magickal properties

Tumbled white moonstones with a soft blue sheen scattered on sand

Moonstone Meaning: Spiritual Properties, Uses, and How to Work With It

Practitioners keep moonstone for intuition, new beginnings, and the calm of the moon. The feldspar that glows from inside when you tilt it has been read as solidified moonlight since Rome, and practitioners keep it for dreams, cycles, travel by night, and the start of anything new. Here is what it is and why it glows, its colors from peach to black, why rainbow moonstone is a different stone, what it is good for, who should not wear it, its chakra, zodiac, and birthstone month, and how to care for a stone that cleaves.

A small amethyst cluster with violet quartz points on a white linen nightstand beside a closed book and an unlit beeswax candle

Amethyst Meaning: Spiritual Properties, Uses, and How to Work With It

Practitioners keep amethyst for calm, clear sight, and a steady mind. The purple quartz that Greeks drank from to stay sober and bishops wear on their rings is the stone of the crown chakra, of sleep, and of sobriety in every sense. Here is what it is, what it is good for, its chakra and zodiac, the green, pink, and chevron varieties, and how to keep it from fading.