Obsidian is one of our favorite crystals for grounding, protection, and working with the Root Chakra! It is a striking volcanic glass known for its black sheen and powerful metaphysical properties. It is formed when molten lava cools rapidly, preventing the formation of a crystalline structure. This process usually occurs when lava comes into contact with water or air. The result is a smooth, glass rock that often has sharp edges when broke. Obsidian was historically used for making tools and weapons for its razor-like sharpness. It is found in various part of the world including Mexico, USA, Iceland and Japan.
Obsidian can be used to absorb and deflect negative energy, creating a psychic shield, thus making it an excellent crystal for empaths and energy workers. It can also bring buried emotions and subconscious patterns to the surface to confront and heal hidden fears and traumas. Obsidian has so many beautiful variations. Here are some of our favorites!
Silver Sheen Obsidian opens and aligns our Third Eye Chakra. It balances the analytical and intuitive sides of our brain and also heightens our intuitive abilities.
Gold Sheen Obsidian helps to release egocentric thoughts and judgements allowing for personal and spiritual growth.
Rainbow Obsidian shields your auric field by deflecting low lying vibrations and energy, especially important for empathic individuals.
Mahogany Obsidian works with the Root and Solar Plexus Chakras to encourage self-confidence and strengthen our resolve.
Snowflake Obsidian promotes introspection which makes this a perfect stone for meditation and intention setting.
Flower Obsidian's sweet, playful energy is not only grounding but opens your heart to allow for compassion and love to flow.
Obsidian is a powerful stone for transformation, protection, and deep healing. Its potent energy can help guide you toward clarity and strength!
Most crystal collectors have a crystal shape that they resonate with the most. The shape of the crystal they take plays a significant role in how their energy is perceived and utilized. One of the most powerful and universally recognized shapes is the sphere. It is not just a beautiful, polished form - it carries symbolic meaning and energetic influence that enhances meditation, healing, and spiritual growth.
The smooth and symmetrical nature of the sphere allows energy to radiate evenly in all directions. This makes it a powerful tool for balance, harmony and unity. Spheres can also represent and honor other beliefs and concepts.
Universe & Cosmic Energy: A microcosm of the Universe, embodying the infinite nature of existence. Although typically a tower or point is placed in the middle of a crystal grid, you can also use a sphere in the center place to amplify your intentions and attract Universal vibrations. Turquoise spheres' powerful energy grounds our intentions and promotes healing of the Heart Chakra.
Oneness & Unity: The lack of sharp edges or distinctions symbolizes interconnectedness and wholeness, making spheres ideal for group harmony and collective consciousness. Holding a crystal sphere in each hand during meditation heightens your spiritual awareness and encourages introspection. Scolecite spheres connect and align our Crown Chakra for a deeper connection to cosmic consciousness.
Timelessness & Eternity: Circles and spheres have no beginnings and no ends, reminding us of the eternal nature of the soul and the cycles of life. Energy and sound healing practitioners can utilize crystal spheres in their practice by placing them in their treatment room or sound studios. They can also be used to align and balance the Chakras. Phantom Amethyst spheres carry deep metaphysical energy to offer spiritual healing and enlightenment.
Crystal spheres are more than just aesthetically pleasing-they are powerful spiritual tools that promote balance, healing, and universal connection. They serve as reminders of the infinite potential within us all!
One of the most mysterious and highly activating crystals is the Prophecy Stone! These rare and powerful stones are found in Egypt’s Libyan Desert, in the same region as Libyan Desert Glass. What makes them truly unique is that they are a pseudomorph, meaning they have undergone a complete mineral transformation over time while retaining their original structure. The crystal’s form originates from Marcasite and Pyrite, but through a natural process, it has fully morphed into Limonite and Hematite.
Known as the crystal of the Seeker and the Transformer, Prophecy Stones carry an exceptionally high vibration that supports deep spiritual exploration. They can assist in accessing the Akashic Records, guide you along your soul’s true path, and encourage self-discovery through gentle yet profound transformation. Their deep energetic resonance makes them an ideal tool for energy workers, healers, and spiritual seekers looking to expand their awareness and connection to the quantum realm.
The Prophecy Stone is closely connected to the Third Eye Chakra, working to activate and balance this energy center. It enhances intuition, strengthens psychic abilities such as clairvoyance, and serves as a powerful visioning stone. Once attuned to its energy, you may begin to receive prophetic messages, insights, or flashes of higher wisdom. Sleeping with a Prophecy Stone under your pillow or mattress can facilitate astral travel, promote vivid dreams, and help you access messages from your subconscious mind or higher self.
Whether you seek deeper meditation, heightened intuition, or divine guidance, the Prophecy Stone holds profound wisdom and serves as a gateway to higher consciousness. Its transformative energy can lead you to powerful revelations, unlocking the mysteries of your soul’s journey and offering insight from the universe itself!
