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Crystals I'm bringing on my next trip:

Not much of an explanation this time but I'm running late on packing and stressing about making sure everything goes well!

black tourmaline - absorbs negative energy and protects from danger

smokey quartz - cleanses energy field of unwanted emotions; grounds and protects from nightmares; useful when held to knee injuries

aquamarine - protection for journeys on, over, or near water

malachite - move beyond fear and enjoy the adventure; safety in the air

labradorite - helps meeting and interacting with new people

amethyst - protects from thieves, reduces anxiety, promotes a more peaceful journey, guards from negative energy, heightens intuition, relieves headaches

howlite - calming, aids against insomnia

selenite - clearing and enhancing energy of other stones (and I have a little heart!)

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Howlite

Properties:

good for calm communication

regulates overactive minds; helps with initiation of action

enhances memory and mental awareness

instills hope and increases the level of patience

helps with study

fights selfishness, gloating, and vulgarity

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Sleep crystals I'm working with right now:

Amethyst - Calming anxiety and stress

Labradorite - Clears worries and fears that disrupt sleep

Smoky Quartz - Grounds and protects from nightmares

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Crystal shop photo dump

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More Travel Crystals!

I’m prepping for a different trip, so this is my current list of options

tourmaline (black) - absorbs negative energy and protects from danger

moonstone - traditional amulet of protection

smokey quartz - cleanses energy field of unwanted emotions

aquamarine - for journeys on, over,  or near water

malachite - move beyond fear and enjoy the adventure; safety in the air

labradorite - helps meeting and interacting with new people

amethyst - protection from thieves, reduces anxiety, promoting a more peaceful journey, guards from negative energy; heightens intuition

rose quartz - helps reduce homesickness, attracts positive and loving energy

tigers eye - travel protection, heightens awareness, sharpens senses in unfamiliar areas, protects from bad intentions of others

yellow jasper - protection during travel

garnet - safe homecoming, guides away from danger

Preparing crystals for a trip

While prepping for a trip away from home, I think about the different crystals I want to pack and may need to have a smooth trip. I always think about protection, but being able to carry conversations without snapping from being around people for over 24 hours is pretty important too. This list is just a general reference I can use to decide what to pack right before a trip. I trust my intuition and bring what feels right for what I hopefully could need.

After compiling a general list of any crystal I think I might need on a trip, I go through the categories and look for any stones that show up more than once. Usually while making these lists, and checking my references, I only refer to crystals I know I own, or that I know I have seen in shops in my area, so they aren’t too difficult for me to get ahold of.

General crystals for a trip:

Boredom; work with quartz, citrine, or spessartine

Luck; gypsum, moonstone, onyx, tier’s eye, and turquoise can tip the scales of luck to your favor

Restlessness; copper and manganoan calcite calm restlessness; ametrine and angel aura quartz promote peacefulness

Shopaholicsism; smoky quartz can ground you to recognize your basic needs and the changes to make to fulfil them

Snoring; place pyrite under your pillow

Travel worries; moonstone and turquoise calm anxieties and concerns related to journeys

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Preparing crystals for a trip

While prepping for a trip away from home, I think about the different crystals I want to pack and may need to have a smooth trip. I always think about protection, but being able to carry conversations without snapping from being around people for over 24 hours is pretty important too. This list is just a general reference I can use to decide what to pack right before a trip. I trust my intuition and bring what feels right for what I hopefully could need.

After compiling a general list of any crystal I think I might need on a trip, I go through the categories and look for any stones that show up more than once. Usually while making these lists, and checking my references, I only refer to crystals I know I own, or that I know I have seen in shops in my area, so they aren’t too difficult for me to get ahold of.

General crystals for a trip:

Boredom; work with quartz, citrine, or spessartine

Luck; gypsum, moonstone, onyx, tier’s eye, and turquoise can tip the scales of luck to your favor

Restlessness; copper and manganoan calcite calm restlessness; ametrine and angel aura quartz promote peacefulness

Shopaholicsism; smoky quartz can ground you to recognize your basic needs and the changes to make to fulfil them

Snoring; place pyrite under your pillow

Travel worries; moonstone and turquoise calm anxieties and concerns related to journeys

Crystals for protection:

Awareness; idocrase brings danger in your surroundings to your awareness

Home protection while you’re away; heliodor will look after your belongings while you’re away; such as your family, car, pets, and home

