Best Crystals for Self-Love

When used correctly, crystals can be powerful when it comes to self-love and understanding your self-worth. When searching for the perfect crystal, it can be challenging to sort through all their different properties and uses to find the one that speaks to you. So, if you’re searching for one that will help spark your sense of love and empowerment in yourself, here’s a list of nine crystals that may benefit you:

Rose Quartz

Rose Quartz is the most well-known crystal when it comes to all things love, its reputation revolving around the effects of gaining and maintaining a deep, unconditional love. It is believed to open your heart chakra, the center of love, which helps promote feelings of empathy and passion. People often use it when they wish to heal their emotional wounds, often from heartbreak of any form, and to foster their self-love.

This is a crystal that every witchcraft beginner should have, especially when formulating a closer connection with oneself.

Citrine

Citrine is known for its bright yellow color and its immediate energy of joy and prosperity. It is a crystal that helps increase optimism, which is needed when stepping into a journey of self-love, and inspires cheerfulness. It raises your self-esteem and self-confidence, which means that wearing it or holding it could be especially beneficial on a day where your idea of image is being challenged. It dissipates any negative emotions that may come your way, and replaces them with an appreciation and joy for life and oneself.

This crystal is highly recommended for anyone that may have a habit of falling into negative thought patterns about their physical or emotional self, and need a pick-me-up to inspire serenity and high spirits

Celestite

Celestite is known for its connection to the divine forces and the universe, meaning that it works best when its holder is pursuing a spiritual strength. This crystal is extremely effective at inspiring inner-peace and grounding. It is also used in practice with meditation, mindfulness, and manifestation. Due to its spiritual connection, it provides a type of energy bubble around you that helps to provide a calmness and a deeper understanding of oneself. It can help you to explore your personhood and understand who you are, therefore helping you discover self-love.

This crystal is a must have if you want to work on your connection with yourself, especially if you have trouble being at peace with yourself or in your life. It is also recommended for people who wish to explore a spiritual connection.

Red Jasper

Red jasper is a powerful, almost aggressive crystal that should be used mindfully, as it holds a dynamic energy. It is known to intensify or bring feelings to light. Therefore, it can be beneficial in increasing feelings of self-love and self-worth, all while protecting you from any negative thoughts that may come your way. It will create emotional balances within your life, lifting up emotions that need to shine, and burrowing those that impact you negatively. It is also believed to be the stone of the warrior, which ignites courage, strength, and glory.

If you have already discovered feelings of self-love but want to intensify them, or bring them higher than any negative self-perceptions, red jasper is the perfect crystal.

Carnelian

Carnelian, known as the sunset stone, is one that promotes confidence and brings out your inner power. Often associated with flames, it is one that brings your voice and truest self to the forefront, like a raging fire. When seeking to discover yourself and understand true self-love, this crystal provides all the identity questions you may have. It helps showcase the true you, while also lifting you up and protecting you. It also reduces feelings of loneliness and depression.

This crystal is highly recommended to people who are still in their self-discovery journey and want to expose their truths in life. It is meant for those who wish to unlock their truest potential and value.

Pink Calcite

Pink calcite is known for its gentle, loving energy that inspires a deep compassion for oneself. It’s a crystal that enhances understanding of difficult relationships, including with yourself, and brings empathy to every situation. It is a crystal that encourages you to be kinder to yourself and your emotions, dissolving any feelings of self-blame and self-criticism. It’s a crystal of softness and genuine intentions.

If you are at the beginning of your-self love journey and continue to find yourself putting yourself down, pink calcite will help you find a more gentle and understanding love for yourself.

Amethyst

Amethyst is one of the most well-known protection stones, often used to battle stress, fear, and anxiety. Much like celestite, it brings calmness and clarity, especially in times of chaos and negativity. However, amethyst centers emotions and is an aide in recovery—which can include recovering from negative thoughts and self-worth. This crystal will help remind you of your inner power and provide insight on the care you deserve. It also promotes transformation in one's life, which can be helpful if you are seeking to evolve during your self-love journey.

If you have reached a dip in your self-perception and need guidance on how to get back up to where you used to be or climb even higher, amethyst is perfect for you.

Rhodonite

Rhodonite shines best when confronted with emotional and mental wellbeing and the path of healing emotional scars. This crystal helps remove walls you may have built and seals up any wounds left on your heart. It is often known as the relationship therapist of crystals, working with you to get your love life, or in this case self-love life, back on track. It encourages deep love and transforms past hurt into new beginnings. It brings out an internal and external love, one that is safe and healthy.

This crystal is best for those who find themselves wanting to heal any emotional wounds that are still opened as a way to rebuild their connection and love with themself.

Lepidolite

Lepidolite is the crystal of balance and harmony. Throughout the journey to self-love, there will be moments that feel rocky or difficult to overcome, possibly even extremely overwhelming, and this crystal will assist you in stabilizing these emotions and encourage you to continue to move forward. It recognizes all the imbalances in life and reconstructs them to be more beneficial towards you. It is meant to support you as you continue to move forward and smooths out all of the roadblocks.

This stone is recommended for everyone on their self-love journey, as it is one that diffuses uncertainty and encourages forward movement.