ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Crystals for love
For those who are ready to welcome the wonder of unconditional love into their hearts. Healing crystals are an amazing tool for helping to mend a broken heart, unblock those heart chakras, and to attract love and abundance to fill you right up.
Sometimes, when we want to manifest the life of our dreams we need to set out with intention and keep our mind and energy focused so that our goals align beautifully with the universe. Healing crystals can be an essential ingredient. Certain stones bring you into alignment so you are ready and well-placed to receive the love you have been waiting for. Certain gems attract love and draw those that are meant to be in your life ever closer. Certain crystals bring even more radiance and balance to the relationships you already have.
Yet, one of the most important facets of love is the love we build for ourselves. This can be one of the trickier relationships to heal and again, crystals can help. Self-love can mean many things, but it is the commitment to keeping your own sense of happiness and wellbeing in high regard. It means listening to the body and the soul and knowing how to put your own needs first when necessary. When we welcome the light of self-love into our world, we are better placed for building beautiful relationships with others and for unlocking our dreams so we can climb to the pinnacle of our being. If you are ready to attract all that you deserve in the world of love, keep reading to find out which crystals make the perfect match.
For those seeking spellbinding crystals to help cut out negative energy, nurture self-love, and grow abundance this selection of crystals come with radiant healing properties. Manifesting the level of love in your life isn’t just about falling head over heels with that perfect mystery someone, it’s about cultivating a rich connection with yourself and being opened to receiving all that the universe wants to send your way. If this sounds like something you are saying a heartfelt yes to, here are some of the best crystals for love.
Agate
A stone that comes in many shades and varieties, the healing properties of Agate are endless.
Brown Agate — is blissful comfort and grounding.
Moss Agate — brings deep natural healing to the heart chakra, leaving you open and ready to receive the love of your dreams.
Blue Lace Agate — is all about truth-seeking and will help guide you to the pathway that will lead you to harmonious love.
Fire Agate — is all burning embers and smoldering passion — perfect for those ready to bring more physical pleasure into their life.
Red agate — promotes stability, security, and confidence within relationships. This stone helps to increase satisfaction with what you already have, and soothes anxiety. Red agate balances the root chakra and helps one stay grounded, even in stressful times.
Amethyst
Stacked with sublime serenity, Amethyst is another of those stones that lends a helping hand in getting you prepped to meet your match. Soft purple hues make the Amethyst gem a powerful stone for nurturing self-worth and with more than a pinch of spiritual power, Amethyst can bring peace and healing. It is an incredible stone to turn to when you are feeling the fierce pain of a recent breakup.
Amber
Considered a good luck charm for love and marriage, this stone is both energizing and calming at the same time. It is said to help in attracting and manifesting positive desires,and brings energies of patience, protection, sensuality, healing, and balance to those who wear or carry it.
Aventurine
With shades of heart chakra activation (we love those green gemstones) and a decadent dose of good luck, Aventurine is a great stone for when you are seeking or standing in a new relationship. Aventurine has an amazing energy of success. It wants you to thrive in every facet of your life and grants you the grace, energy, and power to make all dreams a reality. From a wealth of self to love passion prosperity, with Green Aventurine on side you are sure to thrive. Not only is this a lucky go get ‘em stone but it’s heart chakra calming also brings compassion and the lightness of touch needed for riding the highs and lows of new partnerships.
Carnelian
Radiant in red, the Carnelian stone is all about endurance, joy, and courage. When we apply these three traits to love and relationships, we stay connected to the sacral chakra and better equipped to ride forth into relationships that serve us well. Carnelian is a talisman for love, it invokes passion and zest all while keeping you anchored which means you stay true and grounded in your expectations of others rather than losing compassion. Carnelian entices us to take risks and try new things, all which releases us from a sense of fear.
Chrysoprase
Chrysophrase is definitely a stone of love, truth, and encourages fidelity. Not only does Chrysophrase help to mend a broken heart, heal relationships and transmute negative emotions into positive ones. It brings a sense of security and trust and is useful in healing codependence whilst supporting independence and encouraging commitment. It provides for non-judgmental attitudes and stimulates acceptance of oneself and others. Working with both your heart chakra and sacral chakra which are the chakras most needed for healing relationships. Chrysoprase also balances the hormones and can help with fertility issues.
Garnet
The intimate glow of Garnet is a pure passionate healer. A stone of courage and positive thinking, the Garnet will connect with your root chakra, lending you the stability needed to find firmness and safety in yourself, so you are free to rise in the light of others. Garnet is a stone of bright and boundless sexuality and is always keen to get your sex drive stirred right up. It is a great stone to have in relationships as it grants you the confidence to ask for what you want, to be clear in your needs, and to forge beautiful bonds rather than fall into the traps of uncertainty and jealousy.
Kunzite
A loving and cozy heart-based crystal, Kunzite comes dressed in soft shades of gentle pink and is sometimes called the woman’s stone. It’s a gem of deep love, inner peace, and a wisdom that grows with the years. Kunzite helps you to knock down those walls you may have built around yourself and helps you to restore trust so you can build magnificent relationships with those lucky enough to find themselves in the forcefield of your vibrations.
