Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Fashion Jewelry: Shop by Your Birthstone


Do you have a friend or family member’s birthday coming up? Maybe even your own? Have you thought about giving fashion jewelry as a gift, but want pieces that have a lot of meaning behind them? If so, you’re in the right spot because our fashion jewelry collection has a wide variety of birthstones that have unique meanings behind them! As you may or may not know, birthstones are precious gemstones that represent your month of birth and are traditionally linked with various characteristics and qualities in a person. 


Below is a list of our beautiful birthstones with the symbolism and meanings behind them:









Red gemstones represent the birth months of January (birthstone: Garnet), July (birthstone: Ruby). The color red is associated with characteristics of health, strength, physical energy, sex, passion, courage and protection. It is also associated with birth and intense emotions. If you’re buying jewelry for a significant other, keep in mind that red represents the color of love, especially around Valentine's Day!








Next, February (birthstone: Amethyst) is represented by a purple gemstone. The color purple is appeasing, uplifting and soothing. It signifies power, healing, meditation and religion, wisdom and spirituality. Purple was once a European symbol of royalty and nobility.








An aqua colored gemstone represents the month of March (birthstone: Aquamarine). This beautiful aqua birthstone symbolizes youth and is associated with good communication, confidence, strength, and idealism as well as emotional healing and protection. This birthstone has a calming effect. 








April (birthstone: White Topaz), June (birthstone: Pearl), and October (birthstone: Opal) have white/clear birthstones. The birthstone’s color is associated with reverence, humility, protection, purity, innocence, birth and peace. The great thing about white is that it contains all colors, particularly with the beautiful iridescent opal. In Western cultures, white symbolizes marriage while in Eastern cultures it is related to death and mourning.








Birthstones with green colored gemstones appear the months of May (birthstone: Emerald), and August (birthstone: Peridot) .This birthstone represents money, prosperity, employment, fertility, healing, and growth. Green is associated with soothing, refreshing and calming feelings. Pale and medium greens connect with nature.





September (birthstone: Sapphire) and December (birthstone: Blue Topaz) are beautiful blue birthstones that are closely related to the water elements. It symbolizes the ocean, sleