Citrine Crystal Meaning + Healing Properties
Citrine
What is it? Also known as the “merchant’s stone,” the use of citrine can be traced as far back as 300 B.C to Greece and Rome, to attract good luck and abundance in the form of financial prosperity. The word citrine is derived from the French word “citron,” which is translated as lemon.
How to identify citrine: As a member of the quartz family, citrine is made of silicon dioxide. It can be found in various hues ranging from yellow to golden honey or almost brown. This beautiful lemon-colored crystal gets its coloring from iron minerals within the stone. However, most natural citrine will be a shade of pale yellow. Since citrine has become incredibly popular over the past decade, many stores are now selling heat-treated amethyst to pass as citrine.
Uses for citrine: Citrine is a favorite stone among many for its ability to bring one’s dreams into reality through manifestation. The crystal’s uplifting vibration has been known to attract success, peace, happiness, and new beginnings. Citrine resonates best with the solar plexus and sacral chakras since the crystal carries the vibrant, firey energies of the sun, which helps to boost endurance, self-confidence, and positivity. It is said that citrine helps to remove obstacles or energetic blockages on your path when it comes to manifesting by opening the doors of opportunity. You may choose to carry this crystal as a raw stone in your pocket, wallet, place it under your pillow at night, or wear it as jewelry. Since ametrine is a powerful stress-relief stone, you may choose to place one in your car, where you work, or any place you’d like to bring in peaceful energies.
Spiritual & metaphysical uses for citrine: Citrine can be used placed over the third eye to clear any energetic blockages or stagnancy preventing mental clarity or creativity. This high vibrational stone has been used to assist those in becoming more aware of the light that is within them and around them, such as the aura. Citrine has been used to assist in helping others gain more confidence, step out of their comfort zones, and increase determination within a person to achieve their goals. Citrine is a favorite stone among many that assist in manifestation, and since it is a member of the quartz family, quartz has been known as an energy amplifier. Therefore, citrine works to assist in amplifying one’s goals and intentions, and bringing those manifestations to reality quickly and easily.
It is said that citrine assists us with the ability to connect to our high self, and carries the vibration of Ascended Masters, Archangels, and spirit guides.
Physical uses for citrine: Since citrine is primarily used for the solar plexus chakra, it has been known to work especially well for cleansing that particular chakra and organs associated with that chakra, which includes the kidneys and bladder. Citrine has been used to assist with issues with alleviating allergies, eating disorders, and balance the thyroid and thymus, in addition to assisting with digestion, constipation, and blood circulation. Since the solar plexus is your power center, using citrine to clear the chakra brings forth stabilizing energy that assists with endurance and prevents one from getting burnt out. On a physical level, it is said that citrine assists with stabilizing DNA and RNA, balancing the automatic nervous system, and other stress-related diseases.
Emotional uses for citrine: It is said working with this crystal can help you transmute anxiety, negativity, and other toxic emotions while providing a boost of courage, self-confidence, and determination. Citrine has been known to assist those with finding the courage to set healthy boundaries within relationships. Artists and healers gravitate toward this crystal for its ability to stimulate creativity, self-expression, and clarity of the mind, in addition to providing energetic protection and releasing the influence of internal and external negative energies, including fears, anger, jealousy, and negative thoughts.
Fun fact: Citrine pairs well with other Quartz family crystals such as amethyst, rose quartz, and smokey quartz. When using citrine for manifestation, try pairing it with carnelian, green aventurine, or golden labradorite!
What chakras and auric layers work best with citrine?
Chakras: Solar plexus, third eye, and crown chakras
Aura: Causal and mental auric layers
Zodiac signs associated with citrine: Leo
Feng shui: When used in feng shui, citrine represents the element of fire
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