Crystal
Opal
White, Pink, Black, Beige, Blue, Yellow, Brown, Orange, Red, Green, Purple
Clear or Milky, iridescent and fiery, or vitreous without fire.
Easily obtained although gem opals are expensive.
Australia, Mexico, Peru, South America, Britain, Canada, US, Honduras, Slovakia
Opal is a delicate stone with a fine vibration. It enhances consciousness and induces psychic and mystical visions.
Black-Brown-Gray Opal resonates with the sacral chakra and the reproductive organs. It is particularly useful for releasing sexual tension that arises from an emotional cause and for processing and integrating newly released emotions.
Blue Opal is an emotional soother that realigns to spiritual purpose. It resonates with the throat chakra and can enhance communication, especially of that which has been suppressed through lack of confidence. It is useful when past-life experiences or injuries are effecting the present life, as these can be healed through the etheric blueprint.
Cherry Opal aids in cleansing and activating the base and sacral chakras. It promotes a feeling of being centered. At a spiritual level, this stone activates clairvoyance and clairsentience. It is particularly helpful for healing headaches that arise from a blocked unopened third-eye. It promotes tissue regeneration and heals blood disorders, muscle tension, and spinal disorders, and ameliorates menopausal symptoms.
Chrysopal (Blue-Green) opens to new impressions and encourages openness to others. It helps you to observe the world with new eyes. A mood-enhancing stone, it alleviates emotional burdens, often through crying, and liberates feelings. It detoxifies and regenerates the liver and relieves feelings of constriction from heart and chest.
Fire Opal (orange-red) is an enhancer of personal power, awakening inner fire, and a protector against danger. This stone facilitates change and progress. Used in situations of injustice and mistreatment, Fire Opal supports through the resulting emotional turmoil, Fire Opal is said to magnify thoughts and feelings, returning them threefold, and can release deep-seated feelings of grief even when these stem from other lives.
Green Opal is a cleansing and rejuvenating stone that promotes emotional recovery and aids relationships. With the ability to filter information and reorient the mind, it gives meaning to everyday life and brings about a spiritual perspective. In healing, Green Opal strengthens the immune system and alleviates colds and flu.
Hyalite (Water Opal) is a wonderful stone for scrying. Its watery depths stimulate connection with the spiritual realms. A mood stabilizer, it connects the base chakras with the crown, enhancing meditative experience. Hyalite helps those making the transition out of the body. It teaches that the body is a temporary vehicle for the soul.
Herb
Dill
Parts Used: Seeds
Collection: The seeds should be collected when fully ripe, that is when they have turned brown. They should be spread out to dry, but not in artificial heat.
Dill is an excellent remedy flatulence and the colic that is sometimes associated with it. This is the herb of choice in the colic of children. It will stimulate the flow of milk in nursing mothers. Chewing the seeds will clear up bad breath (halitosis).
Infusion: pour a cup of boiling water onto 1- 2 teaspoonfuls of the gently crushed seeds and let infuse for 10-15 minutes. For the treatment of flatulence, take a cup before meals.
Birthday
Aquarius (January 20- February 18)
Element: Air
Ruling Planets: Saturn, The teacher and Uranus, The Visionary
Symbol: The Water Carrier
Tarot Card: The Star (Hope)
Number: 4
Favorable colors: Blue, Turquoise, Yellow
Key phrase: I express my original ideas
Love matches: Gemini, Leo, and Aquarius
February 12
"The equilibrium of my mind is mirrored in my life."
The birthday of the bold integrator.
Your greatest challenge is to focus your energy on one project alone.
On the Dark Side: Inflexible, moody, intolerant
At Your Best: Patience, purpose, originality
Birthstone
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