Stones and Their Meanings
You will find many different meanings for each crystal and stone, however we have narrowed down some of the most requested ones here. Keep in mind many stones and crystals mean something different to others, so there is no one right or wrong answer. It's a feeling!
You will find many different meanings for each crystal and stone, however we have narrowed down some of the most requested ones here. Keep in mind many stones and crystals mean something different to others, so there is no one right or wrong answer. It's a feeling!
Amethyst - Amethyst is a calming stone which works to provide calm, balance, patience, and peace. Amethyst is used when dealing with money issues, which can lead to prosperity and abundance, though it is not the best known prosperity stone. Amethyst is an excellent all-purpose stone that can increase spirituality and enhance intuition and psychic powers of all kinds. It is used to open one's channels to telepathy, past life regression, clairaudience, clairvoyance, and communication with angels. Amethyst also protects against psychic attacks, especially during spiritual work.
Ametrine - is the combination of Citrine and Amethyst, creating a very powerful force. Known for its ability to stimulate creativity and to encourage you to take control of your own life. It is said to promote monents of inspiration, and is good to hold when making decisions about your career. In healing Ametrine is believed to ease gastric upsets and to strengthen the immune system.
Aqua Aura - ("From Love is Is The Earth" by Melody). Wearing Aqua Aura is said to help one to shine with one's inner beauty, to attract wealth and success, to bring forth esoteric wisdom, to relieve depression & anxiety, and to assist in creating an aura of peace & well being in oneself and one's surroundings. It is a stone of spiritual elevation, which can serve to help raise the vibration of humanity.
Auralite 23 - One of the most magical and super healing and manifesting stones ever found. Powerful and attunes to different chakra centers.
Baryte/Barytine/Barite crystal - This is the crystal of inspiration and possibility. Barite is an inner vision stone that can aid entry to higher spiritual realms. It is used to:
- open the third eye and crown chakras
- discover dream patterns that reveal your spiritual state (keep barite at the bedside or under the pillow while you sleep)
- assist in journeying to higher realms during meditation
- thoroughly cleanse one's energy toward achieving one's higher purpose
Celestite - The stone of communication and creativity. Enhance peacefulness and mental clarity. Celestite has peaceful energy and , helps to cool anger and relieve tension. Celestite (also known as celestine) can be found in clear, white, gray, blue, green, yellow, orange or reddish brown. It offers a gentle uplifting energy that will raise one's awareness. It is an effective stone to use in order to establish and maintain communication with the angelic realm. This stone is ideal for placement in the bedroom, or meditation space as an environmental cleanser. Celestite is a soft stone (both physically and metaphysically) and its vibrations radiate in all directions.Celestite is an elevating crystal that makes one feel as though floating on a cloud.
Dravite - Dravite has the basic attributes of tourmaline, as well as may help with family issues, strengthen compassion and empathy and promotes creativity in healing. A versatile healing crystal, brown tourmaline is associated with at least four chakras and makes a good all-round healer. Dravite is an excellent stone for enhancing objectivity, tolerance and understanding. It is also used to bring, calm, hope, relief of anxiety and stress, a sense of being secure in your world, and serenity. Dravite is said to have protection energies, especially protection of the home. In crystal healing lore, Dravite is said to help with ADHD, ADD, the immune system, animal healing. Dravite is related to both the root and sacral chakras.
Galena - Galena is a "stone of harmony", stimulating interaction on all levels, and assisting in the decrease of self-limiting ideas. Galena is a primary source of lead, and as such is not recommended for internal use such as making gem elixirs, or for children, and hands and surfaces should be washed after handling. It has been known to decrease inflammations and skin eruptions, and help with circulation problems and hair growth. Carried in a medicine bag or pocket, though, it has grounding properties.
Mookaite has long been considered a healing stone used for healing wounds and regeneration. Its powers have also been used for protection, health and beauty. Mookaite encourages the desire for variety and new experience. It brings a balance between external activities and the internal processing of the impressions that come from those experiences. Mookaite brings a deep inner calm and the desire for adventure simultaneously. It can help us realize the possibility that meditation can be possible during almost any activity. Mookaite stabilizes health. It aids in fortifying the immune system and helps to stimulate the purification of the blood in the liver and spleen. It is also good for encouraging wounds to heal.
Netsuke - are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve a practical function (the two Japanese characters ne+tsuke mean "root" and "to attach"). Traditional Japanese garments—robes called kosodeand kimono—had no pockets; however, men who wore them needed a place to store their personal belongings, such as pipes, tobacco, money, seals, or medicines.
Rainbow Fluorite - Rainbow fluorite is thought to help the nervous system, but also promotes positive events, joy and creativity. It is a highly protective and stabilizing stone, useful for grounding and harmonizing spiritual energy. Fluorite heightens mental abilities, and can bring mental clarity and stability to an otherwise chaotic situation. It also absorbs negative energies from the environment and is effective at Auric and Chakra cleansing. Fluorite should be cleared often.
