Crystals for Libra

The gentle stone of unconditional love and self-compassion.

Rich in lithium, a soft place to land for an anxious mind.

A stone of wisdom, focus and serene devotion.

An iridescent stone of imagination, emotion and amplified intention.

The ancient stone of truth, wisdom and inner vision, a deep celestial blue flecked with gold.

The stone of warmth, confidence and taking up your own space.

The stone of lightness, bringing renewal, warmth and release of old patterns.

A stone of intuition, cycles and gentle new beginnings.

Harmony, longevity and steady good fortune, held as a stone of quiet endurance.

The gentle blue banded stone of speaking softly and still being heard.

Kyanite takes its name from the Greek kyanos, deep blue. In crystal tradition it is a stone of attunement and of clear, accurate speech: it is used to bring the chakras and the mind back into line rather than to add energy, and blue kyanite is tied above all to the throat chakra and to saying the true thing rather than the easy one.

Preparation and quiet knowing. The calm that arrives before you have decided anything, and the stone traditionally given to people who look after everyone else.

Chrysoprase is traditionally worked with as a heart stone for self-forgiveness, hope and quiet renewal. It is the gentlest of the green heart stones, and it suits people who are generous with everyone else and merciless with themselves.

Courage, endurance and grounding. Traditionally the stone carried by people who have to keep going through the long middle of something hard, rather than the stone of a sudden lift.

The luckiest stone, opening the way to opportunity and growth.

Protection paired with balance. Traditionally black tourmaline grounds and shields, pink opens the heart, green supports growth and blue eases honest speech.

A pale sky-blue strontium sulfate, worked with in crystal tradition as a stone of calm, gentle speech, dreams and angel lore.