Amethyst is a powerful and protective stone with a rich history and a variety of metaphysical properties:
Spiritual Awareness: Amethyst is known to activate spiritual awareness, open intuition, and enhance psychic abilities.
Emotional Healing: It is believed to stimulate and soothe the mind and emotions. It can relieve stress and strain, soothe irritability, balance mood swings, dispel anger, rage, fear, and anxiety. It also alleviates sadness and grief, and dissolves negativity.
Physical Healing: Amethyst has strong healing and cleansing powers. It boosts hormone production, tunes the endocrine system and metabolism. It strengthens the immune system, reduces pain and strengthens the body to fight against cancer.
Sobriety: The name Amethyst is derived from the Greek word améthystos (αμέθυστος), meaning “not intoxicated”, and comes from an ancient legend1. It encourages sobriety, having a sobering effect on overindulgence of alcohol, drugs, or other addictions.
Meditation and Balance: Amethyst is renowned for its metaphysical qualities that promote calmness, equilibrium, and peace4. It helps eliminate impatience and negativity from your life, providing you with emotional and spiritual balance.
Creativity and Passion: It carries the energy of fire and passion, creativity and spirituality, yet bears the logic of temperance and sobriety.
 
Remember, while many people find these properties to be accurate, the impact can vary from person to person. Always trust your intuition when working with crystals.