CRYSTAL MEANINGS : A - L

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AGATE: Agates foster love, abundance, wealth, good luck, acceptance, courage, protection, balance, harmony, generosity, strength, security and appreciation of nature. Agates are considered Power Stones. They are very grounding, solid and stable. All Agates have excellent protective and healing energy.

AMBER: Amber is said to enhance the beauty of the wearer. It is used to tap into the power of the Sun, and is good for success, abundance, healing, vitality and joy. A powerful stone for manifestation, Amber is also used for healing of the physical body. Said to calm the nerves.

AMETHYST: Regarded by many as a healing spiritual stone and a stone of great psychic power. Wearing it helps promote meditation, peace & tranquillity and can help in the achievement of the ultimate meditation state of mind - NIRVANA. Other qualities attributed to Amethyst are: it's ability to dispel fears, heighten intuition, aiding sound sleep and helping to embrace your own intuitive wisdom. Amethyst is a great stone for cleansing both crystals and yourself.

BLACK ONYX: This solid feeling stone is excellent for grounding negativity and letting go of stress. Onyx is soothing and helps to focus, banish grief and old habits, protecting the bearer and encouraging happiness and good fortune.

BLUE LACE AGATE: Especially suited to people of a gentle nature who do not want to be affected by the harsh effects of daily life .  It is such a calming stone with a soft energy. It is a stone of wisdom, kindness and peace.

BLUE TOPAZ: A stone of communication, blue topaz helps stimulate creativity and aids the ability to verbalise thoughts and ideas. The stone also has a very calming energy.

CARNELIAN: This energetic stone activates the lower chakras and helps the wearer to take action. It and invokes joy, laughter and warmth as it opens the heart. It installs a feeling of well being and flowing energy stimulating change.

CHALCEDONY: Helps you to accept new situations without losing your own character. It provides a light-hearted, carefree, elated feeling for life and is also said to improve your memory. It also promotes generosity, responsiveness and receptiveness. Balances the body, mind, emotions and spirit. Helps you to understand the pleasure of contact with other human beings, plants, animals and contact with other worlds.

CITRINE: An energising stone, both physically and mentally, stimulating openness and accelerating the awakening of the mind. A stone of manifestation, Citrine brings our thoughts into being on the physical plane, helping us to realise our dreams. It is especially useful for desires involving happiness, wealth, success and communication. Helping to balance the solar plexus chakra and unblock subconscious fears. Said to help financial luck.

GARNET: A stone of vital power and energy, Garnet is also excellent for invoking and releasing creative ability and inner fire, good for depression, rheumatism and arthritis. Given as a gift garnet symbolises true and never-ending love and devotion.

HEMATITE: promotes sleep and brings a sense of calm reducing anxiety and stress. It helps to neutralise negative energy. A great grounding stone.

HOWLITE: Calming, loving; absorbs stress, tension and anxiety. Dispels selfishness and confrontations. Is thought helpful to those who procrastinate. Encourages tact and decency. Cleanses the aura and purifies the blood.

JADE: Has been used as a sacred stone for centuries. Used for serenity, wisdom, balance, all things associated with the best of spiritual practices. This gemstone is the ultimate symbol of calm and serenity. It helps bring serenity to the mind by releasing negative thoughts. A stone of balance and healing, it alleviates anxiety and fear based emotions. In china traditionally a stone of protection, inner strength and good luck.

JASPER: Jasper is a strong securing gemstone. It is a stability gemstone. It is a powerful protection against things that are not good for you and it eases emotional stresses, making it a wonderful gemstone to have in your home. Jasper gives one the courage to speak out and have personal independence.

JASPER (RED): Provides protective 'earth energy' its protective qualities helps survival and physical protection. Red Jasper is a powerful divination stone, and can be worn to protect the individual during out of body experiences and vision quests by providing a solid grounding. It also helps with conflict and aggression, promotes grace and perseverance.

LABRADORITE: 'Merlin's stone' a beautiful enchanting stone thought to symbolise the moon. This stone can clarify and stimulate the mind and thought as well as bringing emotional calm assisting us to accept change. Labradorite is often used to reduce stress and anxiety as well as working on disorders of the mind. As a protector this stone will deflect negative energies from entering the aura and body.

LAPIS LAZULI: Lapis provides mental clarity and objectivity; it assists in awaking the third eye and for tapping into your intuition and strengthens psychic abilities. Lapis is also connected with Jupiter and thus expand intellect, wisdom and leadership qualities as well as helping in legal matters. The stone works as a shield from psychic attack. It is used to relieve insomnia and let go of anxieties. It brings peace and general relaxation to the body and mind. It is said to bring success to relationships. Many believe it protects the holder against physical danger.