Crystals for the Earth Star Chakra

Posted by Cathryn Blair on 12th Jan 2026

Earth Star Chakra Your Connection with Earth

The Earth Star Chakra symbolises our connection to earthly and universal/galactic energies - it’s also said to connect the flow of energy throughout your entire chakra system. As the keeper of past lives it also manages the interface between our soul, spirit and the physical body.

Situated approximately 15-30 centimetres below the soles of our feet, it's not one of the chakra centres located inside your body it is situated in our etheric body.

How to Nourish Your Body, Mind & Sprit with a balanced Earth Star Chakra

The Earth Star Chakra is your direct connection to the wisdom of earth, and the collective consciousness of humanity. Its "Earthly energies" serve to anchor one's soul essence and life force energy to Mother Earth. It allows your entire energy body to be restored and rejuvenated with pure divine light directly from Mother Earth.

Just like any other chakra, the Earth Star Gateway Chakra can become imbalanced or blocked, leading to various physical, spiritual and emotional issues. A misaligned Earth Star Chakra can make you feel off-balanced, overwhelmed or anxious, and for some feeling out of touch with your surroundings.

You can dispel that negative energy through grounding or meditation practices to draw in the positive energy that Mother Earth has to offer you in its place. For example, simply walking barefoot on the earth or sand. By doing so, you’ll find balance, calmness, and feel replenished with a sense of connection to the Earth and all living things.

Walking barefoot across forest floor

Earth Star Chakra Associations

Let’s explore some of the most recognised associations for the Earth Star Chakra — and how you can leverage them to activate this chakra.

Location: Situated approximately 15-30 centimeters below the soles of our feet.
Sanskrit: Vasundhara.
Symbol: Merkaba.
Element: Earth.
Colours: Metal, Silver, Gold, Copper, Black, or Brown. Can contain hints of red or magenta shadowing over it from the Root chakra.
Angels: Archangel Metatron. Archangel Sandalphon.
Essential Oils: To help clear this energy centre, consider using the following essential oils:

Myrrh
Cedarwood
Vetiver

These essential oils can be diffused or used in meditation to help align with the Earth Star Chakra and enhance your connection to the Earth.

Sound Healing and Earth Connections

Solfeggio: 396 Hz. Root Chakra: Clearing Fear. This frequency helps liberate one from guilt and fear, helping to transform the lower vibrations into joy and forgiveness. It helps clear the way for higher vibrations to enter. As it resonates with the root chakra, it also has a grounding effect, helping one feel more present in each moment.

Sacred Mantras, Chanting & Affirmations:

Try chanting sacred mantras to help activate and attune this chakra.
Try, "I am a divine being of light having an embodied human experience."
Or create your own.

Kneeling and planting a garden

Crystals & Nature: Amplifying Your Connection with the Earth Star

Crystals and gemstones that can assist with alighnment and balance of the Earth Star Chakra include:

You can also try working with Agate Geodes, or crystals utilising the Merkaba or Metatron's Cube sacred geometry.

Some tips on crystal choice: it depends on your intention/s!

For grounding and anchoring - try Bronzite, Prophecy Stone, Hematite or Staurolite.
To restore vitality and invigorate the physical body - try Tiger Iron, Tiger's Eye, Red Calcite or Cuprite.
Balancing or aligning the chakras - try Healer's Gold (a blend of Pyrite and Magnetite, also known as Apache Gold) or Tourmalinated Quartz.
Strengthening the connection between Root Chakra and Earth Star Chakra - try Red Jasper or Garnet.
Deepening one's connection with Mother Earth - try Chrysocolla, Septarian, or Aragonite.
Connecting with Nature realms - try Moss Agate, Serpentine, or Preseli Bluestone (also known as Preseli Stone or Preseli Spotted Dolerite).
Healing your connection with humanity - try Dragon's Blood Jasper or Atlantisite.
Connecting with Ancestors - try Petrified Wood, Mahogany Obsidian, Mookaite Jasper or Turitella Agate.
Past Life work - try Chiastolite or Stromatolite.
Clearing the etheric body - try Shungite, Bloodstone or Smoky Quartz.

Chiastolite stones and text meaning on white background

How to Nourish Your Body, Mind & Spirit with a Balanced Earth Star Chakra

The Earth Star Chakra is often described as your spiritual root, located about 6-12 inches beneath the soles of your feet. Its primary role is to anchor your energy system to the stabilizing and nourishing energy of the Earth. It is your foundational anchor.

When this chakra is underactive or blocked, you lose grounding and connection to higher energies. When it is overactive, it can cause hypersensitivity to Earth changes, geopathic stress, and electromagnetic disturbances.

