11/27/2025
Stone of the Day
Ammonite/Snake/Serpent Stones
Fossilized sea creatures that first appeared about 435 million years ago and inhabited the sea in great numbers, living in the spiral shell now found as the ammonite fossil; the incredibly rare iridescent ammolite gem is formed from mineralized ammonites.
Colours: Brown, grey or fawn.
Availability: Relatively common.
Physical benefits: Can alleviate problems with genetically transmitted diseases, relieve chronic cramps and erectile dysfunction.
Also a good-luck charm for pregnancy, believed to be beneficial for health in the over-eighties and in childbirth as a pain reliever.
Emotional healing: Protective against repeating old mistakes and from getting stuck in outmoded family roles with parents, partners and siblings; soothing near the cradle for babies after birth trauma such as prolonged or emergency deliveries and Caesareans.
Chakra: Root.
Candle colour: Brown or grey. Fragrances: Cypress, lilac, patchouli, sweetgrass, vervain, vetivert. Practical uses: Ammonite brings lasting health, wealth and happiness to individuals and homes. Belief in the luck-bringing and protective powers of ammonites is found from the Australian Aboriginal culture to the Himalayas, Scandinavia and Native North America; in Feng Shui it is called chi lin after the scales of a mythical dragon-like creature. Workplace:
Ammonites' incredibly grounding power is good for building a business from small beginnings; a lucky charm for family businesses. Magical significance: Place an ammonite next to your bed to bring dreams of past worlds, especially legendary lost sea lands such as Atlantis, Arthurian Lyonesse and Lemuria, and for prophetic dreams. Divinatory meaning: Do not repeat past mistakes, but use your experience to maximize a new opportunity. Zodiac: Cancer Empowerment: I do not fear ageing, but welcome wisdom that comes from experience.
Beloved by the Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Greeks and named after the Egyptian creator god Amun (Ammon to the Ancient Greeks), who was pictured as ram-headed with spiral horns; considered by the Romans to hold the power of prophecy.
Ammonites, sometimes embedded in jet were regarded in a myth of Whitby, northeast England, as fossilized snakes killed in AD 657 by the Celtic Christian St Hilda, who apparently turned all the snakes into stone on the land where she wanted to found her abbey, and
threw them over the cliffs; a similar legend concerns St Keyna at Keynsham, not far from Bristol.
Holding an ammonite assists recall of the Akashic records, the spiritual collective store of wisdom past, present and future.
From The Complete Crystal Handbook by Cassandra Eason