Description

The Autumn Crystal Collection is made up of five tumbled crystals chosen for the stretch of the year when the light goes early, the energy dips, and everything suddenly feels like more effort than it did in August.

Autumn is lovely to look at, but for some, it’s quite hard to actually live through. The mornings stay darker for longer, the evenings close in before you have even finished your dinner, and the general sense of get up and go that carried you through summer quietly packs itself away. Most people notice it somewhere around the second week of October and assume they are just tired or overly emotional, when really the whole season has shifted underneath them. This set is put together for exactly that, five stones that between them cover energy, outlook, warmth and adapting to the seasonal shifts.

Carnelian is the fire in the set, and it’s perfect for when motivation has gone missing. It is known for lifting energy and drive, for helping you get started on things rather than looking at them for three days first, and for bringing back a bit of courage and confidence when you are feeling flat. It is a Sacral chakra stone, which links it to creativity and appetite for life in general, so it is worked with for creative blocks as much as for tiredness. It also has a reputation for warming up a home and lifting the mood in a room, which makes it a good one to have out on a shelf rather than tucked away in a drawer.

Heat treated Citrine brings the sunshine, and that is exactly why it is in here. When the sun starts dipping earlier and earlier and you feel yourself dipping along with it, Citrine is there to put some of that light back. It is known as a stone of joy, warmth and happiness, and it is worked with for lifting low mood and shifting the heaviness that settles in when daylight gets scarce. It carries a real brightness with it, the sort that makes things feel a bit more possible on a grey Tuesday in November. It sits with the Solar Plexus, which is the chakra for confidence and personal power, so it is used for optimism, self belief and feeling a bit more capable and a bit less small. Citrine is also known for abundance and prosperity, which is why so many people keep a piece in a purse or a till.

Green Aventurine is the optimism in the set, and the one I most wanted in here. It is known as a stone of luck and opportunity, but the part that matters more is how it works with outlook, because it is used for shifting the mindset that says nothing is going to change. It is a Heart chakra stone, so it is worked with for emotional recovery, for letting go of old disappointment, and for the kind of gentle self compassion that gets very thin during the colder months. It also has a reputation for calming the nervous system and taking the edge off worry, which makes it useful for anyone who feels the pressure building as the year runs down towards Christmas, and it is often chosen when someone is starting something new and could do with things going their way.

Smoky Quartz is the grounding one. It is known for absorbing heaviness and clearing out low mood, worry and the general background hum of stress, and it is one of the most commonly used protective stones for that reason. It works with the Root chakra, so it is associated with feeling steady and safe in yourself, and it is often kept in bedrooms because it has a reputation for quieting a busy mind at night and supporting better sleep. That makes it particularly useful when the clocks go back and everybody’s rhythm goes sideways for a fortnight. It is also the one to reach for if you tend to soak up other people’s moods when you don’t mean to.

Clear Quartz is the amplifier, and this one is a deluxe grade piece, so it is noticeably clearer than a standard tumble. Clear Quartz is known for strengthening the effect of whatever it sits alongside, which is why it belongs in a set like this rather than working alone. It is also the one to hold when you want to think clearly, because it is used for cutting through mental fog and for holding an intention, so if there is something you want from the next few months, whether that is a plan you keep putting off or just a different sort of autumn to the one you had last year, this is the stone to sit with while you work out what it actually is you want from the next few months. It’s also used for cleansing the energy in a room too, which is worth knowing once the windows stop being opened so often.

Kept together, the five cover the things that tend to dip or go missing from September, and they work just as well spread around the house or carried one at a time depending on what a particular day needs. Pop them in a pocket, keep them on a desk, or leave them somewhere you will see them on the way out of the door.

A note on the Citrine, because honesty matters more than a tidy listing. This is heat treated Citrine rather than natural Citrine, which means it started life as Amethyst and was heated to turn it that warm orange colour. Almost all the Citrine sold anywhere is heat treated, natural Citrine is rare and considerably more expensive, and plenty of people work with heat treated pieces very happily. You should just know which one you are getting, which is why we’re always clear about the kind of Citrine you’re getting.

Every set is different, so the shades, shapes and markings will vary from the ones photographed here, and that is part of what makes a set of tumbles worth having. Your five arrive together in a white organza bag, ready to keep or to hand to someone who is finding this time of year a bit of a slog.

The Run Down
Who it’s for:

• Anyone who struggles when the clocks go back
• Low energy and low motivation in the darker months
• People who feel their mood drop as the sun’s energy fades
• Anyone starting something new this season
• Beginners who want a small set that works together
• Empaths and highly sensitive souls who pick up other people’s moods easily

What it does:

• Lifts energy, drive and motivation when it has gone flat
• Encourages optimism, confidence and self belief
• Grounds and steadies you as the season turns
• Clears heaviness, worry and low mood
• Calms the nervous system when pressure builds
• Quiets a busy mind at night and supports better sleep
• Helps with focus and clarity of thought
• Associated with luck, opportunity and things coming in
• Encourages self compassion when you are running low
• Works as a set or one stone at a time

Why you’ll love it:

• Five crystals that genuinely work together
• Colours that suit the season without being obvious about it
• A deluxe grade Clear Quartz rather than a standard tumble
• Every set is different, so no two are quite the same
• Small enough to carry, useful enough to keep out

The details:

• Five tumbled crystals: Carnelian, heat treated Citrine, Green Aventurine, Smoky Quartz and deluxe Clear Quartz
• Sizes vary from set to set
• Chakras: Carnelian (Sacral), Citrine (Solar Plexus), Green Aventurine (Heart), Smoky Quartz (Root), Clear Quartz (all)
• Arrives in a white organza bag

Screens all have their own opinion about colour, so the shades you see here may sit slightly differently in person. Every detail and marking is true to life though, and there’s always a little something extra that only shows up when a crystal is finally yours.