The Fourth Chakra (heart area)

This chakra relates to love and emotional well-being. When it is unblocked we give love unconditionally and attract to ourselves those people who give us an abundance of love. When it is blocked we feel the lack of love in our lives as keenly as those with third-chakra blockages feel a lack of material security. Heart conditions are the most common physical symptoms.

Stones associated with the fourth chakra:

Aventurine is the stone most related to physical health and heart balancing.

Emerald relates most directly to the spiritual aspects of love.

Green calcite Eases old, limiting beliefs (especially those based on fear) from the mind so that new ideas can flourish.

Green tourmaline opens the creative elements of the heart, i.e., adding an emotional depth to one's creations.

Lepidolite helps to calm the heart and relieves stress.

Malachite releases congestion in the solar plexus, and aids creativity.

Malachite-Chrysocolla blends malachite's ability with chrysocolla's gift of soothing and calming.

Pink Calcite helps to release old and hurtful emotional patterns so that the heart can be open to receive and give unconditional love.

Rhodochrosite helps to relieve anxiety.

Rhodonite helps us to be patient with others.

Rose quartz is the stone for helping to create unconditional self-love

Fifth Chakra (throat area)

This chakra governs communication and mental creativity. When it is balanced we communicate easily and effectively with others in both written and verbal form. This includes being able to constructively express anger and other emotions. When it is blocked communication is difficult to impossible, and these may be the people who say, "I'm just not creative.

In my experience there can be more physical blockages associated with the fifth chakra than with any other. These can include excessive eating and drinking (good ways to keep the throat busy while preventing communication), and a range of respiratory diseases. Teeth and gum disorders fall into this category, as well.

Stones for the fifth chakra:

Angelite helps us to communicate with angels and other nonphysical beings, as well as aiding in long-distance communication. It also helps to dissolve anger.

Aqua Aura teaches us self-expression through service to others.

Aquamarine helps us to express ourselves in a tranquil way.

Blue lace agate helps to ground our communications with a sense of what can be accomplished.

Blue Topaz Helps us to communicate fearlessly that which we know to be true, and also stimulates creativity.

Celestite helps to calm the over-active mind and teaches us how to be receptive

Chrysocolla helps one to have self-confidence in personal expression.

Larimar enables us to communicate with others that which we feel deeply in our hearts and souls.

Turquoise helps us to enroll others to help in the manifestation of our desires.

Sixth Chakra (between eyebrows)

This is the psychic center, and, when unblocked, the source of intuition, esp, and other psychic abilities. This chakra is particularly related to the fears of cultures which wish to believe only that which they can experiences with the physical senses, and blockages abound, including fear of the imagination, of dreams, and one's "irrational" intuitions. Physical symptoms of blockage may include persistent headaches, insomnia, and anxiety.

Stones associated with the sixth chakra:

Amethyst, known as nature's tranquilizer, helps in sleep and in peaceful dreams.

Azurite helps us to consciously look at old programmed beliefs and dissolve them.

Charoite helps to dissolve fears, both known and unknown.

Hawk's eye helps us to see our lives as with aerial vision.

Kyanite reminds me that everything which happens is for a purpose, and that we are ultimately in charge, and often brings to surface beliefs we have accepted as fact.

Lapis helps us to discover our hidden beliefs and bring them to the surface.

Sodalite helps in balance when one is emotionally or mentally confused.

Moss agate helps to balance the left and right sides of the brain.

Sugilite helps to release resentment and guilt.

Seventh Chakra (crown of the head)

The seventh chakra is our direct connection to spirit. When it is balanced we understand our relationship with the universe. We dissolve the illusion that we are separate from other humans and other forms of life. We appreciate our uniqueness and our places as parts of the whole. When it is blocked we compare ourselves to others or to internal checklists (and usually find ourselves wanting). We feel lonely, we are afraid of death. Stones associated with the seventh chakra:

Clear calcite brings spiritual understanding to problems on the earth plane.

Clear quartzThere are many forms of clear quartz. See our articles about Clusters and different kinds of Crystal Points.

Danburite helps us to view what happens in our lives from the soul perspective and have a feeling of calmness and serenity even when life seems very difficult.

HerkimerThis form of clear quartz is especially brilliant, and has a particular ability to dissolve chakra blockages.

Selenite