.:Stelvei's Crystal Monday:. Rose Quartz
The
Stone of Unconditional Love
History:
Properly named the Heart Stone, Rose Quartz
may have been used as a love token as early as 600 B.C., and it is still an
important talisman of relationships. Rose is very effective in attracting new
love, romance and intimacy, or in developing a closer bond with family and
friends.
It connects to the Heart Chakra, healing
emotional wounds, fears and resentments. Rose circulates a Divine loving energy
throughout the entire aura, and reawakens the heart to its own innate love, it
provides a deep sense of personal
fulfillment and contentment. This can allow you to truly give and receive love
from others.
Rose Quartz inspires the love of beauty, in
oneself and others, in nature Even things that stimulates your
imagination--art, music, and written word. It is also the most common variety
of the Quartz family, it is found un abundance around the world.
Purposes:
Rose Quartz is known as a mothering crystal
which inspires nurturing of the self if one has lost their own mother. It also
promotes bonding and is a great stone to place on the stomach during pregnancy.
You can also take it to the hospital to be near the baby during birth; it also
is soothing in the days to follow.
As a stone of love, tenderness. and
sensuality, Rose Quartz is a powerful aphrodisiac and stimulates sensual
imagination. It is also a powerful sleep crystal for adults and children and
provides you with beautiful dreams and prevents nightmares and night terrors.
Rose Quartz is great for using against
trauma and crisis as it is a calming and reassuring crystal. Even through a
mid-life crisis. It helps strengthen empathy, sensitivity, and aids in the
acceptance of necessary change. Use Rose Quartz to help you comfort grief.
In the workplace, it provides protection
against intrusion and gossip. Great to help provide professional support for
your beauty consultant friends.
Physical Healing:
Rose Quartz may be used to sooth burns and
reduce blistering if rubbed lightly with a polished stone or used as an elixir**. It is
also said to be beneficial in diminishing the appearance of unsightly scars.
Use an elixir to clear the skin, reduce wrinkles and promote a soft complexion.
It stimulates the proper functioning of the
heart and circulatory system. Rose Quartz aids in relieving tension and stress,
palpitations, and may stabilize irregular heart rhythm. With its gentle touch,
Rose Quartz is ideal for premature babies or young children with heart weakness
or disease--or any one who needs a stronger heart.
It is said to assist in healing the kidneys
and adrenals. When placed on the thymus, it aids chest and lung problems,
relieving coughs and soothing bronchial areas. The stone is used to clear
fluids in the cells of the body and promotes
the release of impurities.
Rose Quartz is quite supportive of the
female reproductive system. It assists in alleviated sexual difficulties,
postpartum depression, and is thought to help mothers heal after complicated
births.
Emotional Healing:
The soft pink colours of Rose Quartz
comforts and heals any wounds the heart has suffered. It replaces sorrows and
worries and fears with the ability to receive love, and with healing, comfort
and inner nourishment. Bringing peace.
Rose Quartz is a great stone for those
unable to experience the joy of living because of never having the love given
to them. It reprograms the heart to accept the infinite source of love that
comes from within the self. Only after learning to give love to yourself are
you able to truly love others.
Chakra Healing:
Rose Quartz is one of the most important
stones of the Heart Chakra, teaching the true essence of love and purifying and
opening the heart at all levels.
The Heart Chakra is located near the centre
of the breastbone and regulates our interaction with the external world. It
also controls what we embrace and what we resist. It gives is a balancing
ability to be ourselves within the environment, and helps us in understanding
our own needs and emotions clearly.
Rose Quartz also balances the yin-yang
energies. It brings all other chakras into harmony and unity with the Heart. It
gently stimulates the Base Chakra, which is located at the base of the spine,
and is the foundation of physical and spiritual energy for the body.
Spiritual Energy:
Rose Quartz is feminine in tone and one of
the stones of the Great Mother. It not only activates the human Heart chakra,
it also links with the heart of the Earth and the heart of the Universe.
Colour Energy:
Light red, or Pink coloured Rose Quartz
brings the energy rays of determination, commitment, and caring. Its soothing
colours calm feelings of anger and resentment. It can aid efforts to meditate
and reflect. Pink is the colour of new love and romance.
Meditation:
Meditating with this stone assists you in
reaching a resonance with the frequency of compassion. It will help you release
emotional patterns that hold you back, and allows you to embrace higher and
finer frequencies of light.
Zodiac:
Scorpio, Taurus, Libra
Planet:
Venus
Element:
Earth, Water
Angels:
Ariel
Geniel
Hariel
Jophiel
Leuviah
Machiediel
Mumiel
Vasiarhiah
Goddesses:
Aphrodite
Astarte
Turan
Disclaimer:
I am no way shape or form a licensed
doctor. I do not have a PH.D. This information on this blog and its posts are
no substitutes for seeing your health care professional. The information I
provide you is just that: FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY! Please see
your doctor if you are seriously injured, or before starting any alternative
treatments.
On Elixirs:
Please be mindful with certain stones as
some of them are not fit to be in direct water for elixirs. Some are even
poisonous. Please follow proper guidelines when making elixirs. I am no way
responsible for any harm that happens to you. Make them at your own risk.
Have Questions or concerns? Leave them in the comments, and I can help the best I can! Have a favourite Crystal you'd like me to set up for future Crystal Mondays? Let me know!