La Célestine (Célestite)
Nicknamed "the stone of angels", Celestine is ideal for creating a serene and peaceful atmosphere in a room.
Virtues and properties of Celestine in lithotherapy
Nicknamed "the stone of angels" for its celestial nature, Celestine is a gentle, maternal and comforting stone.
We place it in children's and babies' bedrooms to calm their anxieties and improve their sleep.
Her company is welcome in times of sadness or worry. La Célestine helps you to let your life-saving tears flow through your sorrows and free you from them, so that you can breathe deeply in the present moment, with the wings of your new-found lightness.
In connection with your breath, with your rib cage, this stone can be a great support in all uncomfortable or even distressing situations where your breathing gets blocked or out of control: agoraphobia, claustrophobia, hyperactivity, stress, fear of public speaking, nervous tics, etc.
Used for millennia by alchemists, druids and magicians, Celestine opens doors to high spheres and broadens our perception of the world. It is a stone of great wisdom that opens the door to spirituality.
How do I use a Célestine?
- Keep a Célestine close to you in your daily life when you need comfort.
- In case of anxiety or sadness, when you feel like a weight or knot in your lungs, place a Celestine, preferably a geode, on your ribcage and breathe deeply and slowly, visualizing the stone's energy penetrating your lungs.
- It can accompany a meditation or visualization session to amplify your perceptions.
Caution! Celestine contains strontium and should not be ingested or used as an elixir.
Where to place a Célestine?
- A Celestine in your home brings comforting, gentle and soothing energies.
- You can place it in a child's, baby's or adult's bedroom to help with sleep.
- In a relaxation area, such as a lounge or treatment room.
- On your desk if you're stressed or have a tendency to do things too quickly and botch your work.
Purifying a Celestine
Moon, fumigation, breath, running water, intention, singing bowl, form waves, prayers...Associated astrological signs
Libra, Pisces, Gemini and CancerChakra
5ᵉ, 6ᵉ and 7ᵉ chakras - Throat, 3ᵉ eye and CoronalElement
AirLa Célestine in Mineralogy
Celestine is a strontium sulfate containing traces of barium and calcium. It occurs in marine sedimentary rocks and , more rarely, in hydrothermal veins. It forms rhombic crystals that appear in groups or geodes and also fibrous aggregates. It can be colorless, white or pale blue.
Did you know?
In India, its powder is thrown into sacred fires to create an intense red flame (thanks to strontium).
The story of La Célestine
Also known as Célestite, its name comes from the Latin coelestis, meaning celestial or sky-blue because of its color.
The term aqua aura, which has become very popular, does not refer to Celestine, as is often claimed, but to a Quartz dyed blue and sprayed with gold.
Celestine was mainly used in powder and elixir form during Antiquity and the Middle Ages for magic and the manufacture of various remedies.
Today, it is much appreciated as a geode to bring a peaceful atmosphere to a place.
Lithotherapy
- Element(s) :
- Zodiac(s) :
- Libra, Cancer, Gemini, Pisces
- Purification :
- Singing bowl, Water, Fumigation, Moon, Form waves, Breath
- Caution(s):
- Do not ingest, Toxic elixir
- Physics :
- Lungs, Respiratory tract
- Emotional :
- Anxiety, Joie de vivre, Fear, Stress, Sadness, Balance
- Spiritual :
- Harmony, Meditation, Spirituality
- Disorder(s):
- Agoraphobia, Claustrophobia, Hyperactivity
Mineralogy
- Hardness :
- 3-3.5
- Moths scale:
- 3
- Strunz classification :
- Chromium sulfate
- Crystalline system :
- Orthorhombic
- Chemical element :
- Sr, S, O, Ba, Ca
- Line color :
- White
- Density :
- 3.97-4.0
- Cleavage :
- Total, friable
- Fracture:
- Irregular
- Transparency :
- Transparent to translucent
- Refringence :
- α=1,621-1,622, β=1,623-1,624, γ=1,630-1,632
- Birefringence :
- Δ=0.009-0.010; biaxial positive, 2V = 50°.
- Pleochroism :
- Colorless
- Fluorescence :
- Fluorescence, bluish or greenish-white luminescence, sometimes thermoluminescence, very often due to organic inclusions or impurities.
- Colors :
- Colorless, white to pale blue
- Magnetism :
- no
- Radioactivity :
- no
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*Please note! Some minerals may be toxic and must not be licked or ingested (as such or in the form of powder, elixir or stone water) or be in prolonged contact with the skin or mucous membranes.
*The information on the stones described here are general indications based on our research and experience, and are not exhaustive.
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