Birthstones are powerful gems you can use to unlock healing, energy, and magical power. Find out the best stones to use based on your birthday.
Glittering birthstones have been worn for as long as we can remember, but they are more than just a proud statement of when you were born. They act as power stones that strengthen you and draw out your natural strengths and abilities. Join Mysticsencse to learn about these powerful birthstones. Find out what a birthstone is and how to use it. Then find out two ways to discover your personal birthstones, including a surprisingly magical way. Sometimes a stone is just a stone, but there are times when a stone is so much more powerful. Read on to unlock the power of your own birthstones.
What’s a Birthstone?
A birthstone is some kind of a gemstone that's linked to someone's birth. Some people decide birthstones based on month, and other people decide them based on Zodiac Sign. Each stone has a special meaning and brings a special power along with it. We don't know exactly who decided that birthstones were a thing , but people wear their birthstones as jewelry to celebrate their birth all the time. It's believed that you can benefit from the attributes of your birthstone when you wear it, use it, or simply have something that it's on. They also serve as symbols of personal identity. Some people call birthstones birth crystals. Read about using crystals for manifestation here: Powerful Crystals for Manifestation
How Can You Use Stones?
You can use your birthstones however you want. A lot of people choose to wear birthstones on jewelry. Some people choose to carry them in some type of a magical bag. Other people hang them around their home for protection or strength. Some people tuck them in their wallet or purses to use their power. Some people don't necessarily buy their birthstones, but they use the color of their birthstone. They will wear clothing that's their color, have accessories on a personal magical altar of that color, and even paint their walls the color of their birthstone. Birthstones can be buried in the garden to help with personal growth, submerged in water so that the water can be blessed with them, or even be placed under your pillow at night so that you can absorb your birthstone's power. They can also heal. Read about healing crystals here: Crystals for Manifesting Healing
Zodiac Birthstones
If you consult the Internet, there are multiple different sources that list multiple different stones as birthstones for each Zodiac Sign and each month. It seems like the sky is the limit to how many birthstones each Zodiac Sign has. We have simplified and listed only two powerful birthstones for each Zodiac Sign. From Aries to Pisces, diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and lapis lazuli are all stones that benefit the Zodiac Signs. Read on to learn about your birthstones.
Aries Birthstones
Two powerful birthstones for Aries are diamonds and bloodstones. The diamond Is perhaps the most expensive gemstone, and certainly one of the hardest substances. Traditionally, it's believed that the diamond gives victory to anyone who carries it on their left and it gives protection in battle, two things important to Aries, named after the god of war. In European heraldry, the stone was used in adorning the weapons of nobles. It instills strength, emotional purity, and loyalty.
The bloodstone is another gemstone for Aries. Greek and Roman soldiers carried it into battle because it was believed to stop bleeding and heal wounds. It instills courage and strengthens the willpower. It's believed to purify your energy and dispel negativity. It also eases stress and stabilizes physical power.
Taurus Birthstones
Two powerful birthstones for Taurus include rose quartz and emerald. Rose Quartz is a stone of love and it radiates soft love and nurturing. It opens the heart and brings self acceptance. It also helps to heal the emotions. Taurases are always nurturing and healing other people, and they may neglect themselves. Rose quartz can help to give them a little bit of the nurturing that they need.
The emerald is another birthstone for Taurus. The emerald is linked to loyalty and truth as well as honesty in relationships and it helps to attract good things to the bearer. It opens the heart to receive love and eases hurt emotions. It also brings in positive emotional energy and helps to calm stress, all things that Tauruses who are always helping other people can use. Read more about Taurus here: Taurus Traits | Star Sign in the Spotlight
Gemini Birthstones
Gemini's are a Zodiac Sign of communication, mediation, and they are a highly social Sign. Their gemstone, the pearl , helps to install calming energy on them and protects them against negative energy. Since they are always dealing with people, it can help to increase their compassion and intuition, which helps them with communications. It also purifies the heart and clears the mind, which is very helpful when you're surrounded with overwhelming numbers of people.
