Chakra Knowledge: Spleen Chakra

Some confusion surrounds the minor spleen chakra, as different resources will list different locations for this energy center. If you look up spleen chakra on the internet, the first search results show the spleen chakra as the same as the sacral chakra. Other sources list it on your abdomen, diagonal to the solar plexus, and still other sources will show the spleen chakra as being located under your left arm.

I learned the spleen chakra to be on my left side, below the armpit. We would use lime green as the color to visualize during chakra balancing, and we would focus on the spleen chakra after the heart seed but before the heart chakra. 

The spleen chakra is where we can lose energy to psychic vampires and overly-needy people. They'll put their hooks right into you and manipulate and use you until you have no energy left. It is important to clear the spleen chakra of any negative attachments and to keep it strong so you don't lose energy.

I've found a piece of raw sunstone is good for "scrubbing" the spleen chakra when someone has managed to put their hooks into you. Sunstone will cut the ties with these psychic vampires so they can't continue to draw energy from you. I've also seen others recommend green stones such as bloodstone, emerald, green aventurine, or jade to help with healing the spleen chakra.

Once you've cleansed and healed your spleen chakra, you want to protect it from future energy leaks. An apache tear is good for the spleen chakra, as it seals the aura. Black tourmaline is another good protection stone - it not only turns away bad energy, but it also transmutes it into positive energy. The power of black tourmaline is magnified in a piece of tourmalated quartz. I have a pendant with tourmalated quartz and smokey quartz to repel and protect me from negative energy.

If you take care of your spleen chakra, you'll find you won't feel as drained at the end of the day because you'll keep your good energy for yourself.

Chakra Knowledge: The Heart Chakras

Most people are aware of the traditional heart chakra located near the actual heart of the human body. I want to touch on the three heart chakras.

There is a chakra located above the solar plexus, just at the ribcage. It is called the heart seed chakra and it is represented by the color pink. This chakra connects you to your path in life, and you would be a wandering and lost in life without it.

The heart chakra over your heart is represented by the color green, but pink also matches this energy center of unconditional love. Love and compassion come from this chakra. People with a blocked heart chakra may be insecure, untrusting, and disconnected from their feelings. I believe many of us have opportunities with our heart chakras - we have insecurities from the personal to the global (and probably intergalactic)level.

The higher heart chakra is located over the thymus (which is behind your breastbone). This chakra is unconditional love and is also pink. People with a blocked higher heart chakra may feel underprivileged and attach emotional hooks to you or they could push everyone away and be unable to share their feelings.

All together, these chakras cover our purpose (divine plane), love (including self-love, which gives us the confidence to walk out path), and compassion (able to help others).

Pink or green stones usually are good for the heart chakras. Most people start working with a rose quartz because it represents unconditional love. Pink, watermelon, and green tourmalines are good heart stones.

Try using sticktite, which is purple-pink, on your heart chakras. If you can't find sticktite, look for atlantasite, which is a combination of green serpentine and sticktite. I like sticktite because it connects the root, heart, and crown chakras. This stone is good for love, compassion, calming, protection against negativity, and forgiveness. It is also a great diet aid, as it assists with digestion and helps you fight food cravings, especially from stress.

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Chakra Knowledge - Solar Plexus

Yellow.

It's the color of smiley faces, sunshine, and Tweety Bird. It is also the color of the solar plexus chakra, located between the navel and diaphragm . This is your emotion and willpower center. Blockage of the solar plexus may result in an overly emotional and lazy individual. This is where emotional baggage is stored. So many Americans carry excess weight, especially in the solar plexus area. What do you think this means about today's society?

Many of the stones associated with the solar plexus are golden: citrine, yellow apatite, yellow tourmaline, yellow sapphire, and Libyan desert glass. Other stones include tiger's eye, rhodochrosite, malachite, and merlinite.

Most citrine is created by heating amethyst. These heat-treated stones have different energies from natural citrine, but both types of citrine affect creativity, will, metabolism, and manifestation. Citrine is often used to increase energy while stimulating metabolism, which leads to weight loss. It is a good prosperity stone because it helps you understand your desire (will) and gives you the energy to go after it.

Chakra Knowledge - Sacral

My last post touched on the 1st chakra, which is called either the base or root chakra. Its color is red and it covers the basic human instincts. We follow the rainbow to the 2nd energy point: the sacral chakra. It is located below the belly button and its color is orange.

The sacral chakra is creative energy. Not only does it include procreation, but the sacral chakra is also the inspiration for artistic ideas and projects. The sacral chakra is responsible for confidence, valor, joy, and sexuality. Having a blocked sacral chakra can lead to arrogance, lethargy, low self-esteem, and infertility (both of the mind and the body).

If you're looking for stones that work with the sacral chakra, you're usually safe if you select orange stones: carnelian, orange calcite, bumblebee jasper, orange sapphire, and sunstone. If you want to branch out to other colors, citrine, blue and red jaspers, and infinite are other stones that work well with this chakra.

The crystal that pops into my head when I think of the 2nd chakra is carnelian. This stone can range in color from a light orange to almost red. Remember, it's your connection with the stone, not the color, that will determine how well this crystal will work for you. Keep this in mind because many dealers enhance stones by dying them.

