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Agate

Agate is a variety of crypto-crystalline quartz; Silicon Dioxide. Agate is a common term for a distinctly banded fibrous chalcedony. It is often found as layers lining Geodes. There are hundreds of names applied to the varieties of agate that are found throughout the world. While many of the names reflect the source of the crystal, other names are descriptive of their color and pattern. Many people are confused by the differences between agate and jasper, the simple explanation is that Agate is translucent and Jasper is opaque.

Since ancient time, Black Agate is used for its grounding, balancing and centering effects. It is closely connected to the Root chakra. Wearing jewelry made from this gemstone will bring you peace, balance your positive and negative energy, relieve anxiety and provide protection during hard times. In the past, this gemstone was used for alleviating and healing joint and bone problems, neck and shoulder pain relief, helps with digestion and eases nausea. Black agate is a stone of new beginnings, change, and transition soothing deep emotions like grief, anxiety, and anger. Banded Agate is considered as a great stone for healing mind, the body, and the spirit. It is used for protection, security and used for moral stability. It is used as well as a helping stone for organizing person life, soothing, and as a grounding stone. It is said that it can help with cutting cords with persons that have a negative influence on a person wearing, being a boss, partner, friend, or any other negative person that want to manipulate with you.

Banded Agate can ease our aches and pains. It supports treatments for infection and poisoning, aiding the body in detoxing and healing itself. It also supports our abdominal, pancreatic, and urinary tract health. I find it to be a helpful stone for stomach aches and nausea. Banded Agate supports our mental capabilities by bringing clarity and helping us to see people and situations as they really are as well as helping us to think of clear solutions and plans of action. It can boost our concentration and focus. It also encourages honesty with ourselves and with others.

Black Agate is strength giving. It provides support in difficult or confusing circumstances an during times of enormous mental or physical stress. It centers your energy and aligns it with a higher power. Onyx helps you access higher guidance and its connection with the whole. It can take you forward to view the future and with its capacity to impart personal strength, helps you to be the master of your destiny. This stone promotes vigor steadfastness and stamina. Banded Black Agate helps you to learn lessons by imparting self confidence and helping you to be at ease in your surroundings.

The Moon as the Archetype of the Divine Feminine

The Moon’s inherent qualities and observable cycles perfectly mirror the multifaceted nature of the Divine Feminine:

1. Cyclical Nature (Cycles of Life, Death, and Rebirth):
   • Menstrual Cycle Alignment: The most direct and ancient connection is the approximate 28-day lunar cycle mirroring the average female menstrual cycle. This biological link firmly rooted the Moon as a symbol of women’s bodies, fertility, and the deep, intrinsic connection to natural rhythms.
   • Phases of Transformation: Each lunar phase symbolizes a stage of life and a facet of the Divine Feminine:
     • New Moon (Dark Moon): Represents the Maiden/Crone aspects. It’s a time of introspection, dreaming, planting seeds of intention, beginnings, and deep rest. It embodies the quiet potential before birth, the mysterious void, and the wisdom gained through solitude.
     • Waxing Moon: Symbolizes the Maiden. It’s a period of growth, creativity, development, intention, and action. It reflects youthful energy, eagerness, and the budding of new ideas and projects.
     • Full Moon: Embodies the Mother. It’s a time of culmination, illumination, peak power, manifestation, and emotional intensity. It represents nurturing, abundance, fertility, and the complete expression of one’s power.
     • Waning Moon: Represents the Crone. It’s a phase of release, letting go, purification, wisdom, and drawing inward. It signifies shedding what no longer serves, introspection, and preparing for renewal.
   • This continuous cycle teaches us about adaptability, resilience, and the natural flow of creation, dissolution, and recreation – a core teaching of the Divine Feminine.
2. Intuition, Emotion, and the Subconscious:
   • The Inner World: The Moon, shining in the darkness, illuminates the night, symbolizing its connection to the subconscious mind, dreams, and hidden depths. The Divine Feminine is deeply intuitive, often communicating through feelings, visions, and subtle knowing rather than pure logic.
   • Emotional Tides: Just as the Moon governs the ocean’s tides, it is believed to influence human emotions, which ebb and flow like the sea. The Divine Feminine embraces the full spectrum of emotions, recognizing them as guidance and a path to deeper understanding, rather than something to be suppressed.
   • Receptivity and Reflection: The Moon doesn’t generate its own light; it reflects the Sun’s. This symbolizes the receptive, nurturing, and reflective qualities of the Divine Feminine – the ability to listen, receive wisdom, and mirror the divine light.
3. Nurturing, Creation, and Fertility:
   • Great Mother Archetype: The Moon is often associated with the “Great Mother” archetype, the Universal Mother who nurtures all life. This connection highlights the Divine Feminine’s qualities of compassion, unconditional love, sustenance, and the ability to create and birth.
   • Fertility and Abundance: Beyond physical reproduction, the Moon’s connection to fertility extends to the conception and manifestation of ideas, projects, and spiritual growth. The Divine Feminine is the creative force that brings dreams into being.
4. Mystery, Shadow, and Hidden Wisdom:
   • The Unseen: The Moon’s presence in the night sky, often veiled by clouds or shifting phases, speaks to mystery, the unknown, and the sacred feminine’s connection to esoteric knowledge and wisdom that lies beyond the purely rational.
   • Embracing Shadow: The dark side of the Moon, perpetually hidden from Earth, symbolizes the shadow self – those aspects of ourselves we keep hidden or deny. The Divine Feminine invites us to explore and integrate our shadows, recognizing that wholeness comes from embracing all parts of ourselves, not just the light.
5. Goddesses and Pantheon:
   • Across mythologies, numerous goddesses are lunar deities, embodying various aspects of the Divine Feminine:
     • Selene (Greek) / Luna (Roman): The personification of the Moon itself, often depicted driving a chariot across the night sky, representing pure lunar essence.
     • Artemis (Greek) / Diana (Roman): Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, childbirth, and often associated with the crescent moon and the Maiden archetype.
     • Hecate (Greek): Goddess of witchcraft, crossroads, magic, and the underworld, often associated with the dark or waning moon and the Crone archetype.
     • Isis (Egyptian): A powerful goddess of magic, healing, and motherhood, often depicted with lunar symbols.
     • Mama Quilla (Incan): “Mother Moon,” goddess of the moon, protector of women, and overseer of marriage and menstrual cycles.
     • Chang’e (Chinese): The Moon Goddess of immortality and grace.
     • Ixchel (Mayan): Rainbow Woman, goddess of the moon, love, gestation, medicine, and textile arts.

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