'Protection'

Key words: Awareness of life purpose, protection, centring.

Element: Earth

Black Sapphire is not a true black but a bluish-black. It is a protective and centring stone, which will help you stay in control when you meditate. As it is such a dark colour it is ideal for the earth chakra. It will help you to walk your spiritual path while remaining grounded in the here and now.

It aids transformation clearing and activation of your life purpose. Black sapphire places you on your life path, helps you in knowing and understanding your purpose for being on the earth plane. It establishes a strong desire to accomplish your life purpose, life goals, and karmic agreements. Black sapphire initiates activations, breakthroughs, and transformations

Affirmation: I open my awareness in order to come into optimal alignment with my life purpose.

Key words: inner strength, focused attention, willpower, self-mastery, discipline, reason.

Element: Earth

Onyx is a stone of inner strength. It enhances one’s endurance and persistence, enabling one to carry even difficult and drear tasks through to completion.

On a mental level, it increases one’s ability to maintain focus, allowing one to learn challenging new material and use well all that one has mastered. It energetically boosts the retention of memory and encourages attention to detail.

Spiritually, Onyx teaches the appropriate use of power and the focusing of energy into positive force. It is excellent for those who are working to develop their telekinetic abilities.

Emotionally, Onyx is emotionally neutral.

Physically, Onyx can be used to help stimulate the connection between the feet and the earth . This can be helpful for those who suffer from weak legs, or who have difficulty grounding or eliminating bodily wastes or excess energy.

Affirmation: I work on all my chosen tasks with clear focus, strong discipline, unrelenting perseverance and high efficiency.

Key words: natural good, inner truth, immune booster, courage.

In spiritual and metaphysical traditions Brass is the metal that brings out natural good and inner truth. Even the phrase 'getting down to brass tacks' tells of clearing away the old debris and getting down to the pure and natural truth. Composed of Copper and Zinc, Brass has metaphysical healing properties to boost the immune system and to give courage. Repeated wearing of Brass jewelry pieces will cause them to take on your own body chemistry revealing your personal energy signature.

Keynote: Gentleness & innocence; gentle luring to new adventure.

Cycle of Power: Autumn & Spring

There are many myths of deer luring hunters, or even kings deep into the woods until they are lost and begin to encounter new adventures.

A deer’s senses are very acute. Its vision is designed for clarity at a distance. It is especially effective at detecting contrasts and edges in dim light. Its hearing is equally acute. Anyone who has deer as a totem will find increasing ability to detect subtle movements and appearances. They will begin to hear what may not be said directly.