Moonstone

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Introduction to Meaning and Uses of Moonstone

moonstoneAs ancient as the moon itself, Moonstone holds the power of mystery. Its secrets are locked beneath a pearly veil, and with them, our own hidden truths. Only within its reflected light can we begin to understand what it has to teach us. Moonstone is foremost a talisman of the inward journey, taking one deep into the self to retrieve what is missing, the parts of the soul left behind or forgotten, then brought to light. [Simmons, 267]

Since earliest times, Moonstone has been a tangible connection to the magic of the moon - an amulet of protection for travelers, a gift of lovers for passion, a channel for prophecy, and a path to wisdom. Our ties to the moon are strong. As it waxes and wanes in cyclic perfection, it creates the tides and rhythms of our mother, Earth, and influences our behaviors, emotions and spiritual growth. Moonstone calms and encourages, teaching us the natural rhythms of life.

Moonstone has been used in Roman jewelry for nearly two thousand years, even longer in the Orient. It has always been a sacred stone in India with a special significance for lovers, and is a traditional wedding gift there. It was a popular choice for jewelers in the Art Nouveau period, and in Europe was believed to reconcile estranged lovers and to cure sleeplessness. Moonstone is known as the Traveler's Stone for the protection it affords, especially at night, and because of its uplifting quality of hope, has long been worn as a talisman to enhance the personality. [Ahsian, 267][Mella, 91]

Named for its moon-like sheen, Moonstone is a Feldspar mineral exhibiting a soft, watery opaqueness and a silvery-white reflection called chatoyancy that moves as a line across the surface as light varies. Moonstone occurs in delicate shades of peach, blue, gray, white and a prismatic variety known as Rainbow Moonstone. In addition to the general properties of all Moonstones outlined in this article, the following crystals have additional focuses.

Blue, or Cat's Eye Moonstone, promotes clarity of the mind and inner vision, keeping one focused while in a meditative or altered state of awareness. It is particularly helpful in seeing emotional patterns and life lessons, and in balancing yin and yang energies.

Gray Moonstone is a stone of perceiving beyond the veil - useful to the clairvoyant and shaman, and in moving one into unseen realms. It is called the "New Moon Stone" and carries the mysteries and powers of the new moon, where all things exist as potential.

White Moonstone carries the energy of the new moon at the height of its power, stimulating psychic perception, vision and dream work. It can magnify one's emotions, activating the kundalini energy in women and emotional balance in men, and is supportive in children to drive away nightmares or insomnia.

Peach or Yellow Moonstone supports the heart as it stimulates the mind, soothing worry or anxiety, and bringing out the best in people. Its loving energy promotes the Divine in all situations, and is an emotional support for intuitive or sensitive children.

Rainbow Moonstone acts as a prism, diffusing energy throughout the aura. It provides psychic protection, clearing the mind and senses, and aids in lucid dreaming and calm sleep. It deflects negativity and eases emotional trauma. Aligned with the Goddess, Rainbow Moonstones connect with the energies and spirits of Nature, from plant devas to galactic consciousness.

[For more information on these specific gemstones, see The Book of Stones by Robert Simmons and Naisha Ahsian, and The New Crystal Bible by Cassandra Eason.]

metaphysical uses Moonstone Uses and Purposes - Overview

Legendary as the Traveler's Stone, Moonstone is especially protective of those who travel by night or upon the water when the moon is shining. Frequent travelers should keep one in the glove compartment for safe night driving and as protection against road rage. [Mella, 91][Eason, 42]

Moonstone opens the heart to nurturing qualities as well as assisting in the acceptance of love. It is an excellent crystal for first or new love, and is a comforting talisman if love must be kept a secret. It was also believed to be able to reunite loved ones who had parted in anger. [Mella, 91][Eason, 43]

Moonstone is also the stone of love and eroticism, stimulating the kundalini energy and carnal desires. It is the ultimate fertility crystal. A Moonstone necklace worn during lovemaking at full moon harmonizes the body into the natural lunar cycle. [Megemont, 128][Eason, 145] Or, for fidelity or fertility, make a grid of thirteen Moonstone crystals with a circle of the twelve months around a bedroom, and one centered under the bed. [Eason, 40]

