Join Adam Barralet, Kyle Perez , Ashley Leavy and Nicholas Pearson in Episode #17 of the Crystal Confab Podcast as they do a deep dive into Carnelian meaning, including: Carnelian for clearing Tarot & Oracle decks Tyche Retrograde & Carnelian Less conversation, more action with Carnelian Evolution of Carnelian's lore   Tune in now for a deeper look at Carnelian meaning! Crystal Confab Podcast Episode 17: Carnelian Meaning - Transcript:  Crystal Confab Podcast Intro: Are you just starting with crystals? Or maybe you have a whole collection but aren't sure how to use them? Join 4 crystal nerds, healers, workers, and lovers for a casual chat about all things crystals.   Adam Barralet: Hello, and welcome to this week's episode of Crystal Confab. When it comes to crystals, there are so many different colors, but orange is one that we all have to have because we need it for our sacral chakra. And I remember a few years ago, I was actually doing a bit of a stop take of all my tumbled stones and realized that I just don't have enough orange crystals. It was actually the color I have least of. But one thing I think everyone has when it comes to orange crystals is the famous carnelian, and that's what we're diving into today.   Now carnelian is a crystal that has a long, long history. I believe it might even be mentioned in the Bible. And so I wanna ask Nicholas, tell us a little bit about the evolution and the history of carnelian today.   Nicholas: Yeah. I would love to. This is such a fun topic because I think when we look at the body of written lore of all gems, particularly in the nexus of civilization and forward in time, we see so much written about it. And it doesn't always feel very consistent at first, so we kinda have to unpack it piece by piece. So, for those who may not know, carnelian is a variety of chalcedony, which means it's cryptocrystalline quartz, just like onyx, which we talked about toward the top of the the the first season, and it gets its color from small amounts of iron.   And, this iron is something that feels kind of intrinsically motivating, grounding, energizing. You pick up any crystal book today, and you're going to find those kinds of keywords. Maybe it's about enthusiasm or energy or creativity. If we go back in time, we might channel the same kind of force to maybe more everyday concerns back then, you know, before we had phones to scroll on and spare time to write and draw, things like war and conquest, but also health and healing. So, some of the earliest magical kind of associations with Carnelian stem from a very kind of mundane use.   If you needed to put your seal of approval on something quite literally, you had to have a seal that was carved out of something that you could press into wax or later clay, and it needed to be a material that went in easily and came out easily without residue left over or you didn't get a clear mark on it. And of all the materials that we find in places like Mesopotamia, Sumeru, Babylon, this general region, one of the most important materials for the use of these kinds of seal stones, cylinder seals, and inscribed gems is carnelian. And the reason is kind of twofold. 1st, there's just the mundane functionality of it because of the thermal properties of quartz and therefore of carnelian. It goes into wax really well and comes out very cleanly.   Secondly, of all the materials that were available and durable enough to be carved, soft enough to be carved, but durable enough to last, carnelian really fit the bill. It was an added bonus that it was beautiful. Now these cylinder seals were things that were used by people in positions of power. So to own one was to represent your power. So if you were to inherit 1, even if you didn't have a lot of, let's say, like, social currency, it could signify a kind of symbolic agency.   And so Carnelian took on these associations with power, with wealth,