Moonstone is a sodium calcium aluminium silicate mineral. Its registered name is Oligoclase Feldspar. Moonstone shows a glowing shimmer similar to labradorescence, but lacking in colour. The display is produced from lamellar inter-growths inside the crystal. These inter-growths result from compatible chemistries at high temperatures becoming incompatible at lower temperatures and thus a separating and layering of these two phases. The resulting shimmer effect is caused by a ray of light entering a layer and being refracted back and forth by deeper layers before it exits the crystal. This refracted ray has a different character than when it went in and produces the moonlike glow. Moonstone occurs in the colours of off white, grey and pale shades of blue, green, yellow and brown. It has a lustre of vitreous to dull and the crystals are translucent to transparent. The crystal growth habit includes blocky, or tabular crystals. Crystals have a nearly rectangular or square cross-section with slightly slanted dome and pinacoid terminations. Twinning is almost universal in all plagioclases. Crystals can be twinned according to the Albite, Carlsbad, Manebach and Baveno laws. This oligoclase mineral can be found as a major rock forming component in granites and syenites. Lamellar twinning may cause a grooved effect on crystal and cleavage surfaces that appear as striations. Moonstone can be found in Sri Lanka, the USA, Russia, Sweden and Canada.
Moonstone was used in Roman jewellery almost two thousand years ago, and even longer ago in the Orient. It was a popular choice of jewellers during the Art Nouveau period. In India, Moonstone has always been a sacred stone, with a special significance for lovers. It was believed that placing Moonstone in their mouths when the moon was full would allow them to see their future. Moonstone is also a traditional wedding gift there, for bringing harmony to the marriage. In Europe, Moonstone was said to reconcile estranged lovers, and to cure sleeplessness.
MOONSTONE And physical health
Moonstone is a traditional stone for attuning to the ebb and flow of the moon’s energy. For this reason it can be helpful in stabilising female cycles and can help males become attuned to the subtle hormonal shifts they experience during the moon phases. It can also be used to help balance water retention. Moonstone helps the digestive and reproductive systems, assimilates nutrients, eliminates toxins and fluid retention. It eases degenerative conditions of skin, hair, eyes and fleshy organs such as the liver and pancreas. It is excellent for PMS, conception, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. Moonstone crystal water has been traditionally used for insomnia and the stone can prevent sleepwalking. It is linked to the pineal gland and balances the hormonal system, stabilises fluid imbalances, and attunes to the biorhythm clock. It is helpful in cases of shock and can be used to calm hyperactive children. Moonstone is the stone most associated with female fertility, and the associated menses, premenstrual syndrome and menopause. The Divine Feminine works through this stone to help assist women in all the joys of womanhood - maid, mother and wise woman. This stone helps you embrace the constant ebb and flow of female hormones.
Moonstone can help to sort through your emotions and gain a higher perspective on their meaning and purpose. It can aid in releasing frustration and surrendering to the natural progress of the cycles of life. It enhances patience and helps you remain objective when receiving empathic information from others. Moonstone calms over reactions to situations and to emotional triggers. Moonstone is filled with receptive, passive, feminine energy. It balances male-female energies and helps men who want to get in touch with their feminine side. It is the perfect antidote for the excessively macho man or overly aggressive female. Moonstone helps restore emotional balance This is a good stone for cleansing negative energy from your energy centres or chakras. This is also a stone of reflection, helping you to look within using the powerful tool of self observation for self improvement and spiritual growth. With this stone in hand, watch your actions and reactions to others without judgement.
Moonstone is a stone of mystery. It has often been associated with the feminine because of its ability to enhance the intuitive side of the mind. When Moonstone is employed by females, it initiates kundalini energy and promotes clairvoyance. When utilised by males, it stimulates the right side of the brain, encouraging nonlinear thinking and emotional balance. In both sexes it frequency aids in clearing the aura, activating the third eye and crown chakras. Moonstone is the stone of new beginnings. It is strongly connected to the moon and to the intuition. The stone is reflective and re-minds us that, as the moon waxes and wanes, so everything is part of a cycle of change. Its most powerful effect is that of calming the emotions. Moonstone makes conscious the unconscious and promotes intuition and empathy. It encourages lucid dreaming, especially at the time of the full moon. Moonstone opens the mind to sudden and irrational impulses, serendipity. Care must be taken that it does not induce illusions in response to wishful thinking. Moonstone promotes dreaming. Dreams provide tools for self knowledge and help bringing mental clarity With moonstone under your pillow, use the messages of dreamtime to restore mental balance.