The Moon is a powerful symbol of femininity, intuition, and emotional depth. It is often associated with the Divine Feminine energy and the subconscious mind. The Moon's gentle glow is believed to illuminate our inner world and bring light to our deepest emotions and desires.
Each phase of the Moon—New Moon, Waxing Moon, Full Moon, and Waning Moon—carries unique energetic properties that can influence our spiritual journey. The New Moon is a time for setting intentions and planting seeds of new beginnings, while the Full Moon encourages reflection, forgiveness, and the release of what no longer serves us.
There are many different ways you can honor the energy of the Moon. Meditation, journaling, pulling oracle cards, energy cleansing of your space or crystals, "moon bathing", creating Moon water, using essential oils that are attuned to the energy of the Moon phases in an essential oil diffuser, holding a releasing ceremony, and intention setting exercises are ways to connect with the Moon's energy. By attuning yourself to the lunar cycles, you can harness the Moon's energy to support your spiritual growth, deepen your connection to the cosmos, and assist in your personal transformation.
In the book "Moonology: Working with the Magic of Lunar Cycles", Yasmin Boland writes, "When you start to get in tune with the Moon's cycles, you start to connect with the cosmos and nature....Getting outdoors and engaging with nature by watching the mysterious Moon is a real remedy."
Our favorite crystals to work with the Moon's energy are Rainbow Moonstone, Labradorite, Amethyst, Selenite, and Malachite. Incorporate these crystals in a crystal grid for intention setting during the New Moon energy, use them in a deep mindful meditation, or sleep with them during the Full or New Moon to enhance your dream time and encourage vivid dreams.
Aligning with the lunar cycles can bring a sense of harmony, balance, and alignment to your life. By working with the energy of the Moon, you can cultivate a deeper connection to your intuition, emotions, and spiritual path!
Pisces is the twelfth astrological sign in the zodiac, between the dates February 19 and March 20. It is ruled by the planet Neptune, connected to the element of Water, and represented by two fish swimming in opposite directions.
Pisces are known for their compassionate and empathetic nature. They are often artistic, intuitive, and sensitive individuals. With a deep emotional capacity, Pisces tend to be selfless and generous, always willing to help others in need. They seek deep emotional connections and are highly intuitive. However, their empathetic nature can sometimes lead to emotional vulnerability.
Because Pisces are imaginative and creative individuals, they thrive in careers as artists, musician, writers, or art therapists. Pisces are empathetic and able to connect with a wide range of people which makes them ideal therapists, healthcare workers, or social workers.
Despite their many strengths, Pisces may struggle with setting boundaries and asserting themselves. Their emotional sensitivity can sometimes lead to feeling overwhelmed or being taken advantage of.
Crystals that resonate with Pisces are Amethyst, Labradorite, Angelite, Aquamarine, and Fluorite. They can work with these crystals to regulate their emotions, enhance their intuition, and focus their energy.
Whether you're an Pisces or have on in your life, appreciating their generosity and compassionate nature is key to understanding what makes this sign so special!
Love is a fundamental human experience that shapes our relationships, emotions, and well-being. It is also the highest vibration! Understanding your love language can help strengthen relationships-not just with others, but also with yourself. There are many ways you can nourish your body, mind, and spirit that align with your personal self-love language. The emotional and physical benefits are reducing stress and anxiety, immune protection, improving heart health, increasing your self-worth and self-esteem, and decreasing feelings of loneliness.
The concept of love languages comes from Dr. Gary Chapman's book, The 5 Love Languages®, where he identifies five ways people express and receive love.
Words of Affirmation
Acts of Service
Receiving Gifts
Quality Time
Physical Touch
Love languages aren't just about how we connect with others-they're also a guide for self-care. Creating self-care routines that nurture your emotional and physical well-being can help you cultivate a deeper relationship with yourself and others!
Our Heart Chakra or heart space is our energetic center of love, compassion, and emotional balance. It governs our ability to give and receive love, experience deep empathy, cultivate inner peace, and allows us to develop deep connections and relationships with others and our world at large. When our Heart Chakra is open and balanced, we feel a sense of harmony in our relationships and an ability to forgive-including self-forgiveness. When blocked, we may struggle with grief, resentment, loneliness, or feelings of fear.
Aromatherapy with essential oils can be powerful allies in healing, helping to release emotional wounds, invite in compassion, and restore balance. Here are our four favorite essential oils we love working with to support our Heart Chakra.
Rose (Rosa x damascena) is considered the queen of heart healing oils. It takes approximately 60,000 roses to produce one ounce of Rose Absolute! It has the highest vibrational frequency of any oil and is associated with love, beauty, and symbolic of ancient goddesses. It nurtures self-love, gently releases grief, and promotes heart-centered healing.
Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii var motia) is steam distilled from a grass that is grown across India into the Himalayan Mountains. Because of its sweet, soft rose-like scent, it is often used in cosmetics and fragrances. It calms the heart space, reduces stress, and promotes emotional stability. It encourages us to embrace change with an open heart and release emotional rigidity and is particularly helpful for those who have built up emotional walls or shields due to past trauma.
Lavender (Lavandula officinalis) is well-known for its calming properties, how it soothes emotional wounds, reduces nervousness, and releases fear. Lavender allows for forgiveness and acceptance to flow naturally.
Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata) awakens joy, passion, and emotional openness. It can dissolve feelings of anger, sadness, and rejection. Use this oil when working through heart break, significant personal loss or past trauma. A very small amount, 1 drop, is all that's needed as it has a very strong fragrance.
You can incorporate these oils in your meditation practice, in a salt bath, or in an aromatherapy essential oil diffuser. Our Heart Chakra blend also combines some of these calming and emotionally uplifting oils paired with a Rose Quartz crystal and can be placed over your Heart space with a carrier oil.
Morning affirmations are a practice that can improve your outlook on life. Using uplifting and encouraging words and phrases can move your actions, thoughts, and mood from a place of negativity and fear into optimism and love. Apply 1-2 drops of heart opening essential oils mixed with a carrier oil, such as jojoba oil, to your heart space while repeating affirmations such as "I am open to love" or "I forgive and release".
By using these essential oils with intention, you can support your Heart Chakra, release past wounds, and cultivate a deeper sense of love and forgiveness!
Venus, the second planet from the Sun, is known as the planet of love, beauty, harmony, and pleasure. It influences not just romantic relationships but also our values, aesthetics, and the way we experience joy. Spiritually, Venus serves as a guide to self-love, abundance, and deep emotional connections.
Venus governs the signs Taurus and Libra, ruling over sensuality, relationships, and creativity. It carries a deep appreciation for nature, stability, pleasure of the senses, diplomacy and the pursuit of deep, meaningful connections.
When Venus goes retrograde, it brings a time of reassessment in love, finances, and personal values. Old relationships may resurface and we may be called to redefine our worth and heal past emotional wounds.
As the planet of self-love, abundance and sacred feminine energy, Venus encourages Divine love and an understanding that love is not just external but also an inner journey of self-acceptance. It reminds us that we can view beauty as a spiritual practice by honoring aesthetics and art as sacred forms of connection with the Divine. Venus can also represent abundance and attraction by embracing gratitude and manifesting abundance through self-worth. It is closely associated with soft, warm energy of Rose Quartz and the healing energy of Emerald.
Throughout history, many goddesses have been associated with Venus. These goddesses represent a Divine connection with the cosmos.
Venus can be a guiding force of love, beauty, and Divine harmony. It reminds us that love is of the highest vibration and that love begins within ourselves and radiates outward!
Rhodonite is often referred to as the "crystal of compassion" for its ability to promote love, forgiveness, and emotional healing. It is believed to help release negative emotions such as anger, resentment, and jealousy, allowing for a more balanced and harmonious emotional state. Use this wonderful crystal for grounding negative energies, and to guide you to improve areas of your life that need improvement!
It is also thought to stimulate the Heart Chakra, encouraging self-love, self-acceptance, and compassion towards others. It will balance emotions, calming the nervous system and reducing stress and anxiety. Rhodonite removes self-doubt and promotes a more positive outlook on life. Placing Rhodonite over your Throat Chakra encourages authentic expressions from your heart space.
Rhodonite gently works to move stagnant and fear based emotions to a place of forgiveness. Choosing forgiveness in difficult situations can open space in your life for compassion and self-love. You are able to take control of your emotions and reactions instead of allowing the actions of others to determine your thoughts and feelings. It encourages personal and emotional growth through compassion for self.
Whether you are looking to enhance your emotional well-being, encourage self-love, or release emotions, Rhodonite can support you on your journey towards a more fulfilling and balanced life!
As winter settles with shorter days and colder temperatures, the energy around us tends to slow down. This seasonal shift can also affect your crystals, especially if they're frequently used for healing, meditation, crystal grids, or manifestation work. Without the abundant sunlight and grounding connection to the outdoors that summer provides, it's important to be intentional about keeping your crystals cleansed and charged during the winter months. Here are some of our favorite ways to maintain their vibrancy during this introspective season.
Charging your crystals under the Full Moon is a great way to harness the potent energy of the Full Moon and charge them at the same time. If it's too cold outside, place your crystals on a windowsill or table near a window. You can infuse them with this rejuvenating energy on the date of the Full Moon or three days before or after.
Bringing light to the your crystals helps to revitalize their energy. The soft glow of a Himalayan salt lamp, a tea light Selenite candle holder, or candles can invite in warmth and uplift your space. You can carefully pass your crystals through the smoke of a burning candle to release stagnant energy.
