Tiger’s eye is a unique gemstone with a reflective, striped appearance, similar to a tiger. It has a grounding and protective energy and helps with confidence and courage, especially when it comes to taking action.
The SpruceProperties
- Colors: Gold, red, blue, black, brown
- Chakra: Root, Solar plexus
- Number: Vibrates to 4
- Planet: Sun, Earth
- Zodiac: Capricorn, Leo
- Bagua areas: Li (Recognition), Tai Qi (Health)
- Elements: Fire, Earth
- Origin: USA, India, Mexico, Australia, South Africa
Meaning and Uses
Tiger’s eye helps to expand awareness, increasing the ability to see new ideas and solutions. It can assist in seeing the world in a more positive, optimistic way. Like the fire element in feng shui, it can bring light to situations, helping us to see things more clearly.
Also like the fire element, tiger’s eye can assist us in shining more brightly, so that we can be seen and recognized in a bigger way. Tiger’s eye is an especially helpful stone when it comes to confidence, taking action, and moving forward towards your goals. It can help you find the courage and motivation to step out of your comfort zone and into new situations and opportunities, helping you reach your fullest potential.
Tiger’s eye is connected to both the sun and the earth. From a feng shui perspective, the sun is connected to the fire element, and the earth is connected to the earth element. Tiger’s eye can harmonize fire element qualities, like inspiration and passion, with earth element qualities, like stability and grounding, to create balance.
Types of Tiger’s Eye
Golden Tiger’s Eye
Golden tiger’s eye is especially helpful when you want to take action from a more logical place, rather than from your emotions. This makes it a great stone to work with in situations where you know you will have to make decisions, and you don’t want your feelings to cloud your judgment. It’s also a protective stone, and it can boost your ability to pay attention to the details.
Red Tiger’s Eye
Red tiger’s eye is recommended to enhance motivation. It can also help increase your energy levels if you are feeling sluggish.
The Spruce / Anastasia TretiakUses in Feng Shui
A great way to work with tiger's eye is by exploring different areas of the feng shui bagua map. The bagua is an energy map that is overlaid on your home. Here’s how tiger’s eye can enhance each of the areas of the feng shui bagua map:
Zhen (New Beginnings)
If you want to step into a new opportunity or start something new in your life, try placing tiger’s eye in the Zhen area of your home. Zhen is all about new beginnings and growth. Tiger's eye can boost this area by enhancing your motivation and helping you take those first steps towards your goals.
Xun (Abundance)
Tiger’s eye is often recommended to increase abundance and prosperity, which makes it a natural fit for Xun. Place a tiger’s eye stone in this area of your home with the intention of welcoming more abundance into your life.
Tai Qi (Health)
As a grounding, peaceful stone, tiger’s eye makes a great addition to the Tai Qi area. Place tiger’s eye here to invite in new ideas and solutions when it comes to your well-being or to stay motivated on your wellness goals.
Qian (Helpful People)
To increase your confidence when reaching out to your network of helpful people—including helpful people you haven’t met yet—try adding tiger’s eye to the Qian area of your home.
Dui (Completion)
Having a hard time staying motivated to finish the projects that you’ve started? Place a tiger’s eye crystal in Dui position to stay inspired and keep up your forward momentum.
Gen (Knowledge)
Try adding tiger’s eye to the Gen area of your home to expand your awareness.
Li (Recognition)
In order to be recognized for your talents, you have to be courageous in sharing them. Often, this means stepping out of your comfort zone. Locate tiger’s eye in Li position in your home to invite courage and boldness.
Kan (Career)
Finding your path in life, as well as new career opportunities, also requires action and a willingness to put yourself out there. Try placing a piece of tiger’s eye in the Kan area of your home to remind yourself to keep taking action towards your goals.
Kun (Relationships)
The best relationships include both passion (fire) and stability (earth). To invite both of these qualities to be in harmony in your personal relationships, add tiger’s eye to the Kun area of your home.