Significance of Gemstones, Symbols and Colors

Gemstones:

Tiger-eye properties - Brings insight, Protects from negative energies, Helps focus the mind, Attracts good luck, Can deepen one's meditative state, Grounds and centers personal energy, Dispels fears, Promotes mental clarity

Lapis Lazuli properties - Creates deep calm and a strong connection to cosmic wisdom that helps one align with a universal quality of truth and integrity, Provides protection and shields the wearer from negative influences, Helps purify lower energies from one's body and align it with higher, healthier vibrations, Activates a life of more intelligence, success, and an unshakable inner balance and power, Speckles of gold in it symbolize wealth & abundance

Unakite - Helps to balance all aspects of the self; emotional, spiritual and mental, and allowing you to feel more centered. Unakite is also believed to help release energy blockages, that may be inhibiting your growth, and to encourage you to live in the present rather than in the past. The Pink Feldspar in Unakite encourages you to love yourself for who you are, which in turn allows you to attract and keep the love of others.

Aventurine - Green Aventurine is a gentle supporting and comforting stone. It is a good all round healer and can calmanger and irritation while stimulating emotional recovery. Reinforces leadership qualities and decisiveness and can help us to see alternatives and possibilities, gently encouraging us to persevere. It is a good stone for those pushing themselves outside their comfort zone. Can reduce anxiety and fears. One of the best overall balancing stones for the Heart Chakra because it acts gently without causing any turbulence.

Black Agate - It is a soothing and calming crystal which works slowly to bring inner strength, self-acceptance and self-confidence. Agate encourages you to stop worrying and to take a step back from your problems helping you to regain balance and to release negativity from your life. Agate is also believed to improve concentration, perception and analytical abilities encouraging the discovery of practical solutions. Birthstone for Gemini.

Opalite - when placed on the Crown Chakra in meditation is said to enhance psychic abilities and induce visions. Brings forth the understanding of the true-self, the true spirit, to free the spirit. Teaches the being within, that freedom is not held back by the physical self, it is not held back by race, by language, by religion, by beliefs or by capabilities. This stone encourages one to explore within and all around to learn that even the most unimaginable life goals can be reached, they do not just have to be dreams.

Red Brecciated Jasper - Stone of strength and vitality. It can be used to bring mental clarity and focus to a previously scattered event, experience or life in general. Brecciated Jasper stimulates the base and sacral chakras in addition to cleansing and stabilizing the auric field. Brecciated Jasper removes negativity from any space, returning it to its original source. Promotes health and healing/recovery from illness. Jasper reminds people to help each other.

Carnelian - Carnelian can be placed on the Sacral Chakra and is said to increase ambition, drive and confidence. It is believed to protect the wearer from negative emotions and to calm the angry, and the envious. It is also reputed to bring about warmth, sociability, creativity and happiness and to restore self-esteem. Carnelian is believed to increase fertility. Carnelian is the birthstone for July and for Virgo.

Blue Sandstone - Blue Sandstone symbolizes enterprise, success, victory and glory; which can enhance the power of leadership and strong and be able to enhance the body’s good spirits, drive out evil spirits; clear the mind and relieve the pressure. The brilliant stars shining in the dark blue sky bring courage, confidence and willpower and boost vitality and energy.

Hematite - Has a very strong grounding energy; you can feel that just by holding the stone in your hand. It also has a cooling and calming effect, as well as helps develop concentration and focus. Overall, hematite brings a quality of energy that is powerful, strong and grounding. It works with one's mind by calming it and clearing the unnecessary clutter.

Rose quartz crystal - Used to attract love and romance, as well as heal a broken heart. Is a stone of the heart, a Crystal of Unconditional Love.

