| Welcome to the New Year 2010! I assume you | | | | consciousness and light into our lives, helping us to |
| found your very own personally satisfying way to | | | | gain clarity, insight, and a higher perspective on life. |
| ring in the New Year and enjoyed the stillness of the | | | | How Gemstones Can Enhance Your Capricorn |
| days between the years. It reminds me to the | | | | Experience |
| miracle of our breath. There is always this moment | | | | Gemstones are the perfect way for Capricorn's to |
| of stillness between the in an out of the breath | | | | both focus on their goals, and to bring more |
| reversing its course. This stillness carries the promise | | | | emotional and spiritual balance into their regimented |
| of life with its renewal and potential. | | | | lives. |
| I took the week off my usual activities and allowed | | | | Gemstones have both physical and metaphysical |
| myself to slow down and relish the change of pace | | | | qualities that can enhance all aspects of your |
| into the realm of contemplation, time with my friends | | | | well-being. The perfectly aligned crystal structure of |
| and reorienting myself for the New Year. Looking | | | | gemstones creates an energy field that interacts |
| backwards I was really surprised to realize how much | | | | with our own when you hold it or wear it on your |
| I have accomplished last year even if it did not feel | | | | body. In this way, the gemstone can be used to |
| that way first. Now I feel recharged and inspired to | | | | calm you, bring you mental clarity, increase your |
| take action towards the manifestation of my insights | | | | energy, enhance your creativity, and much more. |
| and new goals I have set for myself. | | | | Crystal Quartz: Your Guide to Higher States of |
| The Highlights for the Week:o We still have 4 planets | | | | Consciousness |
| in Capricorn additionally to the North Node.o Mercury | | | | "Crystal Quartz is one of the true gemstones of |
| is still retrograde as well as Mars.o Moon is moving | | | | Capricorn. This is one of the most common and |
| through Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and into Sagittarius | | | | well-known crystals in the world, found virtually |
| So I will take this opportunity of this lull to present | | | | everywhere on the planet. It is composed of silicon |
| this month's Sun sign, Capricorn, in more depth with | | | | dioxide and forms six-sided hexagonal prisms. |
| the extra information about the true birthstone for | | | | The word crystal derives from the Greek krystallos, |
| Capricorn's. It seems like we are getting a little | | | | meaning "ice," as the Greeks believed that quartz |
| extension of time with inward focus with the two | | | | was water that was eternally frozen, an image also |
| retrograde planets Mars and Mercury. It is a chance | | | | found in the work of Hildegard von Bingen, a saint |
| to delight in rethinking (Mercury) our life's direction | | | | and ancient seer of the healing aspects of stones. |
| and fine tuning (Mars) our intentions, inner strength | | | | Ice is a metaphor for the cooling and clear aspects |
| and will power into the new direction. All the planning | | | | of the crystal. |
| and taking a new aim in your life will do nothing for | | | | Quartz is a very sociable being, growing in groups and |
| you without the willingness to take steps towards | | | | clusters and very often found together or in close |
| implementing action from that place of inspiration. | | | | connection with other minerals; thus it teaches us to |
| And Capricorn is a great ally for that. | | | | have close, friendly relationships without loosing our |
| Capricorn: The Conservative Pragmatist | | | | individuality and center. |
| Capricorn is a feminine earth sign ruled by Saturn. | | | | Like the Diamond, Quartz is very closely connected |
| Their home is the 10th House-Public Image, Career, | | | | to our search for light and love, our longing to |
| & Destiny. | | | | awaken to a higher state of consciousness, and it is |
| As you move through the zodiac you will notice that | | | | our guide on that quest. |
| the qualities of the signs reflect a process of | | | | Crystal Quartz: The Manifestation of Light |
| evolution from self-centered toward greater social | | | | Crystal Quartz is the manifestation of light, clarity, |
| consciousness and responsibility. Saturn is associated | | | | concentration, and perfect crystallization, a metaphor |
| with social order (rules, laws), duty, concrete reality, | | | | for our own search for perfection. If you examine a |
| and the material world. | | | | single crystal you will see that as it grows it becomes |
| Capricorn's seek to be in visible positions of power | | | | more and more clearly developed and defined toward |
| and prestige in society. Their high degree of | | | | the tip. You can also see the six sides of the crystal, |
