For:
tranquility - compassion - scrying - soothing the heart
DIAMOND: Crystallized carbon
Planet: Uranus
Day: Friday -
Saturday
Month: April
Zodiac: Aries
For: courage -
love - invisibility - strength - joy - hardness -
fearlessness - purity - manliness - spiritual ecstasy -
mental illness - the impassivity of fate
Drives away:
panic - pestilence - enchantment
Symbolizes:
truth - innocence - justice - faith
Makes:
courageous - magnanimous - bold and daring in
transactions - strong and firm against enemies
Turns spells
and enchantments back upon their maker
Grants victory
in court or in war if your cause is just
Impels toward
good
Drives away:
ghosts - nightmares - calamities
Preserves
from: strife - riot - sorrows - enchantments -
sleepwalking - phantasies and illusions of wicked spirits
Bind it to the
left arm for victory - to overcome: enemies - madness -
brawling - invasion of fantasies
The most power
is in a diamond that was received as a gift, not
purchased or coveted
The power of a
diamond is multiplied by being paired with a lodestone
Said to help
those possessed by the devil
Loses its
power according to the sins of its possessor
Antidote to
poison when worn on a ring - diamonds are said to sweat
in the presence of venom or poison
Keeps limbs
whole - for indigestion
Tames wild
beasts
It was once
believed that diamonds could only be broken by goats'
blood
Diamond powder
preserves against lightning
EMERALD: Bright green precious
stone, a variety of beryl.
Planet: Venus
Element: Earth
Day: Wednesday
- wear emeralds on Friday for good luck
Month: May -
June
Zodiac: Taurus
- Cancer - Libra
Heart stone
with magical, talismanic and medical properties
It is an ill
omen when an emerald falls from its setting
Sacred to:
Mercury - the goddess Sudurjaya - Venus - Vishnu
Christians
hold it sacred to St. John
For: love -
harmony - prophecy - balance - improved memory - success
in love affairs - increased understanding
To remove:
anger - folly - foolish fears
Strengthens
friendship and constancy of mind - comforts and saves -
augments riches - combats lust - sends evil spirits
howling into space - preserves the chastity of women -
shatters to disprove chastity - breaks apart in despair
if it is unable to render you metaphysical assistance
Changes its
appearance when: your lover is faithless - someone bears
false witness
Stops bleeding
- preserves against decay - improves liver function -
aids in childbirth - stops dysentery - restores sight and
memory - heals bites of venomous creatures - cures plague
An emerald
ring: turns away foolish fears, folly and anger -
strengthens the memory - prevents giddiness
Place it under
the tongue for prophecy
An emerald
necklace: expels fears - is a charm against epilepsy
Blinds
serpents who look upon it
Demons and
wicked spirits are believed to guard emerald mines
According to
some myths, the Holy Grail was a chalice carved from a
single emerald
MOONSTONE: Pearly, opalescent
feldspar stone of bluish or silvery color that is used as a gem.
Planet: Moon
Day: Monday
Zodiac: Cancer
Held sacred in
India
For: passion -
good fortune
Sacred to the
Goddess
To: strengthen
psychic abilities - enhance the feminine - increase
sensitivity to natural cycles
Its luster is
believed to mirror the lunar cycle
Considered
ominous and malignant
GARNET:
Hard,
brittle, crystalline stone. The red variety is used as a gem.
Planet: Mars -
Pluto
Month: January
Zodiac: Aries
- Scorpio - Capricorn - Aquarius
Preserves
health and joy - makes faithful and true - helps channel
kundalini energy
For depression
- aids circulation - stops spitting up of blood - quiets
heart palpitations
Fire
garnet:
Element: Fire
Letter: F
Day: March 18
Hebrews held
it sacred to Judah, the lion's whelp
Promotes: joy
- discord between lovers
Preserves
health - resists depression - quiets heart palpitations
Carbuncle:
Cabochon-cut garnet
Has occult
properties similar to the ruby
For depression
Bright stones
are male, duller ones female
Said to enable
one to see in the dark when worn as a necklace
Noah is said
to have hung one up to light the ark
For: plague -
heart palpitations
Blood-red
carbuncle:
Letter: S
Planet: Sun
Station: April
15 - Kadkod, the month of the raiding party
Hebrews held
it sacred to Gad, a robber band
Considered
malignant
OPAL: Quartz gemstone of various
colors that is usually milky and iridescent. Harlequin opals are
rainbow-tinted; wood opal is opalized wood.
