CHAKRA(S): Root, Solar Plexus, and Third Eye
VIBRATION: Number 6
ZODIAC: Leo
CHARACTERISTICS: Grounding, Focus,
and Perseverance
ELEMENT: Earth
SCIENTIFIC: Onyx is a variety of Chalcedony and a type of Agate. Onyx comes in a wide variety of colors due to impurities in the Agate. Onyx
forms from deposits of silica from silica-rich waters that flow and settle in
the cracks and fissures of other rocks. These deposits of silica create the beautiful
color banding found in some specimens of Onyx and make it a favorite crystal
for carving. The name Onyx comes from
the Greek word onux meaning “nail” or “claw.” Onyx’s hardness is rated
at 7 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. Onyx is translucent to almost nearly
opaque with a vitreous (glassy) luster. Natural Onyx is
found in India and South America.
ATTRIBUTES: Onyx is a strength giver, providing energetic support in
difficult and confusing circumstances, as well as, during enormous
mental/physical stress. Mentally, Onyx may be helpful in facilitating
centering and balance, aligning with higher power and guidance. Onyx may
be energetically supportive for increasing and maintaining focus on the task at
hand and for learning and assimilating new material. Onyx may boost memory and attention
to detail. Onyx may be mentally soothing, alleviating overwhelming fears and
worries.
Physically supportive, Onyx vibrations promotes vitality,
steadfastness, and stamina especially during long periods of stress or physical
endeavors. Onyx supports self-mastery and will power vibrationally increasing
one’s personal power. Focus and discipline brought by Onyx’s grounding energies
supports completion of goals and projects without depleting physical resources.
Emotionally, Onyx may be soothing in the healing of old grief and collective
sorrow. Cooling the emotions, Onyx may be helpful to ascertain situations and
calm conflicts.
HEALING: White Onyx may be
beneficial for alleviating headaches and supportive of the eyes and optic
nerves. Black Onyx may be beneficial for
teeth, bones, bone marrow, blood disorders and the feet.
SUGGESTIONS FOR USE
Onyx crystals support
the energetic motivation for movement forward and positive change. Onyx
crystals energetically provide a balanced, grounded platform to let go and
experience the creative flow in your life.
Onyx is a helpful
energetic crystal tool helpful for grounding and providing focus and the fortitude
to get tasks from the mundane to challenging completed.
Onyx
may be useful in past-life work for healing old injuries and physical trauma affecting
the present life. As a crystal tool, holding Onyx may guide your
attention to the site of a previous injury or stuck energy, which may be
released through body work, re-framing, or crystal therapy.
In crystal
body layouts or healing grids, Onyx is grounding and supports the
base and sacral chakras aligning energy flowing up to the solar plexus and third
eye chakra stimulating creative ideas and physical vitality.
For Gaia Healing, Onyx
may be placed in an area of disturbed Earth energy to support long term
restoration of natural resources.
The energy of Onyx
combines well with all crystals and supports all crystalline vibrations.
