Birthstones - Learn About Your Special Lucky Gem

Modern birthstones correspond to your birth month. It is considered lucky to wear birthstone you. Learn more about your own special gem.

January - Garnet

• The color is often red but can also be yellow, orange, pink, green or purple
• Comes from the Latin word for pomegranate
• Symbolizes faith and truth
• It is believed that useful in preventing and treating blood diseases and infections
• Are powers of healing power and protection
• Ruling planet is Mars
• Mohs hardness of 7.0 - 7.5
• It is said that Noah used a garnet red light as a light for the ark
• First chakra at the base of the spine is represented Granite

February - Amethyst

• Color is purple
• Comes from the Greek word for sobriety
• Symbolic of spirituality and piety
• Thought useful in preventing overindulgence
• Powers include healing, spiritual uplifting, happiness
• Ruling planet is Saturn
• Mohs hardness 7
• This royal purple stone was favored by monarchs throughout history
• seventh crown chakra is the amethyst

March - Aquamarine

• The color is pale blue
• Comes from the Roman word "aqua" meaning water and "large", ie high
• Symbolizes foresight, courage and happiness
• Is believed reverse poisoning and helpful in fortune telling
• The powers include luck, reducing stress and increasing intuition
• Ruling Neptune is
• Mohs hardness of 7.5 - 8.0
• Aquamarines Sailors often carried to ward off seasickness and keep them safe while at sea
• Throat chakra, the number five is represented by aquamarine

April - Diamond

• Colorless diamond diamond sparkle with reflected light, but can be any color, including black
• The word diamond comes from the Greek word "Adamastor", which means invincible old Hindu word for diamond was "Vajra", meaning lightning
• Symbolic of invincibility, courage and strength
• Believed to have strong properties Medicinal
• The powers include the protection and love eternal
• Ruling Planet Venus
• Mohs hardness of 10
• Diamond rings are traditionally worn on the third finger of the left hand because ancient Egyptians believed that the vein "of love "ran from the heart to the finger tip
• can clean diamond crown or seventh chakra

May - Emerald

• Color is Green
• Emerald comes from the Latin word "smaragdus" meaning green gem
• Symbolizes faith, fertility and goodness
• Believed to enhance visual acuity and mental clarity, they were often carried on long journeys to keep travel safe
• Powers include fertility and farsightedness
• Ruling planets Jupiter, Mercury and Venus, plus the Earth's Moon
• hardness Of 7.5-8 Mohs
• Legend claims that Nero wore eyeglasses made of emeralds to enhance and protect its vision while watching games gladiator
• Fourth chakra, the heart is the emerald

June - Pearl

• Only monthly birthstone is a stone, pearls range in color from pure white to gray or black or pink
• Latin word for pearl means unique
• Symbolic of innocence, purity and welfare
• Believed to change the bad luck fortune
• Greater powers include virility and ability to attract support from influential people
• Earth rules months pearl
• Mohs hardness 2.5 - 4.5
• Ancient people believed that pearls were tears of angels, goddesses and sirens
• Pearls strengthen the solar plexus chakra, the number three

July - Ruby

• When red mineral Corundum is called a ruby (other colors are considered sapphires)
• The word ruby comes from the Latin word "Rube" for red and Hindus old named Ruby "Rajnapura" or King of Gems
• Symbolizes warmth, passion and power
• Believed to be the bearer wise
• Powers include protection, healing and bringing love
• Ruling planets Mars and Saturn are
• Mohs hardness of 9.0
• Some think that a ruby will turn a darker shade when danger is imminent and return to the color when the danger passed their original
• Rubies stimulate the heart chakra, the number four

August - Peridot

• The color is green, yellow-green or olive green
• Peridot is a word French Arabic word derived from "Farid", which means jewel
• Symbolic of the sun and good luck
• Believed to protect against evil and nightmares
• Has the power to attract fame and wealth and sustain the confidence of insecure people
• Ruled by Saturn, Venus and the sun seems almost clear in direct sunlight and keeps the color even in low light
• Mohs hardness of 6.5-7
• In the past, was formed in peridot cups, because legend claimed that any medicine drank from cups of stone increased effectiveness
• As a protection against jealousy, peridot heart refers to the fourth chakra

September - Sapphire

• Any non-red corundum is classified as a sapphire, most often they are blue
• Sapphire comes from the Persian word "SAFIR", which means beloved of Saturn
• Symbolize truth, sincerity and faithfulness
• Believed to be a bad man and a wise man nice kick
• Has the power to protect against poverty and to promote spiritual enlightenment
• Ruled by Saturn
• hardness 9.0 Mohs
• Ancient Persians believed that the earth is based on a sapphire blue sea and the sky was a reflection of the stone
• Sapphire is the fifth chakra, throat chakra

October - Opal

• Color of opal is hard to describe, iridescent and changing
• The word comes from the Greek "opallus" which means to see a color change, the Romans called opal "Cupid Paederos" a child as beautiful as love
• Symbolic of hope, innocence and purity
• Believed to clean air odor is considered unlucky to make a birthstone opal if not your
• The powers include invisibility and protection against damage and against the spiritual
• Governed by Venus
• Mohs hardness of 5-6.5
• Ancient Arabs claimed that opals fell to earth in lightning
• Opal is beneficial for all seven chakras of

November - Citrine

• Gold Quartz, Citrine is the official birthstone of November, but Golden Topaz is also supported by this month
• Citrine is named same citrus roots and our word means yellow or golden
• Symbolizes creativity, hope and strength
• Believed to bring light and clarity to the owner
• Give power to see through the lies, banish fears and protection snake bites
• Ruled by Jupiter
• Mohs hardness of 7.0
• Considered to be stone trader, a Citrine placed in a drawer of money will bring prosperity
• The yellow color of citrine is particularly beneficial for third plexus, solar chakra

December - Blue Topaz

• Only variety of topaz blue color created by irradiation, is recognized the modern birthstone of December turquoise with a second alternative
• The name comes from Sanskrit "Tapa" which means fire
• Symbol of love and fidelity
• The ancient Greeks believed that a person wearing a topaz could become invisible and experience an increase in strength
• Supposedly has the power to cure insomnia, asthma and hemorrhages
• Blue Topaz is governed by Venus
• Mohs hardness of 8.0
• Legend says that Blue Topaz thrown into a pot of boiling water will cool the water - and hot tempers as well!
• Blue Topaz is soothing to the throat, the fifth chakra

Our information is based on modern birthstones for each month Several other birthstone lists exist Enjoy finding. and wearing your birthstone or birthstones of loved ones ..

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