Element: Mind Body Spirit

12/26/2025

12/25/2025

Good morning, welcome to Crystal Thursday. This week, we’re looking at Noreena Jasper, a locally sourced trade name for a beautiful stone found only near Noreena Station in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

I wasn’t able to find documentation of a first find, but I did come across an article stating that the jasper was discovered in the late 1990s and is being mined solely by a gentleman named Glenn Archer. Unfortunately, I can’t verify the 1990s discovery, but Glenn Archer is documented as a source for this stone.

Although Noreena Jasper is microcrystalline quartz, it begins as pelite, a finely grained mud. This mud gives it the rich colors and angular patterns. Over time, the mud crystallizes into these beautifully colored pieces that are sometimes mistaken for Picture Jasper or Mookaite.

I was unable to find information about ancient cultural or ritual uses that I could verify. It is, and has been, a lovely choice for jewelry, home décor, and, within spiritual and metaphysical circles, healing.

Before moving on to the qualities this jasper offers, I want to touch on its colors, Mohs scale, and chakra associations. Noreena Jasper is a mixture of reds, yellows, cream, grey, and black. I love the depth of its patterns. As a microcrystalline quartz, it has a Mohs hardness of 6 to 7, and as a jasper, its chakra associations are the root and sacral chakras.

Something could be said for a connection to the upper chakras, such as the third eye and crown, due to its quartz content. However, Jasper’s smooth, comforting energy is grounding, stabilizing, and balancing. Any clarity or intuitive insight comes through grounding.

• Grounding helps you relax and return to balance.
• I haven’t worked with Noreena Jasper this way yet, but it is said to reduce pain and inflammation.
• It is said to improve circulation, strengthen the immune system, and support digestion.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this brief look at Noreena Jasper. It’s not only gorgeous but also offers qualities that support daily life. Please remember that while crystals can enhance our lives, medical concerns should always be addressed by your healthcare professional.

Blessed Be ~ Sharon

12/22/2025

Your life is built on the choices you make,good, bad or massively dumb. They are yours and that’s okay. They make you who you are and who you choose to become. Just don’t let anyone try to make you fit into the person they want you to be. You’re perfect just as you are!

12/21/2025

Good morning, welcome to the Weekly Lenormand for the collective using Golden Lenormand. This week’s guidance comes from three wonderfully supportive cards. Heart, Sun, and Anchor.

Heart reminds us to stay connected to what matters. Sun brings clarity, success, and optimism. Anchor is grounding, and brings stability, security, and long term commitment.

The guidance our cards offer is reassuring. When we focus on the relationships that matter most, we create lasting happiness and security. What brings joy becomes a strong foundation when nurtured with consistency and care.

This is a week when important relationships can become steady and solid. Follow what lights up your heart. Let joy guide your choices and anchor yourself in what is truly meaningful. Have a wonderful week.

Blessed Be ~ Sharon

12/21/2025

Yes please!!

12/18/2025

Good morning! For today’s Crystal Thursday, we’re diving into something similar to, but different from, last week’s Omarlluk post: the Hag Stone. Also called witch stones, holey stones, or adder stones, a hag stone is any stone with a naturally formed hole running through it.

When people think of hag stones, they often picture ocean-worn stones from the coasts of Ireland, England, and other parts of Europe. However, freshwater Hag Stones can also be found along rivers, lakes, and even the Great Lakes.

A stone begins its transformation with a weak spot. Over years or centuries, water erodes that area until a smooth opening forms. Limestone is the most common material, but sandstone, basalt, chert, and even coral can become a Hag Stone given enough time. In saltwater environments, pholad clams assist the process by burrowing into softer stone.

While researching, I wondered whether a stone could be both a Hag Stone and an Omarlluk. Many people think they’re interchangeable, but they aren’t. Omarlluks are glacial erratics, made of greywacke, while Hag Stones can form from almost any material. Some have Omar-like pits, but these are simply areas that haven’t fully eroded. One stone can be both, but it would have to begin as an Omar.

Hag stones appear in Celtic, English, and Norse folklore, going back centuries. They were used for protection, hung over doors to ward off negative energy, worn as amulets to prevent nightmares, and carried by sailors for safety at sea. It was said that looking through the hole allowed one to see spirits or faeries hidden from ordinary sight.

Hag Stones represent passage and perception. The hole forms a doorway, making it powerful for protection, transformation, and clarity. Because they form through erosion, they’re also used to release old emotions and embrace new energy.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this look at Hag Stones. If one calls to you, hold it during meditation or hang it where energy enters your home. And if you ever find one, whether on an ocean beach or along the Great Lakes, know you’ve discovered something ancient and special.

Blessed Be ~ Sharon

12/15/2025

Faith doesn’t depend on what you can prove, touch, or predict. It lives in the certainty that something beautiful is already unfolding, even if your eyes can’t see it. Faith celebrates before the blessing arrives. It lifts its hands in gratitude when the sky looks cloudy. It smiles while waiting, trusting that the God who heard your whisper is already moving mountains in ways you can’t comprehend.

Faith is not blind; it sees with a different kind of vision. It looks beyond the present and recognizes every delay has purpose, meaning, and every unanswered question is an invitation to trust deeper. Faith chooses joy not because life is perfect, but because it knows the One who makes all things possible.

So, dance. Rejoice. Lift your heart in the in-between spaces. Prayer is never lost, ignored, or forgotten. The answer is forming, shifting, aligning, and when the time is right, it will appear with a clarity that makes the wait worthwhile. Until then, let your faith move, sing, and dance with the confidence that what you seek is already on its way.

12/14/2025

Good morning and welcome to the Weekly Lenormand. This week, I am using a beautiful new deck, Art Nouveau Lenormand by Lunaea Weatherstone, with artwork by Antonella Castelli. Our guidance comes from two cards: Bear and Woman.

Bear represents strength, protection, authority, and confidence, and reminds us of our ability to be strong, create boundaries, and take control where and when it’s needed. The Woman card highlights an important female figure in your life, the querent or feminine energy, as well as intuition, wisdom, and creativity.

Together, these cards suggest strength and self-assurance. A woman, possibly you, may be stepping into a leadership role, stepping into your power, or protecting what matters. This combination encourages confidence, determination, and trust in your ability to handle anything that comes your way with strength and grace.
This is a week to honor your power and stand tall in who you are. Lead with confidence, trust your instincts, and set clear boundaries.

This is a time to honor your power and stand tall in it. I hope you have a great week.
Blessed Be ~ Sharon

12/12/2025