How to Use, Purify, and Recharge Citrine Stones
Citrine is a stone associated with the solar plexus chakra. Worn as a pendant or necklace, it will help develop self-confidence and promote optimism.
Placed in its environment, citrine will bring the sun into your life, bringing happiness and joy. It diffuses positive and benevolent waves. This stone is said to bring prosperity to the home and contribute to a certain financial success.
A protective stone, citrine protects the person who is in contact with it. For example, you can hold a stone in your hand, or wear it as a bracelet. It will bring light and block negativity, whether personal or in your environment.
Citrine being a rare stone in its natural state, and one of the most beneficial, it is often imitated. To benefit from all the benefits and virtues of citrine, you must use a natural citrine. Instead, get yourself pale yellow to golden yellow citrines, even with ochre or slightly smoky nuances. This is their natural color. Citrines with strong shades, bright golden yellow, orange or brown, are often Amethysts that have been heated and have thus lost a large part of their capacities.
Citrine is also one of the few stones that requires little to no cleansing and recharging as it clears the negative energy it absorbs.
You can, however, clean it from time to time by immersing it in salted distilled water. Then wipe it with a soft cloth. You can also purify your citrine stone by fumigation by burning a bundle of white sage, incense or a stick of Palo Santo, or with the sound technique by placing the stone in a singing bowl.
Then recharge your stone by exposing it to light with plenty of sunlight for a few hours, or by placing it on a pile of quartz for a day.