The Four Best Ways To Cleanse Your Rose Quartz Crystals

Chances are, if you have a supply of crystals for your home or your altar, you’ve probably got at least one piece of Rose Quartz. This beautiful, blushing crystal has been used for centuries to help promote love and protect the heart. Rose Quartz, also known as Hyaline Quartz, is also known as the “love stone”  or “heart stone” due to its strong vibrations that resonate with compassion and love. 

A delicate, pale pink color, Rose Quartz is often nearly transparent, with a lustrous sheen that seems to arise from a warmth deep within the stone. Like all crystals, Rose Quartz requires little in the way of maintenance, but if you are a serious practitioner of magic, you may wish to periodically cleanse your Rose Quartz. This can be accomplished in numerous ways, and for a wide array of reasons.  

What Is Rose Quartz Used For?

This soft and alluring crystal has numerous uses related to love and emotional healing. Specifically, Rose Quartz is used for:

• Issues related to the heart or throat chakra
• Self-care
• Emotional healing
• Healing of relationships
• Unconditional love
• Inspiring compassion
• Love between friends or family
• Connection to Aphrodite, goddess of Love and Beauty, and Eros or Cupid, the winged god of Love and Desire

Why Should I Cleanse My Rose Quartz?

If you are new to crystal healing, you may be surprised to learn that cleansing your crystals is an essential part of crystal care. Cleansing your crystals regularly will help remove built-up negative energy that the crystal may absorb while you are using it. That dark, negative energy can block the crystal from vibrating at its fullest potential, preventing the stone from resonating at its highest frequency.

Rose Quartz specifically is a powerful energy transmitter, and therefore can easily absorb negative energy. If you are using Rose Quartz for healing purposes, negative energy build up can block or even transmit to you from the Rose Quartz if it is not cleansed regularly. Additionally, cleansing your Rose Quartz can help purify and cleanse your own energy - while cleansing this harmonious crystal, its energy will rub off on you, allowing peaceful and tender vibrations to make their way into your own heart.

Now that you know why it is so important to cleanse your Rose Quartz regularly, let’s take a closer look at how to actually cleanse your crystal. 

How to Cleanse Your Rose Quartz

There are several methods for cleansing your Rose Quartz, and you may wish to choose different methods depending on your intentions, or what you are comfortable with. Some of the most popular methods used to cleanse Rose Quartz are:

• in moonlight
• in sunlight
• in water
• with sage or incense

Cleansing your Rose Quartz to purify and charge it isn’t a difficult thing, but it is vitally important. Any stone that you use on a regular basis will benefit from being cleansed consistently as well. Cleansing crystals before using them for a particularly important healing ritual can be an essential step to ensure that your Rose Quartz is not blocked or impeded by negative energy. 

Cleansing Your Rose Quartz With Moonlight

Rose Quartz is an innately feminine crystal, so charging it beneath the light of the full moon is a powerful way to cleanse and refresh your crystal. Both the moon and Rose quartz are brimming with feminine “yin” energy, so leaving the Rose Quartz outside on nights when the moon is strong can rejuvenate the crystal in a dynamic way.  To cleanse your Rose Quartz under the full moon:

• Place your crystal in a safe place outdoors or on a windowsill and leave overnight where the moonlight can touch it. 
• Moonlight will not damage the color of your Rose Quartz

Cleansing Your Rose Quartz With Sunlight

Cleansing with sunlight is a common and potent way to purify crystals. However, you want to use this sparingly with Rose Quartz as too much direct sunlight can fade or discolor your crystal. To cleanse Rose Quartz with sunlight:

• Place your rose quartz outside at dawn for one hour to soak up the power of the sun. One hour of clarifying sunlight is enough to clear away any dark energy your Rose Quartz may be retaining. 
• Make sure to leave your crystal in a place where it won’t be disturbed. 

Cleansing Your Rose Quartz in Water

One of the simplest ways to cleanse your Rose Quartz is to use water. You may choose to use an overnight soak, or a rinse under natural rain water.

When soaking overnight, you will want to use salt water to cleanse your Rose Quartz. Salt has long been believed to release negative energy and acts as a spiritual cleanser. To soak your Rose Quartz overnight:

• Fill a small container with warm water and add 1-2 tablespoons of sea salt and stir until the salt dissolves
• If sea water is available, you may use sea water instead
• Place your Rose Quartz in the water and leave overnight
• In the morning, rinse the crystal with warm water

Alternatively, you may wish to rinse your Rose Quartz in a gentle rain shower:

• Place your Rose Quartz in a colander
• Take the colander outside and place it under the falling rain. Allow the rain to fall on your crystal for five minutes. 
• Running water will neutralize the negative energy and take it back to the earth.

Cleansing Your Rose Quartz With Sage or Incense

You may also choose to smudge your crystal with sage, or another smudging herb such as sweet grass or cedar to purify it and release any negative energy it is holding onto.

• Light your smudging material, either as a stick or loose leaves in a bowl
• Pass your Rose Quartz through the smoke three times to cleanse your crystal

Whether you’ve recently acquired your Rose Quartz, or have a beloved crystal that has been with you for many years, there is never a bad time to cleanse your Rose Quartz. Choose whichever cleansing method resonates with you, and show some love to this beautiful heart stone.