Agate Eye

History and legends

Eye agate is also called eye of the cyclops agate or eye of the Shiva. In India, this stone represents the eye of Shiva, the all-seeing, all-knowing eye everything. It's a superposition of different agates natural.

The Eye of Shiva or the Eye of the cyclone is actually a trade name designating a sardonyx, cut in the shape of an eye. As a reminder, sardonyx is a variety of of agate and chalcedony, with a wide range of wide bands of white, brown or black, red, yellow.

The center of the eye, i.e. the iris, is made up of a single black agate. In India, these stones were used as an eye and were deposited on statues of deities. There are no legends linked to this eye agate particular.

Eye agate belongs to the agate family. This mineral is formed in volcanic rocks. All agates contain vitrified volcanic ash and a lot of water. They have many inclusions that give them their colors and their different patterns.

Eye agate possesses a hardness of 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale. In In comparison, diamond has a hardness of 10, i.e. on the same scale. It can be cut and used in jewelry, in the creation of objects or as an amulet. The system crystalline is trigonal and its brilliance is glassy.

Since its discovery, approximately two thousand to three thousand B.C, agate, whatever its variety, has always admired. It was the Greek philosopher Theophrastus (371 B.C. / 288 B.C.), who named after his birthplace discovery. This stone was found in the Akhates river in southern Italy and Sicily, hence its name.

Nowadays, the most important deposits are located in Brazil and India, etc.

Eye Agate and benefits in lithotherapy

Benefits for your health psychic

Eye agate is an a formidable anchoring stone. It offers stability in the present, overcoming the traumas of the past and consider the future with serenity. It provides emotional, physical and psychological intellectual.

This stone gives to soothe tormented minds. It is excellent for meditation, as it makes it easier to connect with your inner self. It also helps explain certain blockages caused by trauma miscellaneous.

Eye agate favors the balance between yin and yang, in other words says negative energies and energies positive effects. It is also a stone self-acceptance. The wearer learns to to love themselves and others. It gives more his confidence, showing more empathy and compassion.

This stone is particularly suitable for recommended for students, people on training and retraining. It improves concentration and memory. It gives you the strength to start afresh, too. both professionally and personally sentimental.

On an emotional level, she helps to overcome negative emotions, such as bitterness, regret and resentment. She generates forgiveness and frees its bearer from his or her resentment. So he can feel the joy and happiness. It dispels remorse resentment and the desire to revenge.

Benefits for your health physical

For people suffering from insomnia, difficulty falling asleep, they are recommended to place an eye agate in their bedroom. Just take it from hands and roll it. A feeling of peace and calm will then relax them and to find the right sleep.

Concerning people who wish to lose weight, wearing an agate will give them the strength to reach their goals. objectives. It will encourage them to resume a healthy, balanced life, with the sports activities. When the if you feel you're about to crack, all you have to do is to take the eye agate and concentrate in order to to find the motivation.

Eye agate and signs astrological associates

Eye agate is a stone with multiple benefits and virtues all the natives of the zodiac. Like many stones, it has even more affinities on all signs astrological signs. This is the case for following:

Cancer : symbol of family, imagination and sensitivity. This sign represents the home and fertility. Wearing an agate eye brings relief to this sign and helps him to overcome certain blockages due to various traumas. This sign a constant need for reassurance and a sense of feel emotionally secure. He is often anxious, stressed, emotional and intuitive. When he's out and about with his family, he can let your imagination run wild. That's right, he becomes very creative and expresses himself through his art, whatever it may be: painting, photography, writing... A natural melancholy, he has trouble freeing himself from memories of the past. Thus, he tends to being extremely nostalgic for his past. childhood. In fact, he sees his life as in a dream, in a world of softness. He has fear of abandonment and does everything to make herself indispensable to his family. Family is emotional balance. It is hard-working and conscientious. Visit He is sentimental and romantic. He is of tenderness. In his relationship the couple, he will seek reassurance and be safe. Adventure doesn't tempt him. We say he's a dependent person affective ;
Sagittarius : symbol spiritual evolution, studies and the mind. This sign represents philosophy, theology and religion. The port an eye agate to help her overcome negative emotions such as bitterness regrets and resentment. This sign is naturally optimistic and enthusiastic. He loves to roam the world through long journeys. He needs freedom and wide open spaces. His spirit entrepreneurial spirit is also reflected in his love travel: there are always new places to go to discover. He can't have an activity who locks him in an office. What's more, this sign has the gift of capturing the chance as soon as it presents itself. He hates routine and can multiply activities. But they doesn't always finish them and has a hard time to keep its promises. Warm, cheerful and generous, he is often very well surrounded. However, it has a tendency to be cheeky and to say out loud what he's thinking quietly, without no diplomacy. It can be hurtful. He can't stand being given advice, he becomes touchy and short-tempered. In love, he tends to idealize his relationships. He is paradoxical, because it is both libertine and times in search of a soul mate. He has fear of losing his freedom. Over the years, he start a family and aspire to have many children ;
Verseau : symbol the future, modernity and freedom. This sign represents friendship, science and new technologies. Wearing an eye agate teaches her to love herself and others, it's a stone of acceptance. This sign dreams of a fairer, more egalitarian world. He has utopian ideas, and may even into anarchy. We cannot it is also impossible to lock it up. put in a box. This sign is a rebel in the soul. A sign of the future, it is very keen on all the latest news and advances technology. He is interested in everything is innovative and out of the ordinary. Its freedom to to think and act is its spearhead. He has always one step ahead, and it's sometimes difficult to follow. This sign can show itself brittle, dry and authoritarian. He is often his ideas, his words and his actions acts. He lives in his thoughts and is sometimes very complicated to follow. He needs to useful and busy. If it remains do nothing, he can become embittered and marginalized. In love, he doesn't give himself away and is wary of passionate relationships. He cares deeply about his freedom and look for a partner independent. He prefers a relationship friendship love.

Eye Agate and chakras

Eye agate helps to balancing the third chakra eye. It is located between the two eyebrows, above the bridge of the nose. The balanced third eye chakra allows the to be masters of their own lives, and of the to lead without constraint. It provides knowledge knowledge and intelligence. This chakra is linked to the mind and is the seat of intuition. It enables the person to solve problems without difficulty.

The third eye chakra unbalanced, not open enough, generates hypocrisy. The person is too proud and too proud. She has mastered the art of manipulation and uses others to satisfy her personal needs. She uses her thought as a tool for influencing others in order to to assert its power.

The third eye chakra, unbalanced, closed causes dysfunctions. The person behaves negative and she has a lot of anger inside her. It is irrational and rejects reality. She always asserts that she's right. to others. She can't get a clear picture of things.

Maintenance, purification and agate refill eye

From harvest to harvest your home, your eye agate no longer had the to purify itself, nor to recharge itself to with the help of natural elements such as sun, earth and water. Handled from many times, it has inevitably been in contact with positive energies such as negative.

As soon as it arrives in your house, it is important to carry out following operations. These operations are also to be carried out once a month in or after a session of lithotherapy.

Plunge your eye agate into a transparent glass filled with spring water for about 2 hours. Dry gently with a soft cloth. You can also carry out a lighter purification with the white sage fumigation technique, with the use of a flower of life or using a bowl Tibetan.

Recharge your eye agate with afternoon sun for 2 hours hours. You can also place it in a amethyst geode or on a quartz cluster for 24 hours.