More info on the astral weirdness I mentioned in a few places: when I try to astral project it just,,, doesn't work anymore? Like I get all the way to the "feels like static" phase and I can't seperate from the body no matter how hard I try. When I tried my best, it felt almost like there was invisible shell/capsule preventing me from doing so.
How and if aura ties into that, idk, but it might