Moonstone evokes patience and appropriate action. It teaches you the value of working with Divine timing instead of railing against its sometimes ponderous pace. Moonstone allows understanding of the proper action at the proper time, in order to nurture and eventually reap the harvest of our creations. Moonstone is a powerful stone for psychic awareness and intuition. Psychic ability allows you to open to outside guidance from higher beings. Moonstone enhances these communications and assists in applying them at the proper time. Moonstone can help to attuned to your guides and follow their guidance in order to take appropriate action. Moonstone is a perfect tool for increasing your intuition and psychic awareness, trusting the process. Psychic awareness includes the ability to use the six sensory gifts, or the Clair Senses - this collective word phrase includes any or all types of psychic sensitivity corresponding to the senses: seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, tasting, touching. Clair Senses in psychic terms are translated as: clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, clairscent, clairtangency, and clairgustance. Use moonstone to connect with the archangels of the Divine Feminine - Auriel and Tzaphkiel. This pearly stone is beneficial for rituals involving the Divine Feminine, the Goddess, the moon and all mythological goddesses. Moonstone is associated with the ancient Greek moon goddess Hecate.
MOONSTONE TYPES
cat's eye MOONSTONE
Cat's eye moonstone promotes clarity of the mind and inner vision. It helps you remain focused while in a meditative or altered state of awareness. Cat's eye moonstone assists you in seeing the emotional lessons and implications underlying your current life experiences. It is excellent for those who desire a deeper insight into the emotional patterns of themselves or others. Cat's eye moonstone carries an amazing balance of yin and yang energies, helping you to balance these forces within your energy field.
grey MOONSTONE
Grey moonstone is a stone of seeing beyond the veil. It is a powerful stone for the clairvoyant and the shaman, assisting you in moving into the unseen realms. Grey moonstone is also called the New Moon Stone, and it does carry the mysterious and powerful energies of the new moon, where at that time all things exist as potential. It is a powerful magnifier of intention and can help you bring forth creations from the void.
peach MOONSTONE
Peach moonstone has a gentle loving energy that supports the heart just as it stimulates the mind. It allows you to see the positive, loving existence of the Divine in all situations. It can help soothe worry or anxiety while assisting you in celebrating the positive experiences in your life. Peach moonstone carries a soothing energy for the emotional body and is excellent for use by intuitive or sensitive children.
rainbow MOONSTONE
Rainbow moonstone acts as a prism that diffuses energy throughout the aura. It assists in clearing the psychic senses and the mind, it also brings the frequency of joy to your energy field. It is a positive protection stone, helping to deflect negativity and densities before they enter the energy field. It is particularly good for psychic protection and for maintaining clarity of energy while working on an intuitive level. Rainbow moonstone can be helpful in clearing the emotional body as well and can be used to ease emotional trauma.
Rainbow moonstone facilitates the activation and alignment of all the chakras, while helping you to maintain a clear sense of groundedness and centredness. This stone is recommended for anyone who suffers from daily stress or who carries old emotional wounds or grief. Rainbow moonstone promotes a healthy optimism, which allows you to overcome obstacles and difficult people and that can sustain you through dark times.
Rainbow moonstone is aligned with the energies of the Goddess, and they can help you successfully empower the feminine aspects of yourself. Through the goddess connection of this stone, you can also commune with the energies and spirits of Nature, from plant devas to galactic consciousness.
white MOONSTONE
White moonstone represents the energy of the full moon at the height of its power. It stimulates all aspects of psychic perception and can enhance vision and dream work. Just like the full moon,, white moonstone can magnify your emotions. When used by women, it activates the kundalini energy line and opens the inner eye. Its energy assists men in reaching emotional balance and in developing their receptive power.
MOONSTONE AFFIRMATION I am consciously aware of my belief systems and thoughts I am extremely intuitive and perceptive. I awaken my consciousness and become aware of what thoughts, people or situations need to be shifted or realigned in my life.
The chakras are the body's internal energy centres, and are aligned vertically near the spine. Energy enters the body through the head (heaven) and the base (earth). The seven chakras are vortex points where these forces mingle, with each producing a distinctive energy pattern. The purpose of these chakras is to absorb, transform and distribute the body's internal energy, known by terms such as prana, life force or chi. Specific organs and body parts are associated with each chakra, as well as corresponding behavioural, emotional and personality patterns. It is important to note that the chakras are in constant interplay, and cannot really be separated.
