109g. ISIS TANGERINE QUARTZ

✧ OPTIMISM ✧ CREATIVITY ✧ CHILDLIKE WONDER ✧ CURIOSITY ✧
✧ SEXUALITY ✧ PASSION ✧ PLEASURE ✧ TEMPERANCE ✧
✧ GRATITUDE ✧ INSPIRATION ✧ COURAGE ✧ SELF-COMMAND ✧

Tangerine Quartz is Quartz naturally coated with iron oxides, giving its surface beautiful shades ranging from bright orange to rusty red.

To me, Tangerine Quartz has always carried a jovial, curious and creative personality. It represents passion, pleasure and the simple joy of being alive.

CHILDLIKE WONDER

One of the strongest virtues I associate with Tangerine Quartz is rediscovering parts of ourselves that became quieter as we grew older.

Curiosity. Imagination. Play. Excitement. Trying something simply because it looks fun.
Difficult experiences, rejection and shame can cause us to suppress these qualities. Tangerine Quartz reminds me that growing wiser doesn't require becoming less fascinated by life.

We can reclaim our innocence without losing the wisdom experience has given us.

CREATIVITY & PASSION

Tangerine Quartz represents creative momentum; becoming inspired, developing an idea, taking action and enjoying the process of bringing something into existence.

I especially associate it with artists, musicians, entrepreneurs and anyone trying to rekindle passion for a project or direction in life. There is something deeply fulfilling about creating simply because creating makes us feel alive.

SEXUALITY, PLEASURE & SELF-COMMAND

Its fiery orange colour also makes me think about sexuality, physicality and pleasure, but especially our ability to develop a healthy relationship with desire.

Healthy sexuality can involve desire without being ruled by desire. Pleasure can be enjoyed without becoming overindulgence, and attraction does not have to determine our choices.

For those whose relationship with sexuality has been shaped by painful experiences, shame or a search for validation, Tangerine Quartz can symbolize reclamation: becoming comfortable within the body while developing a healthier understanding of intimacy, desire and self-worth.

Sometimes hurt influences the ways we seek affection or pleasure later in life. Recognizing those patterns gives us the opportunity to choose differently.

My desires are part of me, but they do not govern me.

Sexuality can exist alongside dignity, love, commitment, boundaries and faith.
The virtue here is temperance: enjoying what is good without allowing appetite to become authority.

GRATITUDE & JOY

Tangerine Quartz reminds me to appreciate the pleasures already woven into ordinary life.

Music. Food. Dancing. Laughter. Art. Affection. Nature. Movement. Creativity. A good conversation. A beautiful day.

Gratitude draws our attention toward what we might otherwise overlook, while curiosity keeps us open to what we have yet to discover.

THE VIRTUE OF TANGERINE QUARTZ

Tangerine Quartz represents enthusiasm for life without being controlled by its pleasures.

Create. Explore. Play. Love. Practice gratitude. Become comfortable with who you are. Enjoy what is good while remaining master of your own choices.

Growing up does not mean losing your sense of wonder and enjoying life does not mean being ruled by desire.

A symbol of creativity, healthy sexuality, passion, temperance, gratitude, curiosity and childlike wonder.