Agate Stone: Virtues of Agate

Agate is the Yin and Yang of lithotherapy. It represents balance and harmony , and is the ideal stone to soothe our living and working spaces.

• Origin of the name : Akhates River in Sicily
• Home group : Quartz
• Color(s) : All colors
• Symbol : Prosperity and Joy
• Hardness : Between 6.5 and 7
• Agate deposits : Germany, Australia, Brazil, China, United States, Madagascar, Mexico, Uruguay
• Chemical composition : Silicon dioxide
• Day of the week : Friday

Varieties of Agate

Agates come in a large number of varieties around the world, they are part of the Quartz family. Here are the Agates most used in lithotherapy:

This fine stone is associated with vital energy , inner calm and relaxation.
Symbol of growth , germination and fertility , tree Agate strongly connects with
Earth.

• Pink Agate

Pink Agate in addition to the properties of Agate in general has other properties such as strengthening morale or giving momentum to move forward and succeed in what we do.

• Agate from Botswana

This allows us to look for solutions instead of dwelling on problems. It promotes fluidity and helps neutralize everything that is stagnant, that poisons, both physically and emotionally. These energies are a support in the execution of our good resolutions.

• White Agate

White Agate, like all white stones, brings calm , peace , and security . It is beneficial for the eyes , brain , skin , lymph , and tissues . It is a stone of protection during pregnancy.

• Moss Agate

It eliminates pressure and relieves certain weights, which helps stimulate the vision of the beauty of things in the environment. It is the stone of new beginnings which removes blockages or spiritual obstacles.
This stone symbolizes: self-confidence and communication with others.

• Black Agate

It is a symbol of strength and support in difficult times by refocusing energies. An anchor stone to the earth, it helps disperse negative energies and confers stability and self-confidence .

• Green Agate

Green Agate is associated with the Heart Chakra. It improves vision , acts against food allergies causing hyperactivity in children and aggression in adults. It helps fight type 2 diabetes that is about to appear. Green Agate dissolves blockages and dams inside our body. It helps in making decisions . It can be used against stomach aches and acid reflux .

It is very effective for headaches , cramps and back pain . Blue Agate wards off negative energies and dissolves blockages and dams inside our body. Known to act on fertility , but it is even more known for its propensity to dissipate anger and bring harmony. Blue Agate is in fact known to act indirectly on all human biology .

Benefits and virtues of Agate

In lithotherapy, the main property of the Agate stone is to be a stone of luck and an anchoring stone . Its properties and virtues revolve around a contribution to physical, emotional and intellectual balance by allowing those who wear it to overcome any type of energy blockage. The Agate stone helps stabilize the aura or energy of the physical body.

Properties of Agate on the emotional level

The Agate Stone is a stone that calms anxiety , it soothes and harmonizes yin and yang. It helps everyone to gain self-confidence and accept themselves as they are. It brings courage in difficult times and to the wearer. The Agate Stone offers lithotherapy virtues of self-psychoanalysis and extra-sensory perceptions . It is not uncommon to see people wearing an agate pendant, all the virtues can then be exercised throughout the day.

The stone also brings more sincerity and encourages people to express their thoughts . It is natural and develops concentration and promotes memories . It is also a stone promoting clairvoyance , the recording of different experiences and contemplation. Always in this perspective of calm and plenitude , the Agate stone helps to remove inner anger . Its role is to dissipate all internally disturbing elements and emotional shocks to establish a feeling of security.

Properties of Agate on the psychological side

Just as on a psychological level , the Agate Stone in lithotherapy helps to soothe , particularly places, by harmonizing the overall energy . Simply placing an Agate in your home or workplace will bring you its two main virtues: calm and luck.

If you place your Agate in the room of someone who is sick, the Agate Stone will restore morale and courage .

Chakra

The 3rd Chakra, just before the Heart Chakra, is the Solar Plexus Chakra where we find yellow and yellow-green stones, including the Agate Stone.

Astrological signs

Agate does not correspond to any birth month or wedding anniversary, but, undoubtedly because of its numerous properties, it is associated with the planet Mercury and the god of medicine Aesculapius (the equivalent of Asclepius in Greece) .

So, regarding the astrological sign of Agate, it depends on its shade:

• Taurus : Green Agate
• Leo : Yellow Agate
• Libra : All agates combined
• Scorpio : Red Agate
• Aquarius : Green Agate
• Fish : Blue Agate

Recharging and purification

Natural stone jewelry must be purified as soon as you take possession of it. After a while the stone has given all the energy it could, it can be purified energetically by immersing it for several hours in demineralized water, possibly slightly salty.

Its energy can be amplified by charging it in the sun for several hours or by placing it on a Quartz cluster .

Agate jewelry is recharged on a Quartz or Amethyst mat, which allows it to be both cleaned and recharged . To purify it, let the Agate bathe in the sun's rays.

Avoid purifying necklaces, bracelets, pendants too frequently with water or a liquid solution so as not to damage the non-mineral elements.

Meaning and History of Agate

The name Agate comes from the Greek “akhates”, it owes its name to a river in Sicily , archaeologists found traces of agate 3000 years BC.

It was very widely described by medieval lapidaries; according to them, Agate resembles an animal and in symbolism kings. They considered different virtues linked to its color: anti-venom, talisman, protection against thirst, protection against enemies, power etc. So many qualifiers which reflect the craze for this stone for so many centuries.

In the 19th century, scientists found a method to artificially color Agate stones, which did not fail to revive the craze for this mineral which could then inspire the imagination.