Whereas gold is the metal of the sun, silver is the metal of the moon. Like the moon and water, silver is reflective and used to mirror the soul bringing people calm and balance. Silver is used to 'draw down the moon' during lunar ceremonies, giving the wearer use of the moons energy and protecting them from negativity.

Silver's connection to the spiritual life is mostly seen in traditional cultures where people live in union and deep respect for the earth. For example, the Tibetans spiritual silver jewelry is often combined with gemstones and crystals which then resonate their healing vibrations more strongly. Another aspect of the silver natural healing belief is that wearing this jewelry brings the wearer more in tune with the vibrations and flow of the universe. It is the metal of emotions, love and healing. Silver's properties are strongest during the new and full moon.

Silver Metaphysical Properties and Silver Mystical Properties

• manifestation of wealth, riches, and health
• improves quality of speech and brings eloquence to conversations
• calming and balancing
• reflects away negativity and evil intentions
• brings the wearer more in tune with the flow of the universe
• like the moon and water, a mirror to the soul
• increases strength of perception
• awakens and increases psychic and intuitive capacities
• provides strong connection between physical and astral bodies
• increases the strength of gemstones and crystals, particularly Moonstone, Amethyst, Quartz, and Turquoise
• high malleability (ability to be shaped), enables the user/wearer to bend energies, creating vital energy centers
• placed on your forehead, activates and opens your Third Eye Chakra
• astrologically associated with Cancer and Aquarius, the element Water, and direction West
• increased Perception, increased intuition and increased Recovery.

Silver in Healing

Wearing silver jewelry is said to help heal and calm the mind, to help clear the lungs and throat, to increase circulation and purify the blood, to balance hormones and to slow the progression of degenerative brain diseases. Just wearing silver is said to help draw negative energy from the body to make way for positive energy.

Any stone used for healing will benefit from being set into silver.

Silver is a great conductor of energy, including magic. Any stone set in silver will be amplified and its energy more easily directed.

“Stone of Self-Mastery”

Chakra(s): Root, Solar Plexus and Third-Eye

Energy Vibration: 6

Energy:

Protection

Healing

Grounding

Protection:

Captures and Grounds Psychic Attack

Protects against Adversaries

Protects against Black Magick

Blocks negative influences.

Stimulates:

Grounding

All The Senses

Inner-Strength

Concentration

Self-Mastery

Self-Discipline

Intuition

Metaphysical Properties:

• Prevents the draining of personal energy
• Absorbs and transforms negative energy
• Fosters decision making
• Excellent stone for centering and alignment of the total person with a Higher Power.
• Used to end unhappy relationships
• Heighten one’s intuition and instinct
• Helps one to realize material goals
• Helps one become the master of their own future
• Encourages a healthy egotism
• Creates invisibility
• Fortifies self-confidence
• Balances the male and female polarities within each person
• Helps one regain emotional balance
• Anchors and stabilizes one to elevate fears and worries
• Protects against black magic, as well as defends against negativity directed towards the wearer
• Helps banish negativity or people from one’s life
• Provide the wearer with strength, both physical and mental.

Healing Properties:

• Past Life Issues/Old Wounds
• Teeth
• Bones
• Blood Disorders
• Epilepsy
• Skin Ailments
• Cell Damage
• Glaucoma

The Myth:

The myth of the origin of onyx says that the goddess Venus was resting on the banks of the Indus River. As she slept, Cupid used the point of one of his enchanted arrows to give her a manicure. The parings of her nails then fell into the waters of the sacred river. Since the nails were of heavenly origin, they sank to the river bottom and were metamorphosed into onyx.

In Ancient Times:

Onyx is a protective stone worn when facing adversaries in battles of conflicts of all kinds, or while hurrying down a dark street late at night. In classical ceremonial magic, the image of the head of the god Mars or a figure of the hero Hercules was engraved on onyx and carried for courage. Indians and Persians believed that wearing onyx protected them from the evil eye, and that placing onyx on the stomach of a pregnant woman in labor would reduce the labor pain and bring on earlier delivery.

