Citrine Meaning and magickal uses
Also called Golden Quartz
A sunny yellow quartz for confidence, cheerful energy, and abundance work.
- Intentions
- Prosperity, Confidence, Creativity, Luck
- Element
- Fire
- Planet
- The Sun
- Day
- Sunday
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous
- Chakra
- Solar Plexus
- Color
- Pale yellow to golden amber
- Hardness
- 7
- Found in
- Brazil, Madagascar, Spain
How to use it
- Keep it where you work
Set citrine on your desk, register, or by your cash box. Let it remind you to approach money with steady effort and an open, generous attitude.
- Charge a prosperity jar
Add a small citrine to a jar with cinnamon, a bay leaf, and a coin. Seal it during a waxing moon and hold it each week while you name your goals.
- Wear it for confidence
Wear citrine as a pendant near your solar plexus on days you need to speak up. Touch it before a meeting and take one steadying breath.
Works well with
Substitutes
History and folklore
Citrine takes its name from the French citron, lemon. Natural citrine is fairly rare, and much of the golden stone in shops is amethyst that has been heated, a practice that goes back centuries. Traditionally it was prized as an affordable stand-in for topaz. In modern folk magick, citrine is often called the merchant's stone, kept in shop tills for good trade. Its warm color makes it a natural partner for Sun magick, confidence, and creative drive.
A sunny yellow quartz for confidence, cheerful energy, and abundance work.
- Intentions: Prosperity, Confidence, Creativity, Luck
- Element: Fire
- Planet: The Sun
- Zodiac: Leo, Gemini
- Day: Sunday
- Moon phase: Waxing Gibbous
- Chakra: Solar Plexus
- Color: Pale yellow to golden amber
- Hardness: 7
- Found in: Brazil, Madagascar, Spain
Safety: Much citrine sold today is heat-treated amethyst; natural citrine is paler. Can fade in strong sunlight.
How to use it
- Keep it where you work. Set citrine on your desk, register, or by your cash box. Let it remind you to approach money with steady effort and an open, generous attitude.
- Charge a prosperity jar. Add a small citrine to a jar with cinnamon, a bay leaf, and a coin. Seal it during a waxing moon and hold it each week while you name your goals.
- Wear it for confidence. Wear citrine as a pendant near your solar plexus on days you need to speak up. Touch it before a meeting and take one steadying breath.
Works well with: Yellow Candle, Gold Candle, Cinnamon, Sunday, The Sun
Folklore
Citrine takes its name from the French citron, lemon. Natural citrine is fairly rare, and much of the golden stone in shops is amethyst that has been heated, a practice that goes back centuries. Traditionally it was prized as an affordable stand-in for topaz. In modern folk magick, citrine is often called the merchant's stone, kept in shop tills for good trade. Its warm color makes it a natural partner for Sun magick, confidence, and creative drive.
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