CRYSTALS: Pregnancy & Chakra Plates

QUESTION: Hi Sheila, Re. crystals and pregnancy: I read that a few weeks prior to delivery, the mother should keep her red stones - jasper or garnets, close to her to give her strength and energy for the delivery. What are your thoughts on this?

Re. chakra plated: other than one with all the chakra crystals, could one use more than one plate at a time? Could I also use Selenite at the crown, a grounding stone at the base and hand held crystals or would that be too much?

Thank you for your help.

ANSWER: Hi Barbara, yes, red stones are excellent to keep near the mother-to-be for strength and energy. People have also found fertility stones like Moonstone, Shiva Lingams and Unakite to be helpful in a smooth pregnancy. 

As for laying of the chakra plates, if you are doing a general healing, I would focus on the main chakras. If you are focusing on a specific intent, you can use as many crystals directed to this purpose as you want. However, keep in mind that some people are much more sensitive to crystal energies than others. For those who are sensitive to the energies, they may find it to be too strong and aggressive if you use many stones in combination.  If you are working on yourself, it is easier to judge. If you are working on others, I would experiment with adding a few other stones besides the chakra plates and if they are doing okay when you check in with them, then feel free to add more. Sometimes people are just not ready to deal with all of the energies that the crystals may be extracting or instilling, so you want to take it slowly with one intent and just a few crystals for the purpose. 

Sincerely, 

Sheila Satin 

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CRYSTALS: Overdrive

pictured: carnelian bracelet

QUESTION: I was googling crystal changing colors and came across your blog. I have been wearing 2 Carnelian's for a month and 2 Aventurine's for a week to aid fertility.

I've been having IVF and have discovered my ovaries hardly produce any follicles/eggs even when on high dose of fertility meds so I have been carrying the crystals in my pockets or taped onto my skin on the ovaries with micropore tape to help and heal them and have noticed all 4 crystals have changed colors, they've got white bits on them and some parts has gone almost completely white.2 of them has now also got some tiny holes/dents which are black inside.

I have been under alot of stress leading up to my next treatment in a few weeks time after have been trying for a baby for over 8 years,have had 8 IVF's and 2 miscarriages and are feeling very scared of yet another failed IVF or another miscarriage and so on.

Is this why the gems have changed in a bid to heal me of negativity? Can you suggest any more crystals?

ANSWER: Thank you for your email. Yours is one of those extreme cases where the crystals are working on overdrive, absorbing excess negative energies from your aura. I have heard of a few cases like this, especially when there is some kind of extreme stress, like Apache Tears turning from black to clear to absorb mourning energy or Bloodstone losing all of its red color in cases of anemia and Garnets even starting to smoke in the strong presence of evil.

That being said, you are doing the right thing in taping these crystals to your skin in the appropriate area. I assume you have cleaned, charged and programmed your crystals before using them for healing? In your case, I would clean and charge them on a daily basis (programming is only necessary once), seeing as how hard they are working, they may lose their energy. I would also have a backup set of crystals to let one set rest while the other is working.

Above all else, fear is playing a detrimental part in blocking your healing energies. Naturally you will have fear, but I would suggest "tricking" yourself, reciting positive affirmations and thanking the universe for everything you already DO have to achieve all that you still want to have.

Other crystals besides Carnelian and Aventurine, I would recommend Moonstone, a great fertility stone and connecting with your feminine energies and Unakite, another great one for pregnancies, connecting to Mother Earth and her creative energies.

Appreciate all that is meant to be,
Sheila Satin
Crystal Healer