Spinel is a magnesium aluminium oxide. It forms as octahedral, dodecahedral or cubic crystals, in granular, massive or compact habits. The crystals are translucent to transparent with a vitreous lustre. The colour range of this attractive stone is red (the most popular as the colour rivals ruby), pink, blue, purple, yellow, colourless, black and brown. The colours vary widely due to the trace elements in the stone such as chromium, iron and cobalt. The red and pink colours can show strong fluorescence and asterism. Spinel forms in igneous rocks, as well as metamorphic rocks such as marble, serpentinite and gneiss. Spinel is found in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Brazil and Afghanistan.
Spinel is associated with energy renewal, overcoming difficult circumstances and rejuvenation. It opens all the chakras due to the wide colour range and helps kundalini energy move up the spine.
Spinel is a stone of revitalisation. It can stimulate any of the chakras, as well as the meridian system, bringing fresh energy where it is most needed. It is an excellent aid for reducing fatigue and repleting depleted energies on all levels It supports the physical body in recovery from illness and trauma. Spinel promotes physical vitality, refills energy and eases exhaustion. Spinel is a very soothing stone, as it calms and relieves stress, anxiety, PTSD and depression. This stone is for mental rejuvenation and is invigorating. Spinel detoxifies the body and is particularly useful when fasting, or are using natural diuretics and natural cleansing teas. This stone encourages moderation in all things, including food and sleep. Black spinel facilitates the detoxification of the bowels and digestive system.
Blue and green spinel assists in countering excessive acidity in the stomach and body, and facilitates a shift to an alkaline chemistry.
Red spinel unblocks the base chakra and ensures a strong link between the base and heart chakras, drawing vital energy into the physical body. It assists you with heart issues related to extreme anger or chronic fear, such as spousal or child abuse.
Spinel assist you to appreciate the beauty of life and the world around you. It helps you take more time to relax and enjoy the true abundance of life, instead of chasing the illusion of financial security. Spinel is a stone of new hope, it can relieve the burden of negative thought patterns and it reminds you that life is a gift. Spinel enhances all the positive aspects of your personality. It helps in achieving and accepting success with humility.
Black spinel helps you release the past and clear your life of past negative emotions and associations so that you can more easily move forward into the future. It helps hoarders let go of excessive physical and emotional junk so that clarity of mind and energy can be achieved. It is also useful for those of you who are stuck in the grieving process or who feel that a past emotional trauma still rules their life.
Blue and green spinel offers comfort to those of you who feel used by others or are unable to express proper emotional boundaries. It is ideal for those of you who have a martyr complex, or if you are unable to say no to others. This stone encourages the cleansing of anger, pain, resentment and judgement from the emotional body. Blue and green spinel facilitates clear, kind communication and helps you say how you feel in a non-judgemental way. This stone refreshes the emotional body, increasing compassion, love, forgiveness, self esteem and the relaxed and easy expression of affection for others.
Red spinel assists in allowing others to help, countering the feeling that you must do it all, in order for something to be completed properly. Red spinel is a wonderful support for getting in the mood sexually, and it encouraging a loving, attentive and giving attitude toward a partner. It can assist you in channeling excessive sexual energy into the heart chakra for expression as loving energy without sexual connotations. Red spinel is a powerful healer for fear states, panic, anxiety and the emotional need for excessive control.
Spinel helps you relax, release resistance, and let go of worry, and they act as a general balm to the nervous system. It also helps the body in removing poisons and toxins through proper processing and elimination of wastes; both energetic and physical. Spinel can be a catalyst for inspiration and new ways of thinking. This stone will help you in thinking outside the box and articulating new ideas. Spinel will assist you in developing a new and fresh self image as it loosens the negative emotional and mental hooks that you may have about your appearance, talents and capacities for growth.
This stone is very useful for Type A personalities and workaholics, as it allows them to calm down and shift into a lower gear. It acts as an energetic sedative to soothe and calm the brain and nervous system.
For those of you, who can't relax or focus for meditation, spinel can be used to help you become more calm and centred. This stone enhances the effect of other stones when they are used in meditation as it allows the nervous system and brain to become more receptive to their energies.