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Did you know carnelian is a member in the Quartz club? It is an orange chalcedony, which is a silicon dioxide mineral that contains tiny tiny TINY quartz in layers. Since it contains quartz, carnelian is easily programmed. As with all stones, carnelian has many properties. It is up to you to focus its energy on the traits you need.

Carnelian works on the first three chakras (base, sacral, and solar plexus). This stone not only boosts your creativity, it also lights a fire underneath you so you get things done! Physically and mentally, its energy gets your blood flowing. It's hard to procrastinate when the vitality of carnelian is pushing your ideas into action and giving your body energy to move.

Carnelian can boost your metabolism and can assist people who easily get chilled.

This orange stone overcomes negativity in both people and other crystals, as it fights depression and can be used to cleanse stones. If depression stems from abuse, carnelian can cut through the negative patterns and help you rise above the issues.

Chakra Knowledge - Base/Root Chakra

This post will be short and sweet.

We're covering the base chakra today. When people refer to the base chakra, they call it the first chakra, even though Earth Star is below it. Some people call it the root chakra.

The base chakra starts at the end of your tailbone. Its associated color is red, so you'll see a lot of red stones associated with it. This chakra covers basic human instincts: independence, security, and a sense of power. People who have problems with their root chakra may be impulsive, angry, and impatient.

Some stones associated with the base chakra are bloodstone, obsidian, black tourmaline, red jasper, andalusite,carnelian, citrine, hematite, ruby, and rhodonite.

Chakra Knowledge - Earth Star

You need to understand the basics of chakras if you want to work with crystals. Chakras are channels through which the energy flows in your body. You may experience illness or negative issues if your chakras are blocked or closed. Since different crystals emit various frequencies, they can be used to balance the individual chakras.

There are countless chakras but most people focus on seven basic: root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown. My mentor taught us sixteen energy centers during her classes. I'll discuss the chakras in several different posts.

Energy flows from the ground up, so that's where you start when aligning your chakras.

Starting between your feet is the Earth chakra, which is the grounding point that aligns you to Earth. You must be grounded if you want to rationally function in life. Not having a connection to the Earth may cause a person's head to be in the clouds: they won't be able to live in the real world, they attract negativity, and they often feel they have no control over their lives.

If you really want to get technical, Earth star is a point about a foot below the soles of your feet. The Earth chakra (Judy Hall calls it "higher Earth") is between your feet. One connects you to Earth's etheric field and the other links you to the physical Earth. I've never worried about the differences in chakras during my meditations, and the two energy centers work with the same stones. For the most part, dark brown or black stones will work with these energy points, but I'll list some stones with other colors.

I carry black tourmaline with me for grounding and protection. Black tourmaline changes negative energy into positive, which is needed in today's stressful society. It also protects us from EMFs created by all of the electronics in our lives. Black tourmalated quartz (quartz with tourmaline inside) magnifies all the benefits of tourmaline and can be programmed.

One stone we forget works with the Earth chakra is charoite, as this mostly purple stone affects many chakras. It's great for keeping you grounded as you raise your frequency by working with the higher chakras. Charoite is a good stone for autistic children and those with ADD, as it keeps them grounded and focused on their task at hand. Other purposes of charoite are for protection, releasing negativity, and finding your path in life.

Some other stones that work with the Earth chakra are smoky quartz, obsidian, brown jasper, fire agate, hematite, astrophyllite, and rhodonite.

Moldavite

If you are ready to take a journey of transformation, moldavite is a stone for you. This high energy stone affects all chakras, and even people who don't believe in the power of crystals have admitted to feeling a pulsing sensation emitting from the stone. There is so much to say about moldavite, but Robert Simmons sums it up the best: "If one were forced to be marooned on a desert island with only one stone as an ally, Moldavite would be an excellent choice" (Book of Stones).

Moldavite was created when a meteorite hit what is now the Czech Republic over fourteen million years ago. Unfortunately, one can't just fly to Europe and start digging for this green stone - you have to know where to look and you need permits to dig more than a meter deep. I would love to know the right person who could take me into a moldavite mine, so if anybody knows anyone with access...

I'm not going to get into the Holy Grail connection or the spiritual/metaphysical properties listed by authors. Instead, I will share some of my personal experiences.

My first piece of moldavite is the pendant in the above picture (her name is Roberta). I had been looking for a stone that would boost my energy and the metaphysical store owner pushed me to this tektite. After one week, I realized my energy had increased and my overall attitude was more positive. I couldn't wear Roberta when I tried to sleep because my mind raced with the stone and I had no chance of sleeping (this has since changed). Overall, things started coming together when I worked with the moldavite (odd coincidences that benefitted me, finding exactly what I needed when I needed it, etc.).

The ring in the above picture was my mentor's before she passed. While Roberta has a smooth energy that flows through you, the ring has a masculine, forceful, jarring energy. I haven't yet worked with these two stones together, but I'm sure I will have a spiritual experience to remember when I do.

Please don't seek out moldavite until you're ready - the stone can make you light-headed or dizzy. Listen to your heart and you will know when it is time to work with moldavite.

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