Red Jasper
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What is the significance of red jasper?

Known for thousands of years, red jasper has long been used for its magical properties in amulets and cult objects. Linked to the Earth goddesses and considered in various cultures to be the blood of the earth, it is particularly present in rites associated with the feminine, fertility, childbirth and menstruation.

What are the benefits of red jasper?

This brick-red to dark-red variety of Jasper is a wonderful anchoring stone that connects you to telluric energies and the power of Mother Earth. It invites you to care for your roots, to plant them deeply, to draw from them the energy you need and unburden yourself of what you wish to let go of.

It will be easier for you to accept your incarnation and the world of matter with a firm grounding. You'll gain vitality; obstacles and conflicts will no longer seem so insurmountable as you become aware of your strength. The stone will give you the stability, courage and determination you need to overcome and resolve them.

Powerful roots support you as you rise and spread your verticality. If a storm hits you head-on, you'll have the strength and flexibility to weather it.

This stone is an ally when it comes to bringing a project, a desire or an idea to fruition. It will keep you from spreading yourself too thin, bring you back to concreteness and work to unite your ideas, strengths and potential.

And if it's a question of dealing with hostility, such as harassment or abuse of power, Red Jasper is a reminder that you have the strength and courage within you to stand your ground and face up to it. This is just as true if it's your inner demons, such as self-destruction or devaluation, that are tormenting you.

Red jasper can be a good ally for learning to "be in your body", to accept your sexuality and its physical expression.

This stone is also a wonderful accompaniment to any incarnation. It is welcome on physical, emotional and spiritual levels, during preconception, conception, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, during the baby's first weeks, for anchoring the mother and father, in the event of miscarriage or abortion.

According to lithotherapy tradition, Red Jasper helps with heavy legs by improving blood circulation during pregnancy, reducing fatigue and giving strength and courage to the pregnant woman. During childbirth, by channeling telluric energy, it helps improve the efficiency of contractions and facilitates birth. Its encouraging energy helps the mother to persevere, even when, in doubt, she believes she can no longer make it. After birth, it can be used in lithotherapy to prevent the formation of blood clots in the uterus.

What are the physical properties of red jasper?

Still according to tradition, on a physical level, Red Jasper improves blood circulation, promotes healing, brings vitality to the whole organism, possesses regenerating virtues, soothes nausea, stimulates the male sexual organs and regulates hormonal secretions.

These virtues make it a beneficial stone in cases of fatigue, convalescence, heavy or tired legs, blood clots, disorders related to the menstrual cycle or menopause.

For men, it can be a welcome relief for erectile dysfunction.

Did you know?
Red Jasper is nicknamed the "Stone of Longevity", because tradition attributes to it virtues that help reduce the effects of aging.

How to use red jasper?
Which stones to combine it with?

• Wear it as an anklet or in your socks to improve anchoring and stimulate energy in case of heavy legs. You can also relax by lying down with a Red Jasper on your pubis, one on each thigh, one on each knee, one on each ankle, combined with a Black Tourmaline, Almandine Garnet or Pyrope on the soles of your feet.
• Wear Red Jasper regularly, preferably directly against your skin, to benefit from its virtues.
• an association with Citrine can be useful to give you courage so you're not tempted to give up as soon as a difficulty arises.

Where to place a Red Jasper?

• Red Jasper in your living space will diffuse earth-like energies conducive to anchoring and protection.
• Red Jasper is suitable for all areas of the home and garden.
• You can place pieces of red Jasper under your bed or at its 4 corners, to protect yourself from any telluric disturbances.

Red Jasper, for whom?

• For airy and dreamy people who disperse easily and struggle to come to terms with the world of matter.
• for and who wish to rediscover or consolidate their connection to the land
• for victims of harassment, abuse or any form of disrespect
• for young parents who need to recharge their batteries
• for and who want to take action, but find it hard to get down to the nitty-gritty.

Mineralogy of Red Jasper

Its origin can be sedimentary or magmatic: Jasper can be formed by sedimentation from silicic acid solutions which, passing through rocks and absorbing numerous impurities, crystallize in mineral cavities. It may be magmatically formed when silica-rich magma rises to the earth's upper layers and cools rapidly.

The Jasper family, which includes many varieties, belongs to the microcrystalline quartz and oxide classes.
Red Jasper is a silicon dioxide containing various foreign substances, notably iron oxide, which gives it its red to red-brown color.

It's a fairly hard stone: between 6.5 and 7 on the Mohs scale.

Did you know?
Red River Jasper and Breccia Jasper are varieties of Red Jasper. Many varieties of Jasper, such as Jaspe image rouge, Jaspe noreena, Jaspe polychrome, Jaspe zébré, Ancestralite and Jaspe Mookaïte contain red Jasper.

What have been the meanings and uses of red jasper throughout history?

Red Jasper has been widely used since time immemorial in various parts of the world to make decorative or ritual objects, furniture, statuettes, jewelry and amulets, particularly in connection with fertility.

Amerindians called it "the blood of Mother Earth" and used it for fertility rituals, to invoke rain and as a stone of nocturnal protection.

The Egyptians associated it with the 'blood of the Mother Goddess Isis, and the Greeks with Gaia, the Earth Goddess. Both are symbols of fertility.

It was highly prized by Asians, who set it on numerous jewels and crowns. In Japan, it was used to make Magatama, sacred pendants that could contain the souls of great warriors.

Red Jasper also has an important place in the Christian religion. Considered a representation of the blood of martyrs, it could be used to fashion numerous objects of worship. Myths have it that red jasper formed at the foot of Christ during his crucifixion, and biblical texts mention Christ's throne adorned with red jasper.

In Norse, Germanic and medieval mythology, red jasper is the stone of warriors and symbolizing courage.