What is Rhodonite?

Rhodonite is manganese silicate mineral with an opaque transparency. Rhodonite comes in shades that vary from pale pink to deep red. It has a vitreous luster and is composed of other minerals such as calcite, iron, and magnesium. It has a triclinic crystal system and occurs in ores or as rounded crystals. Rhodonite means compassion and love.

While much of Rhodonites power is attributed to its beautiful emotional and spiritual properties, that doesn’t mean it falls short when it comes to bringing a breath of fresh healing air to your body too. The Rhodonite crystal is softly invigorating and gifts you a strength you never knew you had.

For those who feel their energy is drained (particularly after a strong emotional spell or after a bout of trauma) then Rhodonite’s soothing vibrations are enough to bring you back to life. Of course, it connects with the heart and circulatory system, keeping your ticker beating bright. The rose stone also sends energy to the endocrine system along with curing stomach ulcers, aiding digestion and helping with autoimmune diseases. It also helps the body heal from scarring and can take the sting out of insect bites.

Mental & Emotional Healing Properties

Healing emotional wounds and putting you on the pathway to complete unconditional love – when it comes to mental and emotional wellbeing this is where Rhodonite shines. For those who want to clear their heart of pain and bring down the barriers that may be holding them back, Rhodonite is ready to go to work on helping you dismantle anything that could be having a negative impact on your self-worth.

All love starts with self-love and the more we are able to stand in the light of our own self-confidence and our own talents, the better equipped we can be to turn that love outwards and send it spiraling into the universe. If you have issues with abandonment or betrayal or anything that translates to unhealthy attitudes towards relationships, Rhodonite can be an amazing relationship counsellor to get your love life back on track. It’s a stone that encourages mutual understanding and the ability to embrace compromise from a place of pure and honest acceptance.

Metaphysical Properties

As mentioned, Rhodonite has a huge connection to the heart chakra. The heart chakra is where our love, trust, and ability to bring compassion comes from. As life can be brimming with hard knocks, it's our heart chakra that can often take the hit. We throw up walls, we shut down, and our trust levels diminish. When we work to clear the blockages that clog up the heart space, we may find ourselves healed and in harmony and able to bring about healthy levels of love both internally and externally.

Those Rhodonite crystals that come swirled with plenty of darker patches also resonate strongly with the root chakra. This is our place of safety, its how we root into the earth beneath our feet and it all relates to our sense of security in the world.

It goes without saying that as a stone of deep love, Rhodonite comes with more than a pinch of positivity. It brings joy and energy and a spark that can light up a room. If you feel like you need some added power in reducing the negative energy in your life then you can also pair Rhodonite with Sugilite for even more intense action.

Zodiac Birthstone

Rhodonite is one of those healing crystals here to bring light and love into everyone’s heart but as a birthstone it is beautifully suited to Taurus. Born in the spring, Taureans capture that balance of being bright and calm but also vibrant and ever ready to radiate new life. However, those born under the sign of Taurus can have a stubborn side and they can be quick to flare up in a temper – this doesn’t always bode well for relationships. With Rhodonite on your side, this gentle loving stone gets to work on bringing a sense of compassion along with solid foundations on which to grow the heart space. It teaches Taureans to love themselves and to remember that only by opening up can they grow to reach new places.

Rhodonite is also an excellent zodiac stone for Geminis. This rescue stone can sweetly serve the ‘twin nature’ of the Gemini by inviting healing and balance back into their world. Gemini’s aren’t short of compassion and love but they can become giddy from it and as high empaths, sometimes they need a stone to direct all that mass of love in the right direction. Rhodonite can also be great for Virgos who also need a little more self-love to shake themselves of that perfectionist behavior.

If you are intrigued to know which gemstones are best suited to your own astrological sign, take a look at our guide to picking the right crystal to suit your star sign.