Do crystals really work?
Holding crystals or placing them on your body is thought to promote physical, emotional and spiritual healing. Crystals supposedly do this by positively interacting with your body's energy field, or chakra.
Healing crystals may help you mentally feel more mindful and resilient.
How to Cleanse and recharge your stones?
-Natural water
Water neutralizes the negative energy stored in the stone and directs it back to the earth. Either under the rainfall or a faucet for 5 minutes( placing the stones in a colander)
-Sunshine or Moonlight.
The sun will supply yang solar energy that balances the stone’s innate yin energy it received from the earth during its creation. For stones that are susceptible to discoloration under the strong sun (such as amethyst, rose quartz or amber, you can opt to put them out at dawn for an hour.
Moonlight is a more delicate (and non color-altering) method that is especially effective with a full moon, because it’s at its brightest and full potential, increasing the stone’s vibrations.
-Earth
Burying your stones underground for a full day will allow the earth to soak up all the unwanted energies contained within the stones so they are cleansed and refreshed.
-Fire
Wave your stone over your smoke source for 20-30 seconds to cleanse it while simultaneously purifying your home; this can be done with sage sticks, palo santo, or commercial incense like sandalwood or cedar, which is known to remove negativity.
-Salt water
Soak your stones overnight in water with a pinch of sea salt; if you have access to sea water, you can bring them back to nature and let them sit in the sea in a mesh bag. Make sure to give them a rinse in clear water after the salt bath to remove any residue.
-Other stones
Selenite and clear quartz clusters actually amplify the energy of your other stones. They have the ability to absorb, neutralize and then recharge your stones with higher vibrations; lay them on selenite for at least six hours.
-Meditation
You can balance your own energies during meditation by blowing balanced breath onto your jewels. It’s important to state an intention so you can refuel your gemstone after you clean it.
1st Chakra
Root
Basic Trust
2nd Chakra
Sacral
Sexuality, Creativity
3rd Chakra
Solar
Wisdom, Power
4th Chakra
Heart
Love, Healing
5th Chakra
Throat
Communication
6th Chakra
3rd Eye
Awareness
7th Chakra
Crown
Spirituality
Mantras for your meditation
I am Divine
I am Connected
I am Expressive
I am Loved
I am Strong
I am Creative
I am Safe
Gemstone Meanings
Gemstones today bring the same force and jewelry can be chosen, not just only due to the stone’s beauty but also the stone’s attractiveness. The stones enlisted below are the most popular. They were chosen to go with the piece of jewelry for a specific healing property they have.
Some of the gemstone meanings and uses are:
- Emotional stability.
- Stress-free mind.
- Overcome depression
- To keep one grounded and know the happenings of the surroundings.
- To keep focused on the work and avoid distractions.
- To find divinity in love and in relationships.
- To overcome fear and also to get detached from worldly pleasures.
- To remove toxins and to ensure self-care.
- To enhance our self-worth.
- To enhance the generosity feeling and sympathy towards fellow creatures.
Healing Stones And Their Meanings
Agate – Brings stability, strength, balance, courage, eloquence and a clear mind. Increases self-esteem, calms body and mind. 1st chakra. Agate is a grounding and also spiritual stone.
Blue lace Agate – works in connection with angelic energy.
Chakras :4th and 5th
Botswana Agate – opaque grayish pink with whitish circles, ovals. Stimulates attention, alert, detail observation. Helps against toxins.
Dendritic Agate – called landscape agate. Helps maintain the center in situations. Moves energy from the outer bodies and chakras into the physical level in the head-to-feet direction.
Green Agate – Adjust energy balance; lower stress levels and balance Yin and Yang. Chakra -4th heart.
Moss Agate– Good against depression, brings mental and emotional balance.
Chakra :4th
Pink Lace Agate – Has the ability to clean and stabilize the aura; improves concentration and perception; heals and brings calm to the heart; promotes love.
Purple Agate – promotes inner stability and maturity; is a crystal of intuition and luxury great for self confidence. 7th Chakra – Crown. Seek the transformation.
Agate Yellow – Helps with self confidence and learn from past mistakes; Physically helps with digestive system, metabolism and skin problems. 3rd Chakra Solar Plexus. Mantra – I always take time for myself.
