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Celestite // A Gift from the Cosmos
Imagine you are floating blissfully in an endless night sky, your body cool, comfortable, and light, no worries lingering in your relaxed mind as you drift off to sleep. The air is fresh, clean, and cool on your face, and the cosmos is breathing for you, whispering gentle words of reassurance that hold you so tenderly. They are the most tranquil messages you’ve ever received: you are on the right path, there are no wrong choices, and your worries are so much smaller than you think. It’s all going to work out, and it’s going to work out beautifully. More beautifully than you could ever imagine. You can fully feel the resonance in this surrendered state; you notice that the world looks so small from up here. You understand from this new perspective that your worries could be small as well. The universe is holding you. It is fully supporting you — you can feel it with every fiber of your being.
This is the energy cool calm Celestite brings to every one of us. It is the clean refreshing air in the middle of the night when the sky is black and life is quiet, the soothing movement of breath and stillness of meditation, and the unwavering support of sacred space when the world feels like it’s crashing down around you. Whatever troubles you, trust that Celestite can soothe it; it seems to have been gifted to us for this purpose.
Connecting with the Cosmos –
Celestite’s name is derived from the Latin word “caelestis” meaning celestial or heavenly, and this choice of name couldn’t have been more perfect. The soft glittering blues and shimmering white clusters of this magical crystal make it hard to believe it didn’t float down from the heavens, and its otherworldly energy feels the same way. Celestite works with the third eye and crown chakras, encouraging intuition, enhancing psychic abilities, promoting vivid dreams and deep spiritual messages within them, and helping us cultivate deep connections with the universe we live in.
The answers to our problems cannot always be found through thinking about them. We can be so intelligent and have so much information, and still be left with no idea how to handle the situations life throws our way. The conscious mind can only take us so far. There are times that we need cosmic guidance. Celestite helps us to better receive it by carrying us out of our own way, calming our minds to complete silence so that nothing, not even our own thoughts, can stand between us and the universe that only wants to help our lives unfold in the most peaceful and liberating ways. This crystal helps us receive spiritual messages in our sleeping state as well as in meditation: sleeping with Celestite can feel like breathing in the stars, and its light calming vibrations can help you float up into the atmosphere, falling asleep in total peace, free from racing thoughts and overactivity of the mind at night. Trust that the dreams that come to you while Celestite is under your pillow are messages from the divine, and use this as a way of calling up the cosmos for assistance just like calling a trusted friend for advice. This crystal can aid you in connecting and communicating with spirit guides of all kinds, as well as help you cultivate a deeper relationship with the divine within yourself, whether you call that your inner being, your higher self, your heart, your soul, or by any other name. As you work with this stone, you will find yourself in deeper and deeper harmony with both self and Source, as well as more accepting of the idea that you are a spiritual being having a human experience – not the other way around.
Tempering Emotional Storms –
One of the sacred protections of Kuan Yin, the Buddhist goddess of compassion and mercy, comes to mind when considering Celestite’s powerful ability to keep us calm even through life’s most chaotic storms. It is the Deliverance from Dangers of Falling, which protects our minds and emotions from negative spirals and the urge to give up when facing moments that threaten to take everything away. When working with this protection, “you may experience the nudge, but not the plummet.” This is a quality that shines in Celestite. When heavy emotional storms hit, threatening us with feelings of total loss and lack, this heavenly crystal calls to be held, ready to provide comfort and healing. It immediately brings a cooling sensation to the body, gifting healthier movement to the breath as emotions move through, and offering incredibly strong vibrations of universal love. It is an extremely compassionate crystal, working as a vessel for spiritual messages of solace as well as new love-filled ways to move through pain and heal emotional wounds. It is this way of comforting, rather than absorbing negative energy into itself or shielding us from the things we don’t want to feel, that makes Celestite so gifted in its unique nurturing. Because it remains an observer and doesn’t absorb outside energies, you may find that its energy always remains light — an endless well of celestial healing you can drink and drink from, yet it never empties. This stone is a giver until the end.
