Grey Moonstone

La Pierre de Lune Grise

The origin of the name moonstone comes from civilizations who named the stones according to their natural appearance or their physical characteristics.

Moonstone was named for its resemblance to with the moon. This stone has a soft color with pearly reflections similar to to the moon.

In ancient times, there was a belief that the moonstone were in fact pieces of solidified moon who arrived on earth. However, the name moonstone is a purely technical name. commercial.

The scientific name of this stone is adularia. In fact, during the eighteenth century, a major deposit of this adularia stone was found on Mount Adula, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. From nowadays, this deposit is unfortunately sold out.

Moonstone is also called Hecatolite in homage to Hecate, goddess of the Moon in mythology Greek.

No matter the name the stone is given, it retains a bond with the moon, which provides it with numerous virtues.

History of the moonstone

Whichever civilizations, the Moon and the Sun are that have always fascinated our ancestors. The latter attributed celestial power to the moonstones.

It has been that lunar cycles play a key role in the on the environment, the earth and the seas. They also have an influence on the moods of the men, including disruptions to the sleep.

In ancient times, the Greeks worshipped the moonstone they named hecatolite stone because of its Hecate, their moon goddess. They gave numerous offerings in the hope receive the power of clairvoyance and the protection. This stone was the symbol of fertility and passion. Carried by pregnant women, this stone protected their pregnancy.

In Rome femininity and the gift of clairvoyance were associated with moonstone. At the same time, this stone represented Diana, goddess of the moon and animals. She had the power to turn friendly feelings into feelings of love. It also protected couples.

Indians were convinced that the moonstone was a stone which had absorbed many lunar rays. He Another version explains that the moonstone is actually a fragment of the moon fallen to earth. Today, in India, this pearly stone is always sacred.

In the Middle Ages, this moonstone was very appealing to women which attributed to it the power to increase fertility and passion. By the the stone was used to protect pregnant women and her fetus during the pregnancy.

In Egypt, the night travellers wore a pendant with a moonstone to protect them from possible attacks and to fight against the spirits evil.

In 1970, the stone became the official emblem of Florida. in honor of the Kennedy Space Center, home of the departure of the Apollo 11 rocket for the first to the moon in 1969.

Composition of moonstone

The stone is a mineral belonging to the silicate group and a member of the feldspar family. Its hardness is 6 to 6.5 on the Mohs scale. This makes it a perfect stone for the manufacture of jewelry. This mineral presents a variety of colors, beige, pink, gray, black, with this pearly appearance and the phenomenon of adulescence (shimmering under the surface of the stone with reflection of light between the layers of stone).

The deposits of moonstones

The main deposits are located in India, at Madagascar, Australia, China United States, Sri Lanka, etc.

Les properties of moonstone gray

Moonstone can range from a very light gray to a very dark darker grey with an iridescent appearance and bluish reflections. This stone is commonly used in the manufacture of jewelry. It arrives sometimes mistaken for jewelry. in labradorite. This stone has similar to white moonstone and blue moonstone.

It is attributed with mystical virtues. It is also known as New Moon Stone. This is the stone of preferred by mediums, shamans, etc. The pierre de lune grise was a great success at the Art Nouveau period. In addition tracked him down in the Roman jewelry shop in 100 AD.

In India, the stone de lune grise was a wedding gift traditional. It protected this union disputes. Moreover, this stone was to reconcile estranged lovers. Since the beginning of time, a grey moonstone has was placed on the forehead of the goddess of Indian moon, Chandra.

Green benefits grey moonstone in lithotherapy

Benefits for the skin psychic level

Moonstone is a stone that develops relationships on a personal and professional level. The carrier of this stone displays listening qualities and understanding of others.

This stone is also known for its many properties intuitive and emotional. It enables feel love and peace. It is a stone that encourages people to free their and open up to others. Visit feelings that have been suppressed will be able to positive expression.

