Zero Gear Hiker on Nostr: I don't know anything about gemstones, but when I was buying one I was trusting my ...
I don't know anything about gemstones, but when I was buying one I was trusting my intuition. The second I entered the store where I bought one I was tracking where I was being guided by it, and the gemstone shelf was the first one my eyes went to. And when I was sufficiently close, my eyes darted towards the magnesite stone.
But alas, I have precisely zero experience regarding gemstones and looking at it I could only surmise so much from the shapes of its veins, so I decided to look up what meanings others have attached to this gemstone.
According to those magnesite is said to have calming properties, and helps improve creative visualization and imagination. This is very interesting since I believe these are required in tarot readings. It is also said to stimulate passion in the heart and strengthens bones and teeth. Don't know what to make of that last bit about bones and teeth, but passion is an interesting one. It also says it helps meditation and opens the heart chakra, but since I don't actively meditate and chakras are not something that I have a sufficient understanding of, I'll take the calm, visualization, imagination, and passion.
It seems to me my intuition knew what it was doing as these are the critical qualities not just for tarot reading, but also ones I either use extensively in my work, or desperately need in general. I do a lot of visualization when solving fairly complicated problems at work. I need my imagination because I've been stuck writing a story for a very long time. And passion is the one I desperately need as I've been losing touch with it in many aspects of my life.
Now I'm a bit preoccupied with the question of whether I even believe that a cheap gemstone can "bring" all this into my life. I take everything people say with a grain of salt. My position is that sure, it might have worked out like that for you or many other people, but these things are highly subjective and I'm quite sure there are people who would be wholly unaffected even if they had tons of magnesite or other gemstone. But I trust my intuition in this regard; there was a reason I was attracted to this particular gemstone and while I don't know it yet, I will likely find out if I pay attention. If it does nothing else, it enticed me to write this bunch of words at least.
But alas, I have precisely zero experience regarding gemstones and looking at it I could only surmise so much from the shapes of its veins, so I decided to look up what meanings others have attached to this gemstone.
According to those magnesite is said to have calming properties, and helps improve creative visualization and imagination. This is very interesting since I believe these are required in tarot readings. It is also said to stimulate passion in the heart and strengthens bones and teeth. Don't know what to make of that last bit about bones and teeth, but passion is an interesting one. It also says it helps meditation and opens the heart chakra, but since I don't actively meditate and chakras are not something that I have a sufficient understanding of, I'll take the calm, visualization, imagination, and passion.
It seems to me my intuition knew what it was doing as these are the critical qualities not just for tarot reading, but also ones I either use extensively in my work, or desperately need in general. I do a lot of visualization when solving fairly complicated problems at work. I need my imagination because I've been stuck writing a story for a very long time. And passion is the one I desperately need as I've been losing touch with it in many aspects of my life.
Now I'm a bit preoccupied with the question of whether I even believe that a cheap gemstone can "bring" all this into my life. I take everything people say with a grain of salt. My position is that sure, it might have worked out like that for you or many other people, but these things are highly subjective and I'm quite sure there are people who would be wholly unaffected even if they had tons of magnesite or other gemstone. But I trust my intuition in this regard; there was a reason I was attracted to this particular gemstone and while I don't know it yet, I will likely find out if I pay attention. If it does nothing else, it enticed me to write this bunch of words at least.