Celestite gently reminds us that nothing is guaranteed in life except for the love of the universe and holds us steady through overwhelming change. It is a wonderful companion when dealing with any kind of grief or loss. Some say that grief is love with nowhere to go — Celestite is a messenger of the divine and will gladly carry that love to the stars for you, relieving you of its weight along with any heavy or complex emotions that may be attached to it. And through becoming lighter, you will begin to realize one of Celestite’s most precious lessons: although everything is temporary in this life on earth, no love is ever wasted.
Clarifying Your Path –
Celestite can help us see the bigger picture, aiding us in finding peace in our lives and building important connections with our purpose and those around us. Taking time to meditate with this celestial crystal offers glimmers of greater potential and clarity on your path. As Celestite helps you connect to yourself and gain deeper understanding of who you are and why you’re here, you will find that same understanding slowly spreading over your entire existence. Because of its high frequency correlating with the crown chakra, it connects you to higher purpose, clarifying exactly what you are meant to do in this life, unveiling hidden passions for it that in hindsight may have been clear since childhood, and gifting you the divine inspiration to begin. Celestite teaches that we have all the time in the world, and there are so many beautiful things we can do with it. It shows us where we are gifted and which of these beautiful things are out there with our names on them, patiently waiting for us, ready to be claimed and embodied.
If you’re dealing with grief, heartache, loss, stagnancy, confusion, or lack of purpose, know you can always find a heavy dose of universal love and deep nurturance in Celestite’s cool radiance. Whatever the darkness took, this stone is prepared to return to you in the form of bright cosmic light and gentle yet powerful alchemical healing that’s sure to last a lifetime. Even the tiniest piece of Celestite holds the energy of the entire universe. No shard is too small; no pain is too deep. This master healer knows how to soothe the human experience like no other.
© 2025 Courtney Covey. This content may not be reproduced without permission.
Carnelian // The Artist’s Stone of Fire
The deep relaxation that washes over you during a massage, nourishing your muscles and helping you recover from a long week. The warm hands filled with reiki helping dissolve energetic blockages, freeing your life force to flow effortlessly. The spark of inspiration that seems to come from out of nowhere, urging you to create in a brand new way. The fire of motivation drawing you in, speaking of the dream life you can have if you will only take another step forward. The satisfaction in your belly after eating a delicious meal. The sensuality of touch. The wholeness of pleasure. The freedom of authenticity. The joy of play. The liberation of mustering your courage and breaking free from chains that bound you for so long. The ecstasy of accepting and living the raw truth of who you really are. The ultimate peace of finally feeling like yourself again.
These are some of the expansive, sensual, soulful experiences offered by the artist’s stone and the stone of fire: Carnelian. From warm body nourishment to a spark of motivation to the all-consuming flames of pleasure and creation, this stone offers all things warm. If you’re in need of fiery energy, Carnelian has you covered as the crystal queen of all things heat.
Activating the Flesh –
Carnelian’s gorgeous name comes from the Latin word “carnis” which means flesh, perfectly matching its appearance of deep reds and oranges with patterns often resembling organs and blood vessels. You could take one look at Carnelian and intuitively know it rules the body and the blood without any prior knowledge of this crystal. It is correlated with the root and sacral chakras, which fiercely hold the body’s needs for safety, stability, vitality, movement, pleasure, and connection. It encourages physical vitality and stamina, innate sexual energy, and pure primal essence, connecting you to your body and your self as a natural creature. It is known to ignite motivation and zest for life, working as the explosive fire to break you out of stagnant periods of low energy. Carnelian increases libido, helping you tune into your sexuality as well as awakening sensuality, warming and stimulating your cells so that you can grow more and more attuned to sensations and receptive of the feelings in your body that can act as fuel for big magic, guidance for somatic healing, and juice for archetypal embodiment. It interacts with kundalini energy and sparks desire and attraction, making it a wonderful tool to use in sex magik. This stone acts a guide to help you find, access, and work with your inner fire.