Planet:
Mercury
Month: October
Zodiac: Taurus
- Cancer - Virgo - Libra
The stone of
Hercules
Inspires hope
- improves eyesight
For:
invisibility - victory against adversaries - linking
physical to higher bodies - access to cosmic
consciousness
Believed to
contain the virtue of every stone whose color it contains
Considered:
bewitching - mysterious - unlucky - the embodiment of the
evil eye
Linked with
misfortune
"The Opal
is fatal to love, and sows discord between the giver and
receiver."
Carrying an
opal wrapped in a bay leaf was said to confer
invisibility and blind nearby persons.
Sharpens the
sight - for eye disease
Fire
opal / Girasol:
Element: Fire
RUBY: Red corundum
Planet: Mars -
Sun
Day: Sunday
Month: July
Zodiac: Aries
- Cancer - Scorpio - Capricorn
Occult stone
that has a psychic, magnetic influence on sensitive
persons who wear it
For:
leadership - prudence - compassion - health - healing
your relationship with your father
Corresponds to
the heart chakra - makes cheerful - restrains lust -
averts nightmares and danger
Banishes:
sadness - sin - vice - wicked spirits - foolish or evil
thoughts
Wards off
plague and pestilence - disperses infections - protects
against poison - keeps the body safe
Hebrews held
it sacred to Reuben
A ruby is said
to: become dark red and cloudy when evil is about to
befall its wearer - turn dark when peril threatens its
wearer or the one who gave it as a gift
Touch all four
corners of a house, garden or vineyard with a ruby to
preserve it from: lightning - tempests - worms
Spinel
/ balas ruby: lighter red stone than a true ruby
Protects
against lightning - restrains passion and fiery wrath
SAPPHIRE: Blue corundum
Planet:
Neptune
Quality: cold
- dry - astringent
Day: Saturday
- Wednesday
Month: April -
September
Zodiac: Taurus
- Virgo - Sagittarius - Pisces
Pale blue
stones have male energy, dark blue stones female energy
Prevents
wicked and impure thoughts - maintains power and manly
vigor in the body - confirms the soul in good works
Impels toward
goodness - sharpens the intellect - dispenses sorcery -
sets captives free - quells enemies - assuages the wrath
of god - make safe and devout - prevents bites of
venomous creatures
Amulet against
fear - associated with sacred things
Sacred to:
Apollo - Prometheus
Christians
hold it sacred to St. Andrew
Buddhists
believe that it: has sacred magical powers - reconciles
man to god
Promotes:
chastity - the flow of animal spirits
Heals sores -
brings down fevers - remedies defective vision -
strengthens and refreshes the heart - invigorates body
and soul - for: bleeding - sore throat
Kills noxious
and venomous creatures
Apply it: to
the forehead to stop nosebleeds - inflammations to reduce
them
The high
priest of Egypt wore a sapphire called Truth on his
shoulder.
Sapphires were
worn when questioning the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
TOPAZ: Corundum; gemstone that may
be white, clear, pink, wine, pale blue, pale green, brown, or
yellow, which is the most precious.
Planet: Uranus
- Mercury
Element: Air
Month:
November
Zodiac: Gemini
- Leo -Sagittarius - Scorpio
The power of a
topaz is believed to increase and decrease with the Moon
- its energy is affected by heat, pressure and friction
Charm against:
grief - lunatic passion - covetousness - sexual excess -
bad dreams
Link between
higher and lower consciousness - obtains the favor of
princes
Has an inner
radiance that dispels darkness - is said to lose its
color in the presence of poison
Set in gold
and worn as a necklace, or as a bracelet on the left arm
, it: is a charm against all sorcery and magic - cures
cowardice - dispels night terrors - calms anger and
madness - brightens the wit
Christians
hold it sacred to James-the-Less
Prevents
sleepwalking and hemorrhage - cures inflammations - bind
it to wounds to stop bleeding - apply to the nose to stop
nosebleed
The stone we
call topaz is not the topaz of the ancients
blue
topaz:
Planet: Uranus
For:
inspiration - focus - clearing the mind - assimilation of
abstract knowledge
