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Aquamarine is a light blue or a light blue-green transparent gemstone. It is a member of the beryl stone family. The stone comes from various countries, including Brazil, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nigeria and the United States. Diane Morgan, author of "Gemlore: Ancient Secrets and Modern Myths from the Stone Age to the Rock Age," says that aquamarine comes from the Latin words aqua (water) and mare (sea). Aquamarine has different metaphysical properties or attributes that relate to healing, magic and mental work.
Emotions
According to "Crystal Enchantments: A Complete Guide to Stones and Their Magical Properties" by D.J. Conway, you can use aquamarine to help banish fears, doubts or phobias and promote courage during hard times in your life. If you are a procrastinator and keep putting off work, you can use aquamarine to help motivate you and help you begin to think more clearly. The stone also assists in balancing emotions, quieting a restless mind and strengthening intuition.
Meditation and Ritual
In her book, "Crystal Enchantments: A to Stones and Their Magical Properties," author D.J. Conway notes how aquamarine is the seer's stone. You can incorporate it into psychic ritual work. The stone can aid you in meditation and break down mental barriers to help you move beyond physical reality. You can use aquamarine to help strengthen your aura, or the energy field that emanates from your body. You can also use it to strengthen your personal power and balance your mind, body and spirit. If you are working with sea deities in ritual, aquamarine can aid you in opening up a channel of communication with the water entities. In dream work, aquamarine signifies happy friendships or the meeting of new friends.
Healing
According to "Crystal Enchantments: A Complete Guide to Stones and Their Magical Properties" by D.J. Conway, aquamarine is a stone with healing properties. You can use it to help purify your body and eliminate fluid retention. The stone relates to the strengthening of the kidneys, liver, thyroid and spleen. Aquamarine can help heal eye, throat and stomach problems. A person battling with stress may find that the stone can help calm and soothe their nerves. In her book, "The Wicca Handbook," author Eileen Holland says that you can use aquamarine to treat pain and grief.
Mystical Associations
In her book, "Gemlore: Ancient Secrets and Modern Myths from the Stone Age to the Rock Age," author Diane Morgan discusses the different mystical associations of aquamarine. Aquamarine is connected to the planet Neptune, and Neptune is the Roman god of the sea. The stone is also connected to Venus, Mercury and the moon. Aquamarine is associated with various zodiac signs such as Gemini, Virgo, Scorpio, Pisces, Aries, Taurus and Libra. Ancient Jews, Romans, Poles and Arabs connected aquamarine to the month of October. If you are working with chakras, or the energy points of the body, you can use aquamarine for the heart and throat chakras. Since the stone relates to the sea, all sea goddesses, mermaids and sea nymphs are linked to aquamarine.
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