Selenite is a variety of the gypsum mineral. It also comes in varieties known as desert rose, satin spar and gypsum flower. Selenite is formed from calcium sulfate dihydrate and is a monoclinic crystal. It comes in pale shades of pearly white with a clay like texture. Selenite has a meaning of clarity and consciousness.
The Gemstone of Purification
With a colouring as pale as the flutter of angel wings, the Selenite Stone is awash in otherworldly wonder. Instantly soothing, Selenite has a long history of being a beloved goddess stone and is said to bring protection, harmony, and soul healing to your body, mind, and home. Selenite is said to be a crystallized form of Gypsum. It comes from Hydrous calcium sulfate and is a soft stone that seems almost malleable in nature – more feather than rock. As one of the softer stones, it can be a wonderful and vivid reminder that we should move through this world with a sense of gentleness and that we should bring sacred space to our practices. Slabs of Selenite crystals have been found in places both high and low, from the Odyssey rich waters of Greece to artistic Mexico, Zen-like Japan, wild Argentina, and the party spirit of Brazil, it has also been found in the USA, Poland, Russia, and Australia – Selenite is a stone that seems to get around. Because of its worldly connection, Selenite pops up across history. Selenite’s meaning is married to the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon – Selene. Selene had the power to light up the night and had an ever-changing personality that seemed to ebb and flow. She was the daughter of Hyperion and Thea and depicted riding a horse or winged chariot with a lunar crescent as a crown upon her head.
The Selenite meaning makes it a highly spiritual stone and is often treated as such. Selenite wands can be popular for those who want to conduct energy, and the stones and gemstone jewellery containing Selenite are made to help us open up to higher frequencies and messages from the universe. On a more grounded level, Selenite can also be an amazing stone for shifting through energy blocks, bringing peace and purity to one’s head and heart, and generally just ensuring that you stay protected and connected to the world around you. To find out more about how to use Selenite keep reading. Different Varieties of Selenite
Take a glimpse at the different kinds of Selenite and pick the type that matches your own goddess energy.
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The classic form of Selenite is the opaquest and named after the moon. This is the style of Selenite said to awaken the crown chakra. As far as high-level healing crystals go, the traditional form of Selenite is ever ready to clear out negative energy so you can reach for the angelic realm. Satin Spar
The Satin Spar version of Selenite is silky looking and shimmers like crystal. It looks like satin to the eye and is also closely connected to the powers of the crown chakra. Desert Rose
The dreamy Desert Rose style of Selenite is stunning to behold and totally different from the other forms. It’s naturally formed to look like golden roses in bloom, with desert coloured petals crystallizing. This style of Selenite is closely connected to the mid chakras. Gypsum Flower
Poetically named, the Gypsum Flower form of Selenite blooms with beauty. The Gypsum crystals look like frozen water, all crystals and petals and curves and colour. It brings healing vibes and heavenly styles to the table, cleansing your body and heart of energy blockages so you are open and ready for what the universe has to say. Healing Properties of Selenite
Selenite comes splashed in healing properties and is ever ready to lift you up to higher realms. For those who crave peace and serenity across their body, mind, and soul – Selenite puts you in a place where you feel ready to bloom. With this soft stone on your side, you can get ready for ethereal overdrive.
Physical Healing Properties
Selenite spreads her wings across the physical plains along with the spiritual meaning that she is rich in beautiful body healing. Those who bring Selenite into their life will find that this stone brings a new flush of flexibility to your physical being. Selenite is said to help stack the spine into alignment and to correct or at least lend a hand when it comes to skeletal issues. Along with strengthening the skeletal system, the light bringing moods of Selenite also works to reverse free radical damage in cell structure and can keep your skin, hair, and eyes clear and bright and drenched in youthful dewy energy.
Mental & Emotional Healing Properties
Sweeter than honey and milk, Selenite gets to work straight away with helping you to shed those anxieties and worries that can weigh down the heart. This is a stone that loves to be light, that wants to grow wings, and doesn’t desire any kind of anchor or ties from catastrophic thinking. To help free you from these tangled thoughts, Selenite first starts with helping you to unburden yourself by thinking with crystal-clear clarity. It helps you to become beautifully aware of your surroundings and lends impeccable judgement and healthy insight so that you can work carefully with your soul to make the right decisions. It’s a stone that invites you to be open and honest, pure, and liberated, and to bring forgiveness to situations that are no longer serving you. Selenite helps you to do that emotional work of letting go so that you are able to rise up in your fullest form of power.
Metaphysical Properties
The metaphysical is where Selenite truly seems to shine and it is a stone that lives up to its name as being intricately angelic. Selenite is an amazing tool for shifting those energy blocks that stop you from living in your full and fluid flow. Working closely with the higher chakras like the Crown Chakra and the Third Eye Chakra, Selenite keeps light and energy flowing so that you are cracked wide open and ever ready to receive the messages that the universe has to give. Of course, it comes as no surprise that Selenite starts its work on the Heart Chakra. Without the Heart Chakra being healthy and open, the energy cannot flow to those higher chakras. When our hearts are light and open, we are filled with compassion and love and we trust in those messages that may trickle down from higher places. Selenite is a sublime spirit guide and is also used for aura cleansing and as an essential tool in reiki. It is said to not only help you communicate with the angel realms but has also been used for diving into past lives, awakening psychic capabilities, releasing all kinds of unwanted entities, and helping you move into all kinds of different consciousnesses.
