Tigers Eye - Healing Crystal Benefits, Properties and Applications

The Healing Crystal Tigers Eye has many benefits, uses and properties. It is best known for its golden and brown tones, yet it can also be found in rarer shades of pink, blue and red (not to be confused of course, with "Cat's eye" which is a man-made glass stone). It is found in the United States, Mexico, India, Australia, and South Africa, and is our January Crystal of the month, due to its powerful, outgoing, confident energy that helps us recognise both the needs of others, and our own. It helps us understand the difference between our wishful thinking and truest desires.

Tiger's Eye integrates the hemispheres of the brain, aiding us in collecting scattered information to make a coherent whole., which is helpful for resolving dilemmas and internal conflicts. In fact, Its frequently turned to by those with personality disorders and supports addictive personalities in making changes.

Roman soldiers wore protective Tiger’s Eye amulets to deflect weapons during battle. It appears to have been known as Wolf stone and possibly oculus belus, Deemed to be all-seeing, it has long been regarded as a stone of good fortune and was traditionally used to ward off curses and ill fortune.

Tigers Eye reminds us to harness inner strength, to stand a little taller, and to stop self sabotaging and hiding away, it is all about surfacing self-confidence. it’s believed to balance out the endocrine system and awaken those who tend to feel a little sluggish or lethargic. It’s used for Higher energy, a speedier metabolism, and also seasonal depression, as well as clearing negative energy to build confidence and self-worth.

Traditional Physical Applications:

• Asthma
• Eyes and aids night vision
• Throat
• Reproductive organs
• Broken bones
• Metabolism
• Endocrine System
• Constrictions

Traditional Emotional and Psychological Properties:

• Integrity
• Accomplishing goals
• Recognizing inner resources
• Clarity of intention
• Commitment
• Willpower
• Mental perception
• Confidence

Traditional Energetic and Spiritual Properties:

• Navel Chakra
• Grounding
• Earth and Sun Energies
• Third Eye Enhancement
• Stimulates Lower Chakras
• Protecting
• Unblocking Creativity
• Balancing Yin and Yang

In addition to theses generic attributes of Tigers Eye Healing Crystals, specific colours also have specific properties: 

Blue Tiger's Eye: Calming and stress relieving, useful for the over anxious, quick-tempered, and phobic, slows the metabolism, believed to be useful for an overactive sex drive and frustrations.

Gold Tiger's Eye: Attention to detail, complacency,  taking action from a place of reason rather than emotion, Tests and important meetings.

Red Tiger's Eye: Stimulating, useful for lethargy, motivation, believed by some to speed up a slow metabolism, increases a low sex drive.

Hawk's Eye (form of Tiger's Eye): Invigorates the physical body, vision and insight, clears and energises the base chakra, abundance. restrictive and negative thought patterns, perspective,  emotional blockage,  circulatory system, bowels and legs, frozen shoulder or stiff neck.

Crystal applications and properties are based on traditional folklore beliefs only and are not proven health claims. This information is for educational and entertainment purposes only and should not replace professional, medical treatment or advice. Always see your doctor.

Sources:

101 Power Crystals - Judy Hall

The Crystal Bible - Judy Hall

Healing Crystals: the AZ guide to 430 gemstones - Michael Gienger

Crystals Vibrations Ailments - Colleen Simmons

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