Crystals

What Are The Best Healing Crystals for Cancer?

 

Cancer traits and personality

The Cancer Zodiac is associated with the Water element. Cancerians are known to be emotional and loving, intuitive and imaginative, protective and sympathetic. On the negative side Cancerians can be overemotional, changeable and moody.

Here are the best crystals for Cancer Zodiac sun sign, to help Cancerians the positive qualities of their sun sign and subdue any negative influences. Let’s dive right into more details of the best crystals and stones for those born under the Cancer Zodiac sign.

 

 

1. Emerald

Stone of successful love

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Emerald Properties

Emerald is the traditional Zodiac crystal for Cancer Sun Sign. Emerald is known as the “stone of successful love”. It brings loyalty and provides for domestic bliss. It enhances unconditional love, unity and promotes friendship. Keeps partnerships in balance and can signal unfaithfulness if it changes color.

Emerald stimulates the Heart Chakra, having a healing effect on the emotions as well as the physical heart. It ensures physical, emotional and mental equilibrium, bringing harmony to all areas of one's life. Focusing intention and raising consciousness, it brings in positive actions, eliminating negativity and enhancing the ability to enjoy life to the fullest.

Emerald enhances psychic abilities, opens clairvoyance, and stimulates the use of greater mental capacity. It helps bring awareness of the unknown to conscious recognition, imparting reason and wisdom.

Emerald assists in inciting activity and focus in ones actions. It strengthens memory and imparts clarity of thought. It inspires a deep inner knowing, promoting truth and discernment.

Emerald Associations

Chakras: Heart Chakra
Zodiac: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Libra
Planet: Mercury
Element: Earth
Vibration: Number 4
Colors: Green

Learn more about the physical properties of Emerald.

 

2. Moonstone

A stone of new beginnings

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Moonstone Properties

A stone for “new beginnings”, Moonstone is a stone of inner growth and strength.  It soothes emotional instability and stress, and stabilizes the emotions, providing calmness.  Moonstone enhances intuition, promotes inspiration, success and good fortune in love and business matters.

Moonstone Associations

Chakras: Third Eye Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra
Zodiac: Cancer, Libra, Scorpio
Planet: Moon
Element: Water
Vibration: Number 4
Colors: Cream, yellow, blue, grey, peach, pink

 

3. Citrine

Best crystal for luck and success

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Citrine Properties

Citrine enhances all the positive qualities of Cancerians. Citrine raises your self-esteem and self-confidence. Stimulates the brain and strengthens the intellect.

Citrine enhances motivation, activates creativity and encourages self-expression. Citrine promotes concentration and revitalizes the mind.

Citrine Associations

Chakras: Sacral Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra, Crown Chakra
Zodiac: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra
Planet: Jupiter
Element: Air
Vibration: Number 6
Colors: Yellow to yellowish brown or smokey grey-brown

 

4. Ruby

Stone of nobility

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Ruby Properties

Ruby promotes leadership and courage. Ruby’s fiery energy encourages passion and a zest for life. It improves motivation and setting of realistic goals. Balances the heart and instills confidence. Ruby also aids in acquiring and retaining wealth and passion.

Ruby Associations

Chakras: Base Chakra, Heart Chakra
Zodiac: Aries, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Vibration: Number 3
Colors: Pinkish-red to red

 

5. Opal

Stone of happy dreams and changes

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Opal Properties

Opal is an emotional stone and reflects the mood of the wearer.  It intensifies emotions and releases inhibitions.  Encourages both freedom and independence.  Opal enhances cosmic consciousness and induces psychic and mystical visions.  It stimulates originality and creativity.  Helps to release anger and claim self worth, aiding in accessing and expressing one’s true self.  Opal strengthens memory.  It encourages an interest in the arts.  Wearing Opal brings loyalty, faithfulness and spontaneity.

Tip: Wear Opal in the form of jewelry to attract loyalty, faithfulness and spontaneity.

Opal Associations

Chakras: Solar Plexus Chakra, Heart Chakra
Zodiac: Cancer, Libra, Scorpio, Pisces
Element: Water
Vibration: Number 8
Colors: white, pink, black, beige, blue, yellow, brown, orange, red, green, purple

 

6. Green Calcite

A stone of wisdom and spirituality

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Green Calcite Properties

Calcite is a powerful amplifier and cleanser of energy. It cleans negative energies from the environment. It brings forth a polarizing prismatic energy, which engenders a spectrum of energy to clear and to activate all of the chakras. Calcite is a spiritual stone that facilitates the opening of higher consciousness and psychic abilities. It helps mind and body to remember soul experiences.

Calcite connects the emotions with the intellect. It is an excellent stone when studying the arts and sciences. It calms the mind, teaches discernment, stimulates insights, and boosts memory.

