TIPS AND TRICKS

by Warren Feld
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THE POWER OF COLORS

In addition to the crystalline powers of stones, stones absorb the powers of their colors as well.

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RED:  Red is the sacred, protecting home.  Red relates to Mars and fire.  An aggressive energy.  Promotes courage.  Banishes negative emotions and anger.  Relieves anemia, heals wounds, rashes and inflammation, prevents miscarriages.  Red overcomes sexual dysfunction.  Controls self-destructive tendencies.  Ruby, red jasper, red agate, rhodonite, red tourmaline, garnet, coral, poppy jasper.

PINK:  Pink is packed with loving vibrations.  Calms, soothes, de-stresses and relaxes both body and mind.  Ruled by Venus.  Attracts or strengthens love.  Smoothes relationship difficulties.  Promotes self-love, peace, happiness, joy, laughter.  Attracts friends.  Encourages openness to others.  Enhances group prayer.  Enhances family.  Pink tourmaline, rose quartz, pink calcite, rhodochrosite, kunzite, thulite, pink lace, coral.

ORANGE:  Protects the wearer while s/he is exploring self and ideas.  A part of the Sun.  Enhances personal power and ability to direct and focus.  Expands self-worth.  Attracts luck and success.  Enhances individual prayer.  Carnelian, amber, citrine, tigereye, pyrite, coral.

YELLOW:  Ruled by Mercury, the Sun and air, yellow is a color of movement and mental awareness.  Enhances communication. Strengthens the conscious mind.  Heightens visualization abilities.  Useful to carry when traveling.  Promotes digestion, regulates nervous system, aids skin problems.  Yellow tourmaline, rutilated quartz, topaz, yellow fluorite, yellow jasper, leopard skin jasper.

GREEN:  Associated with Earth and Venus, fertility, life.  Green heals the sick and guards against illness.  Strengthens eyesight, controls kidneys, relieves stomach problems, prevents migraines, improves fertility.  Used during gardening to promote luxuriant growth.  Green also promotes luck, success, wealth.  Jade, peridot, olivine, aventurine, emerald, green tourmaline, fancy jasper, bloodstone, unakite, moss agate, malachite.

BLUE:  Ruled by Neptune and water, blue promotes peace, calm, sleep.  Reduces fevers, removes ulcers, eliminates inflammations.  Purifies inner being.  Celestite, larvakite, lapis, turquoise, aquamarine, sodalite, blue quartz, blue tourmaline, sapphire, peacock copper, blue lace

PURPLE:  Spiritual.  Ruled by Jupiter and Neptune.  Associated with mysticism and purification.  Wear during meditation, prayer.  Worn to maintain health, relieve headaches, mental illness, hair problems.  Relieves depression.  Worn to contact higher forces.  Sugilite, lepidolite, amethyst, purple fluorite.

WHITE or CLEAR:  Ruled by Moon.  Promotes good fortune.  Protects after dark or when in hazardous places.  Eases headaches.  Clear or white stones can substitute for stones of any other color.  Quartz, moonstone, calcite, white opal, coral, pearl, howlite.

BLACK:  Represents Earth and Saturn.  Promotes stability, strength, self-control, resilience and quiet power.  Black hides your thoughts, motives, and behaviors from others.  Onyx, black agate, black opal, coral, obsidian, hematite.

For more information, please read Cunningham, Scott.  Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic.  St.Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1994.