Blessings! The moon is passing through Virgo today, making it a wonderful time to troubleshoot your life. Take a step back and assess what can stay, what needs to go, and what needs to be added. Whether it's organizing your fridge or ending a relationship that no longer serves you, the Virgo moon gifts you with the perfect time to fuss over the state of your life.
Today, I wanted to focus on exploring one specific crystal with you that you may think you've never heard of, but its actually quite likely that you have and just didn't know it. I want to talk to you about an extremely abundant iron-bearing mineral known as Goethite. Goethite is an extremely important source of iron-ore, and is roughly a 5 on the Moh's scale (which is considered fairly hard, making salt-water cleansing and jewelry-making appropriate for this stone.) Goethite is often found growing within a host crystal, such as quartz or, more commonly, amethyst, and it most commonly appears in this form in the world of metaphysics.
Remember when I said you probably think you've never heard of Goethite, but likely have? When it appears on the New Age market, it is usually under its trademarked name, Cacoxenite - geologists and mineralogists cringe when this title gets thrown around in their presence. If you follow me at all, you know I detest the phenomena of trademarking crystals, as it is confusing. This is another example of its redundancy; "Cacoxenite" is Goethite. Unfortunately, a lot of crystal books don't make this distinction for you; most only discuss Goethite under the name Cacoxenite, and some, even more confusingly, actually have separate chapters for each, leaving the impression that they are different. So realize that each chapter is actually talking about the same mineral. Being the rebel that I am, I am going to continue to refer to this mineral under its original name as opposed to the cooler, newly bequeathed one.
My favorite thing about Goethite is it's ability to intensely purify the emotional body. What do I mean by this? It removes negative thoughts, ideas, and self-talk that merely holds you back. Feelings of failure, thoughts of inadequacy, and memories of insults and verbal abuse can accumulate in your emotional body, and while some have more of a tendency to hang onto these than others, we all have days where we feel incapable, inferior, or unattractive. Goethite can clear this out.
In terms of the chakras, Goethite is a cleanser of the Earth Star chakra under the feet and the root. This makes it really grounding, and its recommended for people who are daydreamers to the point where they don't seem to make any actual progress in the everyday world. It doesn't rid of their creativity, however, and actually combines inspiration with practicality and an ability to function in the everyday world. This lays the groundwork for the initiation of creative projects. For help with this, you can pair Goethite with a solar crystal like Healer's Gold, Heliodor, Sunstone, Gold, or Carnelian, as well as Bumblebee Jasper (which has a very creative vibe) and a dynamic stone that quickly makes things happen, like Crocoite or Bixbite.
Additionally, I add Goethite to mojo bags made for grief healing. My go-to stones for healing grief are Amethyst, Apache Tear, and Healer's Gold, which absorb pain and help their beholder to move forward, but Goethite adds a tough love element and makes one face their grief so it can be healed and transmuted. Because of this unique element, it makes a really nice complement to a mojo bag containing the regular cast of characters.
Goethite is a very metaphysical stone, especially when included in witchy Amethyst, and can be used to help with your psychic abilities and bring greater accuracy with dowsing or divination. Its always really fun to utilize crystals to assist you with your preferred method of future-telling, and Goethite is a really good one.
Mentally, Goethite helps with concentration, and should be worn or placed on your desk to help you buzz through homework or paperwork. For emphasis on this, you can also work with Fluorite (the rightful king of kick-starting the mental body), Flint, or the Agate family.
So that is a little bit about Goethite (aka Cacoxenite...but rebel with me, and lets call it by its real name.) There are many minerals that I think are really underrated - and as you can see, Goethite is one of them. Because its so abundant and unimpressive to the physical eye, it often gets overlooked. Luckily, acknowledgement of its importance is being revived in the New Age community - even if under a different name. Hopefully this proved helpful, and as always, thank you for reading and don't forget to follow me on twitter under the name @crystalwitch6 for updates. ~
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