Citrine: The Crystal That Says Yes

Jas Bassi

There is a crystal for every kind of energy. And citrine is the one for the energy most of us are quietly starving for.

Not peace — though that matters. Not love — though that matters too. Citrine is for yes. For possibility. For the version of yourself that knows exactly what she wants and is not afraid to go after it.

If that version of you has gone a bit quiet lately — if you have been playing small, second-guessing yourself, waiting for permission that was never coming — this is the crystal I would put in your hands first.

What Citrine Is

Citrine is a yellow to orange variety of quartz. Its colour comes from iron within the crystal structure, and it ranges from the palest lemon yellow to a deep, warm amber. Natural citrine is actually relatively rare — a lot of what is sold as citrine is heat-treated amethyst, which is still beautiful and still carries energy, but worth knowing.

It has been called the Merchant's Stone for centuries, kept in cash boxes and places of business to attract abundance and prosperity. It has been used in jewellery and ceremony across cultures for thousands of years. There is something about its warmth — that solar, golden quality — that humans have always associated with good things coming in.

Citrine is one of the few crystals that does not absorb negative energy. It transmutes it. It does not hold onto what is heavy. It just keeps radiating warmth.

I find that remarkable.

What Citrine Actually Does

Citrine works primarily on the solar plexus chakra — the energy centre in the upper abdomen that governs confidence, personal power and sense of self. When this chakra is strong and open, you feel capable. Decisive. Like you trust yourself. When it is depleted or blocked, you feel the opposite — uncertain, small, like you are waiting for someone else to tell you it is okay to want what you want.

Citrine works on that directly. It is energising in a way that feels warm rather than wired — not the jittery energy of anxiety or caffeine, but the steady, expansive energy of someone who genuinely believes in what they are doing.

It is also associated with joy. Not the performed, everything-is-fine kind of joy. The real kind — the kind that comes from being aligned with your own life, doing things that matter to you, moving in a direction that feels right.

That joy is available to you. Citrine is a reminder of that.

Abundance Is Not Just Money

I want to say this because I think the word "abundance" gets flattened into meaning only financial prosperity. And while citrine does support that — it genuinely does — abundance is so much bigger than money.

Abundance is having enough time. Enough energy. Enough good people around you. Enough opportunities that feel aligned rather than just available. Enough confidence to say yes to the right things and no to the wrong ones.

Abundance is waking up and feeling like your life is yours.

Citrine supports all of it. Not by doing the work for you — nothing does that — but by keeping your energy oriented toward possibility rather than scarcity. Toward what is coming rather than what is missing.

That shift in orientation is more powerful than most people realise.

Citrine and New Beginnings

If you are starting something — a business, a creative project, a new chapter of your life — citrine is one of the most supportive crystals you can work with.

Starting things is vulnerable. You are putting something you care about out into the world before you know how it will be received. That takes courage. And courage, in my experience, is not the absence of fear — it is the decision to move forward anyway.

Citrine helps with that. It keeps the energy of possibility alive when doubt starts to creep in. It is the crystal equivalent of someone who believes in you sitting quietly in the corner of the room.

Citrine in the Blessed Collection

I put citrine in the candles made for abundance, confidence and new beginnings — the ones you reach for when you are ready to move forward but need a little help believing it.

When you remove the citrine from your candle before lighting it, hold it and think about what you are ready to welcome. Not what you are hoping for in a vague, wishful way — what you are actually ready to receive. There is a difference. Citrine responds to readiness.

Set your intention clearly. Keep the crystal beside you while the candle burns. And when your ritual is complete, return it to the pouch and keep it somewhere you will see it — on your desk, beside your bed, in your bag. Let it be a daily reminder that you are allowed to want good things. That you are allowed to go after them.

That the answer, more often than you think, is yes.

One More Thing

Citrine does not work on its own. No crystal does.

It works alongside your choices. Your actions. Your willingness to show up for the life you are trying to build.

The crystal is the signal. You are still the one who has to move.

But sometimes, having something warm and golden in your hand — something that has been carrying solar energy for millions of years — is exactly the reminder you need that you are capable of more than you are currently allowing yourself.