Effects:

Onyx is not only used for protection, but also as defense against negativity consciously directed towards you. It has also been used to reduce uncontrollable sexual impulses. The close union and yet strong contrast between the layers of black and white in some varities of onyx may suggest its connection with romance. In India, Gemologists recommend Onyx as a protective measure for harmonious relationships, thus keeping away any probability of disturbances or differences between the couple. Onyx as a birthstone provides the structure and authority you crave. It can help you be the master of your destiny and strengthen your confidence. It provides support in difficult times and centers your energy in times of mental or physical stress. It also offers the gift of wise decisions.

Mystical Power of Onyx (general):

Throughout history, onyx has been thought to bring powers of protection, defensive magic, and the reduction of sexual desires. It has also been thought to reinforce the knowledge that there is no death, aiding in the understanding of the wheel of birth, death and rebirth. It brings about the knowledge that separation is an illusion and reunion will come. It aids psychic contact with those who have died, facilitates séances and mediumship, brings messages from the dead, and aids past-life and between-lives regression work. It helps future life progressions, and prevents and removes spirit possessions.

Contemporary authors say the onyx brings increased vigor, strength, stamina, and self control. It alleviates worry, tension, and nervousness and eliminates confusion and nightmares. It is used to provide glimpses of that which is ‘beyond’ and activates one’s memory of one’s roots and reality. Medicinal applications include the treatment of bone marrow diseases, teeth, foot, blood and bone problems, and soft tissue disorders. It is also believed to aid in ailments such as epilepsy or glaucoma and is known to have powers to rectify damage done to cells.

Mystical Power of the Black Onyx (specific):

The Black Onyx seems like a gift from the gods to us…  it can help you live a more fulfilling life!

The Onyx is a type of chalcedony that’s part of the quartz family. It was a popular stone for the Greeks. They believed that the Onyx stone came from the fingernails of the Goddess Venus.

It is a powerful stone with plenty of positive attributes. First, it is a grounding and centering stone. It will balance you mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. Second, it is a strengthening stone that will assist you in tasks where you feel challenged and weak. Third, it will ease your fears where they are the strongest. Fourth, it will banish negativity. Fifth, it will rejuvenate you when you have run out of energy. Finally, it will attract positive energy and bring you happiness.

When you wear a Black Onyx Bracelet, it will inspire self-control, confidence, fidelity to your partner. It enhances your meditation and dreams. It will give you confidence in your career, like in interviews and presentations. The Black Onyx will work according to your heart’s desire.

The Black Onyx is also believed to have healing powers and to heal teeth, bones, feet, and blood disorders. Place it on your body and feel the healing take place. Use the Black Onyx to charge water to treat skin ailments like fungal infections and sunburns, and also wounds and rashes. Just pat it on the affected area and use an Onyx water compress at night.

Here’s just some of the benefits you will get, when having the Black Onyx near you:

• Self Control
• Confidence
• Mental strength
• Protection from negativity
• A feeling of being grounded

If you use Hecate’s Eye constantly for chanting, protection and enhancements; or feel that your energies are constantly under attack… then, every week, you should discharge the Onyx by placing it under running water.

If you’ve used it for a long time without doing so, bury it in the earth overnight at least once a month to regenerate its energies (preferably inside a sealed wooden box and on dry days).

To conclude: wearing Hecate's Eye, placing it on your altar, or using it during rituals allows you access to all the benefits that have been mentioned here.

The Black Onyx is one of Nature’s gifts to us, showing us that all we ever need is already here on earth and provided for.

Jasper is a type of quartz with powerful nurturing properties. It has many varieties and is very versatile. Use Jasper for protection, internal stability, and level-headedness.

General Info

Jasper is a form of fine-grained (ie, opaque) chalcedony quartz that has many colors and types to its name. It is common, found across the world. Its most commonly known attribute is its nurturing protective energies, though different types of jasper impart unique attributes.

Jasper's chemical formula is SiO2. It has a Mohs hardness of 6.5-7. Other names for Jasper include The Supreme Nurterer and the Nurturing Stone.

History and Folklore

Jasper was a popular stone across the ancient world. Its name can be traced through multiple languages, such as the French jaspre meaning 'spotted or speckled stone'. Some claim the name is Hebrew.