Green Calcite Associations

Chakras: Heart Chakra
Zodiac: Cancer
Vibration: Number 8
Colors: White, Yellow, Red, Orange, Blue, Green, Brown, gray

 

7. Selenite

A stone of serenity and purity

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Selenite Properties

Selenite provides for clarity of the mind, expanding one's awareness of the self and of one's surroundings.  It opens the crown and higher crown chakras and accesses angelic consciousness and higher guidance.  It can be used to access past lives as well as future lives.  Selenite is a calming stone that instills deep peace and is excellent crystal for meditation or spiritual work.  It assists judgement and insight.  It clears confusion and aids in seeing the deeper picture.

Selenite Associations

Chakras: Crown Chakra
Zodiac: Taurus
Vibration: Number 8
Colors: White, gray, Green, Orange, Brown

 

8. Carnelian

Stone of creativity

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Carnelian Properties

Carnelian helps boost the Sacral Chakra to restore vitality and motivation and stimulates creativity.  It promotes courage and motivates for success.

Carnelian helps in boosting one’s self-esteem and feelings of self-worth.  It helps overcome negative conditioning and encourages steadfastness. 

On the mental level, Carnelian improves analytic abilities and clarifies perception.  It sharpens concentration and dispels mental confusion. On the emotional side, Carnelian calms anger, banishes emotional negativity and replaces it with a love of life.  

You can use Carnelian affirmations to channel the crystal’s energy and set your intention.

Carnelian Associations

Chakras: Base Chakra, Sacral Chakra
Zodiac: Taurus, Cancer, Leo, Virgo
Planet: Mars
Element: Fire
Vibration: Numbers 5 and 6
Colors: Clear-to-translucent red brown which may vary from a pale orange to pink, or from gray to an intense almost black.

 

9. Chalcedony

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Orange Chalcedony Properties

Chalcedony is a nurturing stone that promotes brotherhood and good will.  It absorbs negative energy.  It brings the mind, body, emotions and spirit into harmony.  Chalcedony instills feelings of benevolence and generosity.  It alleviates hostility and transforms melancholy into joy.  Eases self-doubt.  Creates openness and enthusiasm.  Absorbs and dissipates negative thoughts, emotions and bad dreams.

Chalcedony Associations

Chakras: Sacral Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra
Zodiac: Cancer, Virgo, Sagittarius, Aquarius
Vibration: Number 9
Colors: white to gray, grayish-blue, or brown ranging from pale to nearly black. Chalcedony has a waxy lustre, and may be semi transparent or translucent.

 

10. Chrysocolla

The Goddess stone

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Chrysocolla Properties

Chrysocolla calms, cleanses and re-energizes all the chakras.  It draws out guilt, heals heartache and increases the capacity to love.  Improves communication and opens psychic vision.  Encourages self-awareness and inner balance.  Imparts confidence and sensitivity.  Chrysocolla enhances personal power and inspires creativity.  Overcomes phobias by drawing out negativity and supplying motivation.  Reduces mental tension.  Promotes truth-telling and impartiality.  Alleviates guilt and brings in joy.

Chrysocolla Associations

Chakras: Throat Chakra, Heart Chakra
Zodiac: Taurus, Gemini, Virgo
Planet: Mercury
Element: Water
Vibration: Number 5
Colors: blue, blue-green, green

 

11. Rose Quartz

Stone of unconditional love

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Rose Quartz Properties

Rose Quartz is the crystal of unconditional love. Rose Quartz opens the heart to the emotions of love and appreciation. Rose Quartz is a great crystal to manifest their desire of love in all its forms – romantic love, self-love, love of family, love of friends. Rose Quartz can help attract new love or rekindle trust and commitment to an existing relationship. Rose Quartz adds a soothing, loving energy to relationships bringing peace, calm and forgiveness. Rose Quartz can also help heal a broken heart, releasing any emotions of anger, resentment or grief.

Rose Quartz Associations

Chakras: Heart Chakra
Zodiac: Taurus, Libra
Planet: Venus
Element: Earth, Water
Vibration: Number 7
Colors: rose pink

 

How to Use Healing Crystals for Cancer Sun Sign

 

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Cleanse Your Crystal or Stone

Always start by cleansing your crystals. 

Meditate with the stone

Meditate with the stones before going to bed. You can hold your favorite confidence crystal in your hand and focus upon it during your meditation.

To program your crystals, hold your favorite stone in your hands and meditate on it, then focus your intention on attracting your heart’s desire.

Place them under your pillow

At night, place your favorite crystals under your pillow, or you can place them on your nightstand close to your bed. In the beginning, experiment with one or two crystals at a time to avoid excessive crystal energies.

Carry the stones on your person

The crystals and stones can be carried on your person, or in your pocket, as you go around your daily activities.

Wear the crystals as jewelry

Your can wear you favorite crystals as jewelry in the form of a necklace, pendant, bracelet, earrings or ring. After cleansing and programming the crystal jewelry, you can wear it and let the frequencies of the crystal boost your energy.

Sleep with your crystal

You can sleep with your favorite stones under your pillow or close to your body. You can do a brief meditation, focusing on the qualities you need, as you drift to sleep.

Summary

While you can also complement the use of crystals with other techniques such as counseling, positive affirmations, and a positive mental attitude, the above crystals for Cancer Zodiac sign can give you the support you need in boosting your Cancer sun sign qualities and balance any negative influences.