Moonstone Engagement Ring

Moonstone Rings introduction

“The Moonstone through cultures and time.”

For centuries, many cultures consider it a stone of inner growth and strength. It is known to soothe emotional issues, and stress and to provide calmness.

It is one of the most ancient gemstones in the world. Its mysterious name stands behind a towering significance. Monks, shamans, and spiritual people have always highly valued them throughout time.

It was a source of feminine energy for the Ancient Romans and Greeks.

Ancient Romans believed that the moonstone gem exhibits the image of their moon goddess, Diana. As for the Greeks, they even called the stone “Aphroselene,” as a tribute of their goddesses, Aphrodite and Selene or Selenite. On the other hand, in Ancient Asia, this stone represented the power of love. They treated it as a gemstone of peace as well, bringing sweet dreams at night.

Today, moonstones are under the spotlights of the jewelry market. Commonly they are turned into rings for the countless benefits it can give to its wearer.

The Moonstone Ring, ring for “new beginnings.”

Concerning love and business matters, a Moonstone ring promotes inspiration, success, and good fortune. It is common to start wearing them when you enter a new chapter of your life, which is why this stone is referred to as “the stone of new beginnings.”

Moonstone Ring Spiritual Meaning

According to ancient cultures, the Moonstone is as old as the moon itself.

The meaning of Moonstone lies within its energy. Its power can nourish and awaken your feminine strengths and energies. Recognized for having healing effects as well, they help to guide you to your inner path. Those stones sharpen your senses. They give passion to your feminine side. However, it can be quite personal when it comes to what this stone means for each person; its use can be versatile.

Nowadays, in astrology, wearing a Moonstone ring exudes a glowing vitality. It re-energizes the mind and the body, by washing away negativeness and evil eye. In particular with the Rainbow Moonstone ring. Intense rays of colors envelopes it, which makes it an even more protective and balanced gem.

Moonstone Ring Origins

Moonstone belongs to a mineral family named feldspars. It’s an iridescent stone; you can find it in a colorless forms such as peach, pink, green, gray, yellow, brown, and blue.

The play of light effect of Moonstone Crystal is called adularescence, and its shades Of lIght range from 0 opacity to opaque.

The most prized moonstones are from Sri Lanka and India. Blue moonstones are highly valued because of their rarity, and such stones can only be found in Sri Lanka. On the other hand, India is the most abundant country in terms of moonstones, especially Rainbow ones.  The country is indeed famous for its impressive production of Rainbow Moonstone rings, which they mainly turn into moonstone wedding rings. Other mines around the globe can be found in Myanmar, Brazil, Switzerland, Norway, USA, Australia, Germany, Tanzania, and Madagascar.

Moonstone Ring prices

The prices of a moonstone ring can vary up from $10 for the clearer ones to $1000 for the bluish/greenish ones. Indeed, Moonstone rings with a blue sheen are the most valuable kind, which is why they tend to be more expensive.

Moonstone engagement ring spiritual meanings

Wearing a Moonstone ring can serve multiple purposes. Each one can set its intentions behind a moonstone. For some, it can be a birthstone, for some others a lucky stone, a pure crystal, or just an odd piece of jewelry. But more and more, you will encounter future brides wearing a Moonstone engagement ring. Indeed, the popularity of the Moonstone wedding ring has grown drastically in the last ten years.

Many cultures believe that they are bringing luck and prosperity to those who wear it, which is quite a sweet quality in an engagement ring.

Moonstone engagement ring origins

An antic Hindu myth says that the moonstone was created with moonbeams solidified into stone, to bring luck, love, and peace. The spread of this myth made those stones a popular choice as an engagement ring in Ancient Asia since then.

Nowadays, people are more and more considering a Moonstone wedding ring as a great alternative to a diamond ring.

A Moonstone makes an unexpected but elegant choice for an engagement ring, and many of them even feature internal fractures, which provide flashes of iridescence. Those particularities make any ring a bit more special and unique.

Most popular Moonstone engagement rings

Rainbow Moonstone Ring

According to astrology, the Rainbow Moonstone ring brings balance, harmony, and hope while enhancing creativity, compassion, and inner confidence. The astrologists believe that wearing one can help you to strengthen your intuition and your psychic perception.

Gold Moonstone Ring and Rose Gold Moonstone Ring

Popular amongst engagement rings, you have the gold Moonstone ring, and the rose gold Moonstone ring. The gold Moonstone ring adds an extra value to the stone and turns it into an elegant piece of jewel. On the other side, the rose gold Moonstone ring, due to its pinkish touch, empowers the energies toward love and feminity than the moonstone already diffuses.

Sterling Silver Moonstone Ring

To get the most benefits from the stone, astrologists recommend wearing the sterling silver Moonstone ring. However, they believe that your sterling silver Moonstone ring will only spread its benefits for two years. Therefore, they advise you to change it to a new ring afterward, which is why it might not be the most suitable Moonstone wedding ring.

But if you clean and recharge your stone frequently, you can extend its benefit’s length. Or, as the last option, you can still change it every two years, but this might be an expensive option.

