1. For All-Round Goodness: Turquoise
Properties: Protection, wisdom, positive thoughts, balance, courage, friendship, healing, luck, loveThe perfect gift for: Anyone giving a public talk or with relationship issues
Turquoise can be a very powerful stone for protection. It increases inner calmness and eases depression, fears, exhaustion and anxiety. It is a stone for friendship and love. Turquoise has calming effects when speaking in public. It helps us to express ourselves and aids in creative problem solving. This powerful stone also stimulates our intuition and helps in meditation.
Turquoise helps to absorb nutrients and strengthen the immune system. It has purifying properties and anti-inflammatory powers. If placed on the throat it is wonderful for the thyroid and the voice. Turquoise strengthens feminine energies and is helpful in female disorders as well as in soothing headaches. Turquoise is well known for its healing powers and its abilities to draw disease out of the body when pressed against problematic areas of the body. It absorbs disease and negative energy to the extend that it sometimes breaks when exhausted – the stone then needs to be buried and given back to the earth. Given as a present, Turquoise brings prosperity and happiness to its receiver. This stone needs to be cleansed and recharged regularly.
2. For those in Need of Stress Reduction: Amethyst
Properties: clarity of thought, relief from grief, protection, wisdom
The perfect gift for: a friend who is in mourning, menopausal, going through a life change, insomniacsAmethyst is a very powerful crystal for healing. It is know to calm and bring clarity to the mind, to relieve stress, sooth sadness, anger and anxiety and balance mood swings. It helps us to focus and stimulates motivation, concentration and memory. Amethyst activates our intuitive and psychic abilities, aids in meditation and is said to attract justice.
Amethyst balances the hormones, strengthens the immune system and has a stimulating effect on the metabolism. It also has sobering powers and its name comes from the Greek word meaning ‘without drunkenness’. Amethyst eases stress and insomnia, promoting peaceful sleep. Rubbed against the forehead, it eases headaches and releases tension. It encourages humility, sincerity and spiritual wisdom. Amethyst is a healing stone for blood related problems and diseases of the lung.
3. For Those Who Need Some Clarity: Blue Topaz
Properties: Good fortune, communication, wisdom, truth, abundance, honesty, relaxation, forgivenessThe perfect gift for: writers, artists, or saying ‘I’m sorry’,
This beautiful sky blue stone balances the 5th Chakra, increasing communication skills, truth, wisdom and forgiveness, helping you to stay true to yourself. Blue Topaz promotes joy, abundance and good fortune. It also encourages honesty, aids in expressing ideas and artistic inspirations and increases intelligence and creativity Blue Topaz facilitates thinking through and expressing complex concepts and ideas.
Blue topaz is a strong crystal for healing health problems, and aids digestion, fortifies the nerves, balances emotions and stimulates the metabolism. It is known to combat eating disorders. It is also known to increase the general health around the neck and throat area. Blue Topaz releases tension, helping one to relax.
4. For the Vulnerable: Crystal Quartz
Properties: Protection, healing, harmony, energy, clarity, calmness
The perfect gift for: those who are at a computer all day, friends who need to relax or who are confused
Crystal Quartz
is very powerful for healing, meditation and spiritual growth. It is
harmonizing and balancing, purifying the spirit, mind and physical body.
It can be utilized to bring light and energy into our spiritual bodies.
It enhances mental abilities and can be ‘programmed’ and imprinted with
any desired energy or information. Crystal Quartz is powerful for
protection and amplifies positive energy and thought. Due to its power
to open up all chakras, it is a great stone for relaxation and also to
be combined with other stones, as it amplifies their powers. Crystal
Quartz enhances psychic abilities and promotes overall harmony and
balance. It brings clarity to thoughts as well as actions, allowing us
to see things more clearly.
Clear crystal
protects from negative energies, neutralizing radiation. It stimulates
the immune system and overall balance. Placed near the computer screen,
Crystal Quartz helps to dispel electromagnetic radiation.
5. For Instability: Moonstone
Properties: Love, abundance, good luck, happiness, psychic abilities, feminine energies
The perfect git for: moms to be or new moms
Moonstone aids in inner growth, strengthens intuition and stabilises emotions. It is known as a stone for new beginnings, success in love and business, and good fortune. It promotes inspiration and protects us, especially those of us who are very sensitive. Moonstone is said to perceive that which IS, making it a very personal stone. It is a great aid for meditation, helping us to understand ourselves. Moonstone also soothes stress and anxiety. This beautiful stone is particularly beneficial for women, also young women, helping us to connect with our feminine side. Moonstone is said to have the power of making wishes come true.
