Aquamarine

Properties: AKA the Mermaid Stone, aquamarine is a beautiful blue/green color and has the calming, soothing energy of the sea. This is the stone of courage. Tranquilizing, uplifting, openness, innocence, lightheartedness, creativity, communication, self-awareness, confidence, purpose. Throat Chakra, Sacral Spleen Chakra, Heart Chakra. Used for protection on journeys, especially those who travel on water. Affects etheric and mental levels.

Helps stabilize and harmonize unsettled surroundings. Helps reduce fears. Has an affinity with sensitive and mystical people. Increases creativity and sharpens intuition. Excellent stone for meditation. Helps one attune to nature. Quiets the mind and reduces stress. Helps bring about a tolerance toward others. Recommended as a purifier of the throat and helps sore throats. Clears blocked communication and aids the user in verbal expression. This stone allows us to find our individually and be ourselves.

It is helpful to those who wear it, in regards to finding love, promoting fidelity and smoothing out differences between others. Aquamarine will help couples who have grown apart to re-establish communication.

It will help to increase clairvoyance, intuition and the psychic awareness. It will also provide a good focus for meditation and visualization.It is the stone of distance healers, ecologists and long distance travelers.

Folk Remedies: A great stone for stress relief. Aquamarine will help to ease pain and to overcome panic attacks and phobias. Filters out unnecessary information to the brain. Calms the nerves. Clarifies perception and strengthens the body’s cleansing organs such as the liver, spleen, thyroid, and kidneys. Known to help sailors with issues of the eyes, jaw, neck, stomach, teeth, throat, mouth and ears. This is a very important stone for the thymus. Releases anxiety, fear, restlessness, peaceful stillness. Allows for better breathing with allergies. This is good stone when recovering from and illness.

Feng Shui: Used in the Southwest (relationship, love) and in negative directions (courage, protection).

Crystal Cleansing: method 1 – 3 and method 5 – 8 (some believe water is fine, but not salt water).

History: A beryl stone, (Be3Al2Si6O18) Found in the US, Mexico, USSR, Brazil, and India. Has a soothing influence. This stone is usually clear light blue, blue-green. The stone also occurs in a golden yellow color. It is a good stone for teachers, counselors, chiropractors, genetic engineers, lecturers, and massage, reiki and crystal therapy practitioners. Was given to sailors as protection against drowning and for courage in battle. Related to mermaids due to their delightful blue/green hues. Used to symbolize the (blue) moon  and its association to the Earth’s tides.

Aquamarine Elixir

A crystal elixir or gem essence combines the energy of your crystal that is infused in either water or oil. It is often placed in the sun in order for the crystal to imbue the water or oil with the crystal’s energy or Qi and then the decoction is used for healing and anointing.

Here is what you need: A glass container filled with about 12 ounces of water. If you are going to be placing your essence outside, be sure to cover it.   Read more here

Cleansing & Charging Aquamarine

~ Cleansing a crystal is always a good idea to rid it of energies (negative or otherwise) that it may have picked up during handling and excessive use.

~ Charging a crystal is bringing its energy levels back up, after use and cleansing. Like re-charging a battery after it has lost its energy.  A great way to do this (and remind you that it is time to do so) is during a full moon.

Crystal Cleansing: method 1 – 3 and method 5 – 8  (some say water is fine (but not salt water)

The Power of Color

Color plays a major role in determining how your crystal can help you.  A crystal’s color is due to its combination of minerals, which give it it’s own personality.  It contributes in what attracts you to it.  The psychological aspects of color determine how a crystal’s healing properties work.