An imbalanced Earth Star Chakra is like a tree with shallow roots—unable to draw nourishment and stability, vulnerable to every gust of wind. This imbalance often manifests as a profound sense of being ungrounded, scattered and unstable.

Signs of Imbalance in the Earth Star Chakra

Physical Symptoms:

Poor physical coordination
Waking up tired regardless of sleep quality
Feeling drained by minor tasks or crowded environments.
Feeling spacey, light-headed, clumsy, or as if you're floating. You may have a poor sense of physical coordination.
Chronic fatigue and energy depletion. Since you're cut off from the Earth's limitless energy source, you run on your own limited reserves, which deplete quickly.
You feel drained by minor tasks or by being in crowds.

Emotional Symptoms:

Irrational fears about the future (money, shelter, survival)
A general sense of dread or panic without clear cause.
Overwhelming fear and anxiety even with ordinary challenges. When you aren't anchored, normal life challenges can feel terrifying and insurmountable. This is a survival-level fear related to your very existence.
A persistent, low-grade anxiety about your safety and security.
Irrational fears about the future, often centred on money, shelter, or survival.
A general sense of dread or panic that seems to come from nowhere, as it's rooted in the energetic foundation.
Hypersensitivity to Environments and Energies. Without a strong root to ground out excess energy, you become a sponge for the energy around you. You may feel physically or emotionally jarred by loud noises, bright lights, or chaotic environments.
You easily absorb the stress, anxiety, or negative moods of people around you (this is often called being an "empath" or having "porous boundaries").
You may feel uncomfortable in certain locations or in your own home for no apparent reason.

Environmental Sensitivity:

Heightened reaction to loud noises, bright lights, or chaotic spaces
Absorbing stress, anxiety, or negativity from others (often called “empathic” sensitivity)
Feeling uncomfortable in certain places or even at home without explanation.

Behavioral Symptoms:

Difficulty concentrating, "brain fog," forgetfulness, and a tendency to daydream excessively without taking practical action.
A pattern of unreliability, flakiness, or struggling to commit to plans, relationships, or jobs.
Difficulty Manifesting and Financial Instability. The Earth Star is linked to the most physical level of reality. e.g. imbalanced can create a block between your ideas and your ability to bring them into the tangible world.
Struggling to "make ends meet" despite your efforts.
Difficulty with practical matters like managing money, maintaining a home, or staying organized. A feeling that your dreams are always out of reach.
Excessive daydreaming without practical action.
Patterns of unreliability or difficulty committing to plans, relationships, or jobs.
Financial instability and challenges manifesting ideas into reality
Struggles with practical matters like money management, home maintenance, or organisation.

Spiritual symptoms:

Feeling spiritually and energetically overwhelmed or “unglued”, empathic overload.
Your energy feels scattered and difficult to contain, leading to a cycle of burnout.
A feeling of not belonging or experiencing spiritual disconnection. When your primary connection to the planet is weak, you can feel like an alien or a visitor, rather than a native of Earth.
Feeling homesick for a place you can't name.
Questioning your life's purpose and feeling disconnected from any sense of a larger plan.
Difficulty forming deep connections with nature, your body, or the physical world. Loss of wonder at the magic of the Earth and the nature realms.
Lack of purpose or direction, difficulty manifesting your goals & desires. Questioning life purpose and feeling detached from a larger plan.
Lack of foundation and support.
Feeling overburdened, blocked.
Lack of flow in life or in body.
Disconnected from the Earth, humankind, and your ancestral lineage or generations of family.

In essence, an imbalanced Earth Star Chakra creates a life that feels shaky, unsupported, and exhausting. You're trying to build a life on a foundation that isn't there, leaving you feeling chronically anxious, depleted, and disconnected from the very world you live in. Balancing it is the first step to creating a stable, secure, and empowered existence.

The Essence of Earth Star Chakra Balance

An imbalanced Earth Star Chakra creates a life that feels shaky, unsupported, and exhausting—like building on a foundation that isn’t there. This can leave you feeling chronically anxious, depleted, and disconnected from the world around you.

Balancing the Earth Star Chakra is the first step toward a stable, secure, and empowered existence.

Quick Tips for Earth Star Connection

Daily Grounding: Spend at least 5-10 minutes consciously connecting your energy to the Earth.
Nature Walks: Regularly immerse yourself in natural environments.
Mindful Gardening: Working with soil and plants is deeply grounding.
Use Grounding Crystals: Keep them near your feet or in your pockets.
Sound Baths: Incorporate earthy tones and frequencies into your sound healing practices.

The power of a chakra lies in its balance and function within the entire system. For grounding and earth connection, the Gaia Gateway Chakra and Earth Star Chakra are exceptionally potent and foundational.

x – Cathryn - x

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