AGATE

Agate, or chalcedony as it’s often referred to, is a stable, grounding stone, encouraging emotional, physical and intellectual balance. It aids in centering and stabilizing physical energy; harmonises yin and yang; soothes and calms; brings strength and reveals hidden information.

It can help you to understand and accept yourself and build self-confidence. Agate also aids mental processing, improving concentration, perception and analytical abilities.

Agates many different colours and types each bring individual properties. Here are some of the more common to note.

Blue lace agate is a pale blue banded agate associated with the throat chakra and no to surprise, communication as well as clarity and confidence. A great stone for anyone who finds it difficult to make themselves heard or express themselves. It gives you the confidence to stand up, speak your truth and be heard. It is also a stone to use to build loyalty and trust, helping one to distinguish the truth from otherwise.

Blue lace agate is also a good stone to use with mantra work or positive affirmation – working with this to translate your ’word’ into your reality. 

Fire agate is associated with the first, second and third chakras – vitality, creativity, sexuality and self will.  These stones are general a redish brown infused with irredescent flashes of green, gold, orange and red.

Attuned to the physical world which they vibrate on a level with, they are stones to use for bodily experience – grounding you into physical action and creating a ‘zest for life’. A stone to lite your fire on many levels!