Citrine, another of the Gemini stones, is a stone of wealth, joy, and personal power. Gemini, a highly intellectual sign can use a little help with manifesting things sometimes. Citrine helps them to turn their thoughts into goals and their goals into success. It lifts negative moods and brings in positive emotions. It also helps to cleanse negative energies.
Cancer Birthstones
Two of Cancer’s birthstones are jade and rubies. Jade is a stone of protection and tranquility. This is very important for sensitive, emotional Cancers because not everybody understands how sacred their sensitivity is. Jade helps them to release negative thoughts and it brings serenity to their mind. It also attracts good fortune and luck. It is believed by some that jade blesses everybody and everything it touches.
Rubies guard against negativity and help overcome fears. It helps you to push yourself past hesitation that self-doubt brings. It helps heal emotional wounds while helping with self love. In ancient times it was used to ward off plague, and warned its wearer of danger. It also banished sadness, and brought peace. Read more about Cancer here: The Dark Side of Cancers and How to Deal with It
Leo Birthstones
Two of Leo's birthstones are gold and sunstone. Gold represents power, prestige, and success, all things that Leos are constantly pursuing. It is viewed as incorruptible and is highly valued. Leo's value their loved ones above all else, and want to be valued that way too. It amplifies and strengthens your energy, and some people will deliberately set other stones in gold to amplify its power.
Sunstone brings optimism and drives away dark moods. Leos may be known for their optimism, but they can be brokenhearted easily and sunstone helps heal that. It attracts success and gives vitality and energy to achieve goals. It strengthens personal power and most especially leadership skills. Some people will leave their sunstone exposed to the sun so that it can absorb its power.
Virgo Birthstones
Two Virgo birthstones are kyanite and peridot. Virgo takes on a lot of responsibility and can become highly stressed. Kyanite helps them to relieve some of that. It also helps to enhance psychic awareness, which is very important for such a rational sign that often thinks with their head instead of their psychic abilities. It helps them to enhance their communication so that they can speak the truth.
Peridot shields against stress and helps relieve negative emotions. It attracts good fortune and prosperity, both things that Virgos are constantly working toward. Virgos are highly critical individuals, and the Peridot instills empathy and forgiveness. It helps you to accept yourself and others, which is very important for Virgo's since they are constantly critiquing themselves and others. Read more about Virgo here: Virgo Traits | Star Sign in The Spotlight
Libra Birthstones
Two Libra birthstones are opals and sapphires. Opals help to stir the imagination and clear artistic blocks. Libras are in love with the arts, whether they are creating or supporting those who create. There are so many different kinds of opals though, and some have specific meanings. The fire opal, for example, sparks passion, and flirtatious libras love to be in love passionately. It is also a stone of beauty, something that Libras highly value.
Sapphires are stones of inner peace as well as wisdom. People are always looking to Libras for advice and wisdom, and sapphires help them to become wiser. Libras are also peacemakers, and they are called upon to mediate disputes, help people to come to terms with past hurts, and help with reconciliations. Sapphires encourage all these things.
Scorpio Birthstones
Two Scorpio birthstones are topaz and aquamarine. Scorpios get a bad rap for their powerful emotions, but that’s not fair. Scorpios are highly aware of negative energy and the topaz will help to dispel this. Blue topaz in particular helps with calm self-expression and helps to balance the emotions. All colors of topaz help you to make your dreams become reality, which is highly important for the hard working Scorpio who seeks to meet all their goals.
Aquamarine helps you to be compassionate while you are speaking your mind. It also helps you to go with the flow, relaxing the need to be in control of things that you can't. It helps to instill inner calm and dispel anxiety and fear. Read more about Scorpio here: Scorpio Traits | Star Sign in the Spotlight
Sagittarius Birthstones
Two powerful birthstones for Sagittarius are turquoise and chalcopyrite. Turquoise is a symbol of wisdom and magic, two things that Sagittarians seek. Some ancient Americans believed turquoise allowed the wearer's mind to become one with the universe. It is also believed to attract friends, but Sagittarians rarely need help with that. It helps with travel, something that Sagittarius love, and it will protect your possessions against theft while you're on one of your many trips
Chalcopyrite contains copper, which helps to conduct energy, although that's something that Sagittarians don't seem to be low on. It helps to expand your consciousness and get you in touch with your inner truth. Sagittarians are highly philosophical signs. It also brings luck, new opportunities, and inner reflection.
