Green aventurine for attracting luck & fortune

Many in the present day “new age” community refer to aventurine as the stone of opportunity or more simply the good luck stone. It is believed that working with this particular quartz can aid in attracting good luck success. Aventurine is one of my favorite stones and today I’m going to share how you can work with it to help you on your personal journey.

1. PROPERTIES

2. WHY WORK WITH CRYSTALS?

3. BENEFITS

4. GETTING STARTED

5. WAYS TO USE GREEN AVENTURINE

6. EVERYDAY CRYSTAL USE

7. BACKGROUND & ADDITIONAL INFO

Green Aventurine: Luck, prosperity, abundance, healing, creativity, vision !

1. Properties

WHAT IS AVENTURINE?

Aventurine is a type of quartz of translucent appearance. It can be found in countries such as Spain, Chile, Brazil, China, Tanzania, Austria, and Russia. These rocks of the popular “greenish” appearance are found primarily in specific regions of India.

While aventurine is most often identified by its green appearance, this quartz can develop into a range of colors such as yellow, orange, brown blue and gray.

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2. Why work with crystals?

Some may think that these gemstones/crystals that have gained popularity in recent years are no more than just pretty rocks. Perhaps some think that all of these new-age hippies are crazy spending their hard-earned money on a bunch of color rocks.

Perhaps you hold such opinions, and for that, I say thank you for reading this far. Now, rather than judge, I’m going to explain the concept behind crystals.

THE GENERAL CONCEPT

The concept behind crystal work is energetic alignment. When you have two energies that are not a match to each other, one must align with that of the other for the two to continue sharing space.

Crystals hold a balanced, resistance-free vibration specific to their type. When you work with a crystal, including its presence routinely, you are attuning your energy to that of the crystal.

If a crystal’s dominant vibration is love, you are training your own vibration to become more in alignment with that of love the more you are in contact with the crystal.

Just as the people you surround yourself with have the ability to shape you and your energy, for better or for worse, crystals are quite like another companion who can do the same for you. They can assist in shaping your energy with their harmonious frequencies.

Aventurine, like many quartz crystals, can be used in healing work and manifestation through the implementation of this concept.

3. Benefits of aventurine

GENERAL BENEFITS

Because many crystals hold multiple functions so be intentional about your use of the crystal you choose to work with. If you are looking to invite luck, abundance, opportunity, general prosperity in your life consider working with green aventurine.

Green aventurine correlates with the heart chakra. The heart chakra is one of the body’s many energy centers. It is located at the chest and is associated with love, relationships, empathy, change, self-esteem, compassion, and forgiveness.

Working with this stone can help align this chakra. As a result, a more aligned heart chakra will help you see, attract, and accept opportunities around all you.

When your heart chakra is generally in alignment, you can experience healthy relationships with yourself and with others. When out of alignment, you may experience low-self esteem, jealously, distrust, and codependency in your relationships.

Green aventurine can be used to help heal ailments of the heart, whether they exist the emotional, physical, and spiritual bodies.

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4. Getting started

If you’re still reading at this point, I’m going to assume you are, to some degree, attuned to the spiritual hippy mumbo-jumbo that I am going to delve deeper into. So, how does one start working with green aventurine or any crystal for that matter?

CLEANSE YOUR CRYSTAL

When you first receive your crystal you should cleanse it. For a cleanse you can simply place your crystals in saltwater for at least 10 minutes. You can also add Florida water into the mix. Be sure to cleanse your crystals from time to time.

Also, I’m pretty sure you can use sage and or palo santo to help in the cleansing process as well.

PROGRAM YOUR CRYSTAL

Programming your crystal is essentially setting an intention in working with it. While this isn’t exactly necessary, you might find that you yield more desirable results as you would with any other task you set clear intentions towards.

Hold it in your right hand, close your eyes and meditate. Breathe properly imagining energy expanding from your stone. Declare in your mind or out loud how you will use this crystal. Perhaps you might use your aventurine crystal for chakra balancing or aligning your energy to that of abundance.

5. Ways to use green aventurine

USE GREEN AVENTURINE FOR HEALING WORK

What you can do today, once acquiring aventurine, is use it for healing purposes.

Take green aventurine quartz and hold it over your heart. You can do this standing up, sitting, or laying down. If you are laying, simply down place the crystal at the center of your chest.

Breathe properly, slowing inhaling into your belly, waiting a moment, and then slowly exhaling completely. Proper breathing will help you relax and release any resistance you may hold.

There are a variety of healing techniques to implement. You can say a prayer or affirmation of your choosing that nourishes your heart and self-esteem. You can also incorporate visualization. With your eyes, close envision the green light emerging from the quartz and entering your heart space and becoming one with your aura. You can do this as you say your prayer/affirmation.

HEALING WITH OTHER AVENTURINE

I mentioned before that aventurine can be found in a variety of colors. The aventurine stone you possess can be used to heal or work with other chakras that correspond with its color.

For example, a blue aventurine works better for the throat chakra. Orange aventurine best corresponds with the sacral chakra, and a reddish-brown for the root chakra.

USE GREEN AVENTURINE TO ATTRACT LUCK & PROSPERITY

Similar to what I describe above, to manifest, you can hold up or place green aventurine at the center of your chest. Then, focus on a specific intention. Writing down the desires you want to manifest ahead of time may help you focus and be more intentional.

Once ready, make sure you breathe properly and relax your body. With your specific desire in mind, visualize in your mind’s eye your desires have already come true. Be as detailed as possible.

What does it look like? Who is there? How do you feel receiving your desired thing? It’s important to focus on the sensations of receiving your manifestation. If you are happy or excited be sure to smile and spread that feeling of joy all throughout your body.

Visualize until you feel you are done, but I would advise that it be no shorter than 17 seconds.

Once you have finished settle into the feeling of gratitude. Thank the universe, God, whomever, for delivering your manifestation. Be sure to thank your crystal as well. Continue on and act as if your wishes have already come true.

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6. Everyday crystal use

Some general uses of green aventurine mostly include keeping it around you routinely to help attune your energy. Some easy things include

1. Keeping aventurine under your pillow as you sleep.

2. Embark on a pocket challenge, storing it in your pockets daily.

3. Keep aventurine on your desk as you work.

4. Wear aventurine around your neck, preferably close to the heart.

5. Use it for daily meditation. Have it in your hand, on you, or next to you.

7. The more you know

The name Aventurine is of Italian origin evolving from “avventura” meaning ‘chance’ to “avventurino“, and then “aventurine (from French)” as of the eighteenth century.

Since its discovery, many cultures have worked with this quartz, believing it to hold special properties, such as allowing those to improve their vision (physical and metaphysical) or to spark creativity.

Green aventurine best resonates with my desires and the path that I wish to lead. While I chose to write about this particular crystal, there are a plethora of crystals out there, each with different properties.

If you feel lead to do so, I encourage you to find a crystal that best resonates with you. If you happen to enter a crystal or new age shop, carefully choose a crystal you are drawn to for that is one you are meant to work with. You can also research online for crystals that might help you align to your goals.

I hope you found this article interesting, if not helpful.