Unakite is said to be a stone of vision, opening the third eye and useful for scrying. It is also believed to be a stone of balance, grounding the self while bringing emotions and spirituality together. Among crystal healing practitioners, unakite is used to support convalescence from illness.

The emotional healing properties of unakite are incredibly powerful because of the unique combination of pink feldspar and green epidote.

The best way to explain why is to use a reminder of the properties that have been assigned to these colours in western culture.

The colour pink crystals are the colour of youth, innocence, and childhood.

In our modern society, it is the colour given to baby girls, although before the early twentieth century, it was actually the colour of choice for baby boys – the fact remains, it’s a baby colour!

Pink roses represent innocent, playful, and ultimately sexless love. In general, pink is seen as a happy but ultimately immature colour.

By contrast, the colour green has a very serious place in our culture. It is the colour of growth, wealth, career, and success.

It is the colour of American money and has become so synonymous that throughout the twentieth century, “green” was a common slang term for cash.

It is also the colour of growth since almost all organic plant material is at least partially green.

What do you have when you combine these two apparently conflicting energies?

You have a stone that promotes harmony, that does not sacrifice innocence for experience (nor experience for innocence), and that will help you understand that being joyful doesn’t have to mean sacrificing success and growth.

This is a lesson that is very difficult to come to terms with in our modern society.

The industrial revolution taught us that financial success is the opposite of happiness for anyone except the aristocratic classes!

But today, with so much access to education and opportunities if you’re willing to put the energy into pursuing them, it is important to remember that it is possible to find ways to enjoy life without sacrificing the pursuit of success.

Perhaps because of this, unakite is a traditional stone for children and childhood, symbolizing their prospects for their future.