Chrysoberyl Cats Eye

Written By Eryn Coombs

Crystal Properties:

  • Colour: Ranges from honey-yellow to minty green, often exhibiting a striking white line across the surface that resembles a cat's eye.

  • Chemical Composition: Beryllium aluminum oxide.

  • Hardness: 8.5 on the Mohs scale.

  • Transparency: Translucent to opaque.

  • Lustre: Vitreous to silky.

Historical and Geological Background:

Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye, also known simply as Cat's Eye, is highly prized for its unique optical reflectance, known as chatoyancy, caused by the presence of minute parallel inclusions. This gem has been admired throughout history for its beauty and perceived protective qualities. It is mainly found in Brazil, Sri Lanka, and parts of Asia.

Metaphysical Associations:

  • Chakra: Solar Plexus.

  • Element: Earth.

  • Planet: Ketu (the descending lunar node in Hindu astrology).

  • Zodiac Sign: Capricorn, Taurus.

Healing and Therapeutic Uses:

  • Wealth and Prosperity: Often regarded as a stone of good fortune and wealth, it attracts abundance and manages karmic wealth with balance and justice.

  • Protection: Provides powerful protective energies, particularly against evil spirits and negative influences.

  • Mental Focus and Clarity: Enhances mental focus and clarity, helping to resolve unresolved issues and make decisions aligned with one's higher self.

Spiritual and Esoteric Uses:

  • Karma and Destiny: Believed to enhance understanding and dealing with the laws of karma, aiding in the spiritual advancement and clearing past debts.

  • Personal Insight: Encourages self-reflection and the acknowledgment of one's flaws and strengths, facilitating deep inner growth.

  • Balance and Harmony: Maintains spiritual balance, helps stabilize emotions, and aligns spiritual purpose with the physical realm.

Numerology:

  • Numerological Significance: Often associated with the number 6, symbolizing responsibility, nurturing, and care, reflecting the stone's properties of fostering a caring and harmonious environment.

Additional Properties:

  • Legal Success: Traditionally believed to bring success in legal matters and disputes, promoting justice and resolution.

  • Emotional Detox: Aids in releasing pent-up negative emotions, fostering a sense of renewal.

  • Enhanced Intuition: Boosts intuitive abilities, helping one to connect more deeply with the intuitive and psychic aspects of their nature.

Eryn Coombs
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