Carnelian is especially powerful in feminine embodiment work as it is the stone of the womb and carries its warmth and nourishment within its seas of vibrant reds. Carnelian is a dear friend to the Wild Woman and offers its services to anyone in need of transformational fire, maternal love, or even just an outlet for primal rage and release. This crystal can hold the things that feel too heavy for us – it lets us know we can use it as a vessel. Pain, secrets, trauma, illness, betrayal, revenge, grief. If it’s too dirty to talk about openly in our society, Carnelian loves it and wants a taste; it will be happy to hold it so you don’t have to. On the lighter side of this, it can be used to warm and relax the sacral chakra and the womb, showing them safety and nurturance, bringing you into deeper alignment with your feminine energy and allowing you to surrender to cycles of the body and cycles of life. Working with its energy devotedly can even help to restore balance in this area of the body physically, easing menstrual cramps and inflammation, as well as improving fertility and overall reproductive health.
Awakening Creativity –
One of Carnelian’s nicknames is The Artist’s Stone, chosen for the way it inspires creativity. Since this crystal is associated with the sacral chakra, it aids in all forms of creation, gifting us new ideas and techniques in order to create. Its fiery inspiration can launch you out of creative blocks and encourage you to think outside the box when it comes to artistic projects. This stone scoffs at the idea that the sky is the limit and would rather declare there is no limit at all in this magical creative life. Working with Carnelian can pull you into new realms of artistry you never would have explored before, as well as encourage you to express yourself in new ways. Carnelian wants us all to be creators, whether we attract fame and fortune for great masterpieces or simply dress and express the way we want to. It’s a great ally for artists of all kinds, along with anyone who finds themselves in need of some extra creative juice.
We can’t talk about Carnelian’s creative power without also talking about the unique way it ignites manifestation. This crystal is one of the experts in getting what you want out of life, and working with it for manifestation brings results quicker and more intensely than working with other crystals for the same purpose. Carnelian teaches that the secret to having it all is knowing you already do: everything you want is something you already have the awareness of. You know what it would feel like to have it. You’re familiar with the feelings it brings. You want to experience those feelings firsthand, so you chase after wild (and attainable!) dreams in search of them. Carnelian assures us that there is no lack in our experience; there is only the illusion of lack. The reality is abundance much more often than we think. It works with us to show us the endless bounty our inner world can provide if we tune in and take good care of it. Nothing comes from outside: if we shift our focus onto the things we want more than the things we don’t, release the shame and limited thinking that tell us we can’t have it all, and decide to pursue our dreams with our entire being, we will always have the life we are after. Look at the manifestation power of fiery people you know that always relentlessly go after what they want until they get it. This is not luck. This is the secret to life. This is the power Carnelian shares with us.
Aligning with Authenticity –
A form of creating we often gloss over is the creation of our selves. This is some of the most important work we can do in our lives, and Carnelian lends a strong activating hand. The Stone of Fire strengthens authenticity within us, pushing us to express more and more of our real, raw selves — the selves that may not be accepted by everyone. It sparks a fire deep in the core of who we are that grows whether we accept it or not, awakening us to our soul truths and burning hotter and hotter until we find ourselves suddenly unable to continue repeating patterns and holding onto relationships, jobs, and situations that don’t truly align with us. It heats up our hands when we are holding onto things we know aren’t serving us, urging us to let go in the spirit of our highest unfolding. Don’t be afraid of this, because while Carnelian is intense, it is not a merciless healer: as it does this, it also gifts us the courage and independence to let go of others’ opinions about what we should or shouldn’t do with our lives, helping us cultivate deep lasting confidence that burns within us so we no longer need to rely on external validation. Carnelian inspires the relentless passion we desperately need if we are to go after what we really want. It encourages authentic soul expression, helping us become everything we have ever wanted to be, do everything we have ever wanted to do, and have everything we have ever wanted to have.
Carnelian’s energy is loud and proud. There is no room for the stories we tell ourselves about not being good enough once we start working with this powerful fire crystal. This stone is an awakener through and through, revitalizing us in every possible way so that we can be warriors of authenticity, believers in free will and pleasure, and masters of manifestation. If Carnelian’s fire is calling to you, follow it. Nothing that is truly meant to be will burn up in its divine flames.
© 2025 Courtney Covey. This content may not be reproduced without permission.