Also known as Hyaline Quartz Rose Quartz is a pale pink, translucent form of quartz. Called the Heart Stone, Rose Quartz is believed to have been used as early as 600 B.C. The meaning of Rose Quartz is love and compassion.
What this stone has to offer us is a soft energy of compassion, peace, tenderness, healing, nourishment and comfort. It is an amazing stone to use for dissolving emotional wounds, fears and resentments. It provides a deep sense of contentment with ourselves and allows us to truly give and receive love. It is effective in attracting new love, romance and intimacy, or in developing a closer bond within a community, family or group of friends.
Rose Quartz inspires the love of beauty, in self, others, nature, art, music and writing.
It dissolves sorrows, worries, fears and resentments and gives back the ability to give and receive love. This crystal is great for people who lacked a feeling of being loved, especially as children, as it heals those wounds and helps one to find the source within of infinite love.
Rose Quartz is a stone associated with mother love, as it inspires nurturing of the self if one has lost their own mother. It promotes bonding and is a good stone to place on the stomach during pregnancy, and to take to the hospital to be near the baby during birth. It is also soothing for "baby blues" in the days to follow.
It is also a great stone for calling in love or strengthening a romantic relationship.
Rose Quartz is a wonderful crystal for adults and children with sleeping problems as it helps in providing beautiful dreams and preventing nightmares or night terrors. It can also help children who are afraid of the dark.
Physically, Rose Quartz may be used to sooth burns and reduce blistering. The stone can also stimulate the proper functioning of the heart, stabilize irregular heart rhythm and normalize the circulatory system.
This gemstone can be used as a detoxication to clear fluids in the cells of the body and promote the release of impurities. It assists in healing the kidneys and adrenals. It has also been used in treating vertigo.
Rose Quartz is good for the female reproductive system, the genitals and increasing fertility. It also assists in alleviating sexual difficulties.
Myths & Lore
According to one legend, Cupid, the Roman god of desire and affection, bestowed the crystal upon the Earth, as a gift of love, passion, and happiness for all.
Another Greek legend tells of Ares, the Greek god of war, who turned into a boar to kill Aphrodite’s lover, Adonis. Trying to save Adonis, Aphrodite cut herself on a briar bush and their blood spilled and joined over a quartz, staining it pink with their blood.
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To strengthen a romantic relationships, place pink roses and twin Rose Quartz hearts on a private love altar and light pink candles. You can also enclose a photo of yourself and a lover within a heart shape of tiny Rose Quartz crystals.
Rose Quartz placed by the bed or in the relationship corner of the home can restore trust and harmony, and encourage unconditional love.
Rub lightly with a polished stone or use as an elixir to help with skin conditions such as scars, wrinkles or burns.
Placed on the thymus it aids chest and lung problems, relieving coughs and soothing bronchial areas.
Tip: Do not charge your Rose Quartz in sunlight as it loses it's color.
Rose Quartz Correspondences
Chakra: Heart and Throat
Element: Earth and Water
Flowers & Plants: Daisy, Lilac, Rose
Herbs, Incenses & Oils: Echinacea, Feverfew, Mugwort, Geranium, Ylang Ylang
Planet: Venus.
Deities: Venus, Isis, Aphrodite, Adonis
Zodiac: Taurus and Libra
Tarot: The Lovers
Lastly, Rose Quartz is a gentle and healing stone that’ll inspire you to love yourself and others unconditionally. In times of turmoil, it will offer you comfort and a better understanding of the Universe. The stone’s energies will help you release feelings of resentment and will help you open up to a Universal love.
Blessed be Witches~
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