Amethyst - Spiritual Growth and Protection

Amethyst is light purple to dark purple in color

How Amethyst works

Together with Rock Crystal and Rose Quartz Amethyst is one of the best-known types of stone available. That is of course not for nothing! Not only are the purple crystals a feast for the eyes, but the stone can also promote calmness and tranquility, it has a relaxing effect and brings harmony. In addition, Amethyst is known to clear your head and bring self-insight, so that you learn to look honestly at yourself. You can therefore recognize and leave behind bad habits and addictions and the insight you can gain into your feelings helps you to give certain experiences a place. This is how the stone helps to process sadness, anger and traumas. Amethyst also promotes spiritual growth and in gemstone therapy it is widely used against migraines and sleeping problems.

Amethyst works on your crown chakra and third eye chakra and thus stimulates your intuition and spirituality. Fortunately, it not only opens your crown, but also protects it, so that too much information does not enter too quickly. Amethyst works protective, purifying, relaxing. The stone is still known as the stone of wisdom and helps you gain insight into old beliefs and patterns. In addition, the stone helps you accept life as it is (the beautiful and the less beautiful things) and gives space for new things. The stone is also widely used in meditation and helps you clear your head and find the silence within yourself.

Use of Amethyst

Amethyst has many applications. For example, you can use amethyst as a pocket stone, in gemstone water or wear it on the skin in a piece of jewelry. Of course you can also place it in a relevant place, such as in a room where you want to bring harmony and tranquility, such as your living room or practice. It is also often advised to put a piece of amethyst under your pillow in case of sleeping problems and nightmares.

Amethyst is also part of the Golden Triangle. This is the combination of rock crystal, amethyst and pink quartz. This powerful combination reinforces each other, making them more powerful together than either of these stones alone. This ancient combination brings love and harmony to the space in which it is placed. This combination is also ideally suited for Crystal Grids or to carry with you or to meditate with.

A crystal grid? What is that? A grid is a grid in which crystals are carefully placed in a specific place. You usually place a grid in or around your house to protect the house from negative energy, to keep spaces clean or to make your house a place that receives abundance on every level. Because Amethyst brings harmony and inner wisdom, you often find this stone in the grid. You can also place a small piece of raw amethyst in the middle of the grid to add extra strength to an intention.

Did you know that you can use an amethyst geode to energetically cleanse and charge your stones? By placing a stone in an amethyst geode for about twelve hours, it will be cleaned automatically. You can then clean the geode itself by rinsing it under running water, but you will find that this is not necessary very often. To clean stones you can also place them on a bed of amethyst tumbled stones.

The external shape of amethyst also influences its effect. For example, amethyst is often cut into points. The energy always flows in the direction of the point. If you want to drain energy, place the point away from you, if you want to add energy, place the point towards you. Amethyst is also often cut into double ends (crystals with a point at both ends). Double terminators transmit and receive at the same time. An Amethyst double-ended can help you to come to yourself and into your body and can support you to break old patterns or to set blockages in yourself in motion.

Disclaimer

It is and remains important to always use medical help where it is needed. While we try to share vital information in this site that could greatly benefit everyone's health, it is not intended to encourage anyone to exclude medical attention. On the contrary! In case of complaints, always seek help from your doctor first!

Chakra

Third eye chakra (6th) and crown chakra (7th)

Zodiac sign

Capricorn (December 22 to January 20), Pisces (February 20 to March 20) and Aquarius (January 21 to February 19)

Cleaning

Amethyst can be cleaned and charged in all ways. Amethyst can discolor under the influence of bright sunlight.