Amethyst

Main properties: protection, purification, spirituality, balancing, concentration, peacefulness

Chakras: third eye, crown chakra, throat chakra

Zodiac signs: Pisces, Aries, Sagittarius, Virgo, Aquarius, Capricorn

Numerology: number 3

Amethyst can be found from lilac to dark purple colors. It’s an incredibly powerful protection stone of high spiritual vibration. It protects from psychic attacks by turning the attacking negative energy into love. As a natural sedative, it helps block out the energy coming from underground water springs and negative Earth lines as well as those of the environment.

Amethyst has a strong force of healing and cleansing, and it boosts spiritual enlightenment. This stone supports temperance in everything life-related. For example, it used to be worn traditionally in order to prevent drunkenness, and against surplus thirst and physical passions because of its disillusioning effects. Amethyst helps overcome all types of addictions and blockages.

It is incredibly useful to the mind as it soothes or invigorates according to need. During meditation, it steers thoughts away from mundane matters to peace and deeper understanding; opens up a new reality.

Amethyst improves memory and boosts motivation; gives the ability to set realistic goals.

Health and Healing

Mentally, it helps you feel more wholesome as it contributes to concentration, and control over your abilities. Promotes reception of new ideas as well as connects reason to result. Makes it easier to decide. In case of insomnia caused by an overactive mind, it is helpful in calming it. Protects from recurring nightmares. Then again, this stone may help in remembering and translating dreams, and make the visualization process easier.

Amethyst is one of the most spiritual stones. It advances divine love by granting the ability to realize its true nature, and improves selflessness and spiritual knowledge. Opens up intuition and enhances psychic talents. It is perfect for meditation and crystal divination.

Emotionally, it balances excessive exhilaration as well as low-spiritness, and fosters emotional concentration. Decentralizes anger, rage, fear, and anxiety. Alleviates sadness and grief.

Physically, amethyst strengthens purifying and excretory organs, and the immune system. Cleanses the blood. Soothes physical, emotional and psychological pain or stress, alleviates headache, and liberates from tension. Reduces bruises, injuries and swellings, and treats ear infections. In addition, amethyst heals lung and respiratory diseases, skin, cell disorders, and digestive system diseases. It’s useful to the bowel, because it regulates microflora in the intestines, eliminates parasites, and contributes to reabsorption of water. Alleviates insomnia. May also stabilize psychiatric conditions, but should not be used for paranoia and schizophrenia.