| organization, discipline, ambition, and intelligence make | | | | corresponding to the first six chakras in the body, |
| them perfect as leaders of organizations of all types, | | | | with the tip of the crystal corresponding to the |
| in government, business, and the military. Their | | | | crown chakra. In this way Quartz is a perfect mirror |
| conservative values and black-and-white thinking can | | | | for our own process of growth as we move from |
| make them inflexible with respect to morality. They | | | | confused or unenlightened to a state of increasing |
| are bent on success, holding high standards for | | | | awareness and clarity on our path to higher |
| themselves and others. | | | | consciousness. |
| The influence of Saturn, the earth element, and the | | | | Quartz is a good friend, brother, and sister and may |
| position in the last quarter of the zodiac make | | | | have many additional properties, depending on the |
| Capricorn's practical, organized, controlled, | | | | form of its "face," or crystal tip. It might enhance our |
| self-disciplined, and conservative. "Ambition" is the | | | | psychic abilities, such as channeling, telepathy, and |
| keyword for this sign. Capricorn's have a strong need | | | | clairvoyance, or connect us with ancient teachings |
| for status and material success. They are hard | | | | and spiritual knowledge. |
| workers with high career ambitions who do best in | | | | Cleansing your Stone |
| positions of authority, without supervision. They go | | | | Although every stone may be said to pick up |
| about their goals step by step, overcoming each | | | | information by reading vibrations, Quartz is especially |
| hurdle, and do not give up until they have reached | | | | sensitive to the environment, absorbing everything |
| the top. They excel at hierarchical planning. They are | | | | around it. So it is very important to program it to do |
| usually financially successful. | | | | this consciously and to clean it often. This can be |
| Capricorn's may appear reserved in relationships, but | | | | done with the help of all the elements and with the |
| once committed they make loyal and reliable friends | | | | conscious state of your mind in combination with |
| and partners. Still, their careers take precedence in | | | | rapid, strong exhalations. |
| their lives. | | | | Different Forms |
| The Dark Side of Capricorn | | | | A double-terminated crystal (one with two tips on |
| Because Capricorn's are so driven, self-disciplined, and | | | | each end), like the Herkimer Diamond sets up an |
| controlling, it is hard for them to relax into the | | | | energy flow between the two ends, which act as |
| benevolence of life, trusting the flow of life and its | | | | positive and negative electromagnetic poles, and thus |
| ultimate goodness. Due to the rule of Saturn, there is | | | | is especially adept at balancing opposites like yin and |
| an element of contraction and fear that urges the | | | | yang. In a single-pointed crystal the energy rises up |
| Capricorn to be continually in action and in control. It | | | | from the more clouded bottom toward the clear tip. |
| is very important for Capricorn's to take time out of | | | | A crystal in a spherical form-a crystal ball-gives off a |
| their busy lives and allow time for relaxation, | | | | wide, radiant, harmonizing energy field that, |
| introspection, and inner peace. Only then will they be | | | | depending on the size of the crystal, can fill a whole |
| in balance. | | | | room with sparkles of light and awareness. Because |
| Bringing Light into the Darkness | | | | the sphere is the most perfect form in the universe |
| It is very helpful for Capricorn's to practice some | | | | it brings out its being in the highest form. By directing |
| form of meditation, Tai Chi, or yoga to slow down | | | | your thoughts to influence the energies of the |
| their mental activity and anxiety. Meditation with | | | | crystal, you might program it with your needs and |
| gemstones, especially Crystal Quartz, will especially | | | | create a very powerful energy field for healing, |
| appeal to Capricorns' practical and concrete nature-it | | | | concentration, or whatever you long for." |
| is simply a matter of lying down and placing one or | | | | As you can tell, I am very passionate about the |
| several stones on your body. | | | | potential of healing gems and all the different |
| I have written two other articles for you about | | | | applications of those enchanting allies to raise your |
| crystals and their amazing qualities: 1. Using Quartz | | | | frequency for more balance and joy. |
| Crystals and the Law of Attraction and 2. Everything | | | | I wish you an enchanted journey into the mysterious |
| You Always Wanted to Know about Crystal Quartz | | | | world of healing gemstones and looking at them in a |
| and Its Practical Applications. | | | | new way. |
| Crystal Quartz is the perfect stone to bring | | | | Aloha and many blessings, Shakti. |