
In The Aura Color Wheel book, I offer practical tools—crystals, herbs, yoga poses, flower essences, and Solfeggio frequencies—to harmonize each aura layer. I also teach rest as a spiritual practice. Naps are part of my daily routine. When we release the pressure to constantly produce, our intuition becomes louder.
Throughout history, beauty and spirituality were intertwined in feminine cultures. The feminine heals through embodiment, through radiance, through becoming her own living art. That is the guiding philosophy behind Helen Creates Beauty.
Many people today are searching for meaning, healing, and authenticity. How can understanding one’s Aura Color become a compass for emotional, mental, and spiritual transformation?
Each of us is composed of seven rays of light—seven layers of the auric field powered by the chakras. When we understand and master these layers, we unlock healing and manifestation on every level: emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual. The structure of the aura explains this beautifully.
Our physical body is held within our emotional body, which is held within our mental body, and all of these are held within the spiritual body connected to our higher chakras. This innermost-to-outermost design is why:
- The mind can heal emotional wounds.
- The emotional body can influence physical health.
- The spiritual body can catalyze healing across all layers.
This is why positive affirmations can shift mental patterns, uplift emotions, and even restore physical vitality, and why prayer, meditation, and spiritual connection can bring healing that feels miraculous, though these are simply natural functions of the auric field.
When you view the aura from the inside out, it becomes clear that all manifestation begins within. Before external results appear, there must be inner alignment:
- Clarity about who you truly are,
- Clarity about your soul’s purpose,
- Clarity about what you desire to co-create with the Universe.
Your Soul Aura Color becomes a compass for this inner work.
It reveals the unique blend of your soul gifts, soul wounds, and soul lessons. Once you understand this blueprint, you can begin embodying the emotions, mindset, and energy of the version of yourself who has already fulfilled your soul-aligned desires. As you hold that vibration within, the outer layers of your auric field broadcast a clear, coherent signal to the Universe.
This is how co-creation happens—with far less resistance, effort, or struggle. It is the essence of what Taoist philosophy calls wu wei, or “doing by not doing”—the art of aligned action, effortless flow, and allowing life to meet you when you are energetically ready. When someone understands their Aura Color, they no longer navigate life blindly. They gain a spiritual compass that guides them toward authenticity, healing, purpose, and the highest expression of who they are meant to be.
Your work bridges spirituality, psychology, and aesthetics with such harmony. How do you envision these disciplines collaborating to help people reconnect with their essence?
To me, spirituality, psychology, and aesthetics are three expressions of the same truth: the soul longs to be seen.
- Spirituality reveals why we are here.
- Psychology teaches us how to heal the ego, the wounds, and the subconscious patterns.
- Aesthetics expresses what our soul feels through beauty, color, and form.
When these work together, a person becomes whole.
Is there a story of transformation that stands out—someone who found healing or clarity through discovering their Soul Aura Color?
Yes. Jessica, one of my students, struggled with imposter syndrome for years. When she discovered her Soul Aura Color was Magenta, aligned with the Artist Archetype, her entire life shifted. She finally understood her artistic calling was not a hobby—it was her purpose. She worked through her solar plexus (yellow) wound and eventually became a professional painter and musician.
Another deeply personal story involves my mother. Three months ago, she was diagnosed with stage 1 liver cancer. But I sensed on a soul level that this illness reflected an unresolved yellow-layer wound: lifelong resentment toward her parents. The night before her radiation treatment, she forgave—completely. Her aura shifted instantly. The next day, after treatment, the cancer was gone. Healing at the soul level often creates healing at the physical level.
Your book, “The Aura Color Wheel,” feels like both a guide and a mirror. What message do you hope readers carry with them, and what creations are you dreaming into being next?
My deepest hope is that this book reminds readers of a profound truth: You are a spiritual light being.
My deepest hope is that this book reminds readers of a profound truth: You are a spiritual light being.
Who am I?
You are a multidimensional being of light.
Why am I here?
Your soul’s purpose is to evolve—to use your gifts in service, heal your soul wounds, and learn the lessons you carried into this lifetime. All of this is encoded in your Soul Aura Color, which evolves as you evolve, guiding you back toward the full spectrum of rainbow light.
How can I be happy?
Happiness arises when your thoughts, words, and actions align with your soul’s truth. As Gandhi taught, harmony is happiness. The Aura Color Wheel is not a system of labels—it is a spiritual compass that helps you return to balance and authenticity as you move along your evolution path. Ultimately, we are meant to embody the entire spectrum of light—unity, wholeness, transcendence.
This year, I launched The Aura Evolution Sanctuary Membership, a sacred space for monthly spiritual practice. I’m also developing the Aura Color Wheel App, a daily guide for soul evolution. And I’m channeling a new oracle deck and soul journal, each card carrying color transmissions and crystalline frequencies.
Everything I create is meant to help people return to their true essence—radiant, whole, and full of light.