Capricorn Birthstones
Two Capricorn birthstones are garnet and smoky quartz. Capricorns always have a lot of responsibility, and expend huge amounts of energy working hard. Garnet gives protection, vitality, and inner strength. This is something that's very important for a busy person who everybody relies on. It also helps to recharge your enthusiasm when you feel discouraged or drained. It helps to deepen emotional bonds also. While Capricorns certainly love their people dearly, they can forget to cultivate their relationships because they are working so hard.
Smoky quartz is good for responsible Capricorns who may suffer from stress. It helps to bring calm focus and clears negativity. It is believed that ancient people used it as a way to connect the physical and spiritual worlds. Highly practical and rational Signs can use this to help with their spirituality. Read more about Capricorn here: Capricorn Traits | Star Sign in The Spotlight
Aquarius Birthstones
Lapis lazuli and clear quartz are two Aquarius birthstones. Aquarians don’t need any help with coming up with great things, but lapis boosts imagination and creativity. It also helps to awaken your spiritual side and connect you to your higher consciousness. It helps to boost honest self-expression, which helps any creative sign. It also stimulates psychic awareness and helps you speak with confidence.
Clear quartz Is a stone that amplifies the power of all other stones. Some people use it to amplify whatever energy they want. Part of the way it works is that it helps to clear mental blocks and it boosts energy in general. It also boosts all positive things, including stamina, healing, and positivity.
Pisces Birthstones
Two Pisces birthstones are moonstones and amethyst. The moonstone naturally amplifies intuition, which is very important to Pisces. It also helps to promote emotional balance. It represents the Divine Feminine and her nurturing side. Pisces are highly sensitive people who are always using their intuition to help other people. The moonstone helps to connect them with the nurturing side of themselves, but also helps to nurture them.
Amethyst is connected with the ocean tides, which represents Pisces. It helps them to process their deep feelings that can overwhelm them sometimes. It's also a stone that helps you with expressing yourself honestly instead of emotionally withdrawing. It is also used for protection, and will block negativity from overwhelming sensitive Pisces. Read more about Pisces here: Pisces Traits | Star Sign in the Spotlight
A Unique View
One thing about stones a lot of people don’t know is that while our Zodiac birthstones are powerful, the stones we are drawn to are also. One way to discover them is to just let them speak to you. Some people go to shops that have a multitude of precious and semi precious stones and spend time with each different kind of stone to see what speaks to them and that is how they decide what their personal stones are. A simple meditation will help you to do this.
Fully open your awareness to the place, things, and energies present. Stand still and see what attracts you. If nothing happens after a moment, start picking things. Simply hold a stone in your hand and see what you think or feel. If you feel nothing, the stone isn’t speaking to you. Some stones will feel comfortable or make you feel good. Others won’t make you feel anything. If a particular kind of stone feels good time and again, it is speaking to you. Remember that other things like wood, metal, and certain fabrics can speak to you as well.
We each have birthstones that unlock the best of us, heal the broken parts of us, and help us meet goals. Some people think only birthstones are powerful stones, each Sign. Actually, you are attracted to stones that naturally help to balance, strengthen, and empower you. Use your power stones for healing, strength, and for whatever magic you want to work!
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About the Author: Lady Saoirse has studied magic and lore for most of her life but started walking her own Magical Path after being spiritually reborn in the desert. Today she is a High Priestess for The Temple of the Goddess, she is a psychic advisor and spiritual counselor, she shares her gifts as a Psychic and Content Writer for Mysticsense and SpiritualBlossom, and she writes for PaganPages.Org emag and Green Egg Magazine.
