How to Use Clear Quartz: A Complete Guide

Co-authored by Edward Lewand and Glenn Carreau

Last Updated: October 25, 2022 References

What is clear quartz, and why is it so meaningful in holistic healing? Clear quartz can do the trick if you want to bring more mental clarity, inspiration, and positivity into your life! The 6-sided transparent crystal is beloved for its versatility and is one of the earth's most common natural minerals. Read on for a comprehensive guide to the properties and uses of clear quartz.

Things You Should Know

Clear quartz is useful for physical healing and for maintaining a calm mind. It also helps in attracting positive energy and amplifying your intentions.
Create an altar or use it to decorate your space for an increase in positive energy, motivation, and creativity.
Hold it in your hand or place it on your forehead magnify your intentions or calm anxiety and headaches.
Cleanse your quartz using moonlight, lukewarm water, or sound.

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What are the properties of clear quartz?

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Clear quartz promotes physical healing. Known as "The Master Healer," the many-faceted crystal is thought to stimulate both your immune system and metabolism! It protects you from illness, cleanses your body of toxins, and can even help with weight loss. The gem is even thought to bring clarity to the source of an illness.^{[1]
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- There are other colorful varieties of quartz gemstone, including amethyst and Tiger’s Eye. Like clear quartz, you can also use amethyst for holistic healing.
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It attracts positive energy and repels negativity. Clear quartz also has major benefits for mental and emotional health! It's a magnet for positive energy, boosting your mood and banishing any negative energy dragging you down. In place of the negative energy, quartz stimulates feelings of joy, hope, and purpose.^{[2]
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The gemstone helps maintain a clear, peaceful mind. Quartz is thought to be the perfect antidote when you get stressed, and your thoughts feel muddled. It is associated with clarity and balance; it will help you clear your mind of anxiety and tension, relax and organize your thoughts.^{[3]
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- Since clear quartz is one of the zodiac sign Aries’s birthstones (along with diamonds), quartz’s calming and clarifying abilities are especially well-suited to help soothe Aries's fiery, turbulent emotions.
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Clear quartz amplifies your energy and intentions. Whatever energy you put into your crystal can magnify those desires and help you manifest them in your daily life. Whether you want to manifest creativity, protection, abundance, or positivity, quartz gives those intentions weight and power in your mind, encouraging you to make them a reality.
- The healing and amplifying properties of quartz can feel so effective because the gemstone is piezoelectric, meaning that it disperses negative energy and produces an electric charge when compressed.^{[4]
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The gemstone opens up your crown chakra. Quartz is also celebrated for having intense spiritual properties. Since the crown chakra is associated with higher consciousness and enlightenment, quartz can help deepen your sense of spirituality and gain greater awareness of yourself and your surroundings. Some even believe it to be a window into another dimension!^{[5]
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- The seven chakras are the seven energy centers of the body, and the crown chakra is the final center where all the energy flowing from your other chakras meets at the top of your head.

