1. Sunstone: Warmth, Optimism, and Finding Your Inner Spark

Sunstone offers deep connection to the warmth and energy of the sun. With its warm, glowing energy, it’s the perfect stone to help you harness the last rays of summer and carry that light into the darker months. Sunstone encourages joy, optimism, and personal power, making it ideal for those moments when you’re feeling a bit down as the days get shorter. Allow this stone to light you up inside and bring you warmth when it may be hard to come by.

How to Use It:

• Morning Meditation: Hold sunstone during your morning meditation to set a positive tone for the day.
• Finding Optimism: Wear or carry this stone with you when you are having a down day to lift your spirits.

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Sunstone Tower on Etsy

2. Carnelian: Motivation, Confidence, and creativity

Carnelian, with its fiery orange hue, is all about motivation, creativity, and action. This crystal is perfect for boosting your energy levels and helping you move forward with any projects or changes you want to undertake this season. This is actually a year around staple for me but is especially powerful in times of change and transformation such as the Sabbats.

How to Use It:

• Creative Boost: Keep carnelian on your desk or workspace to spark creativity.
• Autumn Workouts: Carry a carnelian in your pocket or wear a bracelet during your workouts to give you an energy boost and motivate you throughout.

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Carnelian Bracelet

Carnelian Ring

3. Amethyst: Growth, Healing, finding Inner Peace

Amethyst, the tranquil purple stone, is your go-to for stress relief and spiritual growth. The equinox is a time for inner balance, and amethyst can help calm your mind, making it easier to connect with your higher self and reflect on what you’ve achieved so far this year.

How to Use It:

• Equinox Meditation: Use amethyst during meditation to deepen your introspection and connect with your inner wisdom.
• Sleep Ritual: Place amethyst under your pillow to promote restful sleep and insightful dreams during this transitional time.

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Amethyst Money Tree on Energy Muse

Amethyst Angel on Energy Muse

4. Hematite: Ground, Protect, and Reflection

As we shift from the lightness of summer to the darker, more introspective energy of fall, grounding becomes essential. Hematite, with its metallic sheen, is all about grounding and protecting your energy. It’s great for helping you stay centered during this time of change and assisting you in healing so that you may move forward towards new beginnings.

How to Use It:

• Grounding Walk: Carry hematite in your pocket during nature walks to help ground you to the earth.
• Daily Protection: Wear a hematite necklace or earrings  or keep a stone near your door to protect your space from negative energy.

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Hematite Crystal Pendulum on Energy Muse

Grounding Bracelet on Energy Muse

5. Moss Agate: New Beginnings, Abundance, and Connecting with Nature

Moss Agate is the ultimate stone for anyone wanting to connect with nature. It carries the soothing energy of the earth and can help you feel more in tune with the natural cycles around you. It’s perfect for embracing the abundant harvest and grounding into the slower rhythms of autumn.

How to Use It:

• Garden Magic: Bury moss agate in your garden or place it in your potted plants to promote growth and connect with nature’s rhythms.
• Nature Meditations: Use moss agate during meditations focused on nature to deepen your connection to the earth.

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Moss Agate Stone Set on Tiny Rituals

6. Moonstone: Fresh Starts, Calm, and Embracing Change

Moonstone, with its shimmering energy, is a crystal of new beginnings and embracing change. As we move into the autumn season, moonstone can help you flow with the transitions and trust in the process.

How to Use It:

• Equinox Rituals: Incorporate moonstone into your equinox rituals to honour the changing seasons and encourage growth and change within your own life.
• Journaling Buddy: Keep moonstone nearby while journaling to help uncover insights, reflect on the changes you want to make, and inspire you when setting new intentions.

Items you might like: 

Moonstone Worry Stone Keychain on Energy Muse

Rainbow Moonstone Sphere on Energy Muse

7. Smoky Quartz: Release, Let Go, and Transform

Smoky Quartz is the stone of letting go, transformation, and releasing anything you do not following you into this new season. Just as nature sheds her leaves in the Autumn, it is a perfect time for you to do the same. Smoky Quartz can be a wonderful partner to help you make space for new beginnings.