Lapis Lazuli
The key to any good relationship is communication and fortunately, there’s a stone just for that. Lapis Lazuli has many skills but one of them is the power of communication. Connecting to the throat chakra, Lapis invites you to share your truth with the world around you. When we feel heard and understood, we are better equipped to show our authentic selves without fear stopping us. This puts us in a place of overall wellbeing and positivity. Lapis Lazuli also shares the ruling planet of Venus, AKA the goddess of love.
Lapis promotes and protects interpersonal harmony in relationships, and helps to keep the head and heart in balance. Known as a protector of interpersonal relationships, this stone can help to heal broken or injured bonds. It can support being more comfortable and honest with your feelings, and enhance loving communication. It facilitates self-knowledge and self-expression, as well as inner peace. Ancient folklore says that if you give lapis lazuli as a gift, you are forging an eternal bond of friendship, loyalty, and trust between the two of you.
Malachite
The strength of Malachite can be found in its commitment to keeping vibes riding high and steady. A life-sustaining stone, Malachite reflects the swirls and colors that can be found in nature, reminding us that when we nurture seeds, beauty is sure to bloom. Malachite is a heart chakra connector — it grants a deep understanding of spirit and helps you move from a place of suspicion to a place of trust and purpose. Positive and ever affirming, Malachite is a magnet for love.
Moonstone
The feminine energy of the Moonstone brings balance and divine adaptation to all who choose her. Moonstone is one of our calmest and most contemplative reminders, that even in the darkest times there is always a glimmer of light to be found. The Moonstone is said to help reunite lovers whether physically, emotionally, or by the entwined limbs of spirituality.
Moonstone is known to bring luck in love, and has been a common wedding gift throughout history for that reason. It is considered useful in reconciling estranged lovers, and Indian and European folklore both purported that two people wearing moonstone on a full moon would fall passionately in love!
Pink Tourmaline
An aphrodisiac stone that attracts love and abundance, Pink Tourmaline grants us all the comfort we need when it comes to matters of the heart. This stone is here to grant us a safe space in which to share in the fortune of love. It invites the heart chakra to open and encourages old wounds to heal. It’s a stone of deep compassion and calms any colors of distress. It is particularly great for those who are tired of kicking against life and want to move into a place of flow with the universe — a river which will certainly lead you to love.
Rose tourmaline enhances compassion, attracts new energy and encourages smooth transitions. This gem links the heart and crown chakras, mixing love and spirituality in a magical brew.
Rhodochrosite
Ruminating in shades of pink and white, Rhodochrosite is another fabulous heart stone that will lead you straight to love. Rhodochrosite comes laced with vibrations, each sweet hum reverberating through each layer. It’s a gem that reminds you to do the work of unraveling your own layers and sorting through those emotions and issues that could be holding you back from the love you deserve. Rhodochrosite serves up all that you need for an awe-inspiring release, ensuring that the heart stays clear and open all without losing the importance of putting your own needs first.
Rhodochrosite is known as the "stone of the compassionate heart." This gemstone encourages selfless love, emotional healing, and calling new love into one's life. It enhances romantic love through encouraging feelings of self-love and compassion, which ultimately overflow from the happily full heart and pour outward.
Rhodonite
The rosy stone of Rhodonite is a firm favorite with the love crowd. For those who feel their life needs a splash of romantic love right now to top it up, this stone shimmers with forgiveness. It’s easy to don rose-tinted glasses when dealing with new love but this stone serves as a reminder that sometimes love isn’t all light but can be shot with moments of confusion and pain. When we have the power and self-confidence to recognize this truth and to use our inner strength we can harness forgiveness and move forward rather than getting stuck in cycles that do not serve us.
Rose Quartz
A stone that relates strongly and directly to the heart chakra, rose quartz is the stone of unconditional love. It has a very soft feminine energy of compassion, tenderness, and sensuality. It opens the heart chakra and encourages a peaceful flow of self-love, romantic love, and platonic love. If you want to increase the energy of loving and being loved in your life, rose quartz is THE ultimate stone to attract and support it.
Rose Quartz is rich in feminine energy and ripe with compassion. Ever ready to fill you right up, Rose Quartz builds your trust, tolerance, and levels of true unconditional love. Whether you want to heal old wounds so you can be free with your heart again or if you are ready to attract a love that will light you up, the Rose Quartz brings a thousand sweet sparkles to fill your soul to the brim.
Ruby
The noble stone that has love written all over it, the Ruby is resplendent in its connection to the root chakras, ensuring that radiant confidence and a sense of self-power never leave your side. For those that sometimes ‘lose themselves’ in relationships, the Ruby reminds you that your best self is ever-present and that your own energy should come first. It’s a great stone for building the art of sensuality within all while keeping you anchored and grounded. For those who require a kiss of fire in their love life, the Ruby has got you covered.
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Cari Hoffman is the owner of the Clarity Center.
Stop by The Clarity Center for more information or to see their selection of crystals, gems and healing items — 6848 N. Government Way, Unit 116 and 117, Dalton Gardens, ID 83815, MyClarityCenter.com.