The ancient Lemurians encoded cosmic wisdom in crystals and used them as powerful activators to enhance psychic ability, telepathy and healing gifts, to manifest and even to create portals to other worlds. Grids are intentional arrangements of stones designed to raise energy for a specific purpose. Think of them as a way to amplify and supercharge the power of the crystals within them.
There are many ways to create a crystal grid, being guided by your intuition to create a mandala of great beauty, radiating out in the shapes of sacred geometry – think of the flowers of a petal. But, for a basic grid, take 4 of each stone you want to work with, 8 small quartz shards, 1 central ‘power stone’ and 16 tiny tumbled chips. I like to work in multiples of four so that the stones point in multiples of the 4 cardinal directions.
Gridding in any sacred geometric shape is powerful. Use your intuition to place stones according to size, shape, colour or texture and remember to have fun! Whisper mantra or invocation as you place your stones, burn essential oils and even add flowers and leaves to your grid for amplification and beauty.
Remember that you’re magnifying the energetic properties of the crystals and getting them to work together in a synergistic way. Here’s a simple, step-by-step guide to placing your first crystal grid:
Step 1: Set your intention
The first thing to do is determine the intention behind making a grid. Possible purposes could include manifesting abundance, attracting love, amplifying your intuitive powers, activating lucid dreaming or balancing a specific chakra. As an example, I’m going to create a grid with the following intention in mind: “Activating my throat chakra, so that my heart can experience it’s fullest expression and my higher chakras can transmit their knowledge freely to my heart. Calling on the courage to speak my truth at a time when we’re all being asked to be more courageous in the world and not shrink.”
The throat chakra (Vishuddha), and it’s vital role as a conduit between the heart and higher chakras, is something I’ve been thinking of a lot lately. The signs of an unbalanced throat chakra include fear of speaking, social anxiety, shyness, and the inability to express your thoughts.
Step 2: Pick a grid shape
Grids can be tiny or massive, but a nice basic grid can begin as a circle, with a large central ‘power’ stone, 4 medium-sized rough or tumbled stones and 8 small clear quartz shards radiating out from the centre. You can then create a ring around the entire grid of 16 tiny stones or flower petals – just have fun with it! Different geometric shapes work with different energies - triangles tap into simplicity and structure, squares help with boundaries, while spirals are about reaching out and expanding. The circle represents belonging, oneness, and protection. I like to place grids in my bedroom, so that their effects will work overnight while I’m dreaming, near plants and by a window to receive solar and lunar energies.
Step 3: Choose your stones
You’ll want to choose crystals that have the properties that coincide with your intention. I’m choosing a grid to help me tap into my voice and overcome the fear of speaking up, so I will choose stones that help me reach that place. These include stones like blue lace agate (which I will place at the centre), lapis lazuli and chrysocolla to help with communication, heart chakra stones like amazonite and malachite for universal love, self-compassion and self-acceptance, clear quartz shards to call in my spirit guides and the council of light, and some rainbow moonstone chips around the edge to bring balance, harmony and hope while enhancing creativity, compassion and inner confidence.
If you can’t find everything you need, use what you have, even including elements of nature like flower petals, leaves and seashells. You can also place other trinkets in the grid, whose energy coincides with your intention. These can stand in for the stones and add even deeper meaning to your grid because of their personal connection to you.
Step 4: Use your voice to activate your grid
Once you have your grid in place, activate it with your intention. This means speaking the intention aloud so that the universe knows you’re serious. For example “Star guides, star ancestors, Council of Light, with this crystal grid I activate my throat chakra and inspire courage in me. Through these stones, I ask that you help me lift my voice and shine my light, even when I have the urge to shrink.”
Each time you pass your grid, you can hold your hand to your heart, take a deep breath and remind yourself of its purpose. Crystals are from the earth. They’re healing. They’re supportive. They’re there for you. We’re walking on them all the time. They’re with us in our own brains and they’re as old as stardust itself. And so are you! Enjoy x
Photos: Maha Rose & Unearthed Crystals