Black Tourmaline absorbs negative energy and affords excellent energetic protection, enhancing your physical vitality. Traditionally, it was said to make known the source of problems or evil deeds. It encourages altruism and rational thought.

Self Understanding: You are an adaptive being who easily adjusts to the energy of new places and new situations. You have the gift of clarity of thought and analyze situations rapidly. Let go of over cautiousness but stay protected. You sense when people wish you ill. You may be carrying a family or past life curse creating dis-ease. Recognise that your negative thoughts and actions harm others and yourself.

Divination: Strengthen your protection. Consolidate your plans and be realistic. You will soon see the way through obstacles. Ensure you are well protected from negative energies. Ill wishing or envy may be directed your way. Neutralizing "bad" energy without harm to others. Watch your thoughts. Attend to practical matters. Be generous and give others freedom.

Healing insight: Neutralizing toxic energies from your environment, shielding yourself from from ill-wishing or stress and detoxifying your body supports well-being.

Frequency: Earthy
Chakra: Earth Star, root
Zodiac Timing: Capricorn
Soul Path: Appropriate energy shielding and enhancement.

Carnelian - Creativity

Traditionally, Carnelian protected against "glamours" (spells), envy and the Evil Eye. It brought good fortune to the wearer and was believed to prevent blood rushing to the head and causing precipitate action.

Self-Understanding: You have the ability to remain calm during disputes and the self-control not to follow the crowd. Your courage in the face of danger comes from inner strength not foolhardiness. Your family means a lot to you and you want to protect it. Your sexual drive is strong; lust or aggression has been a problem in a past life. Direct it toward creativity and raising kundalini force.

Divination: Be eloquent, creative and bold. Do not back down. Trust your intuitive perceptions. Distinction in your career lies ahead. Recognize true greatness. Be a mentor. Alleviate stress, take time to play. You are a tower of strength during sorrow. To make positive choices stay anchored in the present. Let go of emotional ties or outdated projects holding you back. Beware a charismatic person.

Healing Insight: Sufficient vitamins and minerals support your metabolism for optimum well-being.

Frequency: Earthy to high depending on clarity
Chakra: Root and sacral
Zodiac Timing: Taurus, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio
Soul Path: expressing soul vitality

Bloodstone is great for… perseverance

Bloodstone has always had a powerful connection with maintaining vitality.

SELF-UNDERSTANDING: You are a magical being – an amalgam of your individuality, your family and your environment. Let go of the past. Look closely at your ancestral line. Recognise toxic patterns subconsciously running your life. Break away and be strong.

DIVINATION: Detoxification and chaos precede transmutation. Perseverance is needed. Locked doors open, obstacles are swept away and romance blossoms. Preserve your good reputation. Recognise your enemies and keep them close – do not be deceived.

HEALING INSIGHT: Nourish your blood and you revitalise your whole body.
FREQUENCY: Earthy
CHAKRA: Purifies and aligns lower chakras
TIMING: Aries, Libra, Pisces
SOUL PATH: Freedom from the past

Citrine is a stone of joy and abundance, Citrine helps you to interact creativity with the world. It promotes inner calm.

Self understanding: You spend too much time worrying about home, family and finances. Remember, you are an abundant being who manifests what you need. You are an innocent wise child who yearns to be play. Joyful play creates a "wonder-full" world. Be grateful, for you are blessed. Accept constructive criticism. Become emotionally balanced, letting feelings flow naturally.

Divination: Take time out for joyful play. Self-regard heals a damaged child. Abundance is all around you. You attract success and prosperity. Stop worrying, be optimistic and allow life to happen. Trust your intuition and perception. Consult the wise child within. Your thoughts on the bigger picture are correct. If there is family discord, harmony is restored through praise.

Healing insight: True abundance comes from within. If you nurture your desires, you will bring joy to your wise-child self.

