Bloodstone
Description: Bloodstone is a variety of quartz occurring in massive formations. It is a green chalcedony flecked with red spots resembling drops of blood, where it gets its name. Its green color makes it a good stone to use in wealth, money, and business matters.
Location: Bloodstone is commonly found in Russia and India.
Astrological Sign: Aries, Pisces, and Libra, and the Planet Mars
Spiritual Uses: Bloodstone is a “stone of courage,” used to awaken and induce balance with the energy vibrations of the base, navel, sacral, and heart chakras. It helps its user to recognize the benefits of turmoil, which happens prior to perfection, and to accept the change in energy fields. It is a stone that can connect one to the centering and grounding energy of the heart, and is very conducive in helping one overcome any anxiety that is felt when the energies are re-aligning. Bloodstone tells us to “be here now,” and it helps us renew ourselves on all levels. The inherent strength in the stone allows for it to transmit practical guidance to its user, it also allows for unification of the energy bodies to advance the attributes of harmony, adaptability, and strength. Bloodstone can help you to demonstrate unselfishness and idealism, to improve your talents and abilities, to enhance creative efforts, and to support the decision-making processes. Using Bloodstone during meditation or contemplation can help you toward forming a more direct union with the Divine. It also has been used to facilitate admittance to the spirit realm of the ancestors, and provides for an open channel of communication with those encountered in these realms.
Physical Uses: The most well-known use of this stone is to halt bleeding, having been frequently carried by soldiers in battle. When pressed on wounds, the stone caused the bleeding to stop, although this might have been just because of the pressure when applied. It has been used to treat conditions of the spleen, to purify the blood, kidneys, bladder, intestines, and liver. It has also been used in the treatment of leukemia, as well as for failing eyesight, lung congestion, and rashes. Bloodstone that is worn lends courage, calms fears, and eliminates anger, long having been used in spells designed to secure victory in legal matters. Physically, it is said to benefit bones, heart, and reproductive organs, all of which are blood-rich. This stone stimulates courage and is vital and life-giving to its user.
History: Bloodstone was used by the ancient Egyptians to lessen the wrath of kings and despots and to counteract tumors and growths. It is said that a Bloodstone kept in the cash register draws money, and when carried in the pocket or purse, attracts wealth. In the Middle Ages, it was used as a farmer’s talisman, which was worn during planting to increase the crop’s yield. To prevent miscarriage, and to ease childbirth, the stone was favored by women, who would hang it on their arms. Bloodstones engraved with the figure of a bat were used in the thirteenth century and worn by magicians to increase the effectiveness of magical spells and rites.
Different Types: Bloodstone is also known as heliotrope.