Spinel is a stone of victory. It will inspire you to accept the challenges to which you are guides by the spirit and souls longing and to do whatever is necessary to achieve them. Spinel is an excellent protection stone and etheric cleanser, dispelling negative attachments and entities from the auric field. It can act as a mirror for psychic attacks, causing the negative energy to rebound on the sender. Spinel aligns the etheric and emotional aura bodies. It connects the Kundalini and Hara lines. Spinel rejuvenates, regenerates and detoxifies the etheric double aura. This stone lengthens life by balancing Ch'i energy and removing blocks to energy flow. Using this stone will bring Earth Ch'i into your body to stimulate the Ch'i kung microcosmic orbit through the aura electrical system. It accesses the gateway of life and death, incarnation and reincarnation.
SPINEL AFFIRMATION I trust my spiritual guides who are guarding my way. I live naturally in all ways. I proliferate empathy as a remedy to help others. I am revitalised, fully alive and filled with the zest for life, and I use my energies in inspired and innovative ways to benefit myself and others.
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 Spinel to enhance the positive qualities of Aries
Adventurous
Alert
Ambitious
Candid
Confident
Courageous
Dynamic
Energetic
Enthusiastic
Generous Friend
Individualistic
Open-Minded
Outspoken
Pioneering
Quick to Act and Speak
Use Spinel to enhance Cancer's positive qualities
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 Spinel to enhance Capricorn's positive qualities
Ambitious
Attentive
Careful
Dedicated
Deliberate
Dependable
Disciplined
Focused
Honest
Humorous
Kind
Logical
Loyal
Patient
Practical
Prudent
Reserved
Serious
Supportive
Tolerant
Use Spinel to enhance the positive qualities of Gemini
Adaptable
Agile
Busy
Cheerful
Communicative
Eloquent
Good with Languages and Writing
Intellectual
Imaginative
Inquisitive
Lively
Logical
Persuasive
Positive
Sociable
Spontaneous
Teasing
Witty
Youthful
Use Spinel to enhance Leo's positive qualities
Ambitious
Broad Minded
Creative
Courageous
Daring
Dramatic
Dominant
Enthusiastic
Faithful
Flamboyant
Generous
Gracious
Intelligent
Independent
Loving
Natural Leader
Popular
Religious
Self Assured
Strong Willed
Uncomplicated
Vivacious
Warmhearted
Witty
Use Spinel to enhance Libra's positive qualities
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 Spinel to enhance Pisces positive qualities
Affectionate
Altruistic
Creative
Compassionate
Devoted
Easy Going
Emotional
Enchanting
Imaginative
Instinctive
Intuitive
Kind
Loving
Mystical
Reverent
Selfless
Submissive
Sympathetic
Unworldly
Use Spinel to enhance Sagittarius's positive qualities
Adventurous
Ambitious
Broad Minded
Charming
Enthusiastic
Far Sighted
Freedom Loving
Good Humoured
Honest
Idealistic
Impulsive
Independent
Intellectual
Jovial
Loyal
Lucky
Non-Possessive
Optimistic
Outgoing
Passionate
Philosophical
Straightforward
Talkative
Use Spinel to enhance Scorpio's positive qualities
Capable of Genius
Complex
Deeply Emotional
Determined
Exciting
Extravagant Tastes
Forceful
Humble
Hypnotic
Industrious
Intense
Intuitive
Look for Inner Values
Loyal
Lusty
Magnetic
Not Money Orientated
Passionate
Perceptive
Powerful
Protective
Reserved
Sensitive
Supportive
Strong Willed
Use Spinel to enhance Taurus's positive qualities
Artistic
Determined
Discriminating
Domestic
Gentle
Loyal
Loving
Patient
Persistent
Placid
Reliable
Sensual
Security Loving
Warmhearted
Use Spinel to enhance Virgo's positive qualities
