Stones
Agate — Courage, strength, love, protection, longevity, gardening, healing
Alexandrite — Luck, love, spiritual transformation, joy
Amazonite — Success, joy, self-expression, awakening the heart and throat chakras.
Amber — Luck, healing, strength, protection, beauty, love
Amethyst — Courage,
psychic healing, dreams, removing addictions (esp. alcohol), peace,
happiness, love, opening the crown chakra; This stone is excellent for
relieving anger, stress, and depression. It relieves insomnia, wards off
nightmares, and brings prophetic dreams. Its many magickal purposes
also include love, self-confidence, freedom from addictions, healing,
and spiritual guidance.
Apache Tear — Protection
(in general), luck, divination, healing; Commonly carried for good luck,
this stone also works well for efforts of protection and divination.
Aquamarine — Money, luck, mental agility, visual acuity, peace, healing, opening heart chakra
Azurite — Psychic energy, dreams, divination, healing, concentration, transformation
Beryl — Energy (in general), love, healing, psychic awareness, protection (esp. from weather and dangers associated with water)
Bloodstone — Courage,
strength, victory (in any undertaking), wealth, self-confidence,
business and legal affairs, stopping bleeding, helping to regulate the
first four chakras
Calcite — Centering,
grounding, purification, money, peace, calming all fears; An amplifier,
orange calcite magnifies any magickal vibration it comes in contact
with.
Carnelian — Courage, increasing sexual energy, verbal skills, peace, alleviating jealousy, apathy, fear, rage
Celestite — Verbal skills, healing, compassion, calming, aiding in personal growth
Chrysoprase — Prosperity, luck, happiness, friendship, protection, healing
Citrine — Psychic powers,
protection, creativity, sexual energy, deflecting nightmares; Use
citrine for creativity purposes, artistic endeavors, promoting
inspiration and ideas, as well as for relief from nightmares and escape
from the feeling of being overwhelmed.
Coral — Healing, menstruation, agriculture, protection, peace, wisdom
Diamond — Courage, strength, healing, protection, spirituality, mental and sexual energy/abilities
Emerald — Prosperity,
mental and psychic abilities, dreams, meditation, visual acuity, love,
peace, inner/outer balance, opening hearting chakra
Flint — Protection, healing, divination
Fluorite — Commonly known
as "The Student's Stone," the vibrations of fluorite enhance study
efforts, mental ability, and knowledge retention.
Fossils — Elemental power, past-life regression, protection, longevity
Garnet — Strength, physical energy, healing, protection, purification, compassion, opening root and crown chakras
Geode — Fertility, childbirth, meditation, freedom of spirit, psychic ability, dreams, astral travel
Hematite — Grounding,
calming, healing, divination, intuition, physical strength, aiding
restful sleep; Born of iron ore, this stone is an excellent "grounder"
for those who have no outlet for their excess energy. Use it to increase
personal magnetism, to promote "invisibility," and to enhance magickal
efforts involving battle, healing, and protection.
Jade — Healing, protection, wisdom, prosperity, peace, love, long life, fertility, courage
Jasper — Healing, protection, health, beauty, energy (all kinds)
Jet — Protection, anti-nightmare, luck, divination, health, healing
Kunzite — Creativity, communication (all kinds), peace, balance, relaxation, grounding
Lapis Lazuli — Courage, joy, love, fidelity, psychic abilities, emotional balance, deflecting nightmares
Lava — Protection, divination, gardening, past-life regression
Lepidolite — Peace, spirituality, physical strength, luck, protection, psychic abilities, emotional balance, deflecting nightmares
Malachite — Power, energy, protection, love, peace, success in business, vision quests, gardening
Marble — Protection, success (in general)
Moldavite — Psychic abilities, mental and emotional balance
Moonstone — Grounding, love, divination, sleep, gardening, protection, youth, harmony, magick, travel
Mother-of-Pearl — Protection, wealth, water (ocean) magick, weather
Obsidian — Grounding, divination, protection, repelling negativity (any)
Onyx — Emotional balance,
self-control (any, esp. sexual matters), binding magick, protection
(esp. someone else's magick), strength
Opal — Beauty, prosperity,
luck, power, psychic abilities, visual acuity, emotional balance;
Though many people consider it to be unlucky, opal actually improves
good fortune when given in love. Called "The Stone of Karma," this stone
works well for remembering previous incarnations and their lessons.
Because opal contains all colors of the spectrum, it may be programmed
and used for spellwork of any type.
Pearl — Love, wealth, protection, luck
Peridot — Protection, prosperity, sleep, health, emotional balance, intuition
Petrified Wood — Longevity, past-life regression, healing, protection
Clear Quartz — Super
energy booster (both positive and/or negative) used with other
stones/metals, protection, healing, psychism, meditation,
scrying/divination, lactation; Clear quartz is the most common stone
used in magick. Programmed properly, it can be used alone for any
magickal purpose or added to other stones to amplify their properties.
Rose Quartz — Love, peace,
happiness, healing (esp. emotional matters); This quartz is most used
for efforts of love and romance and is excellent for promoting
self-love. It is also said to cure acne if rubbed on the face.
Smoky Quartz — Healing, directing and absorbing energy, altered states of being
Rhodochrosite — Energy, peace, calming, love, mental activity, emotional balance, balancing the root chakra
Rhodonite — Peace, mental clarity, memory, confidence, opening the crown chakra
Ruby — Prosperity, power, courage, integrity, joy, deflecting nightmares
Sapphire — Psychic abilities, inspiration, love, meditation, peace, healing, power, prosperity, protection
Sodalite — Healing,
meditation, wisdom, calming, grounding, stress reducing; This stone
vibrates to the spiritual plane. Effective as a healing tool for fear,
anxiety, and stress, it is also useful in meditation and the contact of
Spirit Guides.
Tiger's Eye — Courage, prosperity, protection, energy, luck, wisdom, honesty, divination, reducing depression
Topaz — Protection, healing, dieting, prosperity, love, emotional balance, tranquility, balance, creativity
Tourmaline — Love,
friendship, prosperity, business, peace, sleep, energy, courage,
protection, inspiration, opening the center (or sixth) chakra
Turquoise — Courage,
protection, prosperity, luck, friendship, healing, communication,
happiness, emotional balance, astral travel, weather, strengthening all
chakras
Unakite — Use this stone
to find the beauty in life and circumstance, especially when things seem
gloomiest. It is also an excellent stone to use for uncovering
deception.
Zircon — Protection (esp. from theft), beauty, love, peace, sexual energy, healing, mental alertness, emotional balance
Metals
Brass — Healing, money, protection
Copper — Energy direction, healing, luck, love, protection, wealth
Gold — Power (in general), healing, protection, wealth, success, male sexual energy and ability
Iron — Protection, defense magick, strength, healing, grounding, divination
Lodestone — Power,
healing, attraction, friendship, love, fidelity, male sexual energy and
ability, willpower, protection, business, money
Meteorite — Protection, astral travel, divination
Pyrite — Money, divination, luck
Silver — Invocation, love, psychism, dreams, peace, protection, travel, money
Steel — Protection, anti-nightmare, healing
Tin — Divination, luck, wealth
SOURCES: The Wiccan Garden and Everyday Magic: Spells & Rituals for Modern Living by Dorothy Morrison