Stone
Petrified Wood
Stone1 tradition
Petrified wood is a tree turned to stone, its wood replaced by quartz over millions of years while keeping every ring. It stands for endurance, patience, and lasting change.
Uses
- Stability
- Patience
- Lasting change
- Connection to ancestors
Working with it
Keep petrified wood by the hearth or on the family altar to steady the household.
- Planet
- ♄︎ Saturn
- Element
- Earth
- Works for
- StabilityPatienceTransformationRegenerationStructureHome
- Forms
- rawtumbledpalm stone
- How to use
- Altar or offeringCarry in a pocket or pouchHold in meditation
- Hardness
- 7 on the Mohs scale
ReceptiveMohs 7
Where the traditions place it
- Saturn — Common practice