What is Citrine

Citrine is the stunning transparent, pale yellow to red-orange, to orange-yellow, to brownish orange variety of crystalline quartz. Many believed it was a gift from the sun which gives us a warm color to brighten up our mood. Though it’s not rare, most women value its impressive earth-toned color appearance which makes it more precious and brilliant. Its color changes from time to time depending on how you expose it. Citrine has positive characteristics when aiding the physical self and has an important role in valuing the spiritual self as well. It awakens and expands the higher mind, especially conscious awareness. 

Citrine Meaning

Citrine came from the Latin word “citrina” because of its clarity and pale citrus color. It is said to be a “Sun Stone” which keeps the sunlight and gains energy from it. For French word, it came from the word “citron” which means lemon. That identifies its autumn hues from light yellow to bright orange. Citrine was said to be used from the Old Testament which was part of Aaron’s breastplate. From the Hellenistic Age (300 and 150 BC), greek was amazed by the citrine’s vibrant color which eventually became a prized possession and began its way to fashion jewelry. 

Citrine is also known as The Merchant’s Stone. It gives good luck to business and trades. No questions asked because it carries prosperity, wealth, and success. 

It was lined with other precious and expensive quartz in the Victorian Era, where Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom used to love this crystal. After introducing citrine in part of Europe, it became trendy jewelry, in clothing, furniture, and invaded the interior design world. It was also presented during the Art Deco era (between World War I and World War II).

In this current era, other honorable women are spotted wearing natural expensive citrine mostly with deep yellow-orange color jewelry like Kate Middleton, Jessica Chastain, and Kate Winslet. 

Today, citrine is primarily used for decorating, fashion, interior, and a lot of it for designer jewelry pieces. A natural citrine color that has a dark shade of yellow-orange is more expensive than those pale color ones. But citrine popularity never gets old. Not depending on its color, citrine produces the same vibrance and beauty out of it. Some are crafted for parts of furniture depending on the clarity and how deep the color is. Citrine has been popular for many years now and became well-known because of its own beauty and characteristics.

Healing Properties

Citrine brings not just prosperity and success for the business or personal powers in career but it also has other characteristics which help people know themselves deeply when it comes to self development. It creates deeper connections within your core to improve self-esteem, self-confidence, self-trust, and get out the negativity inside you, and produces personal power. Citrine produces positive energy that helps your mood become lighter. Like drinking a cold lemonade on a sunny day, it brings refreshments into your body. So if you feel like you're on a low energy kind of day, this crystal is perfect for you. 

It also has the power of transforming negativity into positive energy giving you the calmness of a feeling and balancing your emotions. 

It is also said to enhance the flow of feng shui in your home that invites earth energy and welcomes prosperity in your workroom.

Citrine helps the digestive system to calm down and functions accordingly with your body system as it is working as a moderator crystal. It refreshes the brain and builds it up intellectually, ‍

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Feelings and Emotional Healing 

Citrine balances emotions and brings joy inside you. It helps you grow emotionally, keeping you more energetic outside. You will feel much confidence inside attracting positive energy to come in. Happiness and light that uplift your spirit are the major powers of citrine. 

It makes you more certain of your feelings because of its positive vibes flowing inside you. If you know you’re not feeling good emotionally, or it's a dim feeling, you can just look at the crystal and it will make you feel so alive and brighten up your day. Citrine will help your consciousness be certain of your decisions. 

It encourages you to be delightful and imparts enthusiasm. It helps you out of depression, develops self-expression, and makes you love yourself more as it keeps the value on how you trust yourself even more.. It aids emotional issues naturally and gives you the courage to continue especially when you’re not sure what action to take. 

Mind

Citrine is definitely a good start to use for work. It strengthens your mind to improve your thinking and helps you with decision-making problems. It stimulates brain functions, energizes your mood, and flows directly into your senses that produce so many positive feelings. 

It assembles the mind to think clearly and brings more intelligence. It blocks other feelings that might hurt or make you down. It can partner with yoga activities to create more positivity while meditating, increasing your concentration, and state of mind. 

