Onyx is a power giving stone. It holds the memories of everything that the wearer has experienced. It is a protective stone, defends and protects against negativity consciously directed against you, in conflicts of all kinds, protects life, helps in difficult times, during extraordinary physical and emotional strain, focuses our energy in one direction, brings vigor and endurance, allows us to become masters of our own destiny, provides lessons from the past, increases self-confidence and self-control, helps with old traumas affecting current life, reduces fear and anxiety.