THEOSOPHY - ASTRAL BODIES - THE ASTRAL BODY One of the spiritual bodies of man, as revealed by higher clairvoyance.From the 1920 edition of Charles Leadbeater's, Man Visible and Invisible. Examples of Different Types of Men as Seen by Means of Trained Clairvoyance. The Astral Body of the developed man or woman. The appropriately placed washes of strong hues indicate that the emotions are no longer tyrants, but are now under control. The yellow light around the head (in such a developed person) is the origin of the halo, or nimbus, in Christian and Buddhist art.