Citrine is also called the “Stone of the Mind”. It’s not just giving you a good thinking mindset but also good healing wisdom. It delivers new thoughts and relief to nightmares which give you time to relax and sleep calmly. Citrine’s clarity gives you a clear and healthy mind. Recharging and revitalizing it for more metal activity production. It clears all the worries that make you feel down and distressed. This is the best way to keep you attentive and at peace.  

Body

This semi-precious stone is known for major parts healing of the body. From the mind to the digestive system, it brings more power and energy to make you feel better and better every day. Citrine delivers energy to your body and converses degenerative diseases and boosts the chemical balance in your body.

Citrine stimulates digestion and neutralizes kidney & bladder inflammation. Citrine improves the spleen and the pancreas. It keeps your skin, nails, and hair healthy, and it may be good for treating skin allergies and irritations that are caused by food intolerances.

It is beneficial to our physical health as it attracts positive energy and is more productive outdoors keeping you in good shape physically and mentally. 

Citrine’s other power is to relieve menstrual cramps, hormone imbalance and lighten the feeling of fatigue. It may be used for morning sickness, vomiting, and nausea. Citrine operates nerve impulses and the intellectual capability of concentration and wisdom. It also treats short-term memory loss issues. 

Spirit 

Citrine is also known for being the “ Light Stone”. It gives light not just on your intellectual side, emotional, but also beneficial on your spiritual matters. Citrine is believed to increase the value in healing the spiritual self, as it is known as a powerful cleanser and restorator. It transfers the goodness of self-healing and self-improvement. Sustaining the power of the sun is outstanding for overcoming phobias, and depressions.

This crystal uplifts your spirit and places your energy with its high vibe powers. Whether you're in a bad state of mind or losing your faith in all things in life, the bright and vibrant energy of this stone will release a higher frequency to revive feelings of positivity. It directs you out of the darkness and drives you into the light. 

Citrine charges your spirit with optimistic energy, which is a very powerful tool when expressing wealth. 

Citrine Uses & Metaphysical Properties

Wearing Citrine

Wearing this crystal allows you to lead the citrine properties with you wherever you go, potentially connecting you with the light. When you are wearing a piece of jewelry with a citrine stone, it attracts the energy and brings it inside and outside your body. Not just for yourself but it applies to all the people surrounding you that are close physically to you. 

It is commonly worn with a pendant or a ring with some other quartz or on a silver or gold metal surface. It can be also worn with bracelets, earrings, and a raw citrine. Wearing a citrine bracelet or a ring will give great power to your intentions. By wearing this daily is the best way to absorb the power of citrine and wearing it with other crystals will only help to step up your desires.

Wearing this semi-precious stone in the form of jewelry is a powerful way to bind with the stone’s vibrancy throughout the day. Each citrine jewelry piece like earrings, necklace, and bracelet can remind you to go for happiness and to draw into the light.  

Citrine is one of those crystals that are quite durable when wearing. It’s not easy to get scratches but avoid it too near heat. It is said to be near you every time you feel like you are not worthy, or need to decide on something important. 

Citrine at Home

Citrine is helpful when wearing it at work. It keeps you focused on your things and clears your mind for better understanding and intelligence. Whether to wear a bracelet, ring, or earrings, this stone may assist you to uplift your mood, your energy, and your ability to multi-task as it stimulates your brain functions.

It helps you avoid stress, negative vibes coming your way, or by displaying it in your living room to produce peace at home and balances energies throughout the house.

Citrine produces prosperity and luck not just in businesses and trades but inside the house. For those who are doing their work at home, it is better to keep a citrine piece of anything with citrine inside your office room to attract wealth and success. 

Citrine at Work

Citrine balances energy throughout the day. It is advisable to wear it at your workplace because you are prone to stress and negativity when working long hours with a lot of bad vibes from other people. This has been a powerful tool for getting ready for work every day. 

