Keywords: Spiritual Guidance ~ Self-Expression
Hardness: 5 - 6
Zodiac: Cancer, Scorpio
Chakra: Third Eye, Throat
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Locations Found: Afghanistan, Chile
Tarot Card: The High Priestess
Keywords: Spiritual Guidance ~ Self-Expression
Hardness: 5 - 6
Zodiac: Cancer, Scorpio
Chakra: Third Eye, Throat
Planet: Venus
Element: Water
Locations Found: Afghanistan, Chile
Tarot Card: The High Priestess
Lapis lazuli is a stone of wisdom, truth, and enlightenment. It activates the higher mind and enhances intellectual ability, making it an excellent stone for students and academics. It also stimulates the throat chakra, facilitating clear communication and self-expression. It is said to bring peace and harmony to relationships, and to provide protection from psychic attack. Lapis lazuli is associated with the third eye chakra and is often used in meditation to enhance psychic ability and spiritual insight. It is also believed to help one access and communicate with spiritual guides and guardians.
Used by the Egyptians as early as 3100 B.C, it was ground down and used as eyeshadow, pigment for painting, medicine and used to decorate the tombs of the Pharaohs. In ancient Persia, Lapis Lazuli was believed to bring good luck and ward off evil spirits.
Lapis Lazuli is a sodium aluminum silicate with sulfur, chlorine and hydroxyl, and variable inclusions of pyrite, lazurite and white calcite. It is typically found in limestone and marble and is usually associated with contact metamorphism near igneous intrusions. Its deep blue color and gold flecks make it a striking and unique stone in the rock kingdom.
Lapis lazuli works well with other stones that enhance communication, such as Blue Lace Agate and Aquamarine. It also works well with stones that enhance psychic ability and intuition, such as Amethyst and Labradorite. Lapis lazuli can be combined with Pyrite to enhance its protective properties, and with Hematite to ground and stabilize its energies.
