Blog — pink Peruvian opal

Core Chakra Stone Meanings     Citrine, with it's sparkling yellow color and flashes of inner light is the perfect choice for a core chakra stone.  Citrine is a member of the quartz family and in its untreated form, ranges from pale yellow to gold.  The core chakra is our personal power center and is energized by the color yellow.   Emotions that are stored in the core chakra deal primarily with confidence and fear, self determination and the absence of discipline, power and victim struggles.  In addition to citrine, there are a number of good choices for a core chakra stone...

Heart Chakra Stone Meanings      In each chakra, we hold particular feelings that are connected because they are opposites.  Balancing them is the key to a higher level of awareness.  In the heart chakra, we hold feelings of kindness and cruelty, love and apathy, hope and depression, joy and sadness.  The emotions of the heart can be complicated, for example, it might seem cruel to be rejected by a lover, but it is still kinder than being strung along by someone who doesn't share those feelings.  Weddings will often cause parents to smile through their tears, as they feel a...