Protection from physical violence; amber and jet to protect from physical violence

Protection from energy depletion; angel aura quartz, black obsidian, dalmatian stone, diamond, jade, kunzite, pyrite, spirit quartz, and tourmaline can protect your energies from others

Protection from negative energy/entities; jet and red jasper can help protect you from negative witchcraft; stibnite guards you from “evil spirits”; smoky quartz returns negative energy to the source

Travel protection; aquamarine protects travelers (especially on the water); moonstone, turquoise, and yellow jasper can help keep you safe on trips

Crystals for emotions:

Anger/ aggression; amethyst/ chalcedony for anger; amethyst, howlite, melanite, smoky quartz, or peridot to alleviate feelings of slight annoyance to total rage 

Anxiety; aquamarine, amethyst, aventurine, citrine, and labradorite calm anxiety

Calming; hold orange calcite

Depression; garnet, gold, lapis lazuli, lepidolite, malachite, peridot, smoky quartz, or tiger’s eye

Inadequacy; rose quartz can help promote self-love, and sodalite soothes feelings of failure

Indecision; citrine, aventurine, topaz, mookaite, and amethyst can help stifle indecision

Insecurity; agate, angelite, aventurine, labradorite, and larvakite can promote feelings of security and protect your emotions

Nervous exhaustion; tourmalinated quartz releases nervous energy

Mental breakdowns; tourmaline can help ease a troubled mind, and ground you when it feels like all is falling apart

Panic attacks; when it feels like a panic attack is coming, hold a green calcite in your hands

PTSD symptoms; bowenite, garnet, yellow fluorite, gold, green fluorite, rhodochrosite, or coral can help alleviate symptoms of PTSD

PMS; chrysocolla, jade, kunzite, moonstone, and ruby can help soothe PMS symptoms 

Crystals for controlling your energies:

Compulsive Behavior; chalcedony, lepidolite, or kunzite

Excess energy; hold fluorite, or orange calcite (wear for long term relief)

Lack of emotional stamina; okenite can keep one going when reaching exhaustion

Physical endurance; carry or wear halite, magnetite, malachite, meteorite, or sodalite

Sex drive; selenite to decrease, smokey quartz or black calcite to increase

Social skills; danburite and sardonyx can help while interacting with others

Crystals for sickness while away:

Air sickness; play with hematite + turquoise in your hands to increase touch contact

Bladder issues; wear amber, jade, or jasper to help with infections or incontinence

Appetite; carnelian to increase, apatite to decrease

Common cold; carry or wear carnelian, fluorite, jet, or topaz; green moss agate can help symptoms

Cramps; carry or wear aventurine, hematite, dalmatian jasper, lepidolite, or lodestone

Headache/migraines;  hold amethyst to the painful areas; the darker the purple, the better

Insomnia; hold malachite, larvakite, or muscovite starting an hour before you want to sleep, then continue holding in bed; carry or wear amethyst, lapis lazuli, or sodalite in the evening to aid

Knee injury; hold apache tear or smoky quartz to the knee

Toothache; carry or wear amethyst, aquamarine, fluorite, howlite, or malachite to the skin near painful teeth

Smoky quartz is listed to help with over shopping, returning negative energy to its source, alleviating anger, and soothing depression. It is also a stone I know I have wire wrapped, ready to be thrown on a chain, so it’s likely I’m going to bring smoky quartz on this trip. Smoky quartz also helps alleviate knee pain, and it’s most likely I’ll be out in the cold doing physical activity, so I’d like to prepare for that.

Citrine is another stone listed more than a few times. It helps reign in boredom, calm your anxiety, and assist with indecision. So far, none of the properties have overlapped too much, and I have a pretty solid start for what I want to bring with me.

Amethyst gets mentioned a lot, being a stone that can help soothe anger and aggression, calm anxieties, aid indecision, as well as relieve migraines/headaches, insomnia, and toothaches. Should my other methods of getting me to sleep not work while I’m gone, I’m hoping some amethyst will.

Tourmaline seems like an important one for me, specifically to help ground me during any meltdowns, and protect my energies from those around me that may have much more drive and energy than I do.

Sodalite is probably the last crystal I would recall rewriting while compiling this list. It is said to help with soothing feelings of failure or inadequacy, nighttime insomnia, and physical endurance. Something else I can use to help soothe me when insecure, or unable to sleep, as well as push me to keep moving with the rest of the group.

