Question: Good morning Sheila, I just got the
moonstone necklace. Its so pretty. Thank you for making such a beautiful
piece. I actually read that moonstone is a birthstone/zodiac stone for
gemini (that's me). Is that true?
I was
wondering if you could tell me if there is any special way i should
cleanse and charge the stones, especially tonight being the full moon...
I
don't really know that much about healing stones, but i am very eager
to learn much more. My first book for reference was Judy Hall's "Crystal
Bible". Do you have any suggestion as to other books or online
resources that might be useful for me?
One
more question if i may.... Its regarding the Ruby Zoisite i purchased a
few weeks ago. Its awesome, first of all. When i wear it, it seems as
though its overly stimulating. I have to take it off at night and keep
it away from my body. Im just wondering if this is the natural qualities
of the stone, or if i need to cleanse/charge it differently?
Many thanks again for all the beautiful jewelry you make. I truly appreciate it!
Enjoy your weekend!
Answer:
Hello, thanks for your
email. I hope you got to take advantage
of the full moon, as Moonstone crystals do indeed love the soft, psychic
moon energies. If you missed the full moon, any moonlight will do as
well!
As for birthstones and zodiac stones, there are many altering views
as to which crystals correspond to which dates. At I Dig Crystals, we
don't follow the birthstones so much and tend to focus more on the
healing energies. But for those who are curious, here are a few
different birthstone associations: Crystal Healing Birthstones.
For Crystal Care, there are also many options. For jewelry I
recommend cleaning by placing the stones on a natural raw crystal
cluster like Quartz or Amethyst that will fit the whole jewel or placing
the jewelry on or under dry brown rice. To charge, you the cluster will
do both cleaning and charging, but other recommendations would be to
place the jewelry on a natural stone slab or in the sunlight for
physical energy and moonlight for intuitive and psychic healing
energies. For jewelry I would definitely avoid the cleaning methods that
require water or dirt or salt (which can scratch the surface of softer
stones). Here is a page we wrote up for Crystal Care.
The "Crystal Bible" is a very popular, informative and portable book
on healing stones. Judy Hall has also written "Crystal Bible 2" for
additional 200, not-so-common stones. I also recommend Melody's "Love is
in the Earth" which is a picture-less reference guide to many crystals'
metaphysical uses. It is much more intense and informative than most
books you will find. I also recommend "the Illustrated directory of
Healing Crystals" by Cassandra Eason. At this time I am also doing my
own research to bring more information to customers like you on our "Crystal Properties" page, so if you have any crystals you want me to focus on before others, let me know! You can read more about Moonstone here.
As for your Ruby Zoisite pendant, both Zoisite and Ruby are focusing
on heart issues and for those who are not ready to let go of certain
issues, will find that the energies are overwhelming. You can let it
release these issues when you are ready to deal with them or you can
counter this energy with a softer stone also focusing on the heart like
Rose Quartz or light green Aventurine. If this is not the case for you,
it can also be remaining energies that were with the crystal before it
reached you, so yes, I would definitely cleanse it again or for a longer
period of time.
Have a great Sunday and do not hesitate to email me again with additional questions.
Sincerely,
Sheila Satin :)
I Dig Crystals
idigcrystals@gmail.com
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