Egyptians used jasper as healing amulets. Some medicine men of the First Nation tribes of North America used jasper to attract rain. Historically, jasper has agricultural associations, which may be related to its prosperous energies, as successful harvests often determined those things.

Associations

Jasper can be used to align all chakras, but different colors have different chakra associations, generally by color.

All forms of Jasper are tied to Earth. Jasper's strong, rooting energy comes from this.

Magical Attributes

Many of Jasper's magical attributes focus on its protective energies and keep its user safe. It can make astral travel easier, providing a strong cord back to the tangible realm, and make projection work easier.

Jasper can be used to combat the Evil Eye, and makes an excellent talisman.

Carry to alleviate stress or increase beauty, internal or external.

Healing Attributes

Physically, Jasper is said to help with internal tissue regeneration and numerous digestive organ problems.

Emotionally, Jasper is balancing and peaceful. It can aid in times of grief and help users cope. It can ease mental disturbances and trauma, evening out the mind and heart. Even in the most difficult times, Jasper can help to find tranquility and calm. Jasper also can aid grief, since it brings peace to endings of all kinds.

Types of Jasper

Red - This type ranges from red to reddish-orange, and generally has thin, jagged black lines running through it. It is tied to the Root chakra. Red jasper pertains to justice and fairness, as well as controlled passion and responsibility. It is insightful and stabilizing.

Yellow - This type can be any shade of yellow, and generally has veins of brown. It is tied to the [Plexus] chakra. Yellow jasper is a stress reliever and a social stone that can help build up confidence and security. It can also fight depression and other internal negativity, and is known to protect travellers.

Leopardskin - This type is generally spotted or dappled in browns and greys. It is tied to the Root chakra. Leopardskin jasper is heavily associated with animals and helps with self-healing. It has a strong relation to shamanic journeying.

Flint - This type is generally dull brown or grey with varying layers. Flint has been used to make cutting tools since ancient times, and is thus excellent for cutting off ties with toxic things. It brings a balanced and stable mindset, as well as a boost to physical health.

Jasper Meanings and Properties

The Jasper Stone is a variety of Chalcedony. It’s an opaque stone that’s usually brown in color, but it also comes in grey, blue, white, purple, green, pink, red, orange, and yellow.

Its name is derived from the Latin ‘iaspidem’, or the Old French ‘jaspre’. The name Jasper means spotted or speckled stone. This is because it sometimes has mineral, ash, or sediment material.

Jasper Stone is found all over the world, but most comes from India and Australia.

Why Would You Use Jasper Stone?

The Jasper Stone is known as the Nurturing Stone. Having it in your life will feel like having a best friend by your side because it will sustain you during times of stress.

It will bring you peacefulness, happiness, and completeness. It will give your confidence a boost, and it will get rid of all your irrational fears.

The Jasper Stone is a stone of gentleness, comfort, and relaxation. It will be very beneficial for people who are experiencing burnout from work or from something personal.

Having this stone in your life will also help you achieve a healthy balance in all aspects. It will stop you from feeling like you’re giving too much and not receiving enough in return.

The energies of this stone can warm your soul, clear your mind, and unload what’s in your heart. It will also give protection and help you deal with negative energies.

In case you didn’t know it yet, the Jasper Stone is also known as the Makeup Stone. Expect your beauty to radiate!

How Will Jasper Stone Help You?

Jasper, Healing and Health

In the physical realm, the Jasper Stone has a variety of uses that can help in the healing of the body.

For starters, it’s considered a highly restorative stone for the deteriorating tissues of the internal organs.

It’s also known to be very effective in treating disorders related to the stomach, liver, bladder, spleen, and kidneys.

The Jasper Stone can aid in regulating the body’s mineral content, such as manganese, zinc, sulfur, and iron.

It’s also a good stone to have when you have digestive problems. It’s very beneficial when it comes to nose bleeds because it can staunch the blood flow.

The healing energies of this stone are also helpful in reducing hemorrhoids, soothing epilepsy, and in easing the pains connected to gout.

Spiritual and Psychic Properties

Psychically, jasper is used to assist with astral travel. It brings a gentle but unassailable protection to the traveler and the silver cord.

