In ancient lore, Moonstone was considered to be a ‘talismanic gem of winter’, and in Oriental culture was known as a "phenomenal gem" to be worn on Mondays. According to earliest traditions, the stone had been set, from the beginning of time, in the forehead of the four-handed god of the moon.
Crystal Type:
Stone
Hardness:
6 on the Moh's Scale
Chakra:
Sacral
Colour:
Yellow, Gray, Green, Blue, Peach and Pink
Zodiac:
Cancer
Moonstone Wisdom:
HEALING THERAPIES:
Physical
Moonstone is a stone of protection, especially during childbirth, pregnancy, and travel at sea. Physically moonstone assists to aid wellbeing of the pituitary gland and digestive system, obesity, water retention, hormonal problems and menstrual problems. Moonstone is used to assist insomnia and sleepwalking, encourage sound sleep and create beneficial dreams. Moonstone can act as a growth stone for children and teenagers, and has been thought to slow the degeneration of the elderly, may also alleviate degenerative conditions of the skin, hair, eyes, and the fleshy organs of the body as it may also be used to enhance the assimilation of nutrients, eliminate toxins, and treat disorders of the digestive and elimination systems.
Emotional
Moonstone is said in crystal healing to help calm responses and stress, and avoid overreaction as it brings hope, enhances feminine energies, sensitivity, intuition, and psychic abilities. It is also said to bring strong energies of abundance to one's life, calm and relief from emotional stress and also associated with love of all kinds. Moonstone acts as the ultimate fertility crystal by sparking passion in new lovers, reuniting old ones thereby calming, soothing qualities on the emotional body.
Spiritual
As its name implies, moonstone is closely associated with lunar mystery and magic, calming, balancing energies can supposedly attune to natural biological rhythms, Moonstone was the stone of the gods and goddesses, of hope and spiritual purity through denial of the ego. It combats materialism, strengthens the faith of religious people in all cultures and assists Hermits, Monks and other contemplatives withdrawn from society for spiritual reasons. Moonstone opens the mind to hoping and wishing, inspiration and impulse, serendipity and synchronicity, flashes of insight, keeping one from negatively banishing possibilities and yet it grants intuitive recognition.
