Agate

Chakra -Third Eye and Crown Chakra Zodiac - Virgo and Gemini Birthstone - September Planet - Mercury Element - Earth Vibration - Number 7 Typical Colour - Clear or milky white, white to grey, light blue, orange to red, black

‘Having mighty srength’ - Agate gemstones are slow, steady, strong, and consistent. These healing gems bring stability into your life that helps you feel grounded and well balanced. Agate harmonizes yin and yang energy, (the positive and negative, the male and female, the inner and outer), by promoting wholeness, inner-strength, self-acceptance, and confidence. It encourages self analysis and activates communication. Natural agate gemstones boost mental abilities such as perception, memory recall, analytics, and concentration. They promote practical solutions and aid in creative contemplation and spiritual growth. These gemstones help one overcome insecurity, anger, and negativity. They inspire peace, love, and courage for new beginnings.

Whether you choose to wear agate or decorate your home with a large stone, there’s no denying it will be your best secret!

Keywords: Grounding, Balance, Harmony, Inner-Strength, Solutions, Stability, Communication

Agate is an excellent stone for rebalancing and harmonising body, mind and spirit. It cleanses and stabilises the aura, eliminating and transforming negativity. Agate enhances mental function, improving concentration, perception and analytical abilities. It soothes and calms, healing inner anger or tension and creates a sense of security and safety.

Amethyst

Chakras - Third Eye & Crown Chakra
Birthstone - February
Zodiac - Virgo, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius & Pisces
Planet - Jupiter
Element - Air & Water
Vibration - Number 3
Typical colours - Pinkish violet to a deep grape purple

‘The All Healer & Greater Protector’ - Amethyst is an essential stone for every crystal lover’s collection - opening the Third Eye and stimulating the Crown Chakra - this crystal is powerful for a variety of intentions. This calming stone allows you to quiet your mind, which can aid in sleep, meditation, and generally moving through life from a higher state of being. No matter who you are or what your goals are in life, an Amethyst crystal can support and protect you along your life’s journey. 

Some of the most well-known uses to connect with the Amethyst crystal are for spiritual practices, specifically deepening your connection to self and your ability to tap into your intuition. Besides facilitating your intuitive sense, the Amethyst crystal also helps you work toward inner peace and allows you to rest and relax when you need to most – before bed, during a stressful situation, or before you begin a meditation.

Amethyst also works to protect your spirit by surrounding your energy field in a bubble of violet light. By raising your energetic vibration and keeping your spirit at ease, this stone can be a powerful addition to your energetic armour. 

Whether you choose to wear an amethyst or decorate your home with a large stone, there’s no denying it will be your best secret!

Keywords: Calms Emotions, Soothes, Enlightens, Stimulates Serenity, Insight, and Peace.

Amethyst purifies the mind, improves motivation and enhances intuition. These purple crystals alleviate sadness and grief, they promote emotional balance, confidence, bonding, and improve decision-making.

Aventurine

Chakras - Third Eye & Crown Chakra
Birthstone - February
Zodiac - Virgo, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius & Pisces
Planet - Jupiter
Element - Air & Water
Vibration - Number 3
Typical colours - Pinkish violet to a deep grape purple

‘Luckiest of luck’ - Aventurine gemstones attract wealth, abundance, prosperity, and luck into your life. This is a stone of opportunity. It’s known as one of the "luckiest" gems to have, especially when it comes to manifesting wealth and abundance. Green Aventurine promotes feelings of well-being and positivity, it calms negative emotions and heightens ones ability to become quickly aware of current opportunities.

Green Aventurine protects the heart chakra, it encourages a continuous flow of love. It defuses negative situations and turns them around, revealing leadership qualities buried within. Compassion and empathy are greatly enhanced with this gemstone, as well as clarity in perception, and your ability to express creativity. The energy from Aventurine vibrates with optimism, confidence, creativity, and awareness. It balances emotional and intellectual abilities, while calming feelings of irritation, frustration, and anger.

This beautiful stone, however, is not merely an attractor of luck, but one that aligns conditions so “opportunity” is inevitable. Green Aventurine releases old patterns, habits and disappointments so new growth can take place. It brings optimism and a zest for life, allowing one to move forward with confidence and to embrace change. It enhances one’s creativity and motivation, and encourages perseverance in manoeuvring life’s obstacles. It also reinforces one’s decisiveness and amplifies leadership qualities, injecting a sense of humour and openness to the ideas of others.

Whether you choose to wear aventurine or decorate your home with a large stone, there’s no denying it will be your best secret!

Keywords: Opportunity, Abundance, Success, Luck, Optimism, Manifest, Perception.

Aventurine is a stone of prosperity. It reinforces leadership qualities and decisiveness. Promotes compassion and empathy. Encourages perseverance.

It stabilises one’s state of mind, stimulates perception and enhances creativity. Aids in seeing alternatives and possibilities. Calms anger and irritation. Promotes feelings of well-being. Aventurine balances male-female energy.

Black Tourmaline

Chakras - Base Chakra
Birthstone - October
Zodiac - Capricorn
Planet - Saturn
Element - Earth
Vibration - Number 3 & 4
Typical colours - Inky black

‘Keeping Grounded’ - Potent, inky black, and with strong grounding forces, this jet coloured stone is known for being a swallower of negative energies. It effectively helps the wearer be absolved of dark feelings, turning these anxious vibrations into a positive spin that nurtures the soul.

