Mini Crystal Tortoise - Rose Quartz

The tortoise is very helpful for children that are afraid of sleeping in their own beds or have trouble getting to sleep at night.

A mini Feng Shui tortoise figurine carved out of Rose Quartz* crystal. An enhancer for health and love luck.

The tortoise is most revered for its abilities in longevity. Said to live 3000 years in Chinese mythology, the tortoise is the fabled bringer of the Lo Shu square to the Chinese people. It is one of the four celestial animals; the tortoise represents the direction of the North, the season of winter and the color black. It is an important symbol of landscape, protection and immunity in feng shui.

One of the best known feng shui tip is to place a tortoise in the North sector of your home to invite its career luck into your life. Another well known cure is to place a tortoise in the back of your home or office to draw on its energy of strengthening and protecting qualities. Tortoises are associated with the number one, so having one will do.

According to Lillian Too tortoises are important to include in your landscape. They can be depicted in the form of a berm or stone landscape feature. Their presence is similar to a mountain in that it can bring you lifelong strength and stability in your energy. Placing this tortoise at the back of your house is the most ideal placement in the traditional landscape school of feng shui.

In Asian myth the tortoise represents cosmic order; its shell is symbolic of the heavens, its body symbolic of the earth and its undershell represents the underworld. It is also considered to have brought about the creation of the universe. Tortoise shells are used in I-Ching divination and foretelling.

Here are some other feng shui Placements to enhance the tortoise’s stable energy:

1. Place the tortoise at your front entrance facing toward the outside to prevent bad or dangerous energy from coming into your home and further offer protection to all of the members of your household.
2. Place the tortoise in your personal “Tien Yi” direction (according to Feng Shui Kua) if you are suffering from illness is believed to invite its potent forces of longevity to draw your recovery nearer.
3. Place the tortoise at the head of your bed is said to help ease the anxieties and mental troubles that lead to insomnia. Here a tortoise can deflect any negative energy that might cause you bad dreams. Thus the tortoise is also very helpful for children that are afraid of sleeping in their own beds or have trouble getting to sleep at night.

Feng shui bagua placements

1. Place the tortoise in the North sector of your home to harness the turtle’s protection and powers in your career luck. If you wish to use it in your office, place it behind your desk facing out. It is said to aide you in gaining insights from important figures in your field and blocking the negative energy of colleagues with poor intentions.
2. Placing the tortoise in the Northwest sector of your home will increase patriarch luck, for supporting the male-figure in the home.
3. Place a tortoise in the East sector of your home to shower the gifts of a long happy life on your entire family. Here the tortoise is a powerful symbol of steadfastness and longevity.

As tortoises are ground dwelling creatures it is fine to place them on the floor, but it is best to maintain respect for their celestial place in legend and not place them in the bathroom or kitchen.

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The Rose Quartz, Pink Quartz or the stone of unconditional love is the most highly revered and desired stone of the quartz group because it is believed to have the ability to greatly enhance love and romance luck in every aspect of your life. For those who are single, this love charm will attract to you a loyal and loving partner, who will stay with you for life. For those who are in a relationship, this love stone will quicken the process and stabilize the relationship with marriage. This love charm will also revitalize the fire in a marriage, and rejuvenate both feelings and sexual desire. Also, for individuals who have been hurt and had their hearts broken before, the Rose Quartz is said to help heal the old wounds of the past by promoting compassion and forgiveness which will set yourself free from the negative emotions controlling you, and purifies and opens your mind and heart. An open heart is the key for many miracles to manifest in life - not only true love and healthy relationships, but also wealth and prosperity.

The Rose Quartz will not only improve relationships, but personal characteristics as well. For example, with use of this Feng Shui crystal, one will develop a heightened sense of tenderness, allowing you to be more open and understanding to those around you. This will also lead to a sense of contentment. Negative emotions such as jealousy, guilt, resentment and anger will be dispelled while positive ones like inner-peace, acceptance of your true self, self-love and self-esteem will be boosted. As a result, you will become a much happier person and naturally a more beautiful person - hence more attractive to people around you.

The Rose Quartz, in addition to emotional issues, is also reputed to improve bodily functions in relation to romance, such as create balance for the reproductive system and sexual feelings.