What are the magical properties of garnet

Pulsating with the power of fire, garnet is a beautiful red gem said to symbolise passion and strength. This is a sensual, sexy stone — especially the AA faceted garnets Cunningfolk uses to handcraft our crystal jewellery.

What is garnet crystal?

Garnet is an ancient crystal, featuring in Greek mythology and the Christian Bible alike. There are many kinds of garnet, but the most popular is known as an almandine garnet. These beautiful stones are the earthy, inky red of pomegranate juice or dried blood. A deeply alluring stone, it ripples with the power of fire.

What are the magical and healing properties of garnet?

Garnet is a stone of fire, and considered one of the most powerful stones to wear and use.

Garnet is used for love, attraction and passion. It’s a sexy stones that can ensure commitment in relationships and guide you towards a partner with whom you share a mental, emotional and physical connection.

It’s also a stone of power and energy. Some cunningfolk recommend wearing garnet when you’re working towards a goal — studying, working out or working hard. It’s a stone of increased energy and capability.

How do I use garnet?

Garnet is a powerful magical crystal, and can be used in many ways.

You can mediate with a garnet crystal or garnet jewellery. Simply cup the garnet crystal or the garnet jewellery in your hands (or, if you’re wearing it, press your fingers against it) and feel the stone against your skin. Clear your mind, and focus on how the stone feels on your body or in your hand. Meditate for a moment on the stone, and the ways in which you would like it to work for you.

You can also use garnet and its magical properties in rituals, spells and simply by wearing it on your person in your day-to-day life. Check our blog for more details.

How can garnet help me?

Garnet is a passionate, powerful stone for bringing the power of fire into your life.

If you’re looking to reaffirm the commitment in your relationship, kickstart your sex life or guide yourself towards a truly compatible partner, this is the stone for you.

A stone of energy, garnet is good for keeping your heart pumping and your energy up. It’s a supportive, stabilising stone — commitment in love, but also in life and work.

Garnet is also a root chakra stone, so can ground you more broadly. It can help guide you towards choices that support your wellbeing. Not quick fixes or flash-in-the-pan relationships.

How do I get my garnet crystal to work?

There is no direct scientific evidence that garnet healing properties have a direct impact on your mental or physical health. But garnet is considered a powerfully energetic stone. And the cunningfolk of history have passed down rituals to make garnet a valuable part of your spiritual practice.

Many cunningpeople empower their garnet crystal or jewellery with an intention. To do this, decide what you would like your tanzanite crystal or jewellery to help you accomplish. If you bought your garnet crystal jewellery from Cunningfolk, it will be charged by the moonlight and sunlight. And primed to accept this intention. If you bought it elsewhere, you may want to cleanse and charge your crystal before you begin. (Check out how on our blog.)

Once your garnet crystal or jewellery is cleansed and charged, sit with it in a quiet, peaceful room. Cup it in your hands. Meditate for a few minutes on what you would like it to help you with. Are you looking to rediscover your sexual self? Bring new passion and energy into your life? Manifest a friend or lover who is ready for a long-term, expressive relationship?

Keep your garnet crystal or jewellery on or near your body, where you’ll see it often. Every time you glance at it, your intention will come to the forefront of your mind. And you’ll be reminded of your goals — with the help of your garnet crystal jewellery, of course.