“Discover how Cinnabar attracts abundance and aligns will with purpose.” ~Crystal Wind

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Cinnabar is said to attract abundance, gently increasing persuasiveness and assertiveness when selling, and assists in organizational abilities for business management. On the spiritual level this crystal allows one to accept the placement of things as they should be. It aligns personal will with Divine will, as a magician does to create and manifest physical world rewards. Red Cinnabar is also known as “Dragon’s Blood.”

Star Sign: Leo | Planet: Mercury | Element: Fire | Chakras: Root (1st), Belly/Sacral (2nd) and Third Eye (6th) | Numerical Vibration: 8

Energy and Uses

Energy: The energy of this stone may bring an increase of wealth into your business. This stone is also powerful for awakening mystic vision, and this may empower you to complete your Divine purpose for incarnating at this time.

Uses: Holding this crystal is said to release opportunities, expansion and physical energy. It facilitates a gentle unfolding of events towards a positive conclusion for all parties involved, understanding of the undercurrents within a situation, and acceptance of the directions that need to be considered. It brings mental fluidity and direction to your purpose, and supports agreements, contracts, entrepreneurial endeavors, new business, and the accumulation of wealth and abundance.

Cinnabar resonates quite strongly inside the Sacral Chakra and the Base Chakra. This energy is also popular for raising the awakening of the Kundalini. It will motivate the powerful flow of the life force energy inside all the lower chakras and may also increase personal relationships.

There is a strong vibration in this stone that assists in grounding excessive power. It takes all the excess power through the Base Chakra towards the Earth Chakra in order to facilitate spiritual grounding. It deals with the hurt feelings of the wearer, anger and jealousy, and stops him from taking issues directly to the heart.

Ways to Use Cinnabar

Cinnabar is a strong gemstone used for meditation. This stone helps to facilitate clear understanding of the actual flow of energy from the source of Divine to this physical world and encourages a powerful flow of that same energy toward manifestation.

Cinnabar is an excellent stone for business to assist in manifesting money. Keep this crystal close to the place where you accept funds, money, checks, or cash. Cinnabar will also help you ascertain the exact reasons that may be blocking prosperity and abundance in your life.

Cinnabar aids sales people as it enhances boldness and may aid the wearer’s speech to be clearer and more influential. It is popular for stimulating an increase in self confidence and facilitates more fluent communication. Cinnabar is used for manifestation and wealth creation.

“Cinnabar is said to have been used to attract abundance in wealth and support altruistic businesses.”

Crystal Tips for Cinnabar

One of the stones of abundance, Cinnabar is strongly energetic with wealth and abundance. Place in a cash box, money jar, piggy bank, or money corner to increase income and to hold onto wealth. Increases persuasiveness and assertiveness. Aids in business transactions without causing any aggression. Assists not-for-profit organizations, community work, business and finance. Enhances your persona with dignity and power. Mentally, Cinnabar imparts fluency to the mind and to speech. Releases buried resentment. Stimulates the third eye, giving greater insight of the future. Assists in actualizing dreams. Cinnabar has associations with metal magic, spiritual alchemy and merchant alchemy.

Metaphysical Properties

Cinnabar assists the spiritual alchemist, stimulating psychic transformation and manifestation of spiritual energy. It enhances spiritual perception and facilitates development of shape-shifting abilities. Cinnabar helps to release unacknowledged negative emotions.

Cinnabar is a colorful mineral that adds a unique color to the mineral color palette. Its cinnamon to scarlet red color can be very attractive. Well shaped crystals are uncommon and the twinned crystals are considered classics among collectors. The twinning in cinnabar is distinctive and forms a penetration twin that is ridged with six ridges surrounding the point of a pyramid.

Cinnabar is the primary ore of mercury. Mercury is used in medical instruments, electrical controls and as a fungicide. It was once used to recover gold from stream sediments and crushed ore. Notable occurrences include Almaden, Spain; Idria, Serbia; Hunan Province, China; and California, Oregon, Texas, and Arkansas, USA. Cinnabar generally occurs as vein deposits in areas of volcanic and hot spring activity.

Legend

Cinnabar was mined by the Roman Empire for its mercury content and has been the main ore of mercury throughout the centuries. Some mines used by the Romans are still being mined today. Cinnabar shares the same symmetry class with quartz but the two form different crystal habits. Cinnabar crystals are rare, and sought after by collectors.

Physical Areas

Prostate, lower pelvis area, pit of the stomach, energy in the hands, improved flow of energy behind the neck. Promotes vitality and power and is good for blood issues including the formation of white blood cells and detoxification, provides a resistance to germs. Cinnabar assists in treating fungal and viral infections. Blood, strength and flexibility in the physical body, stabilizing weight, fertility.

Safety Note: Cinnabar is a toxic mineral. Due to its mercury toxicity great care must be taken when handling Cinnabar. Always wear gloves if handling the crystals themselves, never use in elixirs, and wash hands thoroughly after handling. To protect the stones keep them enclosed in airtight containers.

Disclaimer: All crystal healing uses, magical uses and metaphysical definitions are provided as a means of education and do not imply a guarantee of effect. Those suffering from illness should consult with their General Practitioner in the first instance. Crystal healing is a holistic complementary healthcare practice and should be carried out by a suitably qualified crystal healing practitioner. Views expressed are those of the contributing author and do not necessarily reflect the views of CrystalWind.ca, which makes no claims regarding the accuracy of any content herein.

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