Mohs hardness scale: 2–2.5
It doesn’t matter who you were before, Amber assures you. What matters is who you are becoming. Amber is sure of this because she began as thick, gooey pine resin, sticking to fingers and scenting the forest. Pine resin is antimicrobial, and Amber carries this protection as well, guarding you on the spirit planes as you make your way into your next phase of being. Amber, who sometimes holds a leaf or an insect, asks, What will you carry with you as you shift yourself? What will become encased in your essence? This is the place where choice and the dance of destiny meet. When Amber enters your life, pause. Listen to both your heart and your head as you design your own becoming.
Ritual 
When we are at a crossroads and trying to decide what comes next in our lives, it helps to pause and visualize our own evolution. Like change itself, this process can be a little uncomfortable! Try one of these paths to find your way forward by releasing the past:
After you have put it all down, decide consciously what you want to bring into the next phase of your life.
What are the aspects of self that you want to enshrine in your core?
Reflection
Amber never forgets that she was once part of a tree. She remembers the feel of the sky and the taste of rain. She knows sun on her needles and birds cawing at dawn. All of this is part of her honey-rich glow.
If Amber is speaking to you, it’s an opportunity to remember your past selves and the ways in which they’ve informed who you are now and who you will become.
What were you like as a child? Did you like to sing or laugh? Did you collect stones or seashells or acorns?
Ask yourself about your child self, and teenage self, and who you were as you hit adulthood. How do these past incarnations inform your present persona and who you hope to grow into?
