Turquoise

TURQUOISE

Introduction

Turquoise stone is a greenish-blue or sky-blue colour Gemstone. Plunge right into soft still sky-blue waters and cleansing calm energy as you say yes to all that Turquoise has to bring to the table. This beautiful blue stone simmers with all the shades of the ocean, connecting to the throat chakra so you can speak your truth, and ensuring that your inner critic stays shushed. It is a stone of well being with protective properties that help to ward off the negative energy. Blue Turquoise stone is all about cleansing negative energy and bringing good fortune. Turquoise will enhance your spirituality by opening your heart and clearing your thoughts. Here are a few more benefits of bringing the calm essence of blue into your life.

Healing Properties

♥ Purification ♥ Serenity ♥ Protection ♥ Wisdom ♥ Balance ♥ Strength ♥ Friendship ♥ Love ♥ Positive thinking ♥ Encourage communication ♥ Calming

Purification: As stones of purification, Turquoise stones clear the electromagnetic smog or pollution in your environment.

Serenity: The healing energies of these stones have good benefits on your moods and emotions by balancing them and surrounding you with peace and serenity.

Protection: Turquoise symbolism offers protection against danger, particularly your personal health.

Wisdom: Turquoise will bring you energies of wisdom and understanding that will encourage creative problem-solving.

Balance: This stone can absorb the negativities and imbalances in your life and release you from your financial strains. They can bring your personal energies back into balance.

Strength: Turquoise is a strengthening stone and is very good at dissolving feelings of self-pity, martyrdom, or instances of self-sabotage.

Friendship: It will ensure that the friendship will always be there, even if you’re experiencing challenging times. 

Love: Turquoise will stimulate romantic love. It will ensure that positive love energies will continue to flow in your relationship and everything you do. Turquoise will give you the confidence to speak without self-consciousness or embarrassment, which is always useful at the beginning of a new relationship.  

Positive thinking: This stone will help you stay anchored and grounded, and it will strengthen your positive outlook.

Encourage Communication: Due to its blue color, it also has a throat chakra for clear speaking and public speaking also includes all types of communication. It was described to help people who were struggling to express the truth or stand up for what needed to be said.

Relaxation: Turquoise provides comfort and relaxation that will support our physical body. 

Calming: This stone emits a cooling and calming energy that brings clarity to the mind and improves concentration.

Metaphysical Properties

Promotes inner harmony

Combats depression and fatigue

Improves self-realization 

It strengthens the immune system

Develop intellectual ability and memory

Protects us from evil powers like ghosts, witchcraft

Improve Eyesight

Clarity of mind

Removes all kinds of negative and evil energy

Relieves stress and brings focus back

Induce wisdom

Zodiac Birthstone

The birthstone of Sagittarius, Scorpio, Aquarius, Pisces

Turquoise is the natural birthstone for those born in December and for the zodiac sign of Sagittarius (Nov 22 to Dec 21). This crystal will enhance the optimistic, good-humored, spontaneous natures of many Sagittarians.  One of the more negative traits of Sagittarius is their tendency to get bored easily and move on from relationships very quickly. Turquoise can help to mitigate this tendency with its properties of fidelity and loyalty. Turquoise is an excellent stress reliever for Scorpios, who tend to overexert themselves at work. The Aquarius lucky color is Turquoise, which increases focus and spiritual tuning whilst clarifying the purpose of one in life. Turquoise is a useful meditative stone for Pisces, as its energy is both soothing and empowering at the same time.

What Chakra is Turquoise?

Turquoise is associate with heart chakra, throat chakra and third eye chakra. The stone’s uplifting energy can open the heart chakra. Turquoise vibrates strongly with the higher heart, so you can expect yourself to become more understanding and compassionate towards your partner when they have their shortcomings or moments of weakness. They also promote truthful and clear communication from your heart. Being a Throat Chakra stone, Turquoise helps to heal all issues in that area.  It works closely with our throat chakra which is the core of our communication and feeling heard – both of which add to our sense of self-worth. Turquoise is ideally suited to working with the Third Eye chakra. It has the power to clear any blockages in this chakra and to awaken your latent psychic intuition.

How to Cleanse & Charge Turquoise?

Cleanse with water or smudging and Charge by moonlight

Turquoise loves to be cleansed gently with warm soapy water and a soft-bristled brush or toothbrush if you have one spare. Always make sure to rinse thoroughly and be certain to dry as soon as possible to keep your Turquoise gleaming in gorgeousness. If you want to charge up your turquoise then it loves to be smudged with sage or any other of your favorite herbs. It also loves to sit beneath the moon for a night so it can soak up all these luminous lunar vibes. If you want to keep the shimmering high shades of your Turquoise dressed in green and blue then avoid leaving in direct sunlight as this can cause the coloring to fade.

 How to spot Fake Turquoise?

Turquoise is naturally a soft stone, but howlite (the turquoise imitation), is even softer. This means that if you scratch your stone and it scratches easily, you most likely have a piece of howlite. But if it's very difficult to scratch your stone, you've got genuine turquoise! Also, you can heat up a needle and placed over the gemstone if the surface starts melting or you smell burnt plastic then it is surely a fake which made of resin or plastic.

Final Thoughts

Turquoise is both beautiful and elegant. It is also an excellent healing stone that can heal a wide array of ailments in the body, heart, mind, and spirit. It is associated with the meanings of good luck, energy, wisdom, creativity, patience, loyalty, wisdom, serenity, friendship, joy, and love. When you work with this stone’s energies, no problem will be too big, and no struggle will be too challenging. Turquoise assists to connect with spirit and leads the energy of the sky down to earth. These stones center, ground, and harmonize your energies while revitalizing your body. They also give you peace of mind and allow you to have creative expression. When the energies of these stones are close to your personal auric field, you can use them to boost your creativity and share your own truth with courage. You will find it easy to communicate and to express your feelings. It’s a stone that brings good luck, heals old wounds, and generally weaves more life affirming fortune into your world – Turquoise is just the stone you need.