Ametrine– Helps psychic opening and development, astral projection, working with spirit guides, meditation. Stabilizes the balance between spirituality and daily life.
Amethyst – Spirituality, transformation, protection, cleansing, promotes happiness and spiritual awareness, excellent for meditation, helps with sleep and absorbs negativity. In old times the Greek believed this stone helped against drinking and toxins. 6th and 7th chakras
Amazonite – Increases creative expression. Brings power, prosperity, balance and expression. Stone of the communicators and artists. Combines information received with intuition. Chakra: 5th
Apatite – Unconditional love and acceptance of others. Recommended in the relationship with difficult people. Stimulates the development of clairvoyance and perception of other dimensions. Chakra : blue: 5th / 6th green/rose: 4th yellow: 3rd
Aquamarine – Represents the expression of interior truths through the power of the spoken word. Help self-expression and increase psychic power. The “courage stone” helps against fears, phobias and stress. Helps to establish happy marriages. Good for the respiratory system. Chakra : 5th
Aventurine – Luck with money matters. Increases creativity and originality. Helps against stress and bring a feeling of well being. Energy stimulates muscle tissue and blood. Chakra: 4th
Azurite – Cleans the mind and soul. Reinforces concentration, mental co-ordination and memory. Shifts subconscious thoughts to the conscious mind. Good for decision making. Chakra : 6th
Black Agate Network – Brings grounding and clarity. Stabilizes and harmonizes energy forces. Chakra 1st – Root.
Calcite -The art of being, the knowledge of ourselves in all aspects and dimensions. Link us to parallel realities. Chakra: according to the color.
Carnelian – Action and movement, personal power, concentration, courage, self-confidence and determination. Focus on the present moment. Chakra: 2nd
Celestite – Connection with angelic energy and inspiration. Helps in the fluent channeling of the messages and energy received. Good for recalling dreams. Chakra: 5th
Chrysocolla – Symbol of beauty, love and harmony. Supports letting go, surrendering pain and worry to universal love. Helps release grief, sadness and fear from the emotional body and aids the entrance of joy, certainty and peace.
Chropraseys – Self-acceptance and acceptance of others. Transformation of the negative ego, reducing superiority or inferiority complexes. Stimulates sexuality and procreation. Chakra: 4th
Citrine – Symbolizes the light of the rising sun and should be used at the start of a cycle, project or phase. Energy for prosperity and inner security. The most recommended stone regarding world subjects: business, interpersonal relationship or family questions. One of the merchants’ stones in ancient times it was believed to help accumulate and maintain wealth if kept in the safe or purse.
Month: November. Chakra: 3rd
Crystal Quartz – Symbol of balance and purity, helps meditation. Has a very strong and shiny aura recommended for harmonization of places. It’s the stone of wisdom, clairvoyance and spirituality. Aids emotional stability, speeds healing and bring goodness on every level. Chakra : all
Emerald – Represents abundance, balance, intelligence, rebirth and maturity. Helps revitalize the body. It’s said to help foretell the future and strengthen one’s memory.
Month: May. Chakra : 4th
Fluorite – Helps prevent mental confusion and makes it easier to develop awareness. Goods for retrieving information. Increases intuition and interdimentional communication. Chakra: 6th and 7th
Garnet – Energy and courage to abandon harmful or unwanted mental patterns. Creativity and rejuvenation energy. Faith, constancy and truth .It was once believed to give it wearer guidance in the night, allowing seeing where others could not. Works as auxiliary for blood and hormone dysfunctions.