It’s also important to have a crystal like selenite to charge and cleanse your crystals while away from home. Keeping their energies as clear as possible will help them work most efficiently for you. It is also important to tell your crystals what to do. I like to whisper to them before putting them in my pocket/bag/pouch.

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Sodalite

Meaning:

helps with communicating openly and honestly

strengthens intuition and increases awareness

promotes objective thinking

brings wisdom and knowledge

brings order and harmony

encourages idealism and inspiration

stimulates creative abilities and self expression

useful in groups

Physical Healing Properties:

good for physical balance

strengthens health of lymphatic system and metabolism

helps high blood pressure, insomnia, autism, aging effects, diabetes, and calcium deficiency

assists development of babies

Emotional/ Spiritual Properties:

boosts self-esteem

promotes mental healing

helps with communication

helps reduce confusion, inadequacy, mental unrest, oversensitivity, and fear

calming during stressful times

History: Sodalite was discovered in 1811 by Europeans in Greenland, but has also been traced to the Caral People (2600-2000 B.C.) near Lima for trading. Sodalite didn’t gain popularity until a vast deposit was discovered in Ontario, Canada in 1891.

The name sodalite can be broken into “sodium” and the Greek “lithos” for ‘stone.’

Physical Properties: Sodalite is rarely seen in crystal form, and can sometimes be found intertwined with white calcite. Sodalite is primarily blue, but can be yellow, white, green, or red. It is often mistaken for lapis lazuli, but can be distinguished by the white veins beneath the surface.

Sodalite occurs in igneous rocks that crystallized from sodium-rich magmas, which brings the name “sodalite.”

Global Mining Sites: Sodalite 

Care: Sodalite is sensitive to pressure, high temperatures and household cleaners. Avoid exposing sodalite to bleaches or sulfuric acid. Clean with warm, soapy water and a soft cotton cloth.

Physical Characteristics:

Color(s): blue, white, grey, red, green, grey, yellow

Hardness: 5.5-6

Composition: Sodium Aluminum Silicate Chloride; Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2

Mineral Family: Feldspathoid

Crystal Structure: cubic crystal system

Luster: vitreous to greasy

Correspondences:

Zodiac: Sagittarius

Element: Air

Planet: Venus, Moon

Gender: female

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Howlite

Properties:

good for calm communication

regulates overactive minds; helps with initiation of action

enhances memory and mental awareness

instills hope and increases the level of patience

helps with study

fights selfishness, gloating, and vulgarity

Physical Healing Properties:

good for the teeth/bones

boosts immune and circulatory system

helps with physical pain

Emotional/Spiritual Properties:

enlightens spiritual consciousness; furnishes peaceful aura

links to higher realms

helps calm stressful situations

disperses and deflects feelings of anger and/or stress

good for expressing emotions

History: Howlite got its name from Henry How, the mineralogist, geologist, and chemist who discovered this crystal in 1868 near Nova Scotia. Henry named the crystal “silico-boro-calcite” but after his death, an American geologist, James Dwight Dana gave the crystal its real name i.e. “Howlite.”

Howlite, calcite and magnesite are often mistaken for white turquoise also known as White Buffalo Stone.

Physical Properties:  Howlite is a very porous stone that takes dye very well, and can be sold as lapis lazuli, coral, and turquoise. Dishonest dealers have been quite successful at selling dyed blue howlite as turquoise. However, blue howlite is actually a great, affordable substitute for the more expensive turquoise. The stone will take a polish very well, so it is often seen as a decorative stone used for carvings, beads, polished stones and cabochons.  

Howlite forms in nodules that have been said to look like the heads of cauliflower.  Crystal faces on the nodules are very rare but veins of black, web looking streaks are often interlaced through these nodules, creating a beautiful effect. Often, artists paint slabs of howlite, using these veins to work into their artistic designs.

Global Mining Sites:  Although howlite was discovered in Canada, most howlite now comes from California and Los Angeles, USA. Deposits have also been found in Turkey, Germany, Mexico and Russia. Rare transparent howlite crystals have only been found in two places; Tick Canyon, California and Iona, Nova Scotia.

