This wand is hand-carved from Tiger's eye and features natural flaws and a prominent band of hematite. It weighs ~133 g, and is ~12.3 cm long, and is of a fairly consistent width across the entire length.
Wands can be used for healing or for magic. In healing, their shape aids in deep pressure massage, rolling massage, acupressure, and reflexology. In “crystal healing,” it is believed that pressing a wand into an area of the body and then spinning it causes the crystal release a beam of energy into that location.
In magic, a wand helps you to direct energy. These wands may be made from wood, carved stone, naturally pointed stone, metal, natural materials like bone, or a combination there of. They can be decorated with any material that feels right to you or left bare. In some traditions, a magic wand should be the length from a practitioners elbow (or, sometimes, inner elbow) to the tip of their middle finger. Modernly, most a somewhat smaller, around the size of the forearm only or the size of a chopstick. Crystal wands tend to be around a handspan in length, but vary widely.
Tiger's eye is a chatoyant gemstone found in metamorphic rock, with colours like golden to red-brown, cream, black, or deep blue. It forms from quartz crystals and amphibole fibres transformed into limonite. Tiger's Eye combines earth and solar energies, aiding in spiritual grounding, enhancing psychic abilities, balancing chakras, and protecting against negative energies. It promotes integrity, goal achievement, clarity of intention, self-recognition, and practical perception. The stone also aids in resolving dilemmas, balancing emotions, and promoting harmony, stability, wealth, and uninhibited actions. Tiger's Eye is believed to have healing properties for night vision, throat, reproductive organs, and broken bones. Wearing it on the right arm or as a pendant can promote energy flow, strengthen convictions, instill courage and confidence, and benefit the weak or ill.
Hardness: 6.5-7
Streak: Yellow-brown
Classification: silicate & inosilicate
Structure: triclinic
Formula: SiO₂ & amphibole (formula varies)
Chakra: Solar plexus
Energy: Projective
Number: 4
Zodiac: Taurus, Gemini, Leo, Capricorn
Planet: Sun
Element: Fire
Day: Sunday
Tarot: The Sun
Deities: Ra, Sekhmet
Powers: Abundance, Courage, Decisiveness, Energy, Luck, Money, Protection
