Crystals for Intuition
Labradorite, lapis lazuli and rainbow moonstone are the three intuition stones, with iolite, azurite and sugilite alongside. The colours are all blue, violet and flash, and in the chakra system this is third eye territory. Tradition frames intuition as noticing rather than receiving. You already registered the thing that is bothering you, several hours ago, and the ritual is what gives that quiet signal room to be heard.
The six
Which six stones does tradition name for this?
Six, not sixty. Each one carries a different reason, so you can pick the reason that sounds like your week rather than buying the whole row.
Labradorite
Grey until the light catches it, then blue and gold. The hidden flash is the entire metaphor, and it is the most recommended intuition stone in modern practice.
Lapis Lazuli
Deep blue with pyrite gold, worn by priests and scribes for thousands of years. Tradition ties it to inner truth, to the answer you already know and dislike.
Rainbow Moonstone
White with a blue sheen that moves across the surface. Given to timing, to knowing that a decision is right but not yet, which intuition mostly is.
Iolite
Shows different colours from different angles, and Viking navigators are said to have used it at sea. It stands for orientation when the usual landmarks are missing.
Azurite
Intense blue, soft, and it dislikes water and sunlight. Lore gives it to insight that arrives as a whole rather than as a chain of reasoning.
Sugilite
Deep purple and rare, a favourite of practitioners rather than shops. Associated with trusting your own read when everyone around you is confident and wrong.
The practice
How do you work with the set?
Ask the question in writing, then put the stone on the page and leave the room.
Come back after an hour and read your own question again before answering.
The delay is the method.
Intuition is mostly a slower answer than the one you would have given immediately, and the stone is how you buy yourself that hour.
Read here as a language of symbols. Medical, legal and financial questions belong with a professional.
Questions
What else do people ask about this?
How do I tell intuition from anxiety?
The usual rule is tone. Intuition is quiet, specific and arrives once. Anxiety is loud, general and repeats. If it is still repeating tomorrow, it is probably fear.
Is labradorite really the best one to start with?
It is the most recommended and also the most forgiving. It is affordable, hard enough to carry and visually striking, so people keep it rather than shelving it.
Nearby
The needs that sit next to this one.
Two ways on
A need is one door in, a stone is another.
Six names, and behind each one the tradition that gave it the job and the plain limit of what it cannot do. The body reads the same set differently, and the seven centres are that reading.
- 104
- stones, each with what tradition says
- 64
- everyday uses, six stones under each
- 7
- centres, the same set read through the body