This will not be called a Merchant’s Stone if there’s nothing good to it when it comes to businesses. Citrine is beneficial in business success flow and prosperity. Many people use this crystal as part of their furniture at their shop or on the table inside the office. It absorbs higher energy for wealth and positivity along the way.  

Meditation with Citrine

Citrine meditation is outstanding when you are struggling to concentrate, having difficulty with low self-esteem, or when you carry so many burdens and are overwhelmed by panic and responsibilities. This meditation exercise will help you to breathe without constraint, feel balanced, and build on your self-confidence.

This crystal is a go-to partner for purifying and awakening your inner- self. For meditation, raw citrine is the best tool to recharge. While holding the stone with your hands, you can do yoga meditation steps. 

A direct understanding of what must be done to fix the problem can be attained with the support of citrine meditation.

People and relationships

Citrine benefits with relationships are all applied, by keeping this stone. The elimination of negative feelings and easing negativity from people connected in the relationship encourages healthier relationships. A sense of understanding pervades the group, smoothing healthier awareness and an enhanced ability to hold the perceptions of other people, which carries citrine meaning. When your aura is light and positive, you will also attract good things. This will benefit not only you but your partner and your relationship as well.

The adoring light of Citrine is motivating when you sense love and comfort are required in your relationship. It’s the color symbol of positivity and forgiveness. And it’s best for helping you position your heart when they are not in good condition.

Citrine Crystal Therapies 

A true natural citrine is a leading stone of imagination, presentation, and personal will. Bringing the power of the sun, it is mellow, warm, comforting, vitalizing, and life-giving. It revives the chakras by clearing the mind and inspiring the soul to move. Its frequency activates imagination and creativity. Deeper colored citrine works to convert fears to calming of senses. Citrine functions to let go of any obstructions, This crystal will encourage you to unlock new encounters and keep a positive attitude. It will inspire you to maintain optimism in any situation, even on tough ones ahead. 

Fighting against depression is one of the citrine’s best assets. It clears the mind and the heart from thinking too much and clears up the mind from a lot of stress. If you are going through so much pain emotionally or carrying too much responsibility, citrine helps you with the clarity of your mind and balances your emotions. This stone brings happiness and joy while wearing it or close to it. It touches your inner peace to move forward with strength and feel the light of the sun that gives you more power. It gives you the confidence to fight negativity in your mind and helps you act without hesitation.

Citrine and Chakras

Citrine crystal has the Solar Plexus Chakra, and Sacral Chakra. Citrine can also be worked to cleanse all types of Chakras. 

Citrine is good at balancing the solar plexus chakra. Wearing any type of citrine help you unfold your solar plexus chakra, can empower you to get hold of what you feel and have control over it physically and spiritually. The Solar Plexus chakra is the third chakra. It is placed beneath the diaphragm and beyond the belly button.

The Sacral Chakra or what  Hindu Tantrism called The Navel is found below the navel and above the pubic bone near the pelvis. It manages the flow of energy and the core of gravity of the body. It is considered to be the center of the Life Force and controls the flow of information from the body up to the mind and vice versa. It will helps you energize, fire up your sex drive, emotionally, spiritually, and physically balances you and feel more energized throughout the day.

Golden and yellow citrine is associated to restore the sacral chakra. It will help you become more energetic, decisive, and imaginative. The sacral chakra is spoken by the color orange and the planets Jupiter, Mercury, and the Moon. The sacral chakra is associated with your emotions, affections, intimacy, and affection, also for appetite for food

Citrine Gem Water

Citrine gem water is a limitless power bank of energy, health, and true beauty. It contains a natural Citrine Crystal to saturate and recharge your water. Turn your water into a real Citrine Crystal Elixir and begin cleansing, recharging, and reviving yourself naturally from inside to outside. This citrine gem water bottle is made from glass and stainless steel, and you can remove the crystal whenever you want to clean it both separately. Citrine thought to purify and release calming and creative energy you need to absorb. Citrine crystal-infused water is a basic yet effective way when it comes with healing.

