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Birth Month Modern Birthstones Ancient Traditional Birthstones
Birthstones are various gems associated with the particular calendar months of the year, and are considered lucky to people who are born in those months. Some scholars attribute the origin of the tradition of birthstones to the Breastplate of Aaron (the brother of Moses), a religious caftan arranged with twelve gemstones that represented the twelve tribes of Israel.
January Garnet Garnet Garnet Garnet Ruby
February Amethyst Amethyst Amethyst Amethyst Topaz
March Aquamarine, Bloodstone Bloodstone Bloodstone Bloodstone Opal
April Diamond Sapphire Sapphire Sapphire Diamond
May Emerald Agate Agate Emerald Emerald
June Pearl, Moonstone Emerald Emerald Agate Pearl
July Ruby Onyx Onyx Carnelian Sapphire
August Peridot Carnelian Carnelian Sardonyx Ruby
September Sapphire Peridot Peridot Peridot Zircon
October Opal, Tourmaline Aquamarine Aquamarine Aquamarine Coral
November Yellow Topaz, Citrine Yellow Topaz Yellow Topaz Yellow Topaz Cats-eye
December Turquoise, Blue Topaz Ruby Ruby Ruby Topaz
List of Healing Gemstones
Healing Powers of Gemstones
Gemstone Powers
Agate General: Good for transmutation; helps with the emotion of acceptance; gives a mellow, blended aspect; beneficial in stomach area.
Botswana Agate: Use with high-pressure oxygen therapy; smoke inhalation.
Fire Agate: Master healer with color therapy; enhances all essences; grounds and balances; sexual & heart chakra binder; burns energy.
Moss Agate: Emotional priorities; mental priorities; colon, circulatory, pancreas & pulses; blood sugar balance; agriculture.
Alexandrite Low self-esteem & difficulty centering imply need; central nervous system disorders; spleen & pancreas.
Amber Memory loss; eccentric behavior; anxiety; inability to make decisions; thyroid, inner ear & neuro-tissue strengthener; activates altruistic nature; realization of the spiritual intellect.
Amethyst Headaches; blood sugar imbalance; L brain imbalances; edginess; facilitates healing; inner peace; psychic insight; stimulates third eye; aid for meditation, spiritual opening & internal surrender.
Aquamarine Fluid retention; coughs; fear; thymus gland; calms nerves; problems with eyes, ears, jaw, neck, stomach, teeth; mental clarity; meditation.
Beryl Laziness; hiccups; swollen glands; eye diseases; bowel cancer.
Bloodstone Circulation; all purpose healer & cleanser; stomach & bowel pain; purifies bloodstream; bladder; strengthens blood purifying organs.
Carnelian Grounding; stimulates curiosity & initiative; focuses attention to the present moment; use with citrine on lower 3 chakras; digestion.
Chalcedony Touchiness; melancholy; fever; gallstones; leukemia; eye problems; stimulates maternal feelings & creativity. release.
Citrine Heart, kidney, liver & muscle healer; appendicitis;gangrene; red & white corpuscles; digestive tract; cleanses vibrations in the atmosphere; creativity; helps personal clarity; will bring out problems in the solar plexus & the heart; eliminates self-destructive tendencies.
Diamond All brain diseases; pituitary & pineal glands; draws out toxicity, poison remedy.
Emerald Radiation toxicity; all mental illness; circulatory & neurological disorders; transmits balance, healing & patience; increases psychic & clairvoyant abilities; meditation; keener insight into dreams.
Garnet Rhodolite: Capillaries; skin elasticity; protection from pre- cancerous conditions.
Spessartine: Bad dreams; depression; anger; self esteem; hemorrhages; hormone imbalances; inflammations; sexual disease.
Jade Kidney, heart, larynx, liver, parathyroid, spleen, thymus, thyroid & parasympathetic ganglia healer; strengthens body; longevity.
Lapis Lazuli Neuralgia; melancholy; fevers; inflammations; penetrates subconscious blockages; throat chakra; sore throat; energy focuser for teachers, lecturers & speakers, mental & spiritual cleanser; used on 3rd eye for meditation; eliminates old & negative emotions; use with other healing stones; thought form amplification; helps in creating mantras.
Moonstone Soothes & balances the emotions; helps eliminate fear of "feeling"; encourages inner growth & strength; aids peace & harmony & psychic abilities; aligns vertebrae; digestive aid.
Onyx Objective thinking; spiritual inspiration; control of emotions & passions, help eliminate negative thinking, apathy, stress & neurological disorders; also used as a heart, kidney, nerve, capillary, hair, eye and nail strengthener.
Opal Cherry: Red corpuscle & blood disorders; depression; apathy; lethargy; intuition & joy.
Dark: Reproductive organs; spleen & pancreas; filters red corpuscles & aids white corpuscles; bone marrow; depression, esp. of sexual origin; balances; amplifies creative & intuitive thought; grounds radical emotional body.
