Crystal
African Turquoise
Chakras: Heart Chakra
Zodiac: Cancer, Capricorn
Planets: Jupiter
Elements: Air, Fire
Summary
Shamanic stone: master healer of spirit & bestows peace. Powerful meditation stone facilitating higher consciousness while remaining grounded & protected.
Keywords
meditation, positive change, optimism, abundance, energetic protection, emotional balance
Spiritual meaning
In crystal tradition: Master healer of spirit and bestows peace, facilitates higher consciousness while remaining grounded and protected.
Emotional meaning
Balances emotions, promotes optimism and positive change.
History and lore
In history and lore: African Turquoise is a jasper, and old lore told of jasper as a whole. The folklorist William Crooke recorded in 1896 an elaborate northern Indian amulet that held 'a special Evil Eye destroyer in the shape of a jasper or marble' bead, and the Egyptologist Wallis Budge wrote in 1930 that jasper was employed against fascination and the Evil Eye.
About the sources
- William Crooke, B.A., of the Bengal Civil Service, author of The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India (1896).
- E. A. Wallis Budge, Egyptologist, sometime Keeper of the Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum, author of Amulets and Superstitions (Oxford University Press, 1930), which covers Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hebrew, Islamic and Christian amulets.