FEATURED CRYSTAL
CARNELIAN
KEYWORDS
Dynamic, decisive, passionate
Decisions are more easily made in a place of mindfulness.
A highly energetic stone, Carnelian assists if you need motivation and decisiveness. Called ‘the actor’s stone’, it helps you to put on a confident face and cast worry aside. Carnelian dispels apathy and negative conditioning, helps to restore your vitality and stimulates your creativity. It encourages you to be steadfast in your endeavours and to trust your perceptions, and it facilitates the making of positive life choices. In its gentle pink form it is excellent for overcoming abuse of any kind. The stone banishes toxic emotional states and dissolves bitterness. It has long been used as an amulet against rage, resentment or envy. Carnelian is also helpful if you are paralysed by fear of death. In ancient times it protected the dead on their journey to the afterlife and it allows the recognition that such a transition is merely a change of state. If you want to love each moment of life, wear a Carnelian.
Carnelian holds you steady, moment by moment, in the present reality, imparting a quiet acceptance of the cycles of life. Removing extraneous thoughts during meditation, it also tunes habitual daydreamers into everyday life, encouraging decisive action.
Decisiveness takes hold. Acts. Moves on. An arrow pointing forward.
If you are pondering a difficult decision, make a list of the pros and cons of each possible outcome. Before you go to sleep, put the list under the crystal (or a photograph of it) and then forget about it. When you wake in the morning, you will have made your decision.