Aura Reading

Aura Reading
The Inhuman/Mutant hybrid Luna (Marvel Comics) seeing her father Quicksilver through her Aura Vision.
Power/Ability to:	Perceive/read auras.

The power to perceive and read auras. Sub-power of Aura Manipulation and Psychic Perception. Variation of Enhanced Vision. Not to be confused with Aura Detection. Opposite to Aura Concealment.

Also Called

• Aura Perception/Sense/Sight/Vision
• Ecto-Vision
• Kirlian Eye

Capabilities

The user can perceive and read auras, normally invisible fields of energy that surround every living thing; this can be used to see a target’s emotions, health status, power level, or moral alignment.

Applications

• Chi Detection
• Discern health status.
• Essence Reading
• Lie Detection
• Morality Viewing
  • Evil Sense
  • Goodness Sense
• Power Detection
• Power Level Measuring
• Psychological Intuition
• Psychometry
• Sense of Strength
• Visual Empathy

Associations

• Aura Manipulation
• Blindsight
• Cosmic Awareness
• Energy Perception
• Enhanced Vision
• Life-Force Absorption
• Life-Force Manipulation
• Psychic Navigation
• Psychic Perception
• Sin Detection
• Soul Reading

Limitations

• Some users rely on being within physical visual range.
• Could be limited on how many auras one can see at a time.
• Some could be limited on how long an aura can be seen due to risks of headaches.
• Users of Aura Concealment are immune.

Known Users

Comics/Cartoons

• Anodites (Ben 10: Ailen Force)
  • Gwen Tennyson
• Charmcaster (Ben 10: Ailen Force)
• Waverider (DC Comics)
• Black Lantern Corps (DC Comics)
• Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics)
• Virgil Hawkins/Static (DCAU/DC Comics)
• Bloom (Winx Club)
• Dawn (Total Drama)
• Trevor Hawkins/Eyeboy (Marvel Comics)
• Justice (Marvel Comics)
• Luna (Marvel Comics)
• Synch (Marvel Comics)
• Rui (Pokemon Colosseum)
• Dame Tara (El Goonish Shive)
• Jacob (UN Comics)

Anime/Manga

• Yamada Asaemon Shion (Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku)
• Nen Users (Hunter X Hunter); via Gyo
• Sōichirō Sakurada (Castle-Town Dandelion)
• Lucario (Pokémon)
• Riolu (Pokémon)
• Sir Aaron (Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew)
• Hyuga Clan (Naruto); via Byakugan
• Karin (Naruto); via Mind's Eye of the Kagura
• Coco (Toriko)
• Users of Kenbunshoku/Observation Haki (One Piece)
  • Issho/Fujitora
  • Usopp
  • Monkey D. Luffy

Films/Live Television

• Bridge Carson/S.P.D. Green Ranger (Power Ranger S.P.D.)
• Linda Tavara (Heroes)
• Margaret Isobel Thoreaux (Smallville)
• Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Lorne (Angel)
• Vanessa Brewer (Angel)
• Tara Maclay (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Neo (The Matrix)
• Geordi La Forge (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
• Xenomorphs (Aliens vs. Predator)
• Miraluka (Star Wars)
• Grimlocks (Charmed)
• Sykes (Being Human U.K)
• Annie Sawyer (Being Human U.K)
• Phoebe Buffay (Friends)
• Freya Beauchamp (Witches of East End)
• Wendy Beauchamp (Witches of East End)
• Darryl (Just Like Heaven)
• Succubus (Lost Girl)
  • Bo Dennis
  • Aife

Games

• Rayne (BloodRayne)
• Leena (Warehouse 13)
• Users of Eagle Vision/Eagle Sense (Assassin's Creed)
• Ever (Evemore)
• Meisters (Soul Eater)
• Ivy Walker (The Village)
• Others (Night Watch)
• Nikodemos (Thieves' World)
• Luna (Incarnations of Immortality)
• Nick Scryer (Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype); via Infected Vision
• Cole MacGrath (Infamous); via Radar Pulse
• Vampire Lords (Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim); Via Detect All Creatures
• Last Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls Skyrim); via Aura Whisper shout and Detect life/dead spell

Literature

• Miranda Kane (Shadow Falls)
• Jax Pavan (Star Wars Legends)
• Lissa Dragomir (Vampire Academy)
• Adrian Ivashkov (Vampire Academy)
• Sonya Karp (Vampire Academy)
• Avery Lazar (Vampire Academy)
• Karoli (The Subject No. 1)
• David White (ONSET)

Known Objects

• Aura Visualizer Machine (Adventure Time)

Gallery

Gwen Tennyson Mana (Ben 10: Ailen Force)

Charmcaster (Ben 10: Ailen Force)

Annie Sawyer (Being Human U.K) has the ability to read other people's auras.

Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics) reading Superboy's aura.

Waverider (DC Comics) can read auras to determine a person's past and possible future.

"Gyo" (Hunter X Hunter) in a user's eyes allows them to see invisible auras.

Admiral Issho/Fujitora (One Piece) reading the auras of the Dressrosa citizens.

With the further development of his Kenbunshoku/Observation Haki, Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) can read the flow of Charlotte Katakuri's incoming attacks and dodge them accordingly…

…and see people behind walls and buildings in order to sneak up behind them and knock them out.

Lucario (Pokémon) can read auras.

Due to lacking a constant connection with the Force, Jax Pavan (Star Wars Legends) viewed the Force as ribbons of color that extended into multiple dimensions which allowed him to view the "auras" of people.

Dawn (Total Drama) reading Zoey's Aura revealing that she's an only child and also, creeping her out.

Jacob (UN Comics) can read auras.

Video

Static Shock

Virgil Hawkins/Static demonstrating.