Rainbow Frog Guide is carved from a solid piece of Indian agate. Well known and also desired for its wide variety of colors, Indian agate is always a pleasant and comfortable crystal to hold and work with. Rainbow Frog Guide is an excellent example of Indian agate, with a wonderful base color of different variations of pink, fuchsia, and red is generously decorated with spots and patches of light greens and blues. It is difficult for a collector who has a taste for Indian agate to be happy with one or two pieces, given the extreme colors and combinations available. And the specimen Rainbow Frog Guide is sculpted from is certainly a uniquely beautiful example! The multicolored frog shows remarkable detail and skill, as does the crystal skull carving, and together they create a fine art sculpture that is as fascinating as it is magnificent. Rainbow Frog Guide brings a joyful and playful energy into its environment, and seems to be curious and eager to explore the new areas of growth that lie ahead on our path where there is sure to be more happiness to be found.

Frogs allow for the easing of rough life experiences and changes. They bring reassurance when experiencing new places and situations, and assistance for enhancing intuition and one’s connection with the spirit world. Frogs are a useful symbol for addressing growth pains, physical and otherwise, and stress that comes from change, helping one to find acceptance and patience during the process of the experience. Frogs also symbolize luck, purity, healing, dreaming, and opportunity.

Frogs can represent the process of clearing negativity, old habits, beliefs, and thought and behavior patterns by allowing one to gain alternate perspectives of one’s life and current situations. Frogs can encourage a rethinking and reorganizing of beliefs and opinions, helping one to understand and grow when faced with unfamiliar concepts that differ from one’s accepted values and comfort level. Similarly, one may gain insight regarding how one relates to others, regarding one’s emotional actions and reactions, and regarding one’s physical health as it is affected by one’s choices.

In ancient Rome and Egypt, and other cultures, frogs were connected with the cycle of life; fertility, death, resurrection, and rebirth. Venus, goddess of love, was often depicted with an accompanying frog, and the Egyptian goddess of birthing was the frog headed Heket. Native American traditions consider the frog to be connected with rain and useful in the manipulation of weather. Celtic symbolism holds the frog as lord over all the earth, and the frog represented healing power. In China the frog is a symbol of the yin energy and symbolizes good fortune, bringing happiness to family life and encouraging child birth. In Japan frogs are considered good luck, especially for the traveler, and they are particularly esteemed for ensuring a safe journey when crossing water, and for seeing a traveler return home in safety. Frog symbols are also used to prevent the loss of money.

In many ways frogs represent connections between worlds and realities. Frogs are obviously associated with water and the Earth, being at home in both realms. Frogs are symbolic guides for exploring other realms, leading one from the physical to the mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of existence. Frogs are also considered to be a link between the living and the dead.

Frogs symbolize metamorphosis, transformation, transition, and adaptability. The frog brings assistance to the person experiencing changes in their life, be it spiritual growth or changes in one’s physical life situations, helping one move forward with ease and grace.

Frogs are associated with the moon and lunar energies, night time, intuition, feminine energies and the elemental and nature related aspects of magic. Frogs and toads have had a long history of being related to the witch’s craft, and they have been associated with mystic knowledge and acquiring wisdom of that which is unknown.

Agate has long been used as a stone of protection, to stimulate analytical capabilities and precision, for providing for perceptiveness to situations, and for awakening ones inherent talents and adroitness. It has also been use to produce inspiration from, and connectedness to, the spiritual worlds. Agate raises one's consciousness, builds self-confidence, and assists one in choosing one's friends carefully.

Agate has been used to strengthen sight, diminish thirst, to promote marital fidelity and stability within ceremonial activities, for balancing body, mind, emotions, spirit, and yin/yang energies, and as a stone of harmony and unification of all people. Agate symbolizes benevolence and good will, originating from the nurturing energy within the stone. Agate can alleviate hostility, irritability, and boredom, while enhancing one's generosity, responsiveness, and receptivity. Agate is often used as a gazing tool for divination and meditation and assists in examination of the self and the learning situations that bring about growth. Agate also assists in abating stress and anxiety.

Agate is used to bring prosperity. Agate is also used to avert, and protect from, lighting and stormy weather (physically and metaphysically). Agate provides strength, helps us to have patience and courage, and its calming effect allows for finding inner peace.

Agate is an excellent stone for protection, and is considered to be very effective for children, especially protecting children from falling. Agate is considered an excellent stone for artists and students, as it amplifies creative and intellectual thinking.

Agate amplifies and gives energy when required, and stores energy when it is not needed, which enhances durability and endurance. Agate gives one emotional strength, alleviates fears, and dispels envy and desire through the grounding of emotions. Agate teaches acceptance of one's emotions which helps one to overcome the emotions one desires to be free of. Agate's nature of bringing harmony allows for removing and releasing bitterness, resentment, ill will, and the desire for vengeance and retaliation, teaching one to learn and practice forgiveness. In this way, agate heals and improves relationships.

Agate transforms negative energy to harmonious energy which cleans and balances the aura. Agate harmonizes the energy of the body with the energy of the Earth, grounding and strengthening one's connection with the planet.

Agate stimulates the digestive system and relieves gastritis, the inflammation of the lining of the stomach. Agate is used to promote a state of good health for the eyes, hollow organs such as the heart, stomach, intestines, and uterus, and is used to heal skin disorders. It has been used to alleviate itching caused by insect bites. Agate assists the heart and blood vessels, strengthening the heart and also healing emotional discord that may be blocking one’s ability to accept love. Agate has been used to cure fever and reduce the symptoms of epilepsy, and may help some people with somnambulism. Agate is also used to cleanse the lymphatic system and the pancreas.

NOTE: Skullis does not prescribe treatment for medical issues. Skullis offers information for reference to assist with the selection and understanding of crystal skulls, including this Indian agate crystal skull with frog sculpture.