How to Use It:

• Release Rituals: Use smoky quartz in release rituals, such as writing down what you want to let go of and burning the paper, or use incense to cleanse your space with smoky quartz nearby to absorb the old energy.
• Daily Cleanse: Keep smoky quartz in your living space to cleanse and purify the energy regularly.

Items you might like:

Smokey Quartz Skull on Energy Muse

Smokey Quartz Necklace on Energy Muse

8. Tiger’s Eye: Wisdom, Clarity, and Finding Your Balance

With it’s beautiful colouring, Tiger’s Eye is a wonderful stone to help bring balance, courage, and grounding into your life. It can help you find stability and strength as you navigate the transitions of the season, providing wisdom and a calm sense of clarity.

How to Use It:

• Balance Grid: Create a crystal grid with Tiger’s Eye at the center to bring balance and stability into your life.
• Courage Boost: Carry Tiger’s Eye in your pocket or wear it as jewelry when you need an extra boost of courage to take on any autumn challenges that may lay ahead.

Items you might like:

Tiger’s Eye Think Rich Bracelet on Energy Muse

Tiger’s Eye Mini Mushroom on Energy Muse

9. Citrine: Energy, Blessings, and Gratitude

Citrine is a stone of abundance, prosperity, and blessings. Its sunny energy helps you to focus on gratitude and attract abundance in all areas of your life. With the equinox’s themes of harvest and abundance, citrine is the perfect companion to help you acknowledge and celebrate all that you have.

How to Use It:

• Gratitude Witch Jar: Use citrine as part of a Witch’s Jar for Gratitude.
• Abundance Meditation: Meditate with citrine to attract prosperity and visualize all the good things you want to manifest.

Items you might like: 

Citrine Crystal Hoop Earrings on Energy Muse

Love & Light Bracelet on Energy Muse

10. Green Aventurine: Happiness, Luck, Inviting in New Opportunities

Green Aventurine is known as the “Stone of Opportunity” and is perfect for embracing new beginnings and attracting new opportunities into your life. As you reflect on the year past and set intentions for the weeks and months ahead, Green Aventurine can help you stay open to new possibilities and welcome fresh starts.

How to Use It:

• Intention Setting: Hold Green Aventurine while setting intentions for the new season, focusing on the opportunities you want to invite into your life.
• Luck Charm: Carry it with you as a good luck charm when trying new things or stepping out of your comfort zone.

Items you might like:

Lucky Crystal Elephants on Energy Muse

Green Aventurine Stone Set on Tiny Rituals

Creating Your Own Crystal Ritual for Autumn Equinox

To make the most of these crystals, you can create a simple Autumn Equinox ritual:

1. Set the Scene: Find a quiet space, light some incense, place candles in your space, or play your favourite music that  gets you in the autumn spirit.
2. Surround yourself with the crystals of your choosing:  Arrange the crystals in a triangle shape in front of you or create a crystal circle and sit in the centre of it. As you arranging your stone, focus on its unique energy and your intentions for using that particular stone. Try to foster a connection and feel the energies radiating in your hands.
3. Try a Visualization or Meditation: Sit comfortably inside or in front of your circle, close your eyes, and take a few deep breaths. Focus on finding balance and feeling grounded in your space, think about what the Autumn Equinox means to you and set intentions for the months ahead. 
4. Use your words: Take some time to write or speak out loud what you are feeling grateful for in your life right now. Then think about the things you would like to release and which ones you would like to draw to you throughout this season. Allow each of your chosen crystals to assist you with these goals. You may choose to pick each one up individual while you focus on each intention you are setting. Allow the energy of smoky quartz to help you release, and the green aventurine to help you welcome new opportunities and change in your life.
5. Finish your Ritual: Meditate, visualize, write and speak your goals to the universe for as long as feels right to your. When you’re done, thank your crystals, collect your stones carefully and place them in a special pouch, jar, or box where they can stay for the season. Put them in a special place where you will be reminded of your autumn intentions regularly. When you need a little pick me up for the season, you can hold them and reignite your visualizations to reinforce your autumn goals.

This is just one ritual idea. Take it as inspiration and create something that is truly special to you that you can include in your Autumn Equinox festivities. Choosing even just one or two of these crystals will help you be well prepared to hone in on the energies of the season and the energies you are looking to draw towards yourself for a truly magical Autumn Equinox.🍁✨

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