Black Onyx is a good stone to have around during times of mental or physical stress or bereavement, as it provides strength and support during difficult circumstances.
Black Onyx is a soothing stone said to help alleviate fears and worries and to help you to feel comfortable within yourself and in your surroundings. It is also believed to promote stamina and vigour and to encourage the making of wise decisions.
Black Onyx is said to promote self-control helping the wearer to keep excessive emotions and passions under control.
Onyx is an excellent mineral for initiating modes of centering and aligning the total person with the higher power. It can be used to get rid of grief, enhance self-control, stimulate wise decision-making, and encourage happiness and good fortune. It is used to cleanse ones intuition receivers, in that one feels whole, while continuing to be aware of opportunities around us for use with intuition guidance. Onyx can facilitate one to see the duality of ones nature and to energize the Yin-Yang into the whole. It aids in foreseeing of what lies beyond and provides for activation of ones memory with respect to ones roots and reality. It aids in one to become the master of their future. It has been used in the breastplate of the high priest. Black onyx and red onyx are associated with the base (root, first) chakra. White onyx is associated with linking the base and crown chakras to have balanced energy throughout the chakra system.