Therapeutic Properties of Moonstone

Moonstone was very popular with the Romans, who thought it was formed out of moonlight. In India moonstone is considered a sacred stone. Moonstone is often given to young lovers in India to help them understand what their lives will be like together.

Moonstone is often called the visionary's stone. It helps us to see things more clearly. Moonstone is useful for foretelling the future during the full or waning of the moon. Typically, the stone is placed in the mouth before bed. The answer is said to come in dreams during the night.

Moonstone is associated with the Third Eye or 6th Chakra. It subdues an overactive 3rd Chakra and opens a closed 6th Chakra.

Moonstone was once called the traveler's stone because it was believed to protect traders and merchants from perils at sea.

Moonstone helps the wearer mentally. It also assists in taking decisions.

Moonstone is beneficial for relationships. Wearing or carrying a moonstone is believed to bring a new love into your life. Also, holding a piece of moonstone over their hearts after a quarrel, and then exchanging the stones with each other, would bring you back together.

Feeling stressed? The answer may be as close as your gemstone collection. Moonstone helps with stress by calming the mind and soothing the spirit. It is so effective that gem therapists and ayurvedic doctors use a purified form of it (called godanti) to cure anxiety and strengthen the will. So, if you're feeling stressed and anxious, the remedy could be as simple as wearing your beautiful moonstone jewelry!

Moonstone aligns vertebrae. It is a good digestive aid. It is useful for kidney problems. A feminine stone, it is said to have calming properties.

Therapeutic Properties of Orange Moonstone

Orange Moonstone helps the wearer accept other stone's help by comforting you. Orange Moonstone is less powerful than white moonstone - but helpful when one really needs a certain stone.

Therapeutic Properties of Silver Moonstone

Silver-grey moonstone provides the bearer a sense of calm, and assured strength. Very often calm assurance is an essential ingredient if you are a business person or someone who has to make decisions that has far reaching consequences. Silver moonstone helps you stay calm and confident while you work. It minimizes the chaos that you experience in everyday life.

Therapeutic Properties of White Moonstone

White Moonstone helps the bearer to accept other stone's help through highlighting the other's effects. When worn by itself it balances yin/yang.

On a clear night look at the moon glowing in the sky. We get comfort knowing that moon is there irrespective of where we are or how far away from home we are. So, moon provides us the same level of comfort as we are at home. It soothes and restores and deepens our sense of safety, no matter where or how far our journey takes us. That's the deep, enduring spiritual value moonstone carries within it.

Therapeutic Properties of Rainbow Moonstone

Rainbow moonstone, helps us with visions of things that aren't immediately obvious. It helps us avoid tunnel vision. We are able to see other possibilities. It's like a flash of inspiration that comes when we are open and quiet. When you wear rainbow moonstone, life-changing inspirations can happen more and more often.

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