Symbols:

Aum -Represents omnipotent, omnipresent, and the source of all manifest existence; Believed to be the basic sound of the universe and embodies the essence of it; Represents harmony and the ultimate peace and the rejoining of the immortal soul with the rest of the universe; When we chant Aum, we create within ourselves a vibration that attunes with the cosmic vibration and we start thinking universally; A – is the waking state, U – is the dream state, M – is the state of deep sleep; Represents earth, atmosphere & heaven; Represents the cycle of creation, sustenance, and destruction

Angel - Your guardian angels are always there for you when you need, all you need to do is ask

Infinity Bead - Reminds you to live without self-created limitations. Represents infinite self with unlimited potential

Infinity/Mirrored Hearts - May your love be reflected back to you. This represents your unlimited and unconditional love for yourself and others.

Love Heart – May your heart be full of love and shared with all those you know

Peace Sign – May you feel peaceful

Lion – represents courage, self confidence

Elephant – represents strength, stability, remover of obstacles

Buddha – represents peace & wisdom, reminds you to meditate

Yin & Yang – represents balance of opposite or contrary forces that are actually complementary, concept of duality forming a whole

Khanda (Adi Shakti) – This double-edged sword is a metaphor of Divine Knowledge, its sharp edges cleaving Truth from Falsehood. The circle around the Khanda is a circle without a beginning or an end which symbolizes the perfection of God who is eternal. Shakti is primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe.

Triquetra, Trinity – Represents Mind Body Soul. Christians use the triquetra to represent the Trinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Believed to represent the three promises of a relationship such as to love, honor, and protect. Circle is a symbol of eternity.

Triskelion – Represents continually moving forward. Many diverse meanings.

Celtic Infinity Knot – Represents endless nature of the soul and interconnectedness

Hand of Hamsa – Believed to provide defense against the evil eye (destructive energies, negative emotions) and bring goodness, abundance, fertility, and good health.

Tree of Life – Represents interconnection of all life on our planet. Cosmic Family tree that represents our shared roots.

Eye of Horus – Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health

Wheel of Life - represents the cycle of birth and rebirth and existence in samsara.

Flower of Life - sacred geometry that contains ancient religious value and to sum it up it depicts the fundamental forms of space and time; geometrical shape that is made up of multiple overlapping circles. Understanding The Flower of Life helps us to understand how the Universe works. It can be used as a tool for connecting during meditation. Some people even say that having the symbol on your electronic devices can help to diffuse the harmful frequencies that these electronics emit. A reminder we are all connected, to each other and every single thing in the Universe. One of the oldest sacred symbols known to man.

Sunflower – represents vitality, warmth and happiness; sunflower moves to face the life-giving rays of the sun; reminder to seek the light

Cross – symbolic of Christ

Star of David – Symbol associated with Judaism. Double triangles – one points up to God and the other points down to man.

Owl – Wisdom, Foresight, Intuition

Words:

BREATHE BELIEVE CREATE LEAD REJOICE LOVE

Colors:

Red - color of energy, passion, action, ambition and determination

Orange - symbolizes energy, vitality, cheer, excitement, adventure, warmth, and good health

Yellow - color of happiness, and optimism, of enlightenment and creativity, abundance, sunshine; color of the mind and the intellect.

Green - color of balance and growth, healing & renewal

Blue - conveys a sense of trust, loyalty, cleanliness, peace and understanding; nature’s color for water and sky

Purple - symbolizes magic, mystery, spirituality, the sub-conscious, creativity, dignity, royalty

Pink – represents unconditional love and nurturing

Black - Bold, powerful, elegance, mystery

Brown - color of the earth; organic, nature, genuine

Silver - symbolic of money, moon, feminine energy, intuition

White – symbolizes innocence, purity, faith, peace

Turquoise - helps to open the lines of communication between the heart and the spoken word. Friendly and happy color of enjoying life

Royal Blue - royal blue is associated with someone who is clairvoyant, highly spiritual, and generous

Aquamarine - associated with enhancing creativity and inspiration, and calming and balancing the mind and the emotions.

Birth Month Stones:

January – Garnet (red)

February – Amethyst (purple)

March – Aquamarine

April – Diamond

May – Emerald (green)

June – Pearl

July – Ruby (red)

August – Peridot (yellow-green)

September – Sapphire

October – Opal

November – Topaz (yellow)

December – Blue Topaz