Jade is the stone of long-life bringing prosperity, promoting compassion and meaningful exchanges with other. It fights against nervousness, dissolves worry to help you move towards acceptance, tolerance and optimism. This stone helps us be honest and fair in our judgments, we can use it to work on guilt buried within us.

Jade is most valued for its metaphysical properties. It is the ultimate “Dream Stone”. Jade brings insightful dreams. Jade has been revered in ancient cultures, as well as today, for its ability to aid in accessing the spiritual world, gaining insight into ritualistic knowledge, encourage creativity, and dream-solving. It has long been cherished as a protective talisman, assuring long life and a peaceful death, and is considered a powerful healing stone.

Jade is an amulet of good luck and friendship. Jade dispels negativity encouraging us to see ourselves as we really are. Jade is a very calming stone that can help if you have difficulty dealing with difficult situations or simply feel overwhelmed on a regular basis. It aids emotional release, especially of irritability. It stabilises the personality and promotes self-sufficiency and self-acknowledgement. Jade encourages you to become who you really are.  It can help soothes your mind allowing you to release negative thoughts.  Jade can help stimulates ideas.

In addition to the generic healing properties of Jade, specific varieties and colours have additional attributes:

Green Jade

Chakras – Heart Chakra
Planet – Mercury
Typical color – Green

Green Jade, the common color associated with Jade, is a powerful healing stone for the heart. The strong energies it carries can be felt almost instantly when touched, especially when held to the heart. Its energies flow outwards towards the heart, injecting it with love and balance that can soften any weight one holds within it.

Green Jade is a strong earth element stone having a very deep connection with Mother Earth. It is an incredible ally aiding in an understanding and connection with nature allowing us to work directly with natures energy and integrate it with our own energetic field. This helps to nurture our chi energy. Green Jade, just like the trees, gives us a strong root of love in our hearts so we can steadily increase, grow, and flourish.

Green Jade is a rare stone known for its ability to transform negative energies surrounding you which helps in releasing them into positive vibrations of love and joy benefiting everyone in your environment. It fosters harmony between mind and body and helps stabilize one’s personality.

 

Red Jade

Chakras – Crown Chakra
Zodiac – Libra, Scorpio
Typical color – Red

Red Jade brings self-confidence built on fearlessness which gives us motivation to be our truest selves.  It reflects the color of passion, energy, and life. Red Jade is a very strong color, the color of fire and blood. Dark Red crystals embody strong, deep feelings, durable energy and quiet passion. Red is a masculine color aiding in increasing devotion and seeing the seriousness of life. Red Jade combats hesitation and fear of competition and urges courageous action in the face of challenge.

Red Jade is a powerful stone of luck and vitality, promoting material prosperity and physical health. It carries strong Life Force energy, making it especially beneficial for healers by supporting sustained energy flow throughout the body.

White Jade

Chakras – Crown Chakra
Zodiac – Libra
Typical color – White

White Jade is a form of Nephrite Jade. White Jade enhances intuition and insight by connecting us to higher vibrational energies. White jade is revered for its energy-enhancing and healing properties. It promotes vitality and well-being by stimulating chi flow, while offering calming, grounding effects that relieve stress and emotional turmoil. As a talisman of protection, wearing White Jade as jewelry or carrying it as an amulet wards off negative energies and attracts positive vibrations.

White jade has captivated civilizations for centuries with its luminous beauty and blazing allure. It is revered for its purity and elegance.  It holds deep symbolic meanings and spiritual significance across many diverse cultures. In Western traditions, it symbolizes peace, clarity, and balance, and is cherished as a stone of harmony and inner tranquility.

Yellow Jade

Chakras – Solar Plexus Chakra
Typical color – Yellow

Yellow Jade has been treasured and very highly regarded for thousands of years across Chinese, Mayan, and Aztec cultures. Yellow Jade is a symbol of purity, wisdom, and prosperity in Chinese culture. It was often used to create intricate carvings, jewelry, and ceremonial objects. In Mayan and Aztec cultures, Yellow Jade was used in rituals and ceremonies to bring balance and harmony to the body, mind, and spirit. Yellow Jade is valued for its beauty and ability to promote balance and empowerment.

Yellow Jade is energetic and stimulating while at the same time mellow.  It brings joy and happiness while showing us the interconnectedness of all beings.  Its vibrant color reflects its powerful properties which enhance personal power, self-esteem, and confidence.

HISTORY

Jade is said to bless whatever it touches, serving mankind across the globe for nearly 6,000 years. Jade is one of the most famed healing crystals known for bringing good luck to all who wear it. The world often thinks of Jade as being synonymous with Chinese medicine and healing, but the roots of this abundantly blessed stone go beyond the confines of one continent. Jade has been around for thousands of years and its impact on humanity can be found scattered across the globe connecting the world with its vibrant energy. Ancient cultures would whisper that Jade was a Dream Stone. Jades’ reputation as a tool for its metaphysical magic, emotional healing, dreamwork, and connecting with higher spiritual realms is renowned the world over. According to many beliefs, Jade helps drive away negative spirits.