As a professional support stone, Moonstone aids dancers and artists in their self-expression, inspires the heart and feeling in executives, and helps educators in sharing activities. It enhances self-acceptance in waiters and waitresses, and promotes sensitivity in psychologists and secretaries. [Mella, 129-133]

Peach Moonstone is particularly consoling to anyone who feels helpless because of weight problems, and should be worn to encourage one to love and value themselves for who they are, as is, and to assist in separating food from emotional needs. [Eason, 99]

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healing crystals

Moonstone Healing Therapies - Overview

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healing power of crystalsMoonstone Physical Healing Energy

Moonstone helps in attuning to the normal rhythms of the biological forces of one's body and to utilize natural energy cycles. It powerfully affects the female reproductive system, enhancing fertility and promoting ease in pregnancy and childbirth, alleviates menstrual problems and change-of-life, balances the hormonal system and eliminates fluid retention. [Melody, 417][Hall, 191]

Moonstone can act as a growth stone for children and teenagers, and has been thought to slow the degeneration of the elderly. It may also alleviate degenerative conditions of the skin, hair, eyes, and the fleshy organs of the body. It is useful in treating insomnia and creating beneficial dreams. [Megemont, 129][Melody, 417]

Moonstone may also be used to enhance the assimilation of nutrients, eliminate toxins, and treat disorders of the digestive and elimination systems. [Melody, 418]
physical healing crystal usesMoonstone Emotional Healing Energy

Moonstone has long been known for its calming, soothing qualities on the emotional body. Its energy is balancing and healing, assisting in the mastery of emotions by bringing them under the control of Higher Will, rather than expressing or repressing them. It also helps identify emotional patterns that are stored in the subconscious, and serves as a guardian to contain explosive passions, and to stimulate confidence and composure. Moonstones can be placed at the center of the chin (the Moon Center) to create this balance. [Raphaell, 149][Megemont, 128]

Moonstone bestows a depth of feeling, a gentleness within the self that brings happiness to the environment in which it resides. Associated with the feminine, it enhances the intuitive side of the mind. To women, Moonstone reveals their feminine power and abilities of clairvoyance, and gives rise to the kundalini energy. Moonstone helps men become more in-tune with the feminine aspects of their nature, and stimulates the right side of the brain, encouraging nonlinear thinking and emotional balance. [Gienger, 59][Melody, 417][Ahsian, 267]

Moonstone is especially calming to children. It soothes those away from home at night, drives away nightmares and encourages sleep. It is also used to treat sleepwalking. [Eason 145][Gienger, 59]

chakra balancing with crystalsMoonstone Chakra Healing and Balancing Energy

The white crystal energies present in all Moonstones have an association with the Crown Chakra and our spiritual center. They represent personal identification with the Infinite, and oneness with God, peace and wisdom. [Raphell, 164]

The Crown Chakra is located at the top of the head, and is our gateway to the expanded universe beyond our bodies. It controls how we think, and how we respond to the world around us. It is the fountainhead of our beliefs and the source of our spirituality. It connects us to the higher planes of existence and is the source of universal energy and truth. When the Crown is in balance, our energies are in balance. We know our place in the universe and see things as they are. We are unruffled by setbacks, knowing they are an essential part of life.

Moonstone cleanses and dispels negativity from all the chakras, and provides supplemental energy and support in balancing the physical, emotional, and intellectual bodies. It provides spiritual nourishment and sustenance to assist one through all changes. It is also a useful tool in radionic analysis and treatment to help pinpoint problem areas. [Melody, 368, 417]

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spiritual crystalsMoonstone Spiritual Energy

Always sacred in India, Moonstone was the stone of the gods and goddesses, of hope and spiritual purity through denial of the ego. It combats materialism and strengthens the faith of religious people in all cultures. Hermits, monks and other contemplatives withdrawn from society for spiritual reasons, find a special affinity for Moonstone. [Megemont, 128]

Moonstone opens the mind to hoping and wishing, inspiration and impulse, serendipity and synchronicity. It brings flashes of insight, keeping one from negatively banishing possibilities. Yet it grants intuitive recognition and allows one to absorb that which is needed from the universe and not necessarily what is wanted. [Hall, 191][Melody, 416][Gienger, 59]

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crystal color powerMoonstone Color Energy

Moonstones carry White color energy, the embodiment of cleanliness, purity, unity and innocence. The timeless, natural powers of the white rays are those of the moon, the color we see when the moon reflects the sun's light to us. It is the color of natural cycles, birth, and regeneration - the feminine gender, manifested as the Goddess in many cultures. Just as the moon is our only illumination in the dark world of night, white talismans are of the spiritual world that is sensed but not seen, the guides to understanding and knowledge we don't even know exists.

