Gemstones To Work With This Month: May & Mercury's Influence...

May is a month of stimulating one's intellect, calming the mind, and balancing the nervous system. Mercury can effect our vocal box, thyroid, and throat chakra. It can also make us restless and work against our ability to be calm, rest, and sleep. This month is a good time to care for our kidneys, brain, nervous system, and mental health. As we focus on being better and better every day, these gemstones can help bring out our highest qualities.

Emerald, Jade, Opal, and Agate are all healing gemstones that support the planet Mercury. Let's break down each one and connect them to the planet Mercury and how their healing frequencies can support us all month long.

From Ancient Egypt to parts of India, Emerald has been associated with Love, insight, and renewal. It is connected to clear thinking, foresight, and mental focus. Known as a stone of "right judgement", Emerald is said to help us in our decision-making processes. It is physically healing for the eyes, immune system, and heart. As a green stone, Emerald is also known as the "stone of the heart", helping to support Love, compassion, kindness, and emotional harmony. When working on forgiveness and renewing old relationships, Emeralds can help to bring a fresh start to healing our past emotional wounds.

Jade has been used for harmony, protection, and vitality in China and Mesoamerica throughout history. It is associated with clarity, wisdom, and mindfulness. As a "stone of wisdom", Jade is known to help calm mental chatter and support a deep, meditative state. For the physical body, Jade helps in the detoxification process and the health of the kidneys. It is said to help bring vitality and longevity. Jade is a nurturing stone that helps us release negativity, promotes peace, and supports self-acceptance and emotional harmony.

Opal has been historically valued in Ancient Rome and Europe as an inspirational symbol of hope. It is associated with our imagination, creative ideas, original thinking, and artistic flow. Wearing Opals can help us trust our instincts and follow the heart. Opal has been known to support the nervous system, eyes, and the energetic circulation of life force throughout the body. Amplifying our emotions, bringing our feelings to the surface, and helping to activate passion and joy, Opal is a powerful stone that helps us express who we are, what we need, and how we feel in order to bring abundant healing and harmony.

There are many different varieties of Agates on this planet. In Ancient Greece and Egypt, Agates have always been grounding and stabilizing, helping to protect and center the being. Agates help promote steady and focused thinking, deeper concentration, and a more grounded mindset. They help us avoid overwhelming feelings that pull us away from our center, and instead make it easier to analyze every situation with calm, peaceful inner guidance. Agates have been long known to bring strength and balance to the body. They help with circulation, digestion, and overall wellness. By helping us let go of stress, anxiety, tension, and instability, we are able to bring more balance to the ups and downs of life. Agates help to promote practices of meditation, mindfulness, and journaling in order to help reinforce our behaviors of slowing down, creating consistency through repetition, and staying centered in the heart, our Truth, and the Wisdom that lives deep within.

Whether you choose to wear the stones, drink them in elixirs, carry them, or do a healing spread over the body, these gemstones will help bring out the very best of the energies of this month. Use them with Love, consciousness, intention, and purpose, and allow them to work with the entire being to bring harmony, wellness, and healing... or better!