Carnelian
Chakra: Root, Sacral, and Solar Plexus Chakras
The igniter stone. Carnelian is used when you need to get your inner fires ignited and burning hot. Carnelian is a stone of action. It promotes courage and confidence to move forward on a new path in life. This is also a power stone that stimulates ambition and drive, improves analytic abilities, clarifies perception, sharpens concentration, and dispels mental lethargy. As a stabilizing stone, Carnelian restores vitality and motivation, and stimulates creativity. While it gives courage, it promotes positive life choices, dispels apathy and motivates for success. It is known to help to strengthen your will power, and by its action to intensify your goals and drive, it may help you to manifest what you want to move onto your desired path forward in life. It protects against envy, rage and resentment, calms anger, banishes emotional negativity and replaces it with a love of life. It promotes confidence both in and outside of the bedroom, boost fertility, and stimulates one’s sexuality. It’s a great healing stone for those who are healing from a major physical ailment and it’s also immune boosting. Spiritually it promotes steadfastness and encourages the spirit of community. It makes one more willing to help and stand up for a good cause. It lifts the emotions while also promoting courage to overcome and stand up to difficulties one may face daily. It facilitates quick and pragmatic problem solving. Carnelian is useful for overcoming abuse of any kind. It helps in trusting yourself and your perceptions. It helps when overcoming negative conditioning and depression. In ancient times it was a stone used to protect the dead on their journey to the afterlife.