Healing Properties of Red Pyrope Garnet: A Crystal for Vitality

A Crystal Message About the Healing Properties of Red Pyrope Garnet: “I help you to stand in your power.  Feel the blood course through your veins and know that you are alive - you are here and now.  Feel your radiant self shine forth into the world.”     Common Healing Properties of Red Pyrope Garnet: * Stimulates vitality * Aids sluggish digestion and increases your digestive fire * Increases motivation * Instills self-confidence and helps you shine your inner light * Promotes spiritual ascension and growth * Helps manifest prosperity and abundance * Assists circulation of the blood * Helps you recognize your personal power * Regenerates energy for the physical body * Promotes energetic & physical purification * Enhances sexual energy   Colors: Deep blood red Associated Chakras: Root (1st); Heart (4th) Zodiac Signs: Capricorn, Aquarius, Aries Elements: Earth, Fire Companion Flowers: Bloodroot Companion Essential Oil: Ginger Companion Stone: Serpentine Common Origins: Alaska, USA, India Notes: Wanna’ Get Science-y? Click Here to get information about the chemical composition, hardness, streak, etc. of this crystal from one of my favorite sites!     /*</center More About Garnet: Garnet refers to a whole family of stones that usually range in color from red to burgundy to black. There are even some with more of a cinnamon color, and other variations besides. Since it’s a very imprecise term, we’ve described and pictured a number of minerals that go by the name “garnet” below. Garnet Lore: The word “garnet” comes from the same root as the word “pomegranate”: granum, which is Latin for seed. But if you look at a handful of these small, regularly-shaped gems, they do look a bit like pomegranate seeds. The red of garnet is so intense that this stone has often been associated with drops of blood, and this is reflected in various stories from all over the world. For example, a myth from India says that when the demon Vala was slain, his finger- and toenails were scattered all over the world as garnets. There are also legends about its brightness,