Properties of Black Onyx
Color: BlackChakra: RootNumber: Vibrates to 6Planet: Mars, SaturnZodiac: LeoBagua areas: Kan (Career), Gen (Self-Knowledge), Dui (Children)Elements: Earth, WaterOrigin: Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, USA
Meaning and Uses of Black Onyx
Black onyx crystals can be used for grounding, protection, and self-control, and as a shield against negative energy. It also enhances discipline, allowing more ease in following through on goals and completing tasks. Black onyx has a calming quality, which can be beneficial in working with challenging emotions such as grief and anxiety. Black onyx also helps to balance yin and yang. It helps us to feel centered, make wise decisions, and get to the root cause of issues. It can assist with logical thinking, as well as intuitive receptivity. Black onyx can give us the strength to look within ourselves, to understand the past, present, and future, and to take charge of our lives going forward. Black onyx is also believed to help with issues related to the feet and bone marrow. It has been used to enhance physical endurance, and to provide support in regaining physical strength after an illness.
Uses in Feng Shui
Activate Kan, the Career Area
If you stand in the main entrance to your home looking in, the front center area is known as the Kan area of the feng shui bagua. Kan position is connected to your career and path in life, as well as the color black. This is a great area to work with if you’d like more clarity around your path in life or your work. Because of black onyx’s tendencies to help us better understand ourselves and be disciplined, it can be a really supportive stone in Kan. Try placing a black onyx crystal in Kan, with the intention that it will enhance these areas of your life.
Activate Gen, the Knowledge Area
The Gen area of the feng shui bagua is connected to self-cultivation, skills, and knowledge. You may want to place black onyx in this area to activate these qualities. Black onyx is a great addition to Gen, since it empowers us to look deeply within ourselves and understand ourselves better. If you want to build your skills or knowledge in a particular area, black onyx can also help with the discipline and focus required. To find Gen in your home, stand in the front door looking in, and locate the corner of your home closest to you on the right hand side.
Activate Dui, the Completion Area
There is also a part of the feng shui bagua, called Dui, that is connected to completion. If you look into your home while standing in your front doorway and imagine a three-by-three grid laid over the space, Dui is the center right area of the grid. If you start a lot of projects but often have a hard time completing them, we would usually recommend that you activate Dui. One way to do this is to place a black onyx crystal here, with the intention that it will support you in following your projects through to completion.
Activate Your Workspace
Because of black onyx’s affinity for logical thinking, focus, and mastery, it can be a wonderful addition to your workspace. Make sure you set a clear intention for how you would like your onyx stone to support you in your career, and then place it on your desk or in your home office.
Create a Grid of Protection
Black onyx can be used in crystal grids to absorb negative energy and offer protection. To create a grid, place a piece of black onyx in each corner of your home or bedroom, or under each corner of your bed. We generally recommend starting with your personal qi (energy), so if you are not sure where to place your grid, try placing it under your bed. Your bed is very connected to you energetically, so any changes you make there will really have an impact.