Zodiac Birthstone
Selenite is a sublime match for the zodiac sign of Taurus. Taurus are one of the earthlier signs in the sky and are known for their stoic behaviour, their practical approach, and also – dare we say – their utter stubbornness at times. This is where Selenite can sweep in and lend a more heavenly approach to the star signs that seem to dig in their heels. Taureans could do with a little more lift and Selenite is the crystal to help them grow wings. With its remarkably peaceful nature and its dash of dreamy feminine energy, Selenite helps Taureans to balance out all that weighty masculine energy. Selenite brings peace to a rampant heart without cutting away from the Taureans sense of luxury, play, and creative awakening.
Using this Gemstone
Welcome the wonder of Selenite into your life and get ready to leap higher. Whether you are looking to connect with the angel realms or if you just feel like you need a little more heavenly peace in your heart, this stone shines with all the cosmic light you could wish for. From choosing a Selenite wand to send your energy in a certain direction to choosing a Selenite slab or single stone for your home altar or opting for Selenite inspired gemstone jewellery, here are all the ways you can welcome Selenite into your world.
Home & Office
A deeply healing stone, Selenite is a gem you want bringing its energy to your threshold. This shimmering moon bright stone is ever ready to bring a sense of harmony to your home. It is filled with the energy of intention and ever ready to fend off positive sapping energy. By placing Selenite in your hallway you are helping to prevent toxic energy from even entering your home, committing instead to keeping the space soft and light and soaked in pure white light.
Jewellery
Those who choose Selenite jewellery will find that this is where the stone truly blooms into its own. Selenite may be a softer style of stone but it makes for a beautiful gem to wear close to your skin. One of the best reasons to pick gemstone jewellery is that when you have gemstones pressed directly onto your skin they can beautifully attune to your own personal vibrations. Having nothing between you and Selenite invites the stone to send its healing powers directly to those chakras, ensuring that the Selenite’s magic isn’t muted by material.
If you are seeking other stones that work in wonderful harmony with Selenite, it may be worth looking towards those precious gems that also work in harmony with the crown chakra. The amazing purple hues of Amethyst may be the first stone we think of when picking a partner for Selenite. Serene, soaked in a dream, and ever ready to nudge your crown chakra, Amethyst is everyone’s favourite spiritual stone. Unsurprisingly, Moonstone is a natural companion to Selenite and is ever ready to bring that lunar like energy and love of change to the table. Charoite is another stone that works well when married with Selenite. This stone is excellent at balancing grounding energies with higher thinking, making sure that you always keep one foot on the floor no matter how high you are flying. Lepidolite is here to prep you for that spiritual awakening ensuring that you feel fully supported even when you are reaching deep into the cosmos. Selenite also holds similar properties to Agate so those who adore the work of Selenite and want to add double energy to the mix can turn to this stone to illuminate the liquid light of Selenite even further. Tourmaline is another stone that will work well with Selenite, especially if you want a little added grounding and protection. Lapis Lazuli is another mystical stone that works beautifully in accordance with Selenite. Finally, Rose Quartz is here to bring its rose-coloured hues to the heart and to make sure that the heart chakra is fully open like a flower.
How to Cleanse your Selenite
Selenite is a truly delicate stone – so much so that even a fingernail can cause the stone to scratch. Because of its soft nature, you need to be super careful when cleansing it. That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t welcome Selenite into your crystal collection, just remember that it serves as a lesson to be light of touch and gentle (good practice for when dealing with our own hearts). It is important to keep your crystals beautifully cleansed as this can ensure that they are working at the fullest of their capacity. Sometimes, our energy collecting crystals can get clogged with energy and keeping them flushed can make sure that they are able to send out healing vibes at full power rather than at a trickle.
The best way to cleanse Selenite is by taking a soft-bristled toothbrush and some warm water and working carefully along the surface of the stone. If you need to use a little extra power when cleaning, pick a natural soap and steer clear of wiry brushes and harsher chemicals as you can be sure that your Selenite won’t enjoy that. If you want to play it truly safe, you can skip the waterworks on your Selenite and instead opt to cleanse it via sage smudging or some other herbal remedy. Selenite is a strong and powerful stone with high vibrations but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need a little extra charging sometimes too. Moonlight works wonders at charging Selenite so feel free to leave it in the light of the full moon from time to time. Another way to quickly charge Selenite if you don’t want to wait for the lunar cycle is to light a white candle. Selenite can also be used to charge up your other crystals as it has so much energy to give. You can put your other crystals and precious stones in close proximity to your Selenite and it will get to work humming its healing vibrations their way. Selenite is one of the most heavenly stones you can choose and an important pick for those who want to use their crystals to access higher energies. If you have long been drawn to etheric feelings, communion with the angel realms, and thoughts and feelings that something brighter and bigger is out there, Selenite could just be the stone to get you there. We cannot leap to different destinies without first clearing the pathways of our own hearts. By inviting anxiety to flow away, filling your soul with light and love, and leaning into higher thinking, you can tap into a whole new consciousness. Even for those who don’t want to fly so high but who crave more spiritual and feminine energy to help balance them out and who want a soft kind of clarity to illuminate their life, thanks to Selenite properties, this stone can be a soft companion or a whole new swirling cosmos depending on what you need.
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