Women’s raw Citrine bracelet

Citrine – Meaning

Citrine is sunlight settled into stone. It is said to carry the sun’s own energy — warming the heart, lifting a low mood, and setting creative thought and willpower into motion. In its raw, uncut form the crystal keeps the edges and angles nature gave it, and its warmth feels all the more alive for it.

For centuries citrine has been nicknamed the Merchant’s Stone, and the legend behind the name is refreshingly practical. The stone is believed to draw wealth, prosperity and success towards its keeper and to help money flow rather than stall — which made it a fixture beside the tills and ledgers of traders, and still makes it a favoured companion for anyone opening a business or weighing an investment. Tellingly, the legend never stops at receiving: citrine is equally said to encourage generosity and the plain wish to see other people happy. Prosperity, in this tradition, is something that circulates.

China gave the stone a loftier title still — the Stone of Success — and a custom to match: it was traditionally given only to the generous. Chinese emperors treasured citrine jewellery, convinced the sunny crystal could sharpen the mind and stretch the intellect; a gem, in other words, for those who intended to think their way forward.

It suits a woman with plans of her own — nurturing a project, a small enterprise, or simply a braver season of life. Worn day after day, light on the wrist, it works like a private patch of summer: a nudge on grey mornings that her ideas deserve the same warmth she gives so readily to everyone else.

Country of origin: Brazil

Element: Fire

Zodiac sign: Leo, Aries, Cancer, Virgo, Libra

This bracelet harmonizes the Solar Plexus and Sacral chakras.