Moonstone is a stone of protection against negative energies. It also helps the development of compassion, of tenderness and forgiveness.

This stone is relatively recommended for managers people in managerial, administrative and management or for coaches. It generates their empathy in order to demonstrate more understanding with the people they are in charge.

Moonstone the surface of memories and emotions. buried fears often at the root of blockages psychological. It allows you to move forward and overcome life's difficulties. It is a stabilizing life stone.

Benefits for the skin physical plan

Moonstone is renowned for its benefits on the skin. female cycles.

This moonstone is an effective means of combating intense sadness. It restores energy and vitality to its wearer.

She also helps combat stress and its consequences on the body. It reduces tensions.

It facilitates the good circulation of body fluids.

Moonstone and astrological signs associates

Moonstone has many beneficial effects on all the signs of the zodiac. However, the this stone has affinities with astrological signs following:

Balance:

Verseau: symbol of the future, modernity and science. This sign represents friendship fraternity and originality. Wearing a grey moonstone develops its properties intuitive and emotional. This sign dreams of a more egalitarian world where the distribution of knowledge would be universal. It has utopian ideas to reform the world. It can even go as far as revolution and anarchy. He loves to discover and use new technologies. It is resolutely focused on the future. He lives in his and it's very difficult to pin him down. He thinks fast. It is said of him that he has a bubbling mind. Also, is the sign of astronomy and astrology. But be careful, because in the In reality, he can be dry and intolerant. He likes to live his life the way he wants and to his freedom and independence have not been price. In love, he doesn't let himself go. is terribly suspicious of passion. He refuses tumultuous relationships. He prefers a story friendship and will choose one or more of the an independent spouse. He doesn't want encroach on its freedom;

Scorpion symbol of the end of things, of the end of the world. transformation and sexuality. This sign represents instinct, passion and mystery. The wearing of a grey moonstone to overcome deep-seated fears and fight against against its demons. This sign has the taste of and can prove to be a tough opponent formidable. He'll stop at nothing to win. He is very demanding of himself, but also towards others. It can be psychologist and go as far as the manipulation of his interlocutor. He arrives always able to detect the dark side and the secret. It has an aggressive side and can extreme, tyrannical and even violent. This sign is whole and loyal, and demands that he be the same in his entourage. He doesn't forgive no treachery, no pettiness. Beneath its surface a loving and caring nature. affectionate. He is very sensitive. In love, he burns with ardor and passion and magnetic. He needs to possess the other and is even seeking to merge with him or her. He loves sexual experiences and relationships. Over the years, he becomes more sentimental and ends up get attached. His relationship will be solid.

Moonstone gray and chakras

Moonstone helps balance the coronal chakra. This chakra is located in the fontanelle, above the head. It stands for wisdom, altruism, self-knowledge. The chakra coronal balance allows the person to avoid no longer obsessed with herself and opens him up to altruism. The person develops then compassion and empathy.

The chakra of the crown, unbalanced, overactive, destabilizes the person. She suffers from a lack rootedness. It is totally detached material goods and physical pleasures. She can't find her place on earth and closes in on itself.

The chakra of the crown, unbalanced, blocked causes a excessive materialism. It does not never acknowledges its responsibility for what happens to her. She tries to make herself indispensable by overburdening themselves work.

Maintenance, purifying and recharging the stone of gray moon

As soon as it is extracted, the grey moonstone is torn from its natural environment and can no longer purify, nor recharge with the help of surrounding elements, such as the earth, sun, spring water. When your gray moonstone in your home, it is essential to carry out purification and recharging. Operations are to be carried out at the at least once a month.

Plunge in your stone in a glass of spring water for 2 hours. Dry gently with with a soft cloth. For a lighter purification, you can use fumigation with white sage or put it in a Tibetan bowl.

Drop off your grey moonstone with lunar rays excepted during the full moon period. You can also also put your stone in a geode or on a quartz cluster for 24 hours. hours.

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