The Meaning

• The garnet stone was originally used 500 years ago to ward off ghosts and phantoms. According to “Your Crystal Code” author Teresa Moorey: “In times gone by it was thought to drive away bad spirits and to warn the wearer of approaching danger.” Moorey also suggests to wear garnet jewelry, such as earrings to sense any approaching threat. Wear your garnet close to your heart to feel empowered.
  
  

Garnet Classifications

• Garnets carry several classifications and each category has a special benefit and meaning. For example, the pyrope garnet is a stabilizing stone promoting an excellent quality of life; the hessonite garnet eliminates feelings of guilt, as well as inferiority, and carries you toward your destination in life; and the melanite garnet promotes honesty. The garnet stone is available in a tumblestone version, as well as a raw garnet, square-cut as well as faceted.
  
  

Health Benefits

• Hall writes: “Traditionally red stones are used to treat hemorrhages and inflammation;” however, the garnet stone is specifically used for regenerating the body, metabolism and cellular disorders.
  
  

Love

• Attracting love as well as a compatible partner is expected when carrying the garnet stone. The stone also inspires love by alleviating emotional disharmony, as well as instilling self-confidence. Hall says, “Red garnet stimulates controlled rise of kundalini energy and adds potency.” The kundalini energy is a root chakra located at the base of the spine. The almandine garnet brings deep love, opens your spiritual higher self and brings forth compassion and charity toward others.
  
  

Lucky Garnet

• The garnet stone is named for the seed of the pomegranate, which is called granatum. If you are given a garnet as a gift, expect good luck to come your way. The garnet is also used to activate and amplify the natural energies of other crystals. Place a square-cut garnet in your office and it will bring success in all of your business matters.
  
  

Hope

• During traumatic life experiences, carrying a garnet stone raises the energetic fields around an individual’s aura. The stone fortifies an individual’s survival instinct and brings about courage and hope to the situation. A crisis is then converted to a challenge when using the garnet-energy presence, which also promotes mutual assistance from others for a speedy solution.
  
  

Subconscious

• The garnet stone’s energy is used in meditation practices to dissolve destructive behavior patterns, as well as outworn ideas. It will bypass any negative resistance created by your subconscious. It will also bypass any self-induced unconscious sabotage.