The energy of this beauty holds the vibration of inner connection and gratitude. Ammonite is a fossil from an extinct group of invertebrate marine animals. The spiraling structure of this fossil provides a tool for spiraling into the center of your own consciousness. Focus on this fossil while using tools for awareness like dream work, meditation, spiral dance, and walking a labyrinth or a medicine wheel.

Ammonite assists you in reaching in to examine the deeper recesses of your mind. Gaze at this fossil and follow the spirals to encourage your mind to go within to find answers, uncover truths, and deepen your connection with your own consciousness. It is helpful for resolving problems or issues by getting to the center of the challenge.

Ammonite fossils are usually found as spiral (ram horned) shaped calcite fossilized shells. Named for the ram’s horns, ammonite assists you when it is necessary to just ram ahead and delve into the past to uncover the source of emotional trauma. With this fossil on hand, bring the challenge into the light, observe it, and allow the light to transform and transmute stuck emotions and feelings that hold you back from achieving your full potential.

This stone signals a time to stop, go within and allow yourself to step into the deep recesses of your mind and emotions to uncover the truth. It can be helpful to go to the ocean or a body of water to take the time to reflect.

Affirm: All the answers lie within me waiting for me to acknowledge them. Ancient knowledge and wisdom are available to me when I go within. I recall my dreams when I wake and use them as tools to help guide me in my waking life.

Excerpted from The Essential Guide to Crystals, Minerals and Stones by Margaret Ann Lembo