Chakra: 1st
Hematite – Brings self-confidence and promotes total anchoring of energies on Earth, eliminating mind limitations. Helps dissolve negativity. Its energy is said to reinvigorate the blood. Chakra: 1st and 8th
Iolite (aka water sapphire) – Opens, heightens and expands psychic abilities. Guides one through spiritual beginnings and growth.Chakra : 6th
Jade – The “Jewel of Heaven” has been treasured for thousands of years for its beauty and durability. It’s said to help concentration and development of psychic potential. Helps achieve a high mysticism level and to discover obscure aspects of the personality. Chakra: 4th
Jasper – Green : Intuition, calm, sensitivity, Promotes understanding. Good for disturbed homes. Chakra: 4th
Red : Vitality, sexual power, protection. Chakra: 1st
Brown : Earth energy, stability, balance, its said to work against toxins . Chakra : 1st
Kyanite – Used in meditation to make it easier the contact with spiritual guides. The bridge that unites the illuminated body to the physical body through the mind. Chakras: 5th, 6th and 10th
Labradorite – One of the most powerful protector of the mineral kingdom, creates a shield to protect the aura and helps with awareness, intuition and psychic abilities. Some believe it to be good for 5th -Throat and 6th- Third eye Chakras, but it’s also a 7th – Crown Chakra stone due to its color.
Lapis Lazuli– Calms the mind, developing intuition, meditation and wisdom. Help increase mental ability, concentration, memory and sight. Attracts the mind for the inner self to search for your own source of power. It’s the stone of contemplation and meditation. In the old Egypt it was ground and put in the eyes of pharaohs after death so that they could see the doors of entrance for the next life. Chakras: 5th, 6th
Malachite – Absorbs energy. When placed on any painful area it helps extract the pain energy and bring to surface the psycho-emotional causes. Curing energy. Helps the recognition and use of individual power. Chakra : 3rd, 4th
Moonstone – Increases intuition. Connection with the energy from the moon and the feminine aspect of the emotional nature. Helps calm and balance emotion keeping it under control. Energy helps against anxiety and stress. Helps men to attract the feminine element as well as provides seduction power. Chakra: 4th and 2nd
Obsidian – Help understand other people’s deepest thoughts and self-understanding. Clairvoyance and contact with spiritual world. Acceptance of our sexuality. Repels negative thoughts. The new age stone. Chakra: 1st
Onyx – Control over emotions and passions. Protection. Stimulates decision making. Aids psychic contact with those who have died and aids past-life and between-lives regression work.Chakra: 1st
Opal – Works the energy of flow and movement. Promotes feelings of benevolence and friendship. It’s the gem of God, Love, faith and creativity. Blends feminine and masculine polarities of the conscious. Month: October. Chakras: black- 6th white- 4th fire- 2nd
Peridot – Personal freedom, calm, expression of past lives. Reduces depression, stress, rage and jealousy. Cures grudges, hurt egos and help repair deteriorated relationships. Powerful amulet against evil. Month: August . Chakras: 3rd / 4th
Petrified wood – Security. Balances the energetic level . Helps eliminate worries about meaningless matters. Provides strength. Chakra: 1st
Picture Jasper – Promotes vitality and perseverance and boots energy. Great to deal with past fears and gives courage and confidence to brave new endeavours; Also keeps the immune system healthy and helps with skin, lungs and kidneys disorders.
1st Chakra – Root. Mantra – I can visualize my goals and they become reality.
Pink (rose) Opal – Releases fear, worry and anxiety; helps healing the aching heart; brings calm during stressed times; brings emotional stability. Chakra 4th.
Quartzite – the stone helps the body to establish a new state of balance and maintain your perspective during rapid changes.
Rose Quartz – The stone of unconditional love. Represents the capacity of giving and receiving love. Irradiates energy that substitutes sorrow, fears and resentment. Increases self-esteem and is recommended to attract love. It’s a good stone for children. Chakra: 4th
Green Quartz(Prasiolite) – Stimulates good health, security, discipline and stability. Stimulates creativity. Chakra: 4th
Rosewood – Like all healing jewelry, rosewood helps to clear the negative energy preventing you from healing yourself. Rosewood has been used for a very long time in the treatment of ailments, both physical and spiritual. But its primary use is its scent and calming effects. Chakra 1st – Heart
Rutilated Quartz – Strong conductor and generator of energy. Mental, emotional and physical stability. Very powerful against depression, good for inspiration and clairvoyance. Great curing power. Chakras: 1st ( smoky rutile ) 7th ( transparent with golden rutile ) other ( rutile color determine charka )
Sandalwood – Extremely grounding and balancing by nature. Used to enhance trust and self steem. Chakra: 1st Heart
Smoky Quartz – Protects against negative energies. Teaches that there is light in the dark. Provides security when there is fear of failure. Provides courage and self-acceptance in the learning process. Good against depression and negative emotions. Eliminates subconscious blocking. Excellent for meditation. Chakra: 1st
Rhodochrosite – Love towards life and towards others. Influences creative processes and intuition. Emotional balance to love relationships. Creates feelings of peace and human warmth. Chakra: 4th
Rhodonite – Represents the relationship of oneself with its own body in order to listen to it and love it despite its limitations. Calm security in any activity. Reduces anxiety and increases coherence. Chakra: 1st and 4th..
