The flash and fire of Garnet inspires a sense of lightness and brightness, illuminating dark places and dark souls. Garnet is a good stone for depression, bringing joy and hope to its user, and helps lessen anger, especially toward oneself. Garnet’s fire stimulates the survival instinct, bringing willpower and courage to a situation. Garnet will quickly “light a fire” under you, bringing those internalized ideas and feeling you have to the surface to be acted upon and carried out.

Powerful Garnet can cleanse the chakras of negative energies and re-energize them. Use Garnet to balance the Sacral Chakra and sex drive, and to aid in the controlled rise of Kundalini energy. Garnet inspires love and passion, devotion and loyalty. A stone of commitment, Garnet encourages personal relationships of all kinds, and is a useful relationship tool both personally and in business.

Garnet Physical Healing Energy

Garnet is thought to have medicinal abilities to reduce body toxins. At times stones were placed in wounds to help heal by encouraging the clotting of the blood.

Garnet regenerates the body, stimulating metabolism. It treats spinal and cellular disorders, purifies the blood, heart and lungs, and regenerates DNA. It assists assimilation of minerals and vitamins, including iodine, calcium, magnesium, and Vitamins A, D, and E.

Garnet can alleviate acne, low libido, and disturbances in the cardiac rhythm (except for arterial hypertension, which Garnet can even aggravate). It has been reported to relieve rheumatic and arthritic pain and some psychological illnesses.

Garnet Emotional Healing Energy

Garnet provides a protective influence and a calming stable vitality during use. It is thought to heal emotional problems. Placed under a pillow, Garnet is reputed to alleviate bad dreams. Medicine men used it to cure mental depression.

Physical and Metaphysical Properties for

PROPERTIES FOR STONE: Garnet

PRIMARY CHAKRA: Root-Chakra

SECONDARY CHAKRA: Heart-Chakra, Sacral-Chakra

CRYSTAL SYSTEM: Isometric-Crystal-System

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: A3B2(SiO4)3

ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aquarius-(January-20-to-February-18), Capricorn-(December-22-to-January-19), Leo-(July-23-to-August-22), Virgo-(August-23-to-September-22)

NUMERICAL VIBRATION: Number-11

HARDNESS: 6-to-7.5-Hardness

COLOR: Red

LOCATION: Brazil, China, India, Pakistan, Tanzania

RARITY: Common

PRONUNCIATION: GAHR-nit

MINERAL CLASS: Silicates-Mineral-Class

ISSUES AND AILMENTS (PHYSICAL): Abdominal-Problems, Anemia, Arthritis, Blood-Circulation, Blood-Cleansing-and-Detoxing, Blood-Disorders, Circulatory-Problems, Colic, Exhaustion, Fatigue, Heart, Hyperactivity, Impotence, Intestinal-Disorders-and-Health, Kidney-Disorders-and-Health, Legs, Libido/Sex-Drive, Low-Blood-Pressure, Menopause, Nutrient/Mineral/Vitamin-Absorption, Pancreas-Health, Pituitary-Gland, Stomach-Problems/Constipation/Diarrhea, Thyroid-Balance-and-Health, Vitality

ISSUES AND AILMENTS (EMOTIONAL): Compassion, Crisis-Intervention, Dignity, Honesty, Love, Loyalty, Relationships, Self-Confidence-and-Self-Worth, Willpower

ISSUES AND AILMENTS (SPIRITUAL): Manifestation, Prosperity, Transformation, Unity

EXTRA GRADE: Beautiful light to deep red color, translucent, < 10% matrix

A GRADE: Nice red color, partially translucent, 10% - 25% matrix

B GRADE: Poor red color, opaque, and/or > 25% matrix

AFFIRMATION: I am loyal to myself and others.

QUESTION: Do you work with Kundalini energy?

REFERENCE 1: http://www.healingcrystals.com/Healing_Crystals_January_2015_Newsletter_Articles_13535.html