Turquoise
Description: Turquoise crystallizes in the form of stalactites, veins, masses, crusts, and sometimes, short, small, and brilliantly colored, prismatic crystals. It ranges in color from sky blue to a soft green-blue.
Location: Turquoise is found in the United States, France, and Tibet.
Astrological Sign: Sagittarius, Pisces, and Scorpio, also for those born in the month of December
Spiritual Uses: Turquoise strengthens and aligns all chakras, meridians, and subtle bodies. It actually elevates all chakras and can facilitate attunement between the physical level and the higher planes of existence. It can bring any and all energies to a higher level. It primarily stimulates the throat, heart, and navel chakras, bringing communication skills to emotional issues, to creativity, and to intuition, while allowing for the application of love in all issues. It is great for spiritual attunement, for healing and cleansing of both the energy centers and the physical body, and for providing protection. It is valuable to provide strength and protection during vision quests and astral travel and is a stone of high spirituality, bringing both valor and protection on the spiritual level, and from the etheric plane. It is known as a healer of the spirit and provides for a soothing energy that brings peace of mind. Turquoise has been known also to guide one through the unknown, protecting while promoting one’s independence in action. It can be used also to balance the male/female aspects of one’s character and to bring forth mental and spiritual clarity, balancing the energies. The stone has been said to assist one in communication, both oral and written, so that when the information is relayed to others, it is both direct and correct. Psychic powers are increased by the use of Turquoise, and it can help one to develop one’s innate talents. It acts to induce understanding and wisdom, and to enhance trust, kindness, and the recognition of beauty. Turquoise can be worn to attract new friends, to be joyous and even-tempered, and to increase beauty.
Physical Uses: Turquoise is a valuable grounding stone, and can help to prevent one from losing touch with the conscious mind during deep meditations. It helps to facilitate a “no-mind” state of awareness, and provides the unconscious mind with a “knowing” of the protective mechanism that has been initiated. Turquoise has been said to change color to warn of impending danger and/or to indicate infidelity in thought or action. It can be used also to protect against environmental pollutants. It can be used for attunement between those of the physical plane, as well as between its user and the spirit world. It is a stone of Earth-grounding, so that one can remain grounded during spiritual work. It acts to further peace of mind. It is said to promote spontaneity in issues of romance and to stimulate the initiation of romantic love. Turquoise is a “master healer.” It emanates a purifying energy that tends to dissipate negativity, and is an excellent anti-negativity stone (times where the negativity is not within the self). It can be used for emotional, mental, and physical problems. In ancient times, it was used to heal eye problems, especially cataracts. It has been used to strengthen work animals and acts to strengthen the entire anatomy in people, too. It can be helpful in the amelioration of all diseases and disorders. It can help to stimulate the regeneration of tissue and can aid in the absorption of nutrients. It can also help to increase circulatory flow to the muscle tissue. It has been used in the treatment for headaches and in the repair of physical damage that has impacted the body and also to assist one in maintaining stability during ambulatory motions. An elixir has been used to ameliorate skin disorders that were due to stress. Turquoise may be held for attunement, taken as an elixir, worn, carried, or placed in one’s environment.
History: Turquoise is a sacred stone to many American Indian tribes. It has been used by Native American shaman to initiate rain. The methods of choice included throwing the Turquoise into a river or holding it under running water. The Navajo used ground Turquoise and Coral in creating sand paintings to bring rain to the parched land. They also kept Turquoise carvings of horses and sheep as guardians against negative magic. Other native inhabitants of the southwestern United States and Mexico placed Turquoise in tombs to guard the dead. The Pueblos laid Turquoise under the floor in offering to the deities, when a house, or kiva, was built. In the Apache tradition, Turquoise was a required tool in the shaman’s medicine bag. Turquoise was attached to bows by other early Americans to ensure accurate shots. It was also a common stone in ancient Egypt. In the thirteenth century, Turquoise was said to possess the power of protecting the wearer from injury by falling (particularly from horseback). Tibetan shamans held it in high esteem as holding both a spiritual and protective property. It has been used in shamanic ceremonies and in the sacred valley of Shambhala.