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| Why buying that New Necklace is Good For You |
You may not know it, but jewellery can be therapeutic as well as beautiful. Julie Geoghegan, owner of www.juliesgems.co.uk takes us through a number of stones that will destress, enhance your mood, and even help in the healing process. There's never been a better time to splash out on a pair of earrings. ADVENTURINE (JADE -AVENTURINE) A good luck stone, especially in financial matters. Stimulates creativity, intelligence and perception. A great healing stone, it gives a sense of mental well being. AGATE Promotes grounding, protection, security and balances the aura. It also stimulates precision and perceptiveness, concentration and memory. Colours included, blue, moss, pink, red and snakeskin. AMAZONITE Helps clarify and improve thinking. Improves self worth and promotes confidence. It can help to enhance your creativity. AMBER Is a great stone at lifting the heaviness of burdens. It is used for healing, protection from negativity, attractiveness and energy. AMETHYST Increases vivid dreams, relieves depression, promotes calm, serenity and spirituality. Helps with addiction and stress. Amethyst calms the emotions, creates clarity of thought. CARNELIAN Enhances mental clarity and positive emotions, promoting a bright outlook. Aids in balancing of creativity and mental processes. A good general healing stone. CITRINE Helps digestion and aids in mental and intellectual functions. FLOURITE (Multicolour) Enhances spiritual energy, focuses the will and balances the psyche. GARNET Balances your natural energy. A highly protective stone LABRADORITE Strengthens the will, inner strength and convictions. Aids in combating addictions. Also aids in providing more restful sleep. LAPIS LAZULI Is good for emotional healing and stability. A high intensity stone, which cleanses the spirit to bring inner truth and peace. It assists in harmonising your heart and mind. MALACHITE Strong stone which helps release negative emotions and protect from psychic attack. It aids in harmonizing and is used to sooth stress and anxiety. MOONSTONE Helpful in psychic work. Opens the spirit to the feminine aspect. Draws love and helps in interpersonal relationships. ONYX A good protective stone. Also releases old relationships and keeps away general negativity. OPAL A semi-transparent iridescent stone composed of silicon and water. It helps the wearer to see possibilities, increase your imagination and dreams. It also assists in general health. PERIDOT Alleviates anger, fear and anxiety. Aids digestion and insomnia and increases psychic powers. ROSE QUARTZ Great for attracting love. Promotes self-loving and heals emotional wounds as well as promoting peace, forgiveness and nurturing. RUBY Rubies are used to open the heart and promote love. It aids in the healing of the emotional body. Rubies allow love and joy to enter you life and assist in those around you. TIGERS EYE Clear thinking, helps in manifesting will, courage and confidence. TURQUOISE Healing stone. Attracts friendships, luck happiness. Releases shame and guilt. BIRTHSTONES JANUARY GARNET FEBRUARY AMETHYST MARCH AQUAMARINE OR BLOODSTONE APRIL CUBIC ZICONIUM OR DIAMOND MAY EMERALD JUNE PEARL OR MOONSTONE JULY RUBY AUGUST PERIDOT SEPTEMBER SAPPHIRE OCTOBER OPAL OR TOURMALINE NOVEMBER SAPPHIRE OR TOPAZ DECEMBER TURQUOISE OR LAPIS ZODIAC SIGN CAPRICORN (Dec 22 - Jan 20) RUBY AQUARIUS (Jan 21 - Feb 21) GARNET PISCES (Feb 22 – March 21) AMETHSYT ARIES (March 22 – April 20) BLOODSTONE TAURUS (April 21 – May 21) SAPPHIRE GEMINI (May 22 – June 21) AGATE CANCER (June 22 – July 22) EMERALD LEO (July 23 – August 22) ONYX VIRGO (August 23 – Sept 22) CARNELIAN LIBRA (Sept 23 – Oct 23) PERIDOT SCORPIO (Oct 24 – Nov 21) AQUAMARINE SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21) TOPAZ Copyright Julie Geoghegan 2005. All rights reserved Julie’s Gems holds jewellery parties in East London offering a wide range of traditional and modern styles incorporating silver-craft and many of the semi-precious stones. Contact Julie Geoghegan 0208 530 7644 or visit www.juliesgems.co.uk for more details. |
| Posted: 17/04/2005 20:39:03 Last Updated: 19/10/2005 17:28:47 |
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