Using sound vibrational instruments can help reset the frequency of your crystals. Gongs, singing bowls, rattles, drums, or chimes are some examples of instruments that can be played over your crystals. Your voice is also a sound instrument and by simply chanting or singing intentionally to your crystals you can clear away any dense or stagnant energy.
Selenite is the perfect crystal to cleanse and charge your other crystals. Selenite itself never needs to be cleansed so you can place your smaller crystals in Selenite bowls or on Selenite charging plates.
Place your crystals in or near the plants in your home. Anything in nature inherently grounds and revitalizes our soul including the living plants in our home.
By using the methods above to keep your crystals energized during winter you can keep them vibrant and powerful during this season of reflection and introspection. Taking the time to care for them will deepen your connection with them, infuse them with new energy, and prepare for transformation in the months to come.
The Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, is one of the most important and widely celebrated holidays in many Asian cultures. It marks the beginning of the lunar calendar and in 2025 the Lunar New Year falls on January 29 ushering in the Year of the Wood Snake.
During this time we shift from cosmic dragon consciousness into earth-based snake consciousness. Where the dragon symbolizes good luck, prosperity, and strength, the snake represents transformations, renewal, introspection, and stability. The snake sheds old patterns and belief systems that no longer serve you to make room for growth and fresh beginnings. This also includes the collective and our communities at large. As a society we can transition from outdated structures and beliefs and evolve into a paradigm that better serves humanity. This year is the ideal time for spiritual exploration, intellectual pursuits, and redefining our future life path. Dreams and visions (especially during meditation) may become more pronounced, vivid, or prophetic. Our intuition is heightened and the connection to our Higher Self and Divine Source deepened.
Crystals that vibrate with the frequency of the Wood Snake are Snakeskin Fire Agate, Labradorite, Lapis Lazuli, Septarian, and Serpentine. These crystals embody introspection, balance our creative and logical thoughts, and promote innovation and renewal. You can use these throughout the year on your altar, in your mindful meditation practice, or incorporate them into your crystal grids.
The Chinese Zodiac is also divided into different element phases. This is the last year for the Wood element as we transition into the Fire element next year. Wood phase represents honesty, integrity, growth, and an expansion of our natural gifts. As a society we begin to break down barriers and insist accountability for systems and structures that inform and affect our daily lives. The Fire element will bring in courage, passion, and energy for further transformation and spiritual evolution.
Whether through spiritual growth or self-discovery, the Wood Snake year holds the potential for deep transformation and enlightenment!
Water, one of the fundamental elements in many ancient philosophies and practices, holds a significant place in the realm of natural elements. It is associated with qualities such as emotions, intuition, healing, and purification. In ancient Greek philosophy, Water was connected and shaped by the Gods and Goddesses. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Water element is associated with the kidney and bladder, the winter season, and symbolizes flexibility and emotional resilience.
In astrology the Water signs, (Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces) are known to be emotional, empathic, and loyal. People born under these signs are believed to highly intuitive, nurturing, and sentimental.
The Water element is connected with the Sacral Chakra. This energy center located in the lower abdominal area, is related to freedom, creativity, flexibility, and joy. When our Sacral Chakra is aligned and balanced we can tap deep into the collective consciousness and express ourselves with creativity, desire, and innovation.
Archangel Gabriel, the "messenger", is closely associated with the Water element. He can be called upon for healing childhood traumas and for messages of hope and inspiration.
Crystals that vibrate with the Water element are Ocean Jasper, Celestite, Amethyst, Peach Moonstone, and Fluorite. They offer the ability to remove energetic blockages and help to circulate our life force energy throughout our chakras.
To tap into the energy of the Water element, you can engage in activities that promote creativity, heightened intuition, and compassion toward others such as Meditation, Yoga poses such as Cobblers Pose or Pigeon Pose, Breathwork, connecting with bodies of water in nature, and taking regular salt baths can help support the balance of this element. Also, ensure you are drinking clean water and your body is properly hydrated.
There are several sacred sites across the world where Water is revered, honored, and used in spiritual practices and ceremonies. Places such as the Ganges River in India, the Cenotes of Mexico, the Chalice Well of Glastonbury, Lake Titicaca of South America, and so many springs, waterfalls, lakes, and other bodies of water that have held deep spiritual significance throughout the centuries. In "The Healing Waters Oracle", Rebecca Campbell notes "All healers know that healing is a return to wholeness, so do the world's healing water sites attract us because in seeing their waters as sacred, we're really seeing ourselves as sacred, since we're largely made up of water." Using this card deck in your daily spiritual practice can help further your connection with the Water element and cultivate a sense of balance and harmony.
By understanding the properties and symbolism of the Water element, we can gain a deeper appreciation for its role in our lives and the world around us. Water is a constant reminder of the invisible forces that shape our existence and subconscious thoughts!