Frequency: high
Charkra: cleansing, activates and energises all
Zodiac Timing: Aries, Gemini. Leo, Libra
Soul path: embodying abundance

Blue Agate = calmness. Think of blue agate like you are lying down in a field looking up at the clear blue sky. Very calming and relaxing. Blue agate not only helps harmonies your energies but also reduces negative energies, helping you stay relaxed and peaceful. The protection from negative energy is one of the most appealing nature of agate. Also, blue Agate means smooth communication. It is one of the best gemstones for those who need to communicate with many people in daily life and even for those to want to recover their self-confidence. Agates are a cooling stone many use to help calm the pulse and ensure overall good health and a long prosperous life.

Wearing Agate can help one guard against danger. It helps one see the world from a broader perspective and more clarity. By wearing this gemstone it helps those who are having difficulties with insomnia. Given the very calming nature of this stone, it is said to help generate more positive dreams. Establishes positivity Agate helps bring positive energy into your life. Wearing this gemstone helps you learn to accept situations and things in a positive perspective. It helps cultivate positive feelings of: peace, calmness and appreciation without any difficulty. Wearing Agate helps strengthen your body and agate encourages more efficient functioning of your metabolism. Many people will hold their agate over their stomach to help with ailments in and around the stomach. By doing this, you can help in the areas of digestion. In this case, using agate for those who may get reflux or indigestion could be helpful.

Agate has long been known to help in strengthening of relationships. As it can help remove emotional disharmony. Not only does this stop you thinking about any negatives but gets you focused on providing solutions around a positive relationship. By using agate to help you focus on the positive means, you will build a stronger relationship and become more connected. Of course, there are tough times in any relationship and by holding or having agate around you will help to remain positive and think about all the good things. It is never a good idea to focus your energies on the negative. That leads to a downward spiral you don't want to go down. If your relationship needs another chance, then consider using and applying the valuable benefits of agate and see where it leads you.

Chakra: Throat
Zodiac Timing: Gemini, Virgo

Clear Quartz is the most powerful healing and energy amplifier on the planet because of its unique helical spiral crystalline form. Found worldwide, it absorbs, stores, releases, and regulates energy and is excellent for unblocking it. When acupuncture needles are coated in Quartz, the effects increase by ten percent. Holding a Quartz crystal in your hand doubles your biomagnetic field. It enhances muscle testing and protects against radiation. Quartz generates electromagnetism and dispels static electricity. This crystal works at a vibrational level attuned to the specific energy requirements of the person needing healing or undertaking spiritual work. It takes the energy to the most perfect state possible, going back to before the disease set in. It cleanses and enhances the organs and subtle bodies and acts as a deep soul cleanser, connecting the physical dimension with the mind.

Clear Quartz works on all levels of being. Storing information like a natural computer, these crystals are a spiritual library waiting to be accessed. Quartz has the ability to dissolve karmic seeds. It enhances psychic abilities and attunes you to your spiritual purpose. Used in meditation, Quartz filters out distractions. Quartz is the most efficient receptor for programming. Quartz aids concentration and unlocks memory.  Quartz is a master healer and can be used for any condition. It stimulates the immune system and brings the body into balance. It is excellent for soothing burns.

Chakras: harmonises and aligns all chakras

Fuchsite: "stone of health", helps after emotional or physical problems. It can also help with daily routine, stress, career, friendliness, compassion, light heartedness.

Healing by assisting with recovery and immunity. It also increases energy transfer when multiple stones are used for healing.

Hematite grounds and protects us. It strengthens our connection with the earth, making us feel safe and secure. It endows us with courage, strength, endurance and vitality. A "stone for the mind", Hematite stimulates concentration and focus, enhancing memory and original thought.

Hematite utilises the magnetic qualities of our yin-yang energies to balance the meridians within the body and to provide a stable equilibrium between the ethereal nervous system and the physical nervous system. It focuses energy and emotions for balance between the body, mind and spirit.

Dissolves negativity and prevents you from absorbing the negativity of others. Hematite is strong, supporting timidity, boosting self-esteem and survival, enhancing willpower and reliability, and imparting confidence. It helps to overcome compulsions and addictions, treating overeating, smoking and other forms of overindulgence.

Hematite restores, strengthens and regulates the blood supply, aiding blood conditions such as anaemia. It supports the kidneys and regenerates tissue. Stimulates the absorption of iron and formation of red blood cells. Treats leg cramps, anxiety and insomnia. Hematite aids spinal alignment and fractures.