Jelly: Spleen & abdominal diseases; cellular reproductive problems; helps absorb nutrients; minimizes wide mood swings; mystical thought amplifier.
Light: Balances L & R brain hemispheres for neuro disorders; stimulates white corpuscles; helps bring the emotions to mystical experiences; aids abdomen, pituitary & thymus problems.
Pearl Eliminates emotional imbalances; helps one master the heart chakra; aids stomach, spleen, intestinal tract & ulcer problems.
Peridot Protects against nervousness; helps alleviate spiritual fear; aids in healing hurt feelings & bruised egos; incurs strength & physical vitality; aligns subtle bodies; amplifies other vibrational energies & positive emotional outlook; helps liver & adrenal function.
Quartz Transmitter & amplifier of healing energy & clarity; balancer, channeler of universal energy & unconditional love; all purpose healer; programmable.
Rose Quartz: Lymphatic cancer & circulatory problems; helps the psychologically inflexible.
Heart chakra opener; love & self-acceptance healer for emotional wounds; dissipates anger & tension.
Smoky Quartz: Stimulates Kundalini energy; cleanses & protects the astral field; draws out distortion on all levels; good for hyperactivity & excess energy; grounding.
Ruby Heart chakra; balances love & all spiritual endeavors; self-esteem; strengthens neurological tissues around the heart; prevents miscarriages.
Sapphire Spiritual enlightenment; inner peace; colic; rheumatism; mental illness; pituitary; metabolic rate of glandular functions; anti- depressant; aids psychokinesis, telepathy, clairvoyance & astral projection; personal expression; also for pain.
Spinel Leg conditions, when worn on solar plexus; powerful general healer; detoxification aid.
Topaz Balances emotions; calms passions; gout; blood disorders; hemorrhages; increases poor appetite; general tissue regeneration; VD; tuberculosis; reverses aging; spiritual rejuvenation; endocrine system stimulation; releases tension; feelings of joy.
Tourmaline Dispels fear & negativity & grief; calms nerves; concentration & eloquence improve; genetic disorders, cancer & hormones regulated; raises vibrations; charisma; universal law; tranquil sleep.
Black Tourmaline: Arthritis; dyslexia; syphilis; heart diseases; anxiety; disorientation; raises altruism; deflects negativity; neutralizes distorted energies, i.e. resentment & insecurity.
Rubellite: Creativity; fertility; blanches passive or aggressive nature.
Green: Creativity; opens heart chakra; immune system; psychological problems with the father; blood pressure; asthma; balancer; eliminates conflict within.
Blue indicolite: Lungs, larynx; thyroid; parasympathetic nerves.
Watermelon: Heart chakra healer; imparts sense of humor to those who need it; balancer; eliminates guilt; nervous system; integration, security & self-containment.
Turquoise Master healer; protects against environmental pollutants; strengthens anatomy & guards against all disease; improved absorption of nutrients; tissue regeneration; subtle body allignment & strengthening; eye disorders.
Zodiac Birthstones
Hindu version
Aquarius
(Jan.21 - Feb.21) Garnet - guarantees true friendship when worn by an Aquarian
Pisces
(Feb. 22-Mar. 21) Amethyst - protects all Pisces from extremes of passion
Aries
(Mar. 22-Apr. 20) Bloodstone - provides an Aries wearer with wisdom
Taurus
(Apr. 21-May 21) Sapphire - protects from mental disorders if worn by a Taurus
Gemini
(May 22-June 21) Agate - guarantees long life, health and wealth to a Gemini
Cancer
(June 22-July 22) Emerald - guarantees everlasting joy to a Cancer-born
Leo
(July 23-Aug. 22) Onyx - protects a Leo wearer from loneliness and unhappiness
Virgo
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Carnelian - guarantees success in virtually anything a Virgo wearer tries
Libra
(Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Peridot - will free a Libra wearer from an evil spell
Scorpio
(Oct. 24-Nov. 21) Beryl - guarantees protection for a Scorpio from "tears of sad repentance"
Sagittarius
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Topaz - protects Sagittarians, but only when they show the stone
Capricorn
(Dec. 22-Jan. 21) Ruby - protects a Capricorn wearer from any trouble
It was believed that some planets influenced different stones and that stones transmit the powers given to those corresponding planets.
Capricorn
(Dec. 22-Jan. 21) Chalcedony
Aquarius
(Jan.21 - Feb.21) Amethyst
Pisces
(Feb. 22-Mar. 21) (unknown)
Aries
(Mar. 22-Apr. 20) Crystal (quartz)
Taurus
(Apr. 21-May 21) Ruby and Diamond
Gemini
(May 22-June 21) Sapphire
Cancer
(June 22-July 22) Agate and Beryl
Leo
(July 23-Aug. 22) Topaz
Virgo
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22) lolite
Libra
(Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Jasper
Scorpio
(Oct. 24-Nov. 21) Garnet
Sagittarius
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Emerald
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