Moonstone ring and Rainbow Moonstone ring’s benefits

For a thousand years, astrologists, antic cultures, spiritual healers, and many others have been claiming the various properties of the moonstones. Here’s a list of the most recurring ones :

• Emotional Balance

The calming energy of the Moonstone ring heals emotional traumas and brings balance to a person’s life. Like Moldavite  It calms down emotions and strengthens good relationships with people around, which is another reason why, in many cultures, proposing with a Moonstone engagement ring happens frequently.

• Physical Effects

Moonstone helps to normalize all rhythms of biological clocks. It makes the wearer’s body to utilize all-natural forces, to live accordingly to natural cycles.

It also eliminates toxins, treats digestive disorders, and also regenerates cells of the skin. The Rainbow Moonstone ring can be useful if you are fighting with any reproductive issues as rose quartz it can be used like Yoni eggs as well.

Last but not least, it is excellent to wear or carry during PMS (premenstrual syndrome), conception, pregnancy, childbirth, but also breastfeeding. Knowing all those reasons, it is not a coincidence that some consider it a birthstone.

• Increase Feminine Energy (Yin Energy)

Due to its direct connection with the Moon, it reveals the power in every woman. Associated with the crown chakra and divine feminine energy, wearing a Rainbow moonstone ring, is also thought to inspire intuition and psychic abilities. That’s why Healers and Shamans are often using them.

But these energies not only apply to women. For men, this gemstone is beneficial in exploring their emotional (feminine) side and control their aggressivity.

• Calming Effects

Moonstone is well known for its calming energy and very recommendable for calming children.

• Deep Sleep

It drives away nightmares and promotes deep sleep. Besides, it is frequent that astrologist recommends wearing one (or having one around your bed) to fight insomnias. Furthermore, In Ancient China, wearing a Rainbow Moonstone ring was also used to cure sleepwalking.

• Stone of Love

Moonstone is one of the popular gemstones in engagement rings today. And there is at least one good reason for this. Since Ancient India, a Moonstone engagement ring was a traditional gift, as they believed that they promote love and peace in future marriage.

• Traveler stone

Finally, a Moonstone is hugely beneficial for travelers. Wearing the stone (or carrying it with you) brings safety in their journey, without suffering any losses or accident.

If you are interested to know more about the benefits of stones and crystals, feel free to have a look at this article from Crystal Meaning

How to wear a Moonstone ring?

• In your daily life

Moonstone is a relatively soft gemstone; it falls around 6/10 Mohs. Due to this factor, a Moonstone ring should be worn very carefully every time, avoiding damage and touching other surfaces that can lead to scratches or cracks.

If you want to wear a Moonstone ring every day, be sure that it’s fixed securely into the jewelry, and it’s better to avoid any physical activity every time you wear it.

Astrology recommends wearing your Moonstone is best worn on the small finger of your right hand, except of course, if you wear it as an engagement ring.

You may find it hard to wear a Moonstone ring every day. What you can do is to take a break and temporarily wear it.

If you like to wear it occasionally, the Full Moon can be an excellent time for you.

Which gemstones can you wear with your Moonstone ring?

– Wearing Amethyst with a Moonstone detoxes the body. It also aligns the third eye and crown chakras, opening up your spirit to new dimensions.

– Wearing Alexandrite with a Rainbow Moonstone helps lessen the impact of emotional burdens, therefore, making it easier to let go.

– Wearing Labradorite with a Moonstone enhances your astral travel and clairvoyance.

– Wearing Turquoise Stone with a Moonstone boosts your confidence and perception. Some assume that it also helps to see the future.

Gemstones are numerous and fascinating. So, if you want to discover more about them, their origins, their properties, the different types and colors that exist, I highly recommend you to have a look at this website: Asana Crystals

Your Moonstone routine care

1. How to clean your Moonstone ring?

Shine bright like a moonstone. A moonstone shines as bright as the moon, due to its milky and pearly color. This gleam comes from the alternating mineral layers, which is why you have to take excellent care of it. This process is essential, as it cleanses the stone from all the energy it has absorbed and stored. The goal is to return the purity of the stone.

If you do not have a source of natural water around you, such as a river, a lake, or a waterfall, you can simply dip your moonstone into a bowl of pure water overnight. Then, use this running water to rinse your Moonstone. Finally, it’s recommended to throw away the used water after use and not using it more than once.

Be careful: Many specialists are agreeing on not cleaning your moonstone with salty water, such as ocean or sea.

Apart from using running water, another way to clean the energy of your Moonstone is to use incenses or any kind of aroma sticks.

First, you can hold your Moonstone in the smoke for a minute, to get rid of any energy that it might have stored. This process helps to set free the negatives energies that your stones trapped. If you have it on hand, crystal and stone specialists recommend using sage, sweetgrass, and sandalwood. They are the most efficient for releasing elements and getting rid of negative energies.

How to recharge your Moonstone ring?

After you have cleaned your Moonstone, you should charge it. Charging a stone is as much important as cleaning it. It means that you replenish energy. It’s fundamental first to cleanse your rock, and then to charge it.

You can start the charging process a night before the full moon. You should do this by leaving the gem outside in the open space under the moonlight and leaving it overnight. After 3 moon circles, your Moonstone crystal will be cleansed and can be charged up for your next Meditation session.

Ideally, you should practice more frequently these two rituals when you wear your moonstone as an engagement ring.