Who Actually Chose Your Birthstone?
American jewellers voted the modern list at Kansas City in 1912. How the twelve-stone calendar was made, how it changed, and the dates we give.
Naomi Reeve
Naomi has been working with crystals and reading in spirituality, symbolism and tradition since 2004, and covers that half of the site.
How to Use Crystals for Beauty (Face Rollers, Gua Sha, and Gemstone Essences)
Roll rose quartz or jade slowly and lightly as a few minutes of self-care, and make gem essences only with quartz or the indirect method.
How to Use Crystal Spheres
Gaze into a crystal sphere in low light with a dark cloth behind it, hold it in meditation, charge it at the full moon, and pick one by size.
How to Use Aventurine, K2 Stone, Ocean Jasper, and Sea Jasper
Aventurine for openings, K2 for the long view, ocean and sea jasper for joy and patience. How to carry each, and the tide story behind two.
How to Use a Money Bracelet
Wear it on the left wrist, set a wealth intention, and carry pyrite beyond the bracelet. Plus what a broken bracelet means in crystal practice.
How Do You Use Crystal Points?
Turn a point outward to send and inward to draw. Which way to aim one by the bed, the door and the desk, and how to use a point with two tips.
Does Citrine Attract Money?
Crystal writers call citrine the merchant's stone. Its money custom is a placement: the wallet fold, the till or the money box.
Can You Sleep With Celestite? (Crystals for Sleep)
Celestite is the bedroom stone crystal practice keeps in sight, not in the hand. Where to set it, what it is asked for, and the stone beside it.
What Crystals go Well with Clear Quartz
Clear quartz works beside almost any stone, but not because it is agreeable. The stone has no direction of its own. Crystal practice treats it as an amplifier, so pairing it turns up the volume on the other stone. Add…
What We Say About Crystal Healing (and What We Won’t)
We write about crystals every day and won't tell you they cure anything. Here's the line we hold between real meaning and false medical claims.
