Red Jasper

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 goddess 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 take care of your roots and plant them deep in the ground, so you can draw all the energy you need and unload what you no longer need.

With a good grounding, it's easier for you to accept your incarnation and the world of matter. Your life force is nourished and you gain in vitality, obstacles and conflicts no longer seem insurmountable, because you know you have the strength, stability, courage and determination to overcome and resolve them.

With strong roots, you can, like the tree, rise and spread your verticality and if a storm hits you head-on, you know you have the strength and flexibility to weather it.

This stone is an ally when it comes to turning a project, a desire or an idea into reality. It prevents you from spreading yourself too thin, brings you back to concreteness and works to unite your ideas, strengths and potential.

And when it comes to dealing with hostility, such as harassment or abuse of power, this stone shows you that you have the strength and courage you need to stand your ground and face up to it. The same applies when 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 the perfect companion for any incarnation and is welcome on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels during preconception, conception, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, the baby's 1st weeks, mother and father anchoring, miscarriage or abortion.

During pregnancy, it helps with heavy legs by improving blood circulation, helps reduce fatigue and gives strength and courage to the pregnant woman. During birth, by channeling telluric energy, it helps to improve the efficiency of contractions and facilitate the birth of the baby and placenta. Its encouraging energy helps the mother to persevere, even when she thinks she can no longer do so. After birth, it can help prevent the formation of blood clots in the uterus.

What are the physical properties of red jasper?

Physically, Red Jasper improves blood circulation, promotes healing, brings vitality to the whole body, has regenerative properties, 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 its virtues help reduce the effects of aging.

How to use red jasper

• Place Red Jasper in your socks or as an anklet in case of heavy legs, to improve your anchoring and stimulate the energy in your legs. You can also relax lying down with a Red Jasper on your pubis, one on each thigh, one on each knee, one on each ankle and a Black Tourmaline or Almandine Garnet or Pyrope on the soles of your feet.
• Wear Red Jasper regularly, preferably directly against your skin, to benefit from its virtues.
• Citrine combined with Red Jasper is great for giving you courage and not being 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, in the 4 corners, to protect yourself from possible 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 earth.
• For victims of harassment, abuse or any kind of disrespect.
• For young parents who need to regain their strength.
• For and who want to take action, but find it hard to get down to the nitty-gritty.

Red Jasper in mineralogy

Jasper is formed by sedimentation from silicic acid solution which, after passing through rocks absorbing numerous impurities, crystallizes in cavities. It can also be magmatically formed when silica-rich magma rises to the upper layers of the earth 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.

Did you know?

Red River Jasper and Breccia Jasper are varieties of Red Jasper and many varieties of Jasper, such as Red Picture Jasper, Noreena Jasper, Polychrome Jasper, Zebra Jasper, Ancestralite and Mookaite Jasper contain Red Jasper.

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

Red Jasper has been widely used for thousands of years in different parts of the world to make decorative and ritual objects, furniture, statuettes, jewelry and amulets.

It plays an important role in many cultures and has frequently been used for rituals throughout history, 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 night protection stone.

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 and the Japanese used it to make Magatama, sacred pendants that could contain the souls of great warriors.

Red jasper also has an important place in the Christian religion, as it was considered the "blood of martyrs" and many cult objects were fashioned in red jasper. In fact, myths tell us 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 symbolizes courage.