V-day is tomorrow and this is the month of love in our Western Culture. While there is a lot of people complaining about the monetization and corporate greed, at least on my Facebook and in my friend groups, I’m actually grateful that this day has become so big.
In our Western Society we need a reminder to love sometimes. We need reminders to open our hearts bigger. We need the reminder that it is okay to love, fully, without hesitation. We need that push sometimes to really do what our heart desires, to really make known what we want.
While I don’t agree with having to spend lots of money or buying into the consumer holiday aspect of this month of love, I do appreciate those reminders. I do appreciate the mass celebration of love that happens like no other time in our culture.
Personally I feel that everyday is a day of love. Everyday is a day to learn to love better both ourselves and others. There’s a quote that I used to have on my wall, I’m pretty sure it was by Rumi, however I wasn’t able to find the full quote for you. It talks about how each moment we live we have a choice: Love or Fear. It’s up to use from which energy we respond to each moment.
That’s what I feel the mineral kingdom is constantly doing: constantly reminding us to act from love. Constantly reconnecting us to the Divine Unconditional Love within us. Constantly reminding us to open our hearts, receive our Divine Birthright of Abundance, Love and Joy.
That being said, here are my Top Five Heart Chakra Crystals!
1. Rose Quartz
This is the go-to mineral for the heart chakra because of its work with self love. I’ve spoken about it in this previous post, so I’m going to keep the words about this mineral short. Rose quartz opens up our hearts to self-love and helps us learn its okay to take care of ourselves. If we are single this Valentine’s Day why not cuddle up with your rose quartz and ask, What actions can I take today that would be from Self-Love?
It may suggest a bath with some essential oils, or going out for a delectable meal. Perhaps it will be to take yourself out on a date, or maybe it will be to allow yourself to turn off your phone for the night so you can really just be with yourself. Who knows?
2. Moonstone
Oh lovers, lovers, lovers! This is the mineral for you on this day of love! Moonstone has many legends about it being used to attract lovers and to incite the act of making love. Known as the “lovers stone”, it has been known to reconcile lovers, and to also cause lovers to fall in love. It is the mineral of intuition, femininity, and the moon. It draws forth intuitive flashes and positive emotional feelings rather than working with the logics of the mind. Read more here.
3. Hiddenite or Green Spodumene
This crystal is one of my favorites to work with on the heart chakra center! It opens the heart softly and gently to heal our relationships with others from the heart. It brings feelings of joy, gratitude, and peace uplifting your moods. It allows you to move on from situations that have hurt your heart, and for forgiveness to occur.
It is especially amazing for break-ups. There is folklore that states if two lovers break up, and one lover gifts both of them a piece of hiddenite the pieces will work together to heal the wounds between each other, allowing forgiveness to occur. It doesn’t mean necessarily that they will get back together, but it does give them the opportunity to be friends or at least able to be in the same room with each other!
It is also used in fights to calm the space and to allow people to interact more from the heart center. I’ve had visions working with my piece of being in fights with family but holding the piece in my hand, allowing the vibrations to waft over all beings present to bring the fight more heart centered and expressive than ego-centered.
4. Ruby
Ruby is considered by many to be one of the most powerful minerals in the world. When I tune into it I get sense of power with a very old ancient energy with it. The energy doesn’t feel irrelevant to today’s world, but feels like we need to use it in new ways. It feels like this mineral was once used by many royals and conquerers for its energies of bringing wealth and sexuality to their lives.
In today’s world, I feel it is asking us to now use it to anchor into our bodies and selves the abundance consciousness of the planet. It asking us to use and amass wealth and prosperity in heart centered ways. It brings with it a whirlwind of healing our sexuality as well.
On top of all the metaphysical stuff, it also heals the heart and the liver physically. It is known to cleanse and clear the blood, and aid in circulation. If you want to gift yourself or someone you know with a love mineral, I would say this is it.
P.S. I feel that ruby will become more well known and used on our planet in the coming years due to its ability to work with the Ruby Ray/Ruby Red Ray. Ruby projects and connects to a very particular frequency that reconnects us to our inherent wealth and nobility.
5. Pink Andara
Okay, okay, I have fallen in love with Andaras. And mine is pink. I’ve gone through a period of a few weeks meditating with my piece on my heart chakra, and wow. I’m amazed at how much it moves and shifts my armour around my heart center. I could literally feel it grabbing the armour and dissolving it, leaving my heart center much more open.
This is a mineral that will connect you directly to your heart center dissolving all blockages to allow Divine Unconditional Love to flow right through you easily and gracefully. It will connect you Quan Yin, the Female Buddha, who is also known as the Goddess of Compassion. Your life unfolds with more ease and grace as this process occurs, bringing more opportunities and flow.
Using all of these minerals as your intuition guides you will help you with several things: You will learn to fall in love wit yourself, you will learn to let love flow and that love is the true power is this World, that all things benefit and grow from Unconditional Love but love from the ego destroys. It will become obvious to you what your heart is guiding you to do, and it will lower the amour around your heart which allows you to be more authentically you.
These stones will teach you how to truly love.
And also balance.
You will learn that the greatest act of self-love is to take care of yourself first.