Moonstone is a feldspar and is composed of alternating layers of orthoclase and albite. Moonstone is known for its sheen caused by a phenomenon called adularescence which causes light to create a shimmer or sheen. Moonstone is found in many colors, including colorless, white, blue, gray, green (Garnierite), peach/yellow, pink, black/brown, and rainbow (which is actually a variety of Labradorite, but still included in Moonstone).
From a metaphysical perspective, moonstone carries a lot of meaning.
1. It is a stone of feminine energy and the moon.
2. It is a stone of intuition and insight.
3. It is a stone of emotional balance.
4. It is a stone for new beginnings and cycles.
5. It is a stone of love and fertility.
How to use moonstone:
- Wear it as jewelry. This allows for continuous balance and enhancing intuition.
- Use it in meditation.
- Moonstone can be used for crystal gazing. Look into the swirls and patterns of moonstone. What do you see?
- Sleep with it under your pillow for lucid dream recall.
- Use each color for a specific purpose:
⚪(white or colorless) is associated with clarify, purity, and spiritual insight. It is also great for emotional balance and calming anxiety.
🌈is associated to emotional healing, lucid dreaming, protection, and enhancing intuition.
‼️Rainbow moonstone is a type of Labradorite.
🔵is associated with calmness and tranquility. It is helpful for emotional healing and fostering forgiveness.
❕(gray) is associated with introspection and accessing unseen realms. It's a stone of clairsentience.
🍑🟡(peach or yellow) is associated with a soothing loving energy. It helps with enhancing joy, creativity, and self-worth.
⚫🟤is associated with grounding and provides protection. It helps with inner strength for new starts.
🅾️(pink) is associated with nurturing love and compassion. It is great for helping with emotional distress, self-love, and fostering empathy.
🟢is associated with compassion, self-acceptance, and self worth. It is great for encouraging healing from past heartaches, trauma, grief, and emotional shock.
‼️Green moonstone is known as 'Garnierite'. It often has a green schiller, and more rarely a blue schiller.
Combining Moonstone with Other Stones:
- Clear Quartz combines to amplify Moonstone and boosts clarity and mental focus. It also boosts the specific properties based on color.
- Labradorite combines with Moonstone to provide a protective shield against negativity. This is an excellent pairing for spiritual awakening, magic, and deep-dive introspection.
3. Sunstone combines with Moonstone to provide the ultimate balance between the cool, reflective 'Yin' energy and the warm, assertive, masculine 'Yang' energy. This is a superb combination for balancing inner masculine and feminine sides. It encourages confidence and emotional regulation.
4. Citrine creates new creative ventures, bringing in new opportunities, and fostering an optimistic outlook.
5. Combining Moonstone colors, for example White or Clear Moonstone with Black Moonstone helps anchor your intuition into a stable, practical reality.
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