The Top 5 Crystals Every Beginner Should Have
The Top 5 Crystals Every Beginner Should Have
Not only are crystals beautiful, they also have many healing properties and benefits. They’re often used as powerful tools to help with healing and general wellbeing but when you’re new to crystals, you’re probably wondering where to start.
Below, we’ve listed 5 of the best crystals for beginners. The 5 crystals we've chosen are some of the most popular amongst crystal lovers, and they’ll make a fantastic start to your collection.
Understanding the properties of popular crystals and how to make the most of them is important when you’re a beginner, so, let’s dive in and take a look at some well known stones in more detail.
Clear Quartz Crystal: The Master Healer
Also known as the ‘Master Healer’, clear quartz is a powerful all-rounder which is useful for a number of different conditions. It’s believed to harmonise and balance the energy while drawing off any negative emotions. Clear quartz will focus the mind and help improve your concentration, making it a useful study aid.
Together with its personal healing qualities, clear quartz crystal will amplify the effect of any of your other crystals making it an important crystal to have in your collection.
Clear quartz crystal can range in colour from completely transparent to slightly milky in colour and as well as being known as the ‘master healer’ you may also hear it referred to as rock crystal.
Rose Quartz: The stone of unconditional love and friendship
Closely linked to the heart chakra, rose quartz is a powerful stone of unconditional love, whether that’s for yourself or those around you. Rose quartz reminds you to be kind to yourself whilst promoting self-confidence and enhancing your self-esteem.
Rose quartz has a soft, nurturing energy and is useful for emotional healing and opening the heart. Gifting a rose quartz heart to someone you care about symbolises peace and the offer of eternal friendship.
Amethyst: The stone of calmness and spirituality
Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz, and is well known for its calming and relaxing properties. It’s the perfect stone to quieten your mind and help if you’re suffering with insomnia and sleeping issues.
Amethyst is also one of the most spiritual stones, and keeping it close by helps you with self-reflection and enhances your spiritual insights. On a physical level, amethyst is effective in reducing migraines, helping you to relax and leave behind your stress and tension.
Black Tourmaline: The stone of protection
Black tourmaline is one of the most powerful healing crystals for protection, that shields its user from negative energies and thoughts. It’s a popular choice with people who are looking for balance and stability in their lives.
Black tourmaline is said to absorb negativity, and it’s this quality that makes it effective for people who are highly sensitive and find themselves affected by others. It also has a strong grounding connection with the earth which helps you to improve your self-awareness and sense of belonging.
Citrine: The stone of joy and energy
A bright and joyful stone, citrine is one of the most powerful healing crystals for positivity, which enhances creativity and optimism. It’s is often referred to as ‘The Merchant’s Stone’, as it has long been connected to abundance, good fortune and wealth.
Citrine is said to enhance your confidence and your personal power. It breaks up negative energies and transforms them into joy and happiness. It has a deep connection to the sun which explains why feelings of warmth are so strong within citrine.
How to use your healing crystals
There’s no right or wrong way to use your crystals, and it all depends on why you want to use their healing powers. The key thing to remember is that by keeping them close by, is an effective way to make the most of crystals.
A few ways you can use them include:
- Hold them in your hand when you need some extra support.
- Keep them under your pillow if you’re having trouble sleeping.
- Place them around your bath to help with relaxation.
- Keep them in your purse or wallet (especially useful for good fortune crystals).
- Place them around you in meditation or when practicing yoga.
- Place them on your body to target specific areas or chakras.
- Wear them in a crystal cage necklace to keep them close all day.
- If your stones are safe to use in water, make a crystal elixyr and use them to infuse water with their healing properties.
Why it’s important to cleanse your crystals
Due to the way crystals work and absorb energies, over time, they’ll need cleansing and recharging. Crystals hold on to energy and it’s important to cleanse them to return them to their natural state allowing them to be at their most effective.
How to cleanse your crystals
The good news is, cleansing your crystals is quite a simple process, and there are a number of different ways you can do it:
- Place your crystals on a windowsill when there’s a full moon and charge them in the moonlight.
- Soak your crystals in a bowl of salt water - you can do this for a few hours up to a few days. Rinse and dry them when cleansed. Some softer stones shouldn’t use this method so just check before you start the process.
- Smudge your crystals with a sage stick or some palo santo.
- Use a cleansing crystal, for example selenite. Place your crystals on the selenite stick to clear their energies.
- Bury them underground for 24 hours where the earth will absorb any build up of unwanted energies.
How often should you charge your crystals?
The most important time to cleanse your crystals is when you first purchase them. They may have been handled by a number of other people so you’ll want to cleanse them of any other energies they may have picked up.
It’s good practice to get into the habit of cleansing your crystals regularly so that they are always ready when you want to use them. Once a month is a good rule of thumb, but you can always increase this if you’re going through a particularly challenging or emotional time.
Final thoughts
So, there you have it, our beginners guide to healing crystals is just an introduction to some of the beautiful stones that can start you off on your crystal journey. We have a wide selection available at our crystal shop in Manchester, or you can shop crystals online, and find some beautiful pieces for your new collection.