Crystals and Gemstones for the Spring

Spring is a great time for new beginnings: start new projects, new friendships and for trying new hobbies. Try wearing Amber for increased confidence, clarity of goals and protection. Amethyst is great for helping to enhance intuition and for easing stress and tension. This stone also helps focus your thoughts.

Place Hematite on your desk at work or near you, by your bed or favourite armchair to help you solve problems and increase your psychic awareness. Citrine will bring abundance to your spring projects. If you’re taking on more responsibility or recovering after an illness and need some extra energy, tiger’s eye should help give you a boost. This crystal will also help keep you focused on your goal, no matter how long it might take to get there. Jade can help relieve anxiety and Amber could bring you luck and we all need a bit of that! You can wear, carry or keep your gemstones alongside you where you are working. Or hold them when you feel the need and meditate with them to feel their healing energy.

Gemstone: Amethyst

Amethyst is a transparent purple/violet quartz which will turn brownish or yellow-orange when heated Keywords: Spirituality, Intelligence and Contentment

Called the ‘All Healer’ Amethyst is a crystal often used for healing animals, plants and people. It is said to be the stone of St. Valentine as it was said that St. Valentine wore a ring of Amethyst. This stone in an engagement ring is believed to promote a deep, soul connection of a lasting nature. Spiritual: Amethyst has strong spiritual qualities. It is used to make a connection between the earth plane and the spiritual plane. That’s why it is a great stone for helping to enhance spirituality, intuition and psychic powers. It can be used by those developing their spirituality for meditation, clairaudience, clairvoyance, lucid dreaming and angel-communication. It is also a psychic protection stone, protecting against witchcraft and black magic.

Amethyst can help open the Third Eye and increases creativity.

Emotional: Amethyst is used by healers to heal grief and personal loss, helping to promote relaxation and bring about feelings of contentment. Amethyst calms emotions and reduces feelings of anger. It can also help ease anxiety, stress and depression. Intellectual: Amethyst’s calming effect helps focus and concentration. – A good stone to use for meetings, interviews and debates.

Travel: In ancient times travellers would carry amethyst as a protection from surprise attacks. Medical: Amethyst helps with arthritis, diabetes, fatigue, immune system deficiencies, menopause and PMS related symptoms, insomnia and also helps ease the withdrawal symptoms of any kind of addiction. If held in your hand at least once a day, amethyst will energise you with positive energy.

The ancient Greeks and Romans used crushed amethyst to ward off intoxication. Apparently how this came about was that these ancients would sometimes add amethyst to their wine so the wine could be watered down but still look purple thanks to the stones. So in effect there was less alcohol in the wine and therefore less intoxication For a good night’s sleep, try placing amethyst crystals under your pillow. This can help sufferers of nightmares. This stone can also be used to aid dream recall. Or you might try rubbing amethyst counter-clockwise against

your forehead to help induce sleep and bring about pleasant dreams.

Amethyst is associated with the month of February