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Energy:Receptive Astrological signs of: Pisces, Virgo, Aquarius, and Capricorn
Planets: Jupiter, Neptune Vibrates to the number: 3
Element: Water

Powers: Dreams, overcoming alcholism, healing, psychism, peace, love, protection against thieves, courage and happiness

The principal gift to those who use Amethyst for psychic development is simply that it instils the ordinary with a sense of the extraordinary, increasing the individual's awareness of synchronicity, symbolism and the sacred energies that pulse through every moment as we pursue the spiritual path. Amethyst works not only to aid the spiritual journey but also to help those who yearn to achieve higher levels of understanding. Because the crystal is said to transform energies from a lower vibration to a higher energy, it also transforms energy from an ordinary to a higher level of consciousness and awareness. Amethyst aids those who wear or keep it close to them in a variety of ways. It is especially useful in clarifying difficult decisions and helping opposing factions in finding a common ground. It has further been said to protect against manipulative situations by allowing the wearer to have a more in-depth perspective on their circumstances and opening the spirit's eye to higher connection, beyond our capacity to reason.
In cultivating psychic powers and intuitive capacity, amethyst is excellent, as it offers its protective and healing powers to any meditation. More a stone to put you in touch with your own inner knowing than to produce visions, it nevertheless has a powerful spiritual tradition and, as previously mentioned, is excellent for people who yearn to be in touch with higher levels of spirituality and awareness.

ATTRIBUTES: Amethyst is an extremely powerful and protective stone with a high spiritual vibration. It guards against psychic attack*, transmuting the energy into love. A natural tranquilizer, Amethyst blocks geopathic stress* and negative environment energies. Its serenity enhances higher states of consciousness and meditation. Amethyst has strong healing and cleansing powers, and enhances spiritual awareness. Traditionally, it was worn to prevent drunkenness and has a sobering effect on overindulgence and physical passions, supporting sobriety. It overcomes addictions and blockages of all kinds. Used at a higher level, Amethyst opens to another reality.
Amethyst is extremely beneficial to the mind, calming or stimulating as appropriate. When you meditate, it turns thoughts away from the mundane into tranquility and deeper understanding. Mentally, it helps you feel less scattered, more focused and in control of your faculties. It enhances the assimilation of new ideas and connects cause with effect.
This stone facilitates the decision-making process, bringing in common sense and spiritual insights, and putting decisions and insights into practice. Mentally, it calms and synthesizes, and aids the transmission of neural signals through the brain. It is helpful where insomnia is caused by an overactive mind and protects against recurrent nightmares. Amethyst enhances memory and improves motivation, making you more able to set realistic goals. It can help you to remember and understand dreams and facilitates the visualization process.
Amethyst balances out highs and lows, promoting emotional centering. It dispels anger, rage, fear, and anxiety. Amethyst has the capacity to awaken spirituality at any level of social, emotional, intellectual, and physical interaction, and is thought to offer particular comfort to those who are experiencing grief, the loss of a loved one, or change itself as representative of loss. Alleviating sadness and grief, it supports coming to terms with loss. Said to also have a relieving effect on stress, depression, emotional despair, and ineffective communication, amethyst encourages inner peace in difficult circumstances, deepens intuitive powers, and increases communication between right- and left-brain functions.
Amethyst is one of the most spiritual stones, promoting love of the divine, giving insights into its true nature, and encouraging selflessness and spiritual wisdom. It opens intuition and enhances psychic gifts. This is an excellent stone for meditation and scrying* and can be placed on the third eye to stimulate it. Sleeping with Amethyst facilitates out-of-body experiences* and brings intuitive dreams.

HEALING: On the cellular level, it imparts its transformational aspects to physical functions, such as helping to regulate metabolism and improve immunity. Amethyst boosts production of hormones, and tunes the endocrine system and metabolism. It strengthens the cleansing and eliminating organs and the immune system. An excellent cleanser for the blood, Amethyst relieves physical, emotional, and psychological pain or stress, and blocks geopathic stress. It eases headaches and releases tension. This stone reduces bruising, injuries, and swellings, and treats hearing disorders. It heals dis-eases of the lungs and respiratory tract, skin conditions, cellular disorders, and dis-eases of the digestive tract. It is beneficial for the intestines, regulating flora, removing parasites, and encouraging reabsorption of water. Amethyst treats insomnia and brings restful sleep.
At a subtle level, Amethyst balances and connects the physical, mental, and emotional bodies*, linking them to the spiritual. It cleanses the aura* and transmutes negative energy, and stimulates the throat and crown chakras*. It is helpful for people about to make the transition through death. Amethyst can stabilize psychiatric conditions but should not be used in cases of paranoia or schizophrenia.

POSITION: Wear or place as appropriate, especially as jewellery.
Clusters and geodes can be placed in the environment and single points are used in healing.
Place the point in toward you to draw in energy, and away from you to draw off energy.
Amethyst is especially beneficial worn over the throat or heart.
For insomnia or Amethyst nightmares, place under the pillow.

Amethyst fades in sunlight.