For this month, my Holy Stone is Onyx. Onyx brings strength and stamina and helps to dispel fear and anxiety.
If you've been holding on to fear or keeping a secret worry to yourself, Black Onyx can help you deal with it and get it out in the open. If anxiety and negative thoughts are holding you back, Black Onyx will help you turn that energy into something positive and protective.
Read your tarotscope below to find out why you need some Onyx in your life right now, and what advice The Nine of Swords card has for you.
The next Holy Stones collection of one-of-a-kind Onyx jewellery will be launching on 31th August at 8pm.
Air - Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.
Water - Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces.
Fire - Aries, Leo, Sagittarius.
Earth - Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.
AIR SIGNS
Nine of Swords and The Emperor
Sometimes you just have to take yourself by the scruff of the neck, give yourself a talking to, and push on even when you don’t feel like it. Fake it till you make it. Summon strength you don’t believe you possess (because you do) and prove you can get through. The Emperor reveals this is where you’re at this New Moon. Don’t give up, back down, withdraw, yield, or stop. Keep going. Press on. Force it. This is just a blip, a mood, a transit. It too shall pass so don’t let it define you or dictate your circumstances. Talk it out, express your fear… and then face it head on, full on, and with gusto. I promise you’ll be fine!
Your crystal prescription: Black Onyx and Lapis Lazuli
When feelings of overwhelm, worry or fright overcome you, the grounding force of Onyx can bring balance and a sense of well-being. Onyx can also lend you strength and stamina, both physically and emotionally, so if you're going though a tough time, you can keep on going. Use Onyx with Lapis Lazuli, a stone action that brings wisdom, authenticity, and honesty, and you will feel empowered to take charge of your life, or the situation at hand.
WATER SIGNS
Nine of Swords and Temperance
We all fear change, especially those that loom out of the blue and take us unawares. But life is full of it. We never stop evolving, shifting, growing, and transforming. A new 2.0 version of us is assembled every day. Embrace this! Your New Moon homework is about identifying and accepting, and then welcoming and enjoying, impending and likely changes in your life. Write a list. Imagine scenarios. Talk about it. Daydream. Mitigate. Plan. Prioritise options. Get ready and prepared… and then you might actually start to have appetite for what lies ahead much more! Give this a whirl. The New Moon will help you, it LOVES change and progress!
Your crystal prescription: Black Onyx and Lepidolite
Black Onyx helps to relieve fear by bringing balance and a sense of well-being. By centring your energy Onyx can also help you work through and heal old emotional wounds that may be affecting you in the present and therefore help clear the way for you mentally to focus on your future. Pair this with Lepidolite, a calming, balancing stone that can bring about positive change, release bad habits and help you let go of your anxieties and worries and move forward.
FIRE SIGNS
Nine of Swords and The Devil
A bad habit or repeat negative or unhealthy pattern embedded in your life is becoming more pain than pleasure. A path of least resistance you wish you could avoid taking. What once made you happy is actually getting you down. Maybe it’s guilt, or regret, or frustration. You wish you’d never started this damn thing! Too late, it’s here, in your life. What to do?
This New Moon, face The Devil. Work out why you need this, why you do it, what you get from it. And then make a plan with an ally or friend to counteract it and BREAK the spell. Distraction, restriction, replacement. Substitute the old with new treats. Trick yourself into new behaviours. This can work! You can be free.
Your crystal prescription: Black Onyx and Amethyst
By centring your energy, Black Onyx can help you work through and heal old emotional wounds that may be affecting you in the present and therefore help clear the way for you mentally to focus on your future. Pair this with Amethyst, a stone that can help you break bad habits, release negative energy, let go of unhealthy attachments and strengthen willpower and you'll soon be turning over a new leaf with ease.
EARTH SIGNS
Nine of Swords and The Hermit
This New Moon, The Hermit asks you to do conduct a private Nine of Swords ritual. The exorcism of a negative emotion, memory, habit, or self limiting belief / behaviour. This is something you create a full ritual for, and you do it alone, although you are expressing yourself so you maybe bring in a journal, a mirror, or a recording device. Saying things out loud is vital to release their power over you. Talking diminishes the fear. Expression expels the energy outwards. This is a turning point for you. Choose something you wish to release and make a ritual to do so.
Your crystal prescription: Black Onyx and Blue Chalcedony
Black Onyx protects the wearer from negative energy, defends against people who are manipulative, critical, or argumentative and helps to relieve fear. And if it's a battle with an internal demon you're fighting, pair Onyx with Blue Chalcedony to harmonise your body and mind and bring optimism and enthusiasm, serenity and peace.
The next Holy Stones collection of one-of-a-kind Onyx jewellery will be launching on 31th August at 8pm.
Kerry Ward is a Nottingham based tarot reader, and Cosmopolitan magazine’s FIRST tarot expert, with over 20 years fortune telling experience, and many happy clients all over the world. You can book a personal, written reading, which comes as a beautifully illustrated brochure, at www.tarotbella.etsy.com or follow her at @mytarotbella.