We already mentioned how great of a grounding force Black Tourmaline can be. Keeping you tethered at all times is an amazing way to keep your root chakra ready and clear, meaning that you can bask in the brilliance of self-confidence, feel connected to those around you, and make decisions based on need, not fear.

Another incredible benefit of Black Tourmaline is its ability to swap out detrimental patterns for positive ones. If you have old habits that aren’t serving you well, then Black Tourmaline will use its incredible frequencies to take all that energy and transform it into something pure and positive, helping you to consistently be on your best game and to achieve all that you can.

If you tend to lose your head or feel like the world is falling in on you, Black Tourmaline can truly transform your potential for staying calm and collected. By cutting through anxious thoughts, protecting you from the negative energies of others, and helping you stay connected, you can say farewell to debilitating levels of stress and anxiety. When you welcome positive energy, you also pave the way for good luck to flow towards you. 

Whether you choose to wear black tourmaline or decorate your home with a large stone, there’s no denying it will be your best secret!

Keywords: Protection, Encouragement, Inspiration

Tourmaline aids in understanding oneself and others. It promotes self-confidence and diminishes fear. Tourmaline attracts inspiration, compassion, tolerance and prosperity. It balances the right-left sides of the brain. Helps treat paranoia, overcomes dyslexia and improves hand-eye coordination. Tourmaline releases tension, making it helpful for spinal adjustments. It balances male-female energy within the body. Enhances energy and removes blockages.

Carnelian

Chakras - Base Chakra & Sacral Chakra
Birthstones - July
Zodiac - Taurus, Cancer, Leo & Virgo
Planet - Mars
Element - Fire
Vibration - Numbers 5 and 6
Typical colours - Clear to translucent red brown which may vary from a pale orange to pink, or from grey to an intense almost black.

‘Nothing like a sunset’ -The Carnelian crystal is all about gifting a glut of vitality to those who are feeling a little lost and sluggish. This bright burst of energy will get you back on your feet and feeling the drive to go forth and conquer, especially when it comes to creative projects. It isn’t called The Artist’s Stone for no reason, Carnelian invites you to write, paint, dance and sing and it does so, by stimulating warmth and heat, loosening the limbs, letting energy flow, and encouraging you to embrace your inner child and say a sweet yes to spontaneity.

When you let our creative juices go wild, this gives you a whole new lease of life and keeps you feeling motivated and confident now that you have been able to step out of the shadows. If you have been holding on tight to anger or reigning yourself in, this is the time to let it all go. New fires are burning so leave those bitter embers well alone. Forever and a day, Carnelian was considered to be a stone that helped timid speakers to raise their vocals. This is where it also earns its name as The Singers Stone. Even if you cannot hold a note, bringing Carnelian into your life will ensure that your voice always rings true and you never have to bite your tongue again. When we are able to lift up our voice, the soul follows.

Whether you choose to wear carnelian or decorate your home with a large stone, there’s no denying it will be your best secret!

Keywords: Emotional warmth, Sociability, Creativity, Individuality, Memory, Appreciation of nature, Harmony, Courage, Happiness, Self-esteem, Rebirth,

A stabilising stone, Carnelian restores vitality and motivation, and stimulates creativity. It gives courage, promotes positive life choices, dispels apathy and motivates for success. Carnelian is useful for overcoming abuse of any kind. It helps in trusting yourself and your perceptions. It overcomes negative conditioning and encourages steadfastness. Carnelian improves analytic abilities and clarifies perception. It sharpens concentration and dispels mental lethargy. Protects against envy, rage and resentment. Calms anger, banishes emotional negativity and replaces it with a love of life. Carnelian boosts fertility and stimulates sexuality.

Citrine

Chakras - Sacral Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra & Crown Chakra
Birthstone - November
Zodiac - Aries, Gemini, Leo & Libra
Planet - Jupiter
Element - Air
Vibration - Number 6
Typical colours - Yellow to yellowish brown or smokey grey-brown

‘For Happiness’ - Citrine energises every level of life, cleansing the chakras and opening the intuition. Citrine attracts wealth, prosperity and success. It imparts joy, wonder, delight and enthusiasm. Raises self-esteem and self-confidence. Stimulates the brain, strengthening the intellect. Also promoting motivation, activating creativity and encouraging self-expression. It Enhances concentration and revitalises the mind. It releases negative traits, depression, fears and phobias - Emotionally balancing.

Originating from the French word citron, meaning lemon, citrines are known to attract abundance as well as boost self-esteem. This stone will help harness your individual and unique talents to create abundance. It will warm your heart and soul with confidence and clarity.

Citrine also opens the higher mind to accept joy in one's life, releasing negative feelings and anger, deep fears and destructive tendencies. An excellent crystal for overcoming depression, also reducing the sensitivity to criticism and inspiring self-expression and creativity. It raises self-esteem, and by letting go of the past, allows one to move forward optimistically, enjoying new experiences.

  Whether you choose to wear citrine or decorate your home with a large stone, there’s no denying it will be your best secret!

Keywords: Wealth, Abundance, Positivity, Business, Manifestation, Joy, Self-Esteem.

Citrine enhances creativity, revitalizes the mind, and generates abundance. 

It is a stone of positivity. This positively powerful stone vibrates with the uplifting energy of the sun. It warms and energizes the soul, bringing joy and light to the whole environment.