Best 7 Crystals for Cats for Stress, Anxiety, and More
Cats have been our comforting companions throughout history. Whether it is laying in our laps or purring next to us while we sleep, they are soft, warm, and loyal companions. If you know a bit about crystals, then you likely already know that they can also work for and help our animal friends. Crystals can assist our furry (and non-furry) companions deal with stress, anxiety, and more. While there are many crystals you can use, there are a handful that are considered to be the best crystals for cats and we're going to discuss those today.
The 7 Best Crystals for Cats
1. Clear Quartz
Clear Quartz produces a force field of healing negative ions while clearing the surroundings of positive ions, protecting the aura. It dispels static electricity and cancels out the harmful effects of radiation and radioactivity. Because Clear Quartz has the prismatic ability to vibrate its energy at all of the color frequencies, it not only harmonizes all of the chakras but can teach us how to vibrate our seven chakra centers simultaneously while maintaining perfect alignment with the light.
Best uses for your cat: remove negative energies or entities, clear the aura, align the chakras, balance emotions, bring more physical energy, soothe the skin, and boost immunity.
2. Amethyst
Called the "all-healer", Amethyst is one of the most effective crystals for healing people, plants, and animals. Natural unpolished Amethysts or geodes are particularly helpful when placed where plants will not grow or animals refuse to sit. It also counteracts negative earth energies beneath buildings or anywhere that feels hostile. Referred to as "nature’s tranquilizer", Amethyst calms and soothes, assisting the transmission of neural signals through the brain. It relieves obsessive-compulsive disorder and hyperactivity in children and animals.
Best uses for your cat: healing, relieving stress or anxiety, easing hyperactivity, grounding energy, calming, and obsessive grooming.
3. Smoky Quartz
Hold Smoky Quartz to relieve tension and stress, anxiety, or panic attacks; also to ward off negative thinking, and to eliminate worry and doubt when faced with chaos or confusion. Use its protective energies to block geopathic stress and absorb electromagnetic smog given off by power lines and electronics. It is invaluable in layouts for environmental healing, and assists elimination and detoxification on all levels, ushering in positive energy in its place.
Best uses for your cat: relieving stress, removing doubt, adjusting to a new home, removing tension from paws, protection, and balance.
4. Black Tourmaline
Black Tourmaline is used to honor Bastet, Goddess of Cats. This is a stone of purification, cleansing the emotional body of negative thoughts, anxieties, anger, or feelings of unworthiness. It stimulates the reflex points associated with the lower back, legs, ankles, and feet. Tourmaline is a marvelous tool for balancing the right/left hemispheres of the brain and bringing mental processes into alignment with the chakras and auric body. It diminishes fear and may be useful in treating paranoia.
Best uses for your cat: protection, easing anxiety, calming a temper, increasing confidence, dealing with a new pet, improving flexibility, and easing fear.
5. Emerald
Emerald was said to be Cleopatra's favorite crystal. It opens and nurtures the heart and the Heart Chakra. Its soothing energy provides healing to all levels of the being, bringing freshness and vitality to the spirit. Emerald imparts a wonderful rejuvenating quality and is thought to combat aging. It is a crystal of the heart, alleviating heaviness in the emotional field and nourishing the aura with an energy of hope, encouragement, gentleness, and abundance.
Best uses for your cat: easing loss of a companion, assisting with sadness, bringing joy, improving energy, helping with the signs of aging, and increasing feelings of hope.
6. Tiger's Eye
Linked to the magical tiger, the king of beasts in Eastern mythology, Tiger’s Eye portrayed courage, integrity, and the right use of power. Tiger’s Eye warns against complacency and emboldens one to “step out of the box” in order to grow. Draw on Tiger’s Eye to boost willpower, emotional stability, and energy levels when working through lifestyle changes and health improvement routines. It promotes harmony between people with diverse viewpoints.
Best uses for cats: improving confidence, increasing appetite, removing fear, moving to a new place, easing conflict with others, calming mood swings, and restoring independence.
7. Rose Quartz
Rose Quartz carries a soft feminine energy of compassion and peace, tenderness and healing, nourishment and comfort. It promotes bonding and strengthens relationships. Rose Quartz is a calming and reassuring crystal, excellent for use in trauma or crisis. The soft pink emanations of Rose Quartz comfort and heal any wounds the heart has suffered. It can bring a deep sense of personal fulfillment.
Best uses for your cat: improving bonding, strengthening relationships, easing trauma, removing fears from the past, removing nightmares, calming anxiety, and increasing love.
How to Use the Best Crystals for Cats
How to use the best crystals for cats with your own feline friend depends on both you and your cat. The most common method is just laying the crystals on the cat while they rest. However, if the crystal doesn't have any sharp points, try holding it out towards your cat and allowing them to rub up against it.
Another idea is to lay out some crystals on a soft surface like a blanket or bed and allow your cat to get comfortable. As you can see in the post from Reddit below, many cats will be drawn to crystals on their own.
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