Ruby – Helps decision making and family matters. Provides self-confidence, negotiation ability and self-esteem. Good energy for the blood flow and the heart.
Month: July. Chakra: 1st
Sapphire – Truth, sincerity and constancy. Eliminates negative thoughts and influences. Stimulates thoughts of beauty, peace and promotes inspiration and a positive attitude towards life. Month: September. Chakra: 6th
Sea Opal – Improves communication, helps understand others and express oneself clearly; stimulates creativity and promotes mind, body and spirit balance. Chakra 7th – Crown
Sodalite – Courage and creative expression. Helps people to be more objective and less critical about the ways to deals with existence. Help develop the third eye. Teaches one to examine goals after they are achieved. Alleviates internal conflicts between the conscious and the unconscious. Chakra: 6th
Sunstone – Activates the inner sun and allows a free flow of energy. Can be used to eliminate fears, stress, increase vitality, independence and originality. Chakra: 3rd
Tiger’s eye – Help people become more practical. Bring optimism that conducts to success. Balances energy yin and yang. Protects against negativity, reflecting it back to origin.Aids in the ability to discern evil. Chakra: 1st and 3rd
Topaz– Magnetic energy. Provides strength and intelligence. Stimulates mental clarity and wisdom. Helps against mental exhaustion and traumas. Chakras: 9th ( transp ) 5th ( blue) 3rd ( yellow )
Tourmaline
Blue : Works in the cell level, generating and conveying energy. Chakra : 6th
Green : Curing energy, balance energy levels, calms the mind, nerves and helps conf idence. Chakra: 4th
Rose : Attracts love and friendship, happiness and enthusiasm for life. Activates creativity and fertility. Chakra: 4th
Black -Repels negative energy. Has electrical properties as all tourmalines and works in the defense against debilitating diseases like heart condition, arthritis and weak immunological system. Teaches how to keep radiating in the most obscure situations. Great curing power. Chakra: 1st
Turquoise – Relationship, self-knowledge. Improves meditation, circulation and spirit condition. Its color is said to change when the user has a health problem. It’s also said to act directly in the skin cells, softening and rejuvenating them. Sacred for the Tibetan Buddhists for whom it symbolizes the sea (depth of the soul) and the sky (unlimited ascension). Chakra: 5th
Unakite – One of the most powerful healing stone that combines the energy of green and the love and care of pink, balancing the emotional body with kindness and compassion. Chakra 4th – Heart.
7 Chakras
Crown
Clear Quartz, Amethyst, Selenite and Moonstone.
Third Eye
Use indigo colored gemstones such as Lapis Lazuli, Sodalite, and Fluorite.
Throat
Angelite, Sodalite, Blue Apatite and Aquamarine.
Heart
Chrysoprase, Aventurine, Rose Quartz or Rhodonite.
Solar Plexus
Use yellow crystals, like Citrine, Yellow Jasper, Rutilated Quartz and Pyrite.
Sacral
Carnelian, Orange Calcite, Tiger’s Eye and Sunstone
Root
Use red and black crystals, such as Red Garnet, Red Jasper, Smoky Quartz, Black Onyx and Hematite, to rebalance your root chakra.
Zodiac Birthsone:
January – Garnet
February – Amethyst
March – Aquamarine
April – Diamond
May – Emerald
June – Pearl, Moonstone
July – Ruby
August – Peridot
September – Sapphire
October – Opal/Tourmaline
November – Yellow Topaz/ Citrine
December – Blue topaz/ Turquoise