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Meditation CrystalsMeditation with Moonstone

Meditating with Moonstone takes one deep into the self. Often it reveals the missing piece or pieces of the puzzle of one's life, parts of the soul that have been left behind or forgotten. It is also ideal for past-life regression. [Simmons, 267]

There is a good Moonstone Meditation on the web by Anji Gill-Jennings.

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divination uses of crystalsMoonstone Divination

The Divinatory meaning of Moonstone: Now is the time to speak what is in your heart. [Eason, 145]

Dreaming of Moonstone indicates impending danger. [Kunz, 358]

A pale blue Moonstone, used for divining, should be set on a yellow cloth on the night of the full moon. Either by moonlight, or silver candlelight, let the light play over the surface and look for images, mainly in your mind, and wait for words to explain the significance of the image. It generally refers to events within three months time. [Eason, 237]

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angel crystalsMoonstone and the Angelic Realm

There are no Guardian Angels associated with Moonstone, however the table below gives you information about other Angels that are partial to Monstone.. 
The Sacred Meaning Behind Moonstone

Seen as a veiled spectacle of light or cirrus clouds passing before the moon, Moonstone mesmerized gem aficionados of different cultures with its otherworldly façade. The pearly iridescence it showcases is such a thing of beauty, it should host a deep meaning. And true enough, its mysterious name and playful glimmer stand behind a towering significance. It is highly valued by monks, shamans, spiritualists, and devotees from various religions.

What does it really mean? Did it come from the moon? And how can it change your life? Dive in to the mythical powers of Moonstone and see why you’ll love it.

Moonstone Meaning

As ancient as the moon itself, the meaning of Moonstone lies within its energy. This power can nourish, give passion, and awaken your feminine energies. It can heal and guide you to your inner path. Together with the waxing and waning of the moon, it evokes tranquility that has a sensual, esoteric feel to it. It exudes a glowing vitality that can re-energize the mind and body and wash negativity away. Since it is enveloped by strong rays of gold, blue, and purple, Moonstone is perpetually embraced with a gleaming white energy that makes it a protective gem.

Its Origin

Moonstone is part of the mineral family of feldspars. It’s an opalescent stone that comes from colorless form to peach, pink, green, gray, yellow, brown, and blue. The play of light seen on Moonstone is called adularescence and the clarity goes from transparent to translucent.

The most prized moonstone are from Sri Lanka and India. Blue moonstones are highly valued because of their rarity. Such stones can only be found in Sri Lanka. While India is famed for producing Rainbow Moonstones. The most historically interesting moonstone mines are found in Switzerland's Adula Mountains. Other mines around the globe can be found in Myanmar, Brazil, Norway, USA, Australia, Germany, Tanzania, India, and Madagascar.

Metaphysical Properties

A gem for intuition, balance, and wishes, Moonstone helps harbor our feminine side. It can aid in distinguishing what is merely needed in life versus what is wanted. As you wear your Moonstone on a regular basis, you will start to realize the negative energies that play in the grand scheme of your being and eventually learn to heal yourself. If the gem is clearer then it will host a more colorful luster and have stronger healing powers.

Aside from being a stone of protection for traveling at night, voyaging at sea, childbirth, and pregnancy, it also cleanses the digestive system and cures obesity, water retention, and menstrual problems. Linked with the crown, third eye, and heart chakras, Moonstone calms and relieves stress while releasing love of all kinds.

Moonstone is a powerful gem that can mean a lot of things with its diverse healing effects. It is a balancing gem, a birthstone, a lucky stone, a sacred crystal, an eccentric jewelry, and a wedding gift. But one thing rings the loudest, Moonstone is from the magic of the moon.
Moonstone
Overview
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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 be-come 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.
	
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MOONSTONE and your feelings
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. 
IMAGES OF MOONSTONE
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Cat's Eye Moonstone
Grey Moonstone
Peach Moonstone
Rainbow Moonstone
White Moonstone
MOONSTONE and the mind
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 and the SPIRIT
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.
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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.