Wearing, carrying, or meditating with Rhodochrosite helps make one buoyant, cheerful, dynamic, and active. It is mentally enlivening, stimulating creativity, dream states, and a sense of personal power. It allows for the spontaneous expression of feelings and can enhance passion and sexuality.
Rhodochrosite is a great stone for calling a new love into one’s life, a friend or a romantic partner that is a soulmate, one who helps us learn necessary lessons for our higher good. This stone can beautifully guide one in the quest for emotional happiness, help one move forward after a period of doubt, and express love toward others without fear of rejection.
Rhodochrosite increases mind-to-mind or telepathic links between you and family members or animals. It can also be used as a calling-back crystal to generate news or contact with a lost friend, relative, or former love. Place the crystal next to a photograph of the missing person and place your hands on either side of the stone. Visualize where and when you were last together, say the person’s name softly three times and ask them to get in touch or send news. For a pet, imagine it back in its place, and leave the crystal where it used to love sitting or sleeping or on a surface near the exit or entrance the animal used most.
Rhodochrosite is a valuable Earth stone for healing the planet and showing love to the Mother of us all. It assists us in serving Earth in her time of need and demonstrates the joy that can come from this responsibility.
This is a wonderful stone for helping children transition into childcare or school or attend a new school or college to settle in and find friends easily. It makes a great gift for new family members, such as those acquired by remarriage or adoption.
In the Crystal Tarot, Rhodochrosite represents O, The Fool. It instructs us to see ourselves through the eyes of an innocent child and to trust that we can accomplish what we set out to do.
Rhodochrosite is a natural enhancer for becoming a more mature adult by healing childhood wounds and allowing one to better understand and forgive one’s parents. It is also a marvelous support stone for anyone who works with children, such as pediatricians, elementary school teachers, and caregivers.
Rhodochrosite healing properties can help with physical, emotional, and spiritual balance and issues. It has healing powers to help with physical ailments and emotional issues. It is also used in Energy Healing and Chakra balancing. Rhodochrosite healing crystal therapies include strengthening the immune system, cleansing the emotional body, and grounding spiritual energies. Meditation with Rhodochrosite is also highly recommended.
Rhodochrosite contains manganese, an important physiological component of the body necessary for bone growth, tissue repair, and the assimilation of minerals. Rhodochrosite is traditionally used to assist the heart and circulatory systems, stabilize blood pressure and pulse rate and is placed at the base of the skull, to relieve tension migraines. It is thought to correct thyroid imbalances, and remove irritants from the lungs, ameliorating breathing problems and asthma.
Rhodochrosite is highly esteemed for its effectiveness when used in elixirs. Taken internally, it supports the relief of infections, such as ear or sinus infections, stomach ulcers, and other inflammations, as well as digestive disorders, such as constipation and abdominal pain. It aids in strengthening the walls of the intestines. An elixir of Rhodochrosite may be employed to bolster treatments for the conditions listed above. (We highly recommend the indirect method of preparation for all internal elixirs.)
Rhodochrosite is an exceptional stone for directly attacking somatizations, the physical disorders that stem from emotional or mental suffering. Gem Rhodochrosite, or an elixir made from these crystals, can be an invaluable ally for use alongside treatments for healing cancer, liver purifications, coronary issues, and other diseases. Rhodochrosite is also ideal for nervous system imbalances, offering energetic healing for the myelin sheath that covers and protects the nerves. Though not a cure, it provides remarkable relief for the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and some cases of multiple sclerosis, especially when used in conjunction with Rhodonite. It can also be of benefit in withdrawal from caffeine and other stimulants.
Rhodochrosite is highly effective for skin disorders. Shingles, a painful viral infection caused by the chicken pox virus, may emerge when depressed or mourning. Some types of rash, hives and boils are physical manifestations of stress, depression, and anxiety. A soothing elixir for external skin disorders may be made by placing Rhodochrosite in distilled water (or other natural minerals/spring water), then energizing the mixture in sunlight for several days. Heat the water, soak a cloth, and use it as a poultice. It not only relieves itchy or painful irritations but also penetrates the infected areas of the tissues for cleansing, as well as removing the dysfunctional negative aspects.
Rhodochrosite is a rescue/remedy stone that aids those in need and rescues the rescuer. It first directs its energy to the self, specifically for emotional healing. It enables one to go deep within the heart to safely acknowledge, relive, and then release one’s emotional wounds.
Rhodochrosite helps one face the truth about oneself and others without excuses or evasion but with loving awareness. It assists in identifying negative behaviors and ongoing patterns and brings compassion and healing, self-forgiveness, and an understanding of others’ responsibility for their actions. Its purifying energy cleanses and balances the emotional body, bringing resolution, peace, and renewal. It is the foremost ally in healing childhood wounds and is often referred to as the “Inner Child Stone.” It is the perfect healer for anyone who was abandoned or feels unloved and is the stone par excellence for healing sexual abuse.
Rhodochrosite reflects the Light of the heart and love and stimulates the Heart Chakra. The Heart Chakra is located near the center of the breastbone, regulates our interaction with the external world, and controls what we embrace and resist. It allows us to be ourselves within the environment and helps our relationships.
Rhodochrosite is a remarkable stone for enhancing spirituality and attuning to one’s higher self. Worn in jewelry or carried, used in meditation or crystal healing layouts, it expands one’s consciousness, channeling spiritual awareness into the physical body to be manifested. It is a great tool for contemplating the duality of nature and how it affects one’s life.
Rhodochrosite provides a marvelous link to the Divine Feminine. Hold in hand to connect with female Ascended Masters, including Mother Mary, Kuan Yin, Isis, and Mary Magdalene, and to acquire the qualities of the feminine Christ consciousness compassion, inner peace, tolerance, and love.
In addition to its general properties, Gem Rhodochrosite is esteemed for healing disconnection from the spiritual realms and inspiring one to open the heart to universal love. It links one to the karmic purpose of the present incarnation and enables one to see prior soul contracts and renegotiate these if necessary.
The Red colour rays within Rhodochrosite bring a self-confidence built on fearlessness, a call to action, and excitement. They raise our enthusiasm and speeds up our metabolism. Red reflects the color of passion, energy, and life.
Pink Rhodochrosite brings the subtle, more feminine energy rays of determination, commitment, and caring. The soothing color calms feelings of anger or resentment and can aid efforts to meditate and reflect. Pink is the color of new love, new romance, and new relationships. It increases the development of sensuality and can help overcome heartache, improving our caring and loving abilities.
The pale peach or Light Orange influence in Rhodochrosite promotes companionship and affection, bringing joy, friendship, pleasure, and family togetherness. It is a happy and sharing energy, integrating the parts of our communal lives, and encourages physical pleasure and intimacy.