Carnelian can ward off evil thoughts, jealousy, animosity and psychic attacks directed at you and will inspire bravery and courage. It is a stone of protection and protects against and relieves, fear, envy and rage. It can be the catalyst that instigates change and provides the stability to help you through the change. It is a grounding, energizing and stabilizing stone and is excellent for restoring vitality lost from chronic illness. It provides positive motivation, awakens talents and skills and stimulates analytical precision. It has been called the actor’s stone for its ability to assist in drama and theatre. Carnelian will assist the development of intellectual and emotional balance and maturity. It will help memory, mental ability, deepen concentration and assist with confusion and absentmindedness. It can also dispel apathy.
Orange is one of the best colours to use when shock, accident or illness have occurred. Carnelian can banish sorrow and ease the trauma of abuse. It will calm your fears about death and rebirth, allowing you to see past lives and reassuring you that life does not end, but continues in cycles like the seasons. It will assist you in past life regressions. This stone can calm the nerves, promote self-confidence and ease depression. It protects against negativity and will also cleanse negativity from other stones. It can open your heart, is warming and social and can assist you to find the right mate. It can help you to achieve your desires and bring good luck and abundance. Carnelian will ground and centre your physical body and stabilize the energy in your home. It will purify and vitalize the physical, mental and emotional bodies. It can promote optimism and enable you to act spontaneously. It is a useful stone to use in ritual when asking for success in business or work. Carnelian increases physical energy, creativity and compassion.
This earth oriented stone teaches us about the elements and the constant turning of the seasons. It brings us in harmony with nature and tells us to go with the flow. Carnelian energizes the Sacral chakra where stress and trauma lie and gently relieves deep pain and old wounds. It may be beneficial for neuralgia, gallstones, kidney stones, pollen allergies, colds, spine, spleen, pancreas, lungs, liver, rheumatism, arthritis, sexuality, menstrual cramps, fertility, reproductive organs and metabolism. It can also energize blood, heal open wounds and rejuvenate tissues and cells.
