Tumbled Moonstone

About the stone: Moonstone, beneficial to improve your intuition, is an orthoclase feldspar which is potassium aluminum silicate. Moonstone crystallizes in the monoclinic system and displays the unique gemological phenomenon called adularescence, the blue or white billowy light or schiller seen when the stones are cut correctly.

Chakra(s): crown, third eye, solar plexus, and navel

Astrological sign(s): Cancer

Mohs scale: 6–6.5

Spiritual uses: Moonstone is a perfect tool for increasing your intuition and trusting the process of becoming an intuitive.

Mental uses: Moonstone promotes dreaming. Dreams provide tools for self-knowledge and help bring mental clarity.

Emotional uses: Moonstone helps restore emotional balance. This is a good stone for cleansing negative energy from your energy centers, or chakras.

Physical uses: This rough moonstone is most associated with female fertility, and the associated menses, premenstrual syndrome, and menopause.

“Divine guidance: Are you aware of the cycles of life? Do you notice changes with the moon cycles? Have you been feeling sensitive? Are you extremely intuitive? Trust your intuition and step into your personal power. Go within using prayer, meditation, and contemplation. Observe the intentions behind the “buttons” to gain further clarity and understanding about your life and the lives of those around you.”

All Moonstone is associated with the Moon and thus is a wonderfully helpful stone for women and many women like it for its ability to balance hormonal and menstrual cycles. A stone of intuition and insight that reminds us of our cyclic nature as women but can help anyone connect to all the different cycles we experience in life.

Many people find Moonstone to be very soothing and use it to help relieve stress, and it is especially helpful if you tend to have aggressive tendencies.

Physically, it is said that Moonstone can promote conception by aiding all aspects of the reproductive system. Many women like Moonstone for its ability to balance hormonal and menstrual cycles. Moonstone is also known to help with the digestive system, including the liver, and can aid in the absorption of essential vitamins and minerals.