Analytical
Detailed
Devoted
Diligent
Hardworking
Intelligent
Loving
Meticulous
Modest
Nurturing
Observant
Practical
Reliable
Shrewd
Shy
Skilled Communicator
negative qualities
Use Spinel to reduce the negative qualities of Aquarius
Aloof
Cold
Contrary
Detached
Fickle
Intractable
Judgemental
Miserly
Pessimistic
Possessive
Retaliatory
Severe
Suspicious
Use Spinel to reduce the negative qualities of Aries
Daredevil
Foolhardy
Impatient
Impulsive
Lacking in Direction
Poor Follower
Quick Tempered
Selfish
Use Spinel to reduce Cancer's negative qualities
Changeable
Clingy
Crabby
Dependant
Fussy
Indirect
Insecure
Jealous
Manipulative
Moody
Non-Daring
Over Emotional
Possessive
Touchy
Unable to let go
Worrier
Use Spinel to reduce the negative qualities of Capricorn
Anxious
Calculating
Cold
Controlling
Fatalistic
Grudging
Mean
Perverse
Self-Centered
Unable to Commit
Unmotional
Unpredictable
Use Spinel to reduce the negative qualities of Gemini
Cold
Cunning
Exaggerates
Gossiping
Inconsistent
Inquisitive
Irresponsible
Makes Promises the can't keep
Nervous
Over-Optimistic
Restless
Tense
Thinks in Circles
Two Faced
Risk Taking
Use Spinel to reduce Leo's negative qualities
Back Stabber
Bossy
Dogmatic
Egotistical
Interfering
Intolerant
Jealous
Liar
Overbearing
Opinionated
Patronising
Pompous
Proud
Religious Fanatic
Ruthless
Self Centered
Spendthrift
Trickster
Use Spinel to reduce Libra's negative qualities
Changeable
Easily Influenced
Flirtatious
Gullible
Indecisive
Opinionated
Promiscuous
Self Indulgent
Use Spinel to reduce Pisces negative qualities
Always looking for Compliments
Confused
Depressed
Easily Led
Escapist
Goalless
Inarticulate
Idealistic
Indecisive
Irresponsible
Lazy
Manipulative
Needy
Secretive
Vague
Weak Willed
Use Spinel to reduce the negative qualities of Sagittarius
Aggressive
Blindly Optimistic
Careless of Self
Careless with Money
Dogmatic
Exaggerates
Flighty
Judgemental
Impatient
Impetuous
Irrational
Sarcastic
Selfish
Unpunctual
Unreliable
Use Spinel to reduce Scorpio's negative qualities
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
Use Spinel to reduce the negative qualities of Taurus
Greedy
Inflexible
Jealous
Possessive
Resentful
Self-Indulgent
Unenterprising
Use Spinel to reduce Virgo's negative qualities
Cleaning and Hygiene Fanatics
Cold
Conservative
Critical
Distrustful
Fearful
Fussy
Harsh
Jealous
Over Critical
Perfectionist
Reserved
Self-Serving
Worrier
Likes
Aquarius likes the following but by using Spinel in your daily lives, you are encouraged to be aware of when something becomes an obsession
Dreaming and Planning for the Future
Fighting for Causes
Fringe Culture
Good Companions
Having Fun
Independence
Mates with the Boss
Thinking of the Past
Thinking Outside the Square
Witty Banter
Authoritarian Bosses
Boring People
Commitment
Aries likes the following but by using Spinel in your daily lives, you are encouraged to be aware of when something becomes an obsession
Action
Challenges
Championing Causes
Coming First
Spontaneity
Cancer likes the following but by using Spinel 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
Capricorn likes the following but by using Spinel in your daily lives, you are encouraged to be aware of when something becomes an obsession.
Ambitious People
Being Committed
Dependability
Financial Security
Firm Foundations
Knowing what they Discuss
Loyalty
Perseverance
Professionalism
Purpose
Reliability
Security
Gemini likes the following but by using Spinel in your daily lives, you are encouraged to be aware of when something becomes an obsession.
