Bloodstone. --Underground Tiger

A Bloodstone gives it's wearer an extra burst of energy and vitality, sharpens the mind, strengthens the body and emotions, and helps relieve stress. It is very clearing, and is said to heal eyesight, lungs, the heart, and all blood disorders. It blocks psychic perception (and thus psychic attack), and brings it's wearer back to solid ground, which helps them stay in the moment and overcome obstacles. It is also thought to ease pain, stop the bleeding of a wound, and ease all sorts of cramps and blood pressure problems by getting the blood back to it's healthy flow. Expecting mothers used to wear to it in the belief that it could prevent miscarriage and excess loss of blood during childbirth.

The red varieties of Bloodstone are thought lucky for soldiers and athletes since it is thought to bring courage, strength, and force to it's wearer.

The green varieties are mainly associated with wealth. Keeping a green bloodstone in your wallet, or in a cash register, is an excellent charm for drawing money. It is also considered helpful in drawing wealth when worn as a pendant.

In mystical practice, it was thought to make it's wearer inconspicuous, even invisible, when it is rubbed with crushed Heliotrope flowers. Perhaps this is why the stone itself is sometimes referred to as Heliotrope -the word in Greek means "to follow the sun". Bloodstone was also once called St. Stephen's Stone, as the 'blood' in it was thought to be his. I find that last bit particularly interesting because Stephen is the patron saint of Hungary, my mother's native country.

Bloodstone is associated with the sign Aries, and the planet Mars, and may be more potent for people with that sign and planet strong in their natal charts.



* Thanks for the suggestion, Bloodstone.. After looking into it, I thought it was interesting enough for it's own post :)

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