Moonstone
Also called Mondstein
Cools and harmonizes Moon difficulties. Supports emotional attunement.
About this stone
A milky feldspar with an inner glow called adularescence, Moonstone has been linked to the lunar cycle and the feminine principle in nearly every tradition that ever picked it up. It is the go-to remedy for difficult Moon synastry: emotional misreads, mood mismatches, or one partner who needs more nesting than the chart was built for. Traditionally worn during the waxing moon and removed during eclipses.
At a glance
- Ruling planet
- Moon
- Chakra
- Sacral, Third Eye, Crown
- Colour
- Pearly white with blue or rainbow sheen
- Mohs hardness
- 6 – 6.5
- Origin
- Sri Lanka, India, Madagascar
- Supports
- Moon (emotion, attunement)
- emotional attunement
- intuition
- feminine cycles
- dream recall
How Moonstone links to the zodiac
This stone is traditionally paired with Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio. Each sign draws on it slightly differently.
Cancer
water · cardinalCancer is Moon-ruled and Moonstone is essentially its signature stone — it steadies the tides without numbing them.
Ruling planet: Moon
Pisces
water · mutablePisces resonates with Moonstone through dream and feeling; the stone keeps intuition from drowning in empathy.
Ruling planet: Neptune
Scorpio
water · fixedFor Scorpio, Moonstone gentles the deep-water intensity that can scare partners off before trust takes root.
Ruling planet: Pluto
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