If you are a very sensitive person, we recommend for you to avoid
contact with moonstone in the time of full moon as it can open you up to
psychic worlds in an overwhelming way.
Moonstone balances the digestive system, helps to absorb nutrients
and to eliminate toxins. It is known to stimulate the proper functioning
of the pineal gland and to balance hormones. It is a great helper for
conception, pregnancy, childbirth and breast-feeding.
6. To Conquer Fear: Onyx
Properties: Support, Strength, Stamina, Protection
The perfect gift for: those in a transition period
Onyx is an
excellent stone for stressful or challenging situations as it gives us
strength and support. It’s soothing qualities alleviate fear and worries
and encourage wise decision-making. Onyx is known to increase
happiness, intuition and good fortune. It is known to help us change bad
habits and keep emotions under control. Onyx helps us to focus and stay
grounded.
Onyx is known
to help with skin ailments, infections and inflammations. This stone
needs to be cleansed and recharged regularly–wash it in salt water or
pass it through incense smoke.
7. To Find Love: Rose Quartz
Properties: Love: Romantic love, self love, platonic love,
unconditional love, deep care, compassion, happiness, forgiveness
friendship
The perfect gift for: the heartbroken, the lonely, pregnant women
Widely known as the “love” or “heart” stone, Rose Quartz encourages unconditional love and opens its wearer to all forms of love: self love, romantic love, family love, platonic love … It’s heart opening qualities act soothing on the nervous system, decreasing stress levels and increasing happiness, trust and harmony. Rose Quartz stimulates peace, forgiveness, compassion, kindness, inner peace and tolerance. It increases ones ability to love oneself as well as others. It helps heal emotional wounds and increases its wearer’s sense of self-worth.
Rose Quartz acts healing and strengthening for the physical heart and
stimulates the circulatory system, increasing fertility and protecting
against radiation. As a nice bonus, Rose Quartz is said to reduce
wrinkles. It is also known to be a protective stone during pregnancy,
protecting from miscarriage
8. The Money Stone: Citrine
Properties:
Prosperity, courage, Confidence, strength, warmth, happiness,
creativity, joy of life, protection, self-esteem, opens the mind to new
thoughts, optimism
The perfect gift for: entrepreneurs, students
Citrine is an
absolute power stone, energizing its wearer on all levels. It is known
to attract prosperity and success. Citrine increases self-confidence and
stimulates creativity, enthusiasm, and joy. As it helps you get
centered and rest in your power, Citrine is great to help in making
important decisions. It also balances emotions and gives relief for
depression, stress and anxiety, bringing joy, optimism and love to its
owner. This beautiful yellow-gold crystal is unique in its power to
dissolve negative energy without the need to be cleansed.
Citrine is
known as the ‘stone of the mind’, stimulating the brain, increasing
concentration, strengthening the intellect and increasing psychic
powers. It promotes clarity of thoughts, opens the mind to new thoughts
and brings relief to nightmares.
Citrine is
believed to invite wealth and prosperity into your life. Due to it’s
abundance qualities Citrine has been called the ‘Lucky Merchant Stone’
and business owners place it into their cash drawer to increase sales.
Citrine is known to be beneficial to the endocrine and digestive system,
acting cleansing and purifying.
9. The Artist’s Stone: Amazonite
Properties: Truth, self-love, communication, trust, clarity, patience, tolerance
The perfect gift for: someone about to give a big presentation or speech, artists
Amazonite has
extremely soothing quality and acts calming on the brain and the nervous
system. It brings balance into our life and gives relief to blockages
due to trauma or fear. It stimulates integrity, truth and honour and is
said to balance male and female energies. Amazonite increases confidence
and strengthens communication skills, helping us to express ourselves.
It is a particularly good stone for writers and artists, increasing
creativity and self-expression. It is a great stone to open our minds
and help us see both sides of a problem, hence being a great helper in
leadership. Amazonite helps us let go of any greed or selfishness,
encouraging patience, compassion and tolerance. It is a great stone to
stimulate communication in matters of love.
Amazonite is
known to help the body absorb calcium and therefore aiding in cases of
calcium deficiency, osteoporosis, tooth decay, muscle spasms and
menstrual cramps.
10. For more Lust for Life: Ruby
Properites: Vitality, energy, zest of life, Passion, Courage, Love, HealingThe perfect gift for: the insecure, the depressed
Ruby is a symbol of vitality, contentment, energy and zest for life. It is said to encourage passion and self-love. Be releasing destructive emotional patterns, it helps us to develop more love for ourselves. Through activating passion and life-force, this gorgeous stone helps us to improve motivation and set goals.