Colour: Black - Root Chakra
Landmark of Civilisation, of our inheritance and heredity.
Energy: Yin
Resonance: Builder. Concerns: verticality, longevity, realism, faithfulness,
protection, stoicism, sense of duty, solitude, notion of the importance of educational and cultural values. Learning periods for young people.
Personality Type: Well structured person; psychologically sound; high moral standards to the point of inflexibility. Deep, intimidating and cold. Inward looking, serious and fundamentally honest, but rather pessimistic. Conservative, adheres to social customs, etiquette and tradition. The profile of a philosopher - can become psychologically extremely tight and aloof, bringing a tense attitude, leading to tightness around the neck.
Known to:
• Work on bone structure. Alleviate osteo-arthritis and rheumatisms
• Overcome all manner of rigidity (physical and mental)
• Bring rectitude
• Help grieving process (rebuild; enable person to come to terms with loss)
• Stabilise and help the people who have a tendency to worry to feel secure
• Structure weak-willed people
• Overcome patterns of failure (tame the fear of building up)
• Rehabilitate the body and mind after bone fractures. In case of bone fractures (bone energetically de-structured allowing it to break) it is known to help towards the rebuilding of bone in a similar way to how athletes work on regaining their strength and stamina after injuries that continually afflict them
• Give the desire to hold oneself straight, to face things from a well constructed base
• Give cool objectivity as an aid to overcoming problems. Control and stop panic attack
• Can be of use for people who change work or places constantly (they have been destructured!)
Beneficial energy for: people in the middle of putting together a new structure or in the process of restructuring, be it on a personal, professional or family level.
Recommendation: Avoid giving it on its own, as it can cause pessimism.
N.B. Obsidian is for severance. Black Tourmaline - for mourning. Two rather somber
crystals, so always give these with AMBER.
KNOWN TO RESTORE STRUCTURE