There have two extra chakras discovered recently; the Earth Star Chakra and the Soul Star Chakra, I have included a brief description of these in the page.
Human beings are not just the physical body. You have seven auric bodies. These seven unseen bodies are known as energy bodies, energy layers or auras. The seven non physical bodies aren't separate from the physical body, they are all interconnected with each other. The health of any of these bodies contributes toward the overall physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of a person.
These energy bodies are affected by all aspects of your lifestyle. The energy that feeds them comes from outside and inside. Everything in your life influences these bodies. The health of these energy bodies depends on the amount and quality of prana or chi flowing through them which is generated in the Kundalini Line and Chakras.
When any one of the auric bodies is not working properly, it affects the other bodies and the physical body, as each body relies on the others to gather and distribute energy. read more
Use Moonstone to enhance the positive qualities of Cancer
Caring
Cautious
Charitable
Creative
Emotional
Fruitful
Home Loving
Imaginative
Intuitive
Loving
Nurturing
Orientated
Productive
Prolific
Protective
Psychic about their children
Sensitive
Shrewd
Supportive
Sympathetic
Use Moonstone to enhance the positive qualities of Libra
Artistic
Charming
Civilised
Committed in Marriage
Compromising
Diplomatic
Easy-Going
Good-Looking
Idealistic
Intellectual
Objective
Observant
Peaceable
Perceptive
Principled
Respectful
Romantic
Sociable
Tasteful
Treat Everyone as an Equal
Urban
Value Others
Well-Balanced
Use Moonstone to enhance the positive qualities of Scorpio
Capable of Genius
Complex
Deeply Emotional
Determined
Exciting
Extravagant Tastes
Forceful
Humble
Hypnotic
Industrious
Intense
Intuitive
Looks for Inner Values
Loyal
Lusty
Magnetic
Not Money Orientated
Passionate
Perceptive
Powerful
Protective
Reserved
Sensitive
Supportive
Strong Willed
negative qualities
Use Moonstone to reduce the negative qualities of Cancer
Changeable
Clingy
Crabby
Dependant
Fussy
Indirect
Insecure
Jealous
Manipulative
Moody
Non-Daring
Over Emotional
Possessive
Touchy
Unable to let go
Worrier
Use Moonstone to reduce the negative qualities of Libra
Changeable
Easily Influenced
Flirtatious
Gullible
Indecisive
Opinionated
Promiscuous
Self-Indulgent
Use Moonstone to reduce the negative qualities of Scorpio
Angry
Compulsive
Demanding
Holds Grudges
Jealous
Makes Enemies for Life
Obsessive
Obstinate
Possessive
Quick Tempered
Resentful
Secretive
Self-Justifying
Self-Pitying
Stubborn
Suspicious
Unforgiving of Mistakes
likes
Cancer likes the following but by using Moonstone in your daily lives. you are encouraged to be aware when something becomes an obsession
Business
Children
Food
Future Security
Hobbies
Home and Country
Holding On
Nurturing
Parties
Personal Security
Planning for the Future
Predictability
Romance
Routine
Libra likes the following but by using Moonstone in your daily life, you are encouraged to be aware when something becomes an obsession
Beauty
Communicating
Conviviality
Gentleness
Love
Making People Happy
Morality
Sharing
The Finest Things in Life
Scorpio likes the following but by using Moonstone in your daily life, you are encouraged to be aware of when something becomes an obsession
Acknowledgement
Being Involved
Being Persuasive
Hidden Causes
Honesty and Integrity
Knowing Where They Stand
Loyal Partner
Mystery
Privacy
Religion
Secrets
Sensuality and Passion
Sex
Strength
Trust
Truth
Work that is Meaningful
dislikes
Cancer dislikes the following but by using Moonstone in your daily life, you can become aware of when these characteristics that you see in yourself and others are starting to control your feelings and actions.
Advice (good or bad)
Aggravating Situations
Being Told what to Do
Being Away from Home for Too Long
Failure
Opposition
Spontaneity
Tactless Criticism
Libra dislike the following but by using Moonstone in your daily life, you can become aware of when these characteristics that you see in yourself and others are starting to control your feelings and actions.
Being a Slave to Fashion
Brutishness
Distasteful Situations
Injustice
Unprincipled Behaviour
Violence
Scorpio dislike the following but by using Moonstone in your daily life, you can become aware of when these characteristics in yourself and others are starting to control your feelings and actions.