Garnet is a group of silicate minerals, widely cherished for its healing properties in crystals and jewellery. Garnet is also a 2nd Anniversary gemstone and is known for its ability to energise, balance, and protect.
Garnet Associations:
- Chakras: Base Chakra, Heart Chakra
- Birthstone: January
- Anniversary: 2nd
- Zodiac: Aries, Leo, Virgo, Aquarius
- Planet: Mars
- Element: Fire
- Numerical Vibration: 2
- Typical Colours: Most often red, but also pink, green, orange, yellow, brown, and black
Garnet promotes:
♥ Passion ♥ Sensuality ♥ Romantic love ♥ Intimacy ♥ Positive thoughts ♥ Energy ♥ Past-life recall ♥ Inspiration ♥ Success ♥ Social popularity ♥ Self-confidence
Garnet cleanses and re-energises all the chakras. It revitalises, purifies, and balances energy, bringing serenity or passion as needed. Garnet inspires love and devotion, balances the sex drive, and alleviates emotional disharmony. It strengthens the survival instinct, bringing courage and hope, and stimulates past-life recall. Garnet sharpens self-perception, removes inhibitions, and opens the heart to self-confidence and trust.
Physical Benefits:
Garnet regenerates the body and stimulates metabolism. It supports the spine, cellular structure, and composition. Garnet purifies the heart, lungs, and blood, regenerates DNA, and boosts immunity and energy levels.
Colour Healing with Garnet:
Certain colours of Garnet carry additional healing qualities alongside its general benefits.
Red Garnet
- Chakras: Base Chakra, Heart Chakra
Red Garnet is a stone of commitment and love. It revitalises feelings, enhances sexuality, and brings warmth, devotion, trust, sincerity, and honesty to relationships. Red Garnet also helps control anger, especially toward the self.
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Silver is a precious metal treasured for its luminous beauty and its powerful healing properties. Its reflective, radiant quality makes it a popular choice for jewellery that supports energy alignment, emotional balance, and spiritual connection.
Silver Associations:
- Zodiac Signs: Cancer, Aquarius
- Numerical Vibration: 4
- Colours: Silver-white, reflective tones
Silver is known for enhancing perception and regulating emotional and intuitive energies. It strengthens the connection between the physical and astral bodies, helping to harmonise the subtle energy systems within.
Emotional and Spiritual Benefits:
Silver acts as a mirror to the soul, encouraging self-reflection and awareness. When paired with gemstones, it both attracts and retains the energies of the stone while providing a stabilising, balancing influence. Silver draws negativity from the body and channels the positive energies of other minerals, enhancing emotional clarity and spiritual growth.
Silver is also associated with lunar energy, making it ideal for energising other stones during full and new moons. It supports intuition, calmness, and emotional stability, fostering a deeper connection to one’s inner self.
Physical Healing Benefits:
Silver is believed to cleanse the body through the pores and help eliminate toxins at the cellular level. It has been traditionally used in supporting liver function, increasing assimilation of Vitamins A and E, and improving vision-related conditions.