2021: Year of the Metal Ox
February 12, 2021 ushered in the Year of the Metal Ox according to the Chinese zodiac. Symbolic of strength and methodical hard work, the ox is traditional and patient. At times this year, you may feel the burden of events like a yoke pulling a heavy plow. Know that by continuing to stay the course, you are planting the seeds for the future in the fertile soil of your hard work. The yin energy of the ox will allow us to feel the weight of our responsibilities and double our efforts to accomplish the tasks before us. Green is a lucky color of the ox, attracting prosperity and success. In Feng Shui, it is also lucky to wear metal accessories and those with natural stones this year.
To maximize your Ox energy through 2021, wear onyx and sardonyx. These crystals impart long term strength and durability, increasing protection, earth energy to build your life. Onyx’s energy matches the strength and steadfastness of the ox, while sardonyx increases the will to discover and desire for success and power. Tapping into the lucky vibration of green, Malachite will help safeguard you from misfortune and increase your luck, crafting conditions for success in business and in all aspects of life. The metallic surface of the hematite grounds one into the physical earth, helping you to see practical concerns and move forward with useful action.
The combination of stones in this bracelet tap into the vibrations of the ox, bestowing gentle strength and persistence to continue to move your life forward in the direction you choose through 2021.
Meaning of the Crystals:
Hematite: Corresponding with the root chakra, hematite’s vibration grounds and protects. It’s strong yang element balances yin imbalances. Boosting self-esteem, survivability and will power, it compels one to move forward in confidence toward one’s truth. It removes limitations and aids expansion. Grounding you into the physical realm, it counteracts spaciness and confusion, transmuting these energies into useful action. This also makes it an excellent choice to aid manifestation. Bringing attention to unfulfilled desires that may be influencing behavior subconsciously, it helps you come to terms with mistakes and reframe them as learning experiences instead of disasters. Dissolving negativity in the aura, it harmonizes and restores peace to the body. Traditionally, it aids in legal situations. It is also used to help overcome compulsions and addictions.
Malachite: This stone connects with the heart and sacral chakras. It builds a profound sense of compassion and empathy towards others by opening the heart. It helps to stabilize and balance emotions. Malachite clears an area of radiation and electromagnetic pollutants. It is a powerful energy conduit. A stone of transformation, it illuminates blockages to your spiritual growth, drawing out deep seated patterns and teaching you how to take responsibility for your actions. It releases inhibitions and encourages expressing feelings. It has a strong affinity for devic forces and protects against the Evil eye and evil spirits. It can be used for scrying. It amplifies both positive and negative energies.
Onyx: Onyx is a variety of Chalcedony that links with the root, solar plexus, and third eye chakras. It increases inner strength, willpower, self-discipline and reason. It centers one’s energy and aligns it with higher guidance. Connecting you with the energies of the whole universe, it can transport you into your future knowing. Its capacity to hold past memories makes it a useful tool to tap into past-life experiences to be brought up and re-examined, and released or reframed. By increasing strength, you are facilitated to be a master of your destiny. Promoting vigor, steadfastness and stamina, it imparts self-confidence and persistence to carry tasks to completion. It recognizes and integrates dualities. Its grounding anchors higher energies into stability. When faced with challenging tasks, onyx increases stability and strength, narrowing focus and allowing one to deal with current dealings without depleting reserves. It assists you to contain your energies rather than allowing them to dissipate. This knowing grounds you into your strength, bringing peace to your spirit, calming to your mind and easing anxieties and nervousness. This increased will power helps you take charge of the now and stand your ground against opposing forces. The vibration of onyx works well with other stones by consolidating the energies of other stones. It helps you to integrate spiritual insights into your own knowing.
Sardonyx: This stone is a stone of strength and protection. It facilitates the search for a meaningful existence. It helps the wearer to behave with virtue and integrity. Its vibration attracts friends and good fortune. It eliminates hesitancy and bestows will power and strength, catalyzing forward progression in one’s life. By bestowing will power, stamina, and vigor, it increases self-control and will power. This form of chalcedony was worn in Roman times by soldiers as talisman to guard from evil and bring good fortune, believing the stone would make the wearer brave and daring. It’s vibration removes a sense of helplessness or victim mentality, strengthening your power to speak and step into your truth.