Citrine Shapes and Forms

Citrine Cluster

For effective brain functions, strengthening the intellectual side. It promotes motivation, unlocks creativity, and encourages self-expression. Boosts concentration and revitalizes the mind. It rescues you from negative traits, phobias, depression, even fears.

Citrine Spheres

Citrine Spheres is a polished cut natural citrine that provides powerful healing on many levels. Most of these Citrine Spheres are cleared with a pale lemon coloring.

It is powered by the light of the Sun that warms, cleanses, and energizes. Exceptionally protective. This citrine sphere can be a great tool for turning negative energy into a positive one.

Raw Citrine

Raw Citrine represents positivity and optimism, which is obviously associated with the happy color yellow. It's often used to serve in producing financial abundance and opportunities. It is mainly used to awaken the solar plexus chakra, helping to boost confidence and personal power. It is one of the most powerful crystals used to manifest and can help you reach your goals and lead you to your intentions in life. 

Citrine Tumbled Stones

This Citrine Tumbled Stone is widely used in jewelry. Because it helps for the removal of negative energy and brings positivity, it can ease depression, anger, and self-doubt. Also gets rid of irrational mood swings. Holding citrine tumbled stones calms your body especially in times of disturbance. 

Geodes Citrine

This kind of Citrine rarely grows in geodes clusters. Citrine geodes are impressively beautiful. Its crystal points sparkle and gives us a brilliant display brightening up our place and our moods.

Citrine Points

One of the rare kinds of Citrine is the points citrine cuts. Natural Citrine crystals commonly with a deep and smoky gold color are only found only in Africa. Pale yellow citrine points can be found in Brazil. These two have the same healing effects and manifestations inside and outside the body.

Citrine found with other minerals/crystals 

The change or cause of the citrine’s color is still under debate. But some citrines are colored by aluminum-based and irradiation-induced color centers connected to those found in smoky quartz (Lehmann, 1972; Maschmeyer et al., 1980). Citrines turn pale yellow colors when heated above 200-500°C and can turn to deep yellow when irradiated (Lehmann, 1970). 

Citrine can be combined with other stones to intensify energies, such as Dzi, Hematite, Rose Quartz, Agate. Its deep or pale colors are not caused by other minerals. It has its natural changing color characteristics that made it one of the best semi-precious stones ever found.  

You may combine different stones by their elements (water, fire, air, earth, and spirit).

These are elements stones that can be combined with Citrine: Carnelian, Lapis Lazuli, Blue Chalcedony, Sapphire, Rhodonite, Topaz, Chrysolite, Gold Beryl, Tourmaline, and Peridot

Any of these stone elements can be combined to strengthen their metaphysical properties. If you were to combine citrine with air stones, it will promote a positive change in your thoughts. Their energies will help you become more tough and flexible. Air or wind stones are also the best weapon for people who suffer from chronic diseases. Like how the Solar Plexus chakra from Citrine works under the diaphragm area that makes you more warm and active physically. 

Citrine Origin

Naturally-forming citrine can be found all around the world. They have different natural ways of how they grow and change their colors from time to time depending on the heat they are absorbing. 

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Brazil - The majority of today's citrine comes from Brazil; Today, most citrine is mined as amethyst in the market or as smokey quartz in Brazil. 

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The Ural Mountains of Russia and Madagascar, Kazakhstan, and France - Natural citrines can also be found in both countries. Different colors of citrine are discovered in these areas. From darker colors to medium golden orange, are typically reviewed and rarer. 

Citrine Birthstone and Zodiac Sign

Citrine also represents the zodiac sign of Sagittarius because of its optimistic and freedom-loving characteristics, careless, irresponsible and superficial, and restless. Other zodiac signs like Aries, Gemini, Libra, and Leo will feel the most benefit from owning, wearing, or using the chakra cleansing from Citrine crystal in their daily living.

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Virgo can also be a zodiac sign for citrine as it is the favorite temple of Virginians due to its susceptible energy. People born in the astrological sign of Virgo are highly susceptible to the energies of this Temple and the best channel of its energies.