Scolecite works with the Third Eye and Crown Chakras, bringing a deep, inner peace to those who meditate with it. Scolecite can also act as a guide for those who enjoy astral travel, helping one to connect with different entities from other realms. Scolecite can be used to enhance connectivity between members of a group to make a greater whole, or it can help individuals in the group to be more tolerant of one another. Some enjoy working with Scolecite Crystals to create a cohesive group of different types of stones in a grid or layout. Try using Scolecite Crystals for attuning to the higher Chakras, Third Eye, Crown and above. Scolecite can gently enhance meditative and dream states. Those who experience energy blockages may find Scolecite helpful, as it can break through stagnant energies, emotional, physical, and mental, allowing for the free-flowing of energies through all of the Chakras. Meditating with Scolecite can bring info from the past and future to help one in this physical, 3D existence.
Moldavite is the product of a meteorite shower sometime between 15 to 20 million years ago. It emits an incredible amount of energy! Useful to enhance all of the psychic gifts. Stone of communication. Moldavite works well with the third eye, throat and crown chakras. It is generally considered to one of the stones which is very important for this particular phase of human evolution. When placed on the third eye Moldavite helps us to establish the cosmic connection. When placed on the heart it teaches us to appreciate the gift of being here on Earth. On a more practical level, many people have reported that moldavite helps to release all that is no longer needed for personal growth: old ideas: leftover emotional habits, whatever you know on a deep level needs to go. Because its energies are so powerful it's a good idea to keep it near you a lot when you first get one, and to meditate with it regularly. Whenever Moldavite is used in meditation it is recommended that a grounding stone: black tourmaline, hematite, tiger's eye, smoky quartz, red jasper, or obsidian, be placed by the feet for grounding purposes.
Shiva Lingams are egg-shaped stones made of cryptocrystalline quartz. They are found in one of the seven holy sites of India - the Narmada River in Onkar Mandhata. Villagers gather the stones from the river and hand polish them. The egg shape is considered a phallic symbol of the Hindu god Shiva. The shiva lingam represents both male and female, as well as the cosmic egg from which all creation emerged. This stone resonates with energies of all the elements - Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Stone. Use shiva lingam to charge the entire chakra system, activate kundalini energies, boost vitality, enhance inner transformation. break up old patterns and open the path for new life, help to feel unity, even during times of separation. Healers use shiva lingams to treat impotence, infertility, strengthen and balance the whole body.
Spirit Quartz - This crystal can be used in meditation to provide insights to family and/or community problems. The sense of calm and peace Spirit Quartz brings helps decrease fears, and makes it an excellent stone to use when dealing with the loss of a loved one, easing the grief of transition. Spirit Quartz is said to increase physical and intellectual fertility. Blue spirit quarts is shown, but also is found in rainbow, citrine, pink and white/natural colors.
Super Seven - Cacoxinite Natural : Also called Sacred Seven and Melody's Stone, are yet another stone which never needs clearing or cleansing. Contained within the Super Seven Crystal, Melody's Stone are all the energies of Amethyst, Clear Quartz, Smokey Quartz, Cacoxenite, Rutile, Goethite and Lepidocrosite combined. Super Seven Crystal/Melody's Stone are also said to exhibit a display resembling Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights. Super Seven Crystal, Melody's Stone contains the properties of at least seven different minerals, making them tremendously "potent,"(From Love Is In Earth Supplement A by Melody).
Stilbite - Excellent for psychic guidance and creativity. It is said to help with metaphysical endeavors, and spiritual travel. Stilbite raises one's consciousness of universal love. Stilbite is helpful in learning acceptance and letting go, which is in turn helpful for manifestations. Stilbite has a delicate quality, gently expanding a sense of self and beyond into the astral realm. This is a powerful stone that brings a calming influence and has been used to assist in restful sleep and vivid dreaming. It brings inner peace during meditation.Some uses of Stilbite are balance and clear the heart chakra, discovery of your true dreams and desires, stimulates expansion of the mind, enhances the ability to learn and achieve mental balance.
Tibetan Singing Bowls - used in meditation as well as prescribed by alternative health practitioners to assist healing. To play a singing bowl, hold the bowl gently in the palm of your hand, allowing the body of the bowl to vibrate freely. With the wooden stick (puja), rub the outside rim in a circular motion, keeping an even pressure. Gently increase the speed as the bowl begins to vibrate, and as the sound grows.
Tektite - The Tektite is known for raising ones vibrations and strengthening the aura, making it a wonderful stone for those who are working to spiritually advance in this lifetime.
Zoisite - Zoisite enhances trust in the ultimate goodness of life. Zoisite is good for vitality, adrenal glands, reproductive organs, and strengthening the heart. Associated primarily with the heart chakra, but is sometimes associated with the root and sacral chakras.