What this center is about
The Throat is the bodygraph's only door to the world. Everything we say and do passes through it. It's the most complex center: it has 11 gates, and each speaks in its own way. Biologically the Throat is linked to the thyroid and parathyroid glands, that is, to metabolism and change in the body. It's said to be the first place where the body reacts when a person lives against their strategy.
Defined Throat
A defined Throat means a consistent way of speaking, acting and drawing the world's attention. Which way depends on what the Throat is connected to. Connected to the G center, the person is built to express themselves. Connected to a motor, they can act. Connected to the Ajna, they voice thoughts. The world sees a person first of all through their Throat.
A defined Throat has no trap of its own: it's just the mechanics of expression. The trap comes with the center connected to it. With the Emotional center, for example, a person can pressure others by pouring out their emotions.
Open Throat
An open Throat is fairly rare. It has no fixed voice: the person speaks differently depending on who's around and quickly picks up other people's way of talking. Children with an open Throat repeat what they hear, so rather than scolding them it's better to change who they're around.
Trap (not-self): trying to attract attention. Talking a lot and first, breaking into other people's conversations, then noticing nobody heard you and coming home hoarse. The other side is the urge to "do something" at any cost, which leads a person into projects and relationships that don't really matter to them.
Gift: with experience an open Throat gains a very wide range of expression and learns a lot about how different people act. This takes patience, and it's best not to make this gift your main source of income.
A question to ask yourself
Am I trying to attract attention?