It is also a powerful protection stone in general and can be used in protection magic, in talismans and other places you want a strong but gentle protection.

In some cultures, particularly Native American, jasper is traditionally used for rain making.

Jasper is used for bringing beauty, into life and specific situations. Beauty brought by jasper can be striking inner beauty as well as external beauty. This is gaining it the name “make up stone” for the way it can bring beauty to people outside as well as inside.

Jasper balances yin/yang energies. This is helpful in many areas of life and can bring healing, peace, and ease.

Jasper for Luck and Wealth

The Jasper Stone carries energies of motivation and determination.  No matter what it is you’re working on, you will always have that extra boost of energy, especially when you’re starting to feel the tiredness creeping in.

This stone will help you keep focused. No matter what distractions there may be in your life, you can easily put all your attention on your financial goals.

The Jasper Stone also carries with it energies of prosperity. If you work hard for something that you want, you will achieve it sooner rather than later.

It will give you the ability to think quickly on your feet. It will help you smooth out your mental processes so that you will be able to see the pros and cons and come to the best decision.

It can also help curb your desires so that you will not make a bad decision or end up in a dangerous situation.

The Jasper Stone can enhance your organizational abilities. It can stimulate your imagination to come up with new ideas, and then help you transform those ideas into something concrete!

Having a Jasper Stone can help you achieve a balanced relationship that is filled with love, happiness, support.

There’s no such thing as a perfect relationship, but that doesn’t mean that you will just surrender the fight and disappear when the going gets tough!

Sometimes when you’re just too stressed out, you take it out on your partner, or you make a big deal out of the smallest things. The energies of the Jasper Stone can give you the relaxation and tranquillity that you need when the pressures of life become too much.

Jasper Stone can help you achieve a feeling of calmness. It will ground you and help you keep a lid on your emotions so that you don’t end up doing something that you will regret.

When it comes to intimacy, Jasper Stone can help you prolong your sexual pleasure!

Even if you have a lot of things on your mind, and even if you feel like you’re physically not up for some lovemaking, you will still be able to enjoy doing it with your loved one.

You will be fully in the moment because the energies of the Jasper Stone will help you connect on a physical and emotional level.

Feelings of restlessness and dissatisfaction will be assuaged. You will be awash with feelings of stability, security, and contentment.

No problem will be too big or too insurmountable. No pain will be so painful that it will make you lose yourself and all that you value or believe in.

This stone will envelope you with feelings of warmth, safety, and security. When you feel like everything is not going as it should, instead of falling apart and thinking about what a mess you are, you will simply focus on all the other things that are going great for you.

You will never stop feeling or being nurtured, and this will help you find your own path to emotional healing.

Jasper Stone will encourage honesty, trust, and faithfulness in your relationship. It will not feel forced, and it will be just what your relationship needs!

The energies of this stone will give you the courage to face your challenges and tackle your problems.

All the endings or closures that you wish to have will be given to you, and you will not feel like you’ve been left hanging.

This stone will bring peace to your life even if you have to end a romance or a relationship.

It will give you the courage to accept your reality without feeling like it’s the end of the world.

It’s very powerful in healing any kind of emotional trauma.

It can heal your broken heart and ease the pain that comes with it.

It will replace your pain with tranquillity and contentment so that you will open your heart again to love when love knocks at your door!

How to Use the Jasper Stone for the Best Results

It’s good Feng Shui to wear the Jasper Stone as jewelry or to put it as decoration around your home.

It’s known to provide cures in the body and in the home, especially if you have a specific issue or problem that you want to address.

It’s the perfect stone to have inside your home when you want to have more energy and vitality, as well as peace and harmony.

You can place a Jasper Stone in the southwest part if you want to attract love or enhance your marriage.

If you want to wear it as jewelry, make sure that you wear it closest to your first, second, and third chakras.

The Jasper Stone is perfect as necklaces, bracelets, rings, and even belts. Wearing them on a regular basis will help ground you while surrounding yourself with positivity.

Sit in silence while holding your Jasper Stone in your hands. Visualize your intentions and let your body feel the stone’s energies.

Carry them with you in your purse or place them in your favorite spaces at home!