Rose Quartz: For Love & Healing

Rose quartz is a striking gemstone that comes in a range of hues from an almost translucent pink to a deep rosy red. It is most famed for its association with the purest and most unconditional forms of love, its healing and soothing effect on the heart chakra, and its associated abilities to calm troubled emotional waters and help us to release blockages that might keep us from moving forward on a romantic or emotional level.

There are many crystals that help us to understand love, but rose quartz takes the crown as the purest and most passionate form love can possibly take. Rose quartz is the love to which none other could hope to compare, and contains the energy of pure love, the sort of love that lasts an eternity and which is built on gentleness, patience, and understanding. It also aids immensely in self-love, helping us to overcome personal obstacles, soothing us in times of crisis, and reminding us of our strength to trust, heal, and move forward in those times that life calls us to do so.

Wearing rose quartz can give us emotional clarity on difficult questions about love. If we're wondering if someone is really our soulmate, or thinking about what we need to do next, then rose quartz shields us from fear and helps us understand what our heart wants and needs. The same properties mean that wearing rose quartz can help us see the light when we need to make a big decision about our passions or our life's purpose.

Many psychics and spiritual healers have written at length about their love for rose quartz, but the best way to experience this crystal's incredible and unconditional powers of love is to seek it out for yourself. Wear a rose quartz ring, bracelet, or pendant, or carry a tumbled rose quartz stone with you, while setting your intentions to know and understand all of the mysteries and desires of your heart. You may find that any barriers that you thought were in the way of your love and understanding start to disappear before your very eyes.

This also makes rose quartz an excellent crystal for healing personal bonds that need some time and attention. If you hold a rose quartz and someone in particular comes to mind, it might be because that person needs to hear from you in order that your love can manifest at its strongest or that your purpose in one another's life becomes clear. If you find yourself unsure about other deep questions of life, outside of love, your rose quartz can also help you intuitively sense the way forward.

The best place to wear rose quartz is close to the heart, so that negative feelings and worries are replaced by positive and loving ones and so that your heart chakra can be opened up fully to all of the love out there in the Universe. However, another excellent placement for rose quartz is around your home or any other environment that you want to manifest the principles of love in.