Chakras: Root
Zodiac Timing: Aries, Aquarius

Howlite is an extremely calming stone. Placed under the pillow, it is an excellent antidote to insomnia, especially when this is caused by an overactive mind. It can also be used as an elixir and sipped for an hour or so before going to bed. Howlite links into the spiritual dimensions, opening attunement and preparing the mind to receive wisdom and insights. It assists journeys out of the body and accessing past lives. Focusing your sight into a piece of Howlite can transport you to another time or dimension. Placed on the third eye, it opens memories of other lives, including those in the "between-life" state and the spiritual dimensions. Howlite formulates ambitions, both spiritual and material, and aids in achieving them.

Psychologically, Howlite teaches patience and helps to eliminate rage and controlled anger. A piece placed in the pocket absorbs your own anger and any that is directed toward you. It also helps to overcome a tendency of being over critical and selfishness, strengthening positive character traits. Howlite still the mind and is excellent for sleep and meditation. It allows for calm and reasoned communication to take place. This stone strengthens memory and stimulates a desire for knowledge. Howlite can calm turbulent emotions, especially those that have past-life causes. It releases the strings that tie old emotions to present life triggers.

Healing: Howlite relieves insomnia. It balances the calcium levels within the body and aids teeth, bones, and soft tissue.

Chakra: Crown
Zodiac Timing: Gemini

Labradorite - The Mind’s Eye: Iridescent Labradorite raises your consciousness to connect to mystical dimensions and the highest protective energies. It assists in safely accessing past, present and future. It strengthens your faith in yourself and aids your intuitive guidance.

Self Understanding: You are an intuitive being who has the gift of foresight and who is in touch with other realities. Keep yourself grounded. The veil between the worlds is thin for you and you could easily confuse yourself and others with your imaginings. Aim for clear insights. Hold on to your common sense – it is your most effective tool in assessing your intuitions and acting on those that are valid.

Divination: You face a temporary setback, but a sudden reversal of fortune is possible. Be careful what you wish for; it may come true. Beware psychic vampires. Ensure that you do not have a “leaky aura” that allows others to draw on your energy field. Raise your consciousness to the highest levels. Traditionally, Labradorite indicates capricious love.

Healing insight: Giving your energy away is bad for your health. Establishing an efficient interface with the outside world will protect your well-being.

Frequency: High
Chakra: Third Eye, Crown
Timing: Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius
Soul Path: Opening the inner eye

Lepidolite: Hope, stress reduction, birth, peace, acceptance, spirituality, physical strength, luck, protection, emotional balance.

Healing: Bipolar disorder, stress, anxiety, depression, manic-depression, despondency, PTSD, anger, traumas, panic attacks, addictions, glands, immune system, skin, nails, hair, DNA, enzyme balance, alcoholism recovery, pregnancy, childbirth, general healing.

Yellow Calcite great for self confidence, hope, effective at clearing out old energy patterns and increasing personal motivation and drive. Yellow Calcite specifically is a clearer of accumulated self doubt, giving you the opportunity for a clean emotional slate.

Jade is a lucky gemstone hat creates harmony of the mind, body & spirit. It helps instill prosperity and wealth into all areas of your life. It can also heal and open your heart chakra.

It's a powerful protection stone, Black Onyx absorbs and transforms negative energy, and helps to prevent the drain of personal energy. Black Onyx aids the development of emotional and physical strength and stamina, especially when support is needed during times of stress, confusion or grief. It has been used to reduce uncontrollable sexual impulses. Black Onyx fosters wise decision-making.

Use Black Onyx to encourage happiness and good fortune. Black Onyx is a strength-giving stone and can provide support for self-discipline issues. Because it helps to hold physical memories, Black Onyx can be useful in healing old wounds or past life issues.

Black Onyx is wonderful for meditation and dreaming. When using Black Onyx for either of these purposes, it is recommended to use a secondary grounding stone in combination with the Onyx. Black Onyx helps one to become master of their own future.

Onyx is the Greek word for “claw” or “fingernail”.

Chakra - Root
Zodiac - Leo