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Using Clear Quartz

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Hold quartz in your left hand to power your intentions. While holding the quartz, close your eyes and speak your intentions for the day. Repeat that mantra aloud a few times until it feels solidified in your mind. The quartz will help realign your energy and amplify the intention in your mind, making it easier to manifest in your daily life.
- Setting intentions is essentially telling yourself what you intend to do or think and repeating it until the intention is ingrained in your mind.
- An example of setting intentions could be, "I will forgive myself for my mistakes and move forward," or, "I intend to make meditation part of my daily routine."
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Carry a quartz crystal with you to increase your motivation. Once you state your intentions, use the quartz to stay connected to your intention throughout the day. Take it with you in a bag, pocket, or keychain, or wear it as jewelry. Set aside a few minutes each day to repeat the intentions you chose to yourself, whether you're at home, driving, or in the workplace.
- Keeping the quartz close will remind you of your intentions, giving you more motivation to fulfill them as you go about your day!
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Meditate with a quartz crystal to calm your mind. Hold the quartz in your left hand as you meditate, or place it next to you during the meditation. Close your eyes and concentrate on deep, rhythmic breathing for at least a couple of minutes, letting the crystal's energy flow through you and instill a sense of peace. With its clarifying abilities, quartz can help achieve total calm and clarity as you meditate.^{[6]
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- You can also recite affirmations during meditation, which are short mantras designed to merge your conscious and subconscious mind.
- For example, an affirmation could be, "I am compassionate," or "I am at peace."
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Use the crystal in Feng Shui to bring harmony to your space. Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese art that focuses on arranging a room to achieve harmony, and quartz crystals are celebrated for being a constant source of purifying energy.^{[7]
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- Quartz in the office space can boost your creativity and improve concentration, making it easier to buckle down and tackle projects you've been meaning to work on.
- Quartz stashed under your pillow or on your bedside table can help soothe stress and ward off bad dreams.
- Quartz in a shared space or living room can ease tensions between people, instill harmony, and give everyone in the room inspiration and creativity.
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Create an altar with quartz crystals to generate positive energy. An altar provides a space where you can relax and center yourself. Designate an area of your home where you can go to meditate or relax, and set up your altar with a large central crystal. The altar will amplify the quartz's innate power and infuse your space with creative energy.^{[8]
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- If you've never made an altar before, don't sweat! It can be as simple as a table with crystals and other decorations.
- You can add a personal touch to your altar by decorating it with mementos or photos that inspire you, candles, herbs, and incense.
- You can create a crystal grid on your altar by placing the largest quartz in the center and positioning four smaller, evenly-spaced quartzes around it. Then, arrange other crystals between each quartz to finish the grid.
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Cleanse negative energy from your body and ease stress headaches. Because quartz is so effective at directing negative energy away from you, it can also help cure physical ailments (and lift your mood at the same time). Hold a crystal to your forehead while sitting in a dark, quiet room. Take several deep breaths and let the quartz cleanse all harmful energy from your mind.^{[9]
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- Quartz is thought to relieve more than just headaches! Stimulate healing energy in your body by holding the quartz against any area where you feel pain, and visualize bright energy traveling through your body and into the crystal.
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Wear quartz jewelry to shield yourself from negativity. Quartz can act as a shield against negativity, dispersing the negative energy around you and filling your head with happy thoughts instead. Simply wear a piece of quartz jewelry, like a pendant or ring, and let the quartz magnify positive, healing energy in your mind as you go about your day.^{[10]
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Place quartz above your head to open up your crown chakra. Meditate lying flat on your stomach with the quartz positioned at the top of your head, and concentrate on expanding your consciousness. Let the energy from the quartz amplify your desires and open your mind up to new levels of understanding. Quartz can help you gain insight and guidance by opening the chakra.^{[11]
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Cleansing Clear Quartz

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Bathe quartz in the light of a full moon. Place your crystal on a windowsill with plenty of moonlight or outside if you prefer. Let it sit in the moonlight overnight, and then collect it to use normally the next day. The moonlight clears away all the bad energy and leaves your quartz refreshed so that it maintains its healing and clarifying properties.^{[12]
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- Cleanse quartz crystals on a monthly cycle (or every full moon, if you follow this method). They can become loaded with stagnant energy over time, and cleansing helps keep them effective long-term.
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Wash the quartz with lukewarm water and soap. A great way to cleanse quartz jewelry (and generally keep it in good condition) is to put a little bit of soap on a wet rag and gently wipe it down. Then, rinse the quartz under lukewarm water to wash away the soap and spiritually cleanse the crystal of negative energy.
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Purify the quartz using sound. Pick up your instrument of choice or use your singing voice to cleanse the crystal Place the crystal in front of you and visualize the negative energy inside of it as you play (or sing). Then, picture the energy being removed from the crystal and banished. The sound vibrations you make will unblock and clear away negative energy in the crystal.^{[13]
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- Any instrument will work for this, from a harp to a tuning fork! You don't need to be well-versed in an instrument; you can simply ring a bell or chime if you prefer.
- If you don't have an instrument at home, sing or chant to cleanse the crystal. You can sing anything that comes to mind, as long as it helps you visualize and clear away negative energy.