Garnet

Commonly known: Garnet

Helps relieve these emotions:

• Lack of motivation and passion
• Low self-esteem and insecurity
• Feelings of disconnection from the body
• Emotional trauma and fear

Energetic Properties:

• A stone of commitment and revitalization.
• Enhances survival instinct, boosts vitality, and inspires creativity.
• Helps retrieve and integrate soul fragments from past trauma.

Primary Locations: India, Madagascar, USA, Sri Lanka

Discovery Process: Used for thousands of years as a talisman and abrasive. The name comes from the Latin "granatus," meaning seed, like a pomegranate.

Elemental Alignments: Fire, Earth

Planetary Alignments: Mars, Mercury

Chakra Correspondences: Root Chakra, Sacral Chakra

Cleansing Methods:

• Physical: Can be cleansed with water and soap.
• Energetic: Running water, burying in earth, smudging.