The Fourth Chakra (heart area)

Location: Centre of the chest (although there is a second, smaller one over the heart)
Symbol & Element: Air; Two triangles (one inverted)
Astrology Sign: Air signs of Gemini; Libra and Aquarius
Sense: Touch
Foods: Green Vegetables
Related Addictions: Nicotine; Marijuana
Physical Areas: Thymus; Lungs; Breathing; Heart; Blood Pressure; Immune System
Related to: Harmony; trust; ability to give & receive; growth; coping with loss; balance

This chakra relates to love and emotional well-being. When it is unblocked we give love unconditionally and attract to ourselves those people who give us an abundance of love. When it is blocked we feel the lack of love in our lives as keenly as those with third-chakra blockages feel a lack of material security. Heart conditions are the most common physical symptoms.

Gemstones associated with the fourth chakra:

• Aventurine is the stone most related to physical health and heart balancing.
• Emerald relates most directly to the spiritual aspects of love.
• Green Calcite eases old, limiting beliefs (especially those based on fear) from the mind so that new ideas can flourish.
• Green Tourmaline opens the creative elements of the heart, i.e., adding an emotional depth to one's creations.
• Lepidolite helps to calm the heart and relieves stress.
• Malachite releases congestion in the solar plexus, and aids creativity.
• Malachite-Chrysocolla blends malachite's ability with chrysocolla's gift of soothing and calming.
• Pink Calcite helps to release old and hurtful emotional patterns so that the heart can be open to receive and give unconditional love.
• Rhodochrosite helps to relieve anxiety.
• Rhodonite helps us to be patient with others.
• Rose Quartz is the stone for helping to create unconditional self-love.