Flexible Thinking
Flirting
Fun
Multiple Projects on the Go
New Ideas
New People
Novelty and the Unusual
Talking
Telling Stories
Variety in Life
Well Informed
Leo likes the following but by using Spinel in your daily lives. you are encouraged to be aware of when something becomes an obsession
Acclaim
Being the Boss
Children
Drama
Feeling Pampered
Gambling
Lavish Living
Making an Impression
Money
Over Indulgence
Pageantry and Grandeur
Pleasure
Power
Speculative Ventures
Libra likes the following but by using Spinel 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
Pisces likes the following but by using Spinel in your daily life, you are encouraged to be aware of when something becomes an obsession
Anything discarded must stay discarded
Being a Role Model
Feeling Needed and Appreciated
Input Valued
Like to Get Lost
Mystery in all its guises
Romance
Sharing Thoughts/Dreams
Solitude to Dream
Stability
The Ridiculous
Sagittarius likes the following but by using Spinel in your daily life, you are encouraged to be aware of when something becomes an obsession
Causes and Demonstrations
Daydreaming
Family Friends
Feeling Trusted
Freedom
Getting to the Heart of Matters
Intellectual Compatibility
Laws and Meanings
Literature and Theatre
Music and Dance
Philosophical and Political Debates
Socialising
Taking Risks
The General Feel of Things
Travelling
Scorpio likes the following but by using Spinel 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
Taurus likes the following but by using Spinel in your daily life, you are encouraged to be aware of when something becomes an obsession
Being Attracted
Comfort and Pleasure
Consistency
Fine Food
Good Provider
Practicality
Routine
Security
Sex
Stability
Things Natural
Time to Think
Virgo likes the following but by using Spinel in your daily life, you are encouraged to be aware of when something becomes an obsession
Attention to Detail
Being Active
Being Pampered
Conventions and Rules
Dedication
Equality
Feeling Secure
Health Foods
Hygiene
Lists
Loyalty
Order
Perfection
Routine
Stimulating Employment
dislikes
Aquarius dislikes the following but by using Spinel 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.
Excessive Loneliness
Idealistic
Imitations
Popular Culture
Predictability
Privacy Invaded
Soppiness
Stereotypes
Suburbia
Tackiness
Television
The Ordinary
Aries dislike the following but by using Spinel 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.
Admitting Failure
Humouring Fools
No Opposition
Other People's Advice
Tyranny
Waiting Around
Cancer dislike the following but by using Spinel 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
Capricorn dislike the following but by using Spinel 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.
Bossiness
Challenged by Lover
Displays of Ego
Dominance
Extravagance
Fantasies
Flightiness
Game Playing
Go-Nowhere Jobs
Ignominy
Indecisiveness
Ridicule
Vulgarity
Wild Schemes
Gemini dislike the following but by using Spinel 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 in a Rut
Being Alone
Boring People
Feeling Tied Down
Jealousy
Learning
Mental Inaction
People with No Curiosity
Possessiveness
Leo dislike the following but by using Spinel 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.
Apathy
Being Ignored
Competition
Criticism
Doing Things Safely
Introspection
Laziness
Lying/Deceit
Mean Spiritedness
Nagging
Ordinary, Day to Day Living
Penny Pinching
Small Minded People
Libra dislike the following but by using Spinel 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
Pisces dislike the following but by using Spinel in your daily life, you can become aware of when these characteristics in yourself and others are starting to control your feelings and actions.
Being Criticised
Being Ignored
Crude Behaviour
Feeling All at Sea
Feeling Alone and Unloved
Feeling Vulnerable
Know-it-alls
Noisy Scenes
Not Dreaming
Ostentatious Displays of Knowledge
Sagittarius dislike the following but by using Spinel in your daily life, you can become aware of when these characteristics in yourself and others are starting to control your feelings and actions.
Apathy/Laziness
Being Constrained
Being Doubted
Being Tied Down
Details
Clubs
Control
Convention
Duplicity
Explaining Themselves
Jealousy
Over the Top Theories
Possessiveness
Routine
Shallow People
Waiting
Scorpio dislike the following but by using Spinel in your daily life, you can become aware of when these characteristics in yourself and others are starting to control your feelings and actions.
Apathy
Being Embarrassed
Being given Insufficient Information
Being Questioned
Being Understood
Deceit
Demeaning Jobs
Flattery
Insincerity
Lying
Passivity
Taken Advantage Of
Taurus dislike the following but by using Spinel in your daily life, you can become aware of when these characteristics in yourself and others are starting to control your feelings and actions.
Being Indoors
Being Pushed too Hard
Being Rushed
Change
Cheap Goods
Cheating
Disruption
Risks
Synthetic/Man Made Items
Uncertainty
Waste
Virgo dislike the following but by using Spinel in your daily life, you can become aware of when these characteristics in yourself and others are starting to control your feelings and actions.