Jade, named “piedra de ijada” or “stone of the side” by 15th-century conquistadors means the stone for the pit. In 1863, mineralogist Alexis Damour differentiated the two main types of jade: jadeite and nephrite. The term “jadeite” also derives from the Latin “lapis nephriticus” or “stone of the flank,” a nod to Native American beliefs in its protective properties for internal organs.

Jade has been the most highly esteemed stone in China throughout recorded history and was valued for its beauty and powers of healing and protection. In China, jade, or “Yu,” has held a central place in their art and culture since ancient times. Jade symbolized the absolute power of the emperor.  It and embodied the powers of the suns’ absolute powers. The emperor had a Jade scepter and bestowed Jade tablets to the princes according to their hierarchical position. The Chinese believed that if you owned an object or piece of jewelry made of Jade you could hope to achieve the dignity of the Empire. Confucius described jade’s virtues as mirroring those the charity, rectitude, wisdom, courage, and equity of a gentleman.

In funerary rituals, a jade cicada was placed in the mouth of the deceased, symbolizing eternal life and resurrection. Jade was used to preserve the yin energies preventing the body’s decomposition ensuring a favorable reincarnation. Jade honors Kuan-Yin, the Chinese Goddess of Mercy, Compassion, and Unconditional Love. Being one of the most beloved of the Chinese goddesses she is regarded by many as the protector of women and children, and champion of the unfortunate. Jade was so sacred that any damage inflicted upon a jade object could be punishable by death.

The Egyptians revered jade, associating it with Maat, the goddess of justice, as its green color symbolized balance, truth, and harmony. Jade honors Maat, the Egyptian Goddess of Justice. Maat represents the underlying holiness and unity of the Universe.

Jade honors the Moirai in Greek mythology, the Three Goddesses of Fate who were believed to govern the destinies of mankind from birth to death, underscoring jade’s symbol as a stone of destiny. The Moirai would appear three nights after a child’s birth and would lay out the course of the child’s life. Greeks also recognized its therapeutic virtues. They used jade to soothe tired eyes and relieve eye infections by placing pieces of it on the eyelids and applying cleansing solutions. The Romans associated jade with Bona Dea, goddess of the earth and fertility, further reinforcing the connection between this stone and nature and abundance. Bona Dea protects women and is a skilled healer, particularly with herbs.

The Aztecs linked jade to Chalchiuhtlicue, the Aztec Water Goddess and Protector of Children, whose name means “Jade Skirt” or “Lady of Precious Green” she is the mother of lakes, streams, and rivers. Jade was also dedicated to Coatlicue, the goddess of life and death, known as the “serpent skirt,” underscoring jade’s rich symbolism within their pantheon.

Tribes in New Zealand would use Jade to adorn their masks. They would also turn to the mystical powers of Jade when they wanted to make an offering to the water spirits. The Maori people of New Zealand regarded jade as sacred, particularly in the form of nephrite, which was associated with water and the goddess Hine-nui-te-po, the great lady of night and death. One of the most iconic Maori artifacts is the Hei-tiki, a pendant carved from jade, representing a mythical ancestor. They wore it around their neck to merge their mana, or spiritual energy with their ancestors strengthening their connection with their lineage.

CLEANSING AND CHARGING

Ensuring the longevity and preserving the physical and emotional healing properties of you Jades’ healing properties requires proper care. Cleansing and charging your jade is important for maintaining its energetic purity and effectiveness, especially if using it for healing, meditation, or spiritual purposes.

Regularly wipe your Jade and Jade jewelry with a soft, damp cloth to remove any dust or dirt. You can also gently rinse your Jade under lukewarm running water to flush away stagnant negative energy that it has absorbed.

Likewise, soaking your Jade in a bowl of water is great for cleansing it.  Fill a bowl with a couple of cups of lukewarm water and add a teaspoon of sea salt or Himalayan salt and allow it to soak for several hours.  Always rinse your Jade under running water to remove any salt residue.

Lastly, you can give your Jade a good cleansing through smudging. Pass your jade through the smoke of burning sage, palo santo, or other cleansing herbs. This method is especially helpful for spiritual cleansing.

As Jade is an earth gemstone it benefits from natural methods of rejuvenation which will both cleanse and charge.

Using either Sunlight or Moonlight will help revitalize your Jade. Place your jade in direct sunlight for a few hours. The sunlight both energises and purifies your gemstone. Be cautious with this method though as prolonged exposure to strong sunlight may alter the color of some jade varieties. You can also leave your jade out overnight during a full or waxing moon. Moonlight is more gentle than sunlight and is a great natural way to cleanse and recharge your Jade.

Whatever method you choose to cleanse and charge your gemstones, you can amplify the effects of your effort by closing your eyes and visualizing energy enveloping your gemstones which is clearing away the negativity or impurities stored within it.

Always avoid using harsh chemicals or abrasive materials which can damage your gemstone’s surface and diminish its healing properties. Secondly, it’s important to store your gemstone jewelry properly. Keep it in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight. Excessive heat can cause your gemstones to fade or crack, affecting their energy and healing properties.