Citrine is a stone responsible for boosting the self-esteem of Virgo, which is very significant for the right use of personal power. Citrine crystal of abundance is effective in detaching the hold of the ego, leading you to happiness and optimism. Citrine can be worn to terminate fears; can also block nightmares every night and make sure to have restful sleep. Citrine can be used to strengthen your psychic consciousness.

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Citrine Energy Color

Yellow Citrine submits the power to solidify new enjoyment, interests, and new relationships, helping to see things clearly and with clarity in all decisions. It encourages you to feel the light in any situation, especially in relationships. Light Yellow crystals help you hold on to new relationships and make a smooth start by healing in the establishment of good communication. It boosts the energy to know about other’s feelings through communication and this can boost your self-esteem and confidence. Dark Yellow Citrine is an exceptional aid when persuasiveness, precision, or decisiveness is needed.

How To Care For Citrine

This crystal is not usually prone to dirt, so it's not necessary to clean it every time after wearing or using it. If you feel like it needs to be recharged, you can cleanse them anyway especially when exposed to a lot of energy in a short period of time.

Citrine is one of the most dependable crystals in all of your other crystals. Because it carries a lot of energy and a confident aura that does not lose in just a few uses. 

As usual, citrine can also be easily scratched. Avoid wearing it during exercises, or outdoor activities that might cause it to have lines. 

Most importantly, do not put any harsh chemical cleaners such as bleach, harsh oils, perfumes with a lot of alcohol content, and hairsprays to avoid dullness. 

How To Cleanse Citrine

Warm and soapy water is one of the ways to clean citrine. Ultrasonic cleaners are also safe except if the stone was dyed because of fractured fillings. Citrine cannot steam since it can’t be exposed to too much heat. 

A Way to clean a citrine is to also take a good bath with water. This might clear all the negative energies that are affecting you and helping you to lower thoughts and emotions. Citrine will absorb this negative energy and turn it into a positive one. It is a safe and effective way to handle all of your chakras and your entire aura at the same time. A few bowls of salt and a few drops of purifying essential oil are also a delightful touch.

How To Program Citrine

When programming a citrine crystal, you need to identify your true intentions. It will absorb your true emotions and helps the crystal to identify the energy it needs to release or what to heal.

Citrine is historically acknowledged as a powerful tool for abundance and prosperity. Since it is one of the best crystals for initiating the solar plexus chakra, citrine increases your ability to manifest things you really need and want like health, wealth, love, new relationships, etc. Citrine belongs to the quartz family, it can carry intentions that you place in them, and intensify them. 

You may think about things you want to manifest in your life physically, spiritually, emotionally, and intellectually and write it down in the form of like you already have it. 

Cleanse the citrine using running water, sunlight, or soapy water. Keep holding the crystal in your dominant hand, and speak your proclamation into the crystal. Repeat it several times until you feel a shift. Usually, a crystal will be perfectly 

Where to buy Citrine

Online stores

Gems n Gems - An online store located at 179 Soi Saraphi 2 Issaraphap Road Bangkok, Thailand 10600. This store is known for selling authentic, and natural different kinds of crystals. They also offer bulk orders at a factory price!

Carat-online.at - located at A-1010 Vienna, Graben 17/DG - Austria. If you love to own lovely jewels of citrine in different cuts, you may go to their website and just choose what fascinates you then you can pay them in different methods. They are accepting almost all payment methods for easy payment online. 

Kora Organics - For different uses of Citrine like gem water, spheres, tumbled stones, etc. This store is the best for offering authentic citrine crystals. They are located at Unit 9, 7 Jubilee Avenue, Warriewood, NSW, 2102, Australia‍

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Events & Shows

Due to the pandemic, most of the crystal shows and expos were canceled. You may refer to some of them on their websites for updates and future shows:

• https://jogsshow.com/tucson-gem-show-schedule/

• https://xpopress.com/show/exposearch

• https://www.mindat.org/shows.php?current=1