Care: Howlite is softer than many other gems, so it can be easily scratched. Avoid harsh household chemicals, especially hydrochloric acid. Use soapy water and a soft cloth to clean, rinse residues well. Not recommended in ultrasonic cleaners or steamers. Store away from other stones in soft cloth or a fabric lined jewelry box to avoid scratches.

Physical Characteristics:

Color(s): white; grey, black, or brown veins/streaks

Hardness: 3.5

Composition: Calcium borosilicate hydroxide; (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5)

Mineral Family: borate mineral

Crystal Structure: monoclinic, prismatic

Luster: sub-vitreous

Correspondences:

Zodiac: Gemini, Virgo

Element: Air, Earth

Planet: Moon

Gender: Female

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Labradorite

Properties:

mental sharpness

left/right brain communication

imagination, clarity, and concentration

widens eyes to the possibilities

aids scientific analysis

transformation

Physical Healing Qualities:

good for digestion

good for the eyes

can help with alcoholism, codependency, confusion, indecision, and PMS

helps clear warts

Emotional/spiritual Qualities:

helps dispel depression and anxiety

brings balance, comfort, and relief to those who are overworked

awakens spirit, intuition, and psychic abilities

calms overactive minds

protects against negative energies

strengthens positive energies

History: Labradorite was named after Labradore, Newfoundland, northeast Canada, where geologists first identified the gem in the 1770's. Legend has it that the Northern Lights were once stuck inside rocks on the Canadian coast until a brave warrior freed most of them by hitting the rocks with a spear.

Labradorite was extremely popular for jewelry in France and England in the 18th century. It was also used as an ornamental material for engraving and carving.

Physical Properties: The stone is very difficult to cut, so it is not often seen, even though it is abundant. It requires a special skill that most cutters do not have, to bring out its characteristic colors. Because of this difficulty in cutting the stone, its value is quite low. Labradorite is best cut as a low cabochon. 

It is usually found as a compact mass in igneous and metamorphic rocks and is rarely found as crystals. Iridescent labradorite is mainly found in ancient crystalline rocks that formed deep in the crust. 

Labradorite may be colorless, greyish to pale green, blue, or gray-white. Some specimens of labradorite exhibit a schiller effect, which is a strong play of iridescent blue, green, red, orange, and yellow colors as shown in the photographs. Labradorite is so well known for these spectacular displays of color that the phenomenon is known as “labradorescence.” 

Global Mining Sites: The most highly prized labradorite is found in Finland and Canada. Labradorite can also be found however, in various locations around Australia, Costa Rica, Germany, Madagascar, Mexico, Norway, Russia, and the United States.

Care: soap and warm water with a soft brush to clean, rinse and dry thoroughly; avoid harsh chemicals

Alternative Names: black moonstone, labrador moonstone, labrador feldspar, spectrolite

Physical Characteristics:

Color(s): black, green, blue, grey; orange, green, yellow, violet, and/or blue iridescence

Hardness: 6-6.5

Composition: Sodium Calcium Aluminum Silicate; (Ca,Na)(Si,Al)4O8

Mineral Family: Feldspar

Luster: Vitreous to Pearly

Correspondences:

Zodiac: Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius

Element: Water, Air

Planet: Uranus, Moon

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Astrology and Past-Lives Pt. 2

Aspects Indicative of Karmic Debts:

(sign and house will show where the debt is due)

sun conjunct/square/opposite saturn - past life limitations, mistakes, and errors can leave you with a fear criticism and taking chances in this life

moon conjunct/square/opposite saturn - negative thoughts and fears brought over from a past-life centered around being open and expressive with your feelings

sun square neptune - here is where you “took” in a past life, now you must restore balance and find ways to give back to others

venus square/conjunct/opposite saturn - tendency for loneliness and fear of vulnerability brought over from a past life. how you give/receive love may need restructured/redefined

venus square/opposite neptune - may have received (demanded) a lot of love and affection in a past life…this lifetime is centered around giving that same love and compassion to others, on a universal scale

venus square pluto - there may have been greed and a lot of lust in a past life. being truly loving and of service to others is the lesson in this lifetime

mars conjunct/square saturn - possible abuse of power in a past life. ambitious in this lifetime, but ultimately may struggle with timing and impatience. 

mars square neptune - issues surrounding misuse of spiritual and psychic forces in a past life. this lifetime is all about being honest and straightforward with yourself and others