Keywords: Calming ~ Emotional Balance
Hardness: 6 - 7
Zodiac: Taurus
Chakra: Heart
Planet: Venus
Element: Earth
Locations Found: Central America, China, Myanmar
Tarot Card: The Empress
Keywords: Calming ~ Emotional Balance
Hardness: 6 - 7
Zodiac: Taurus
Chakra: Heart
Planet: Venus
Element: Earth
Locations Found: Central America, China, Myanmar
Tarot Card: The Empress
Jade is known for its ability to promote harmony and balance, both within oneself and in relationships with others. Its soft, easy energy allows one to relax and slow down. Jade will quietly open the heart chakra, allowing love, compassion, and forgiveness to begin to make its way inward. With these allies by your side, healing can begin to happen. Bring your Jade to bed with you for deep sleep and sweet dreams.
Jade has long been valued as a stone of abundance, prosperity, and good luck, often used for attracting wealth and success.
Jade has been a favor stone for carving all manner of things from axes to vessels since antiquity. In ancient China, where Jade was considered the “imperial gem,” it was a symbol of status and power and was often used to make objects of beauty and utility such as jewelry, tools, and weapons. The Mayans and Aztecs of Central America also valued Jade highly and used it for religious purposes, including often being placed in the mouths of the deceased to help guide their souls to the afterlife.
Jade, also known as Jadeite, is a sodium aluminum silicate with a monoclinic crystal systems. There are two forms of Jade: jadeite and nephrite, which have slightly different chemical compositions and colors. The colors of jade range from creamy white to black, with many shades of green in between.
Jade works well with other heart chakra stones such as Rose Quartz and Green Aventurine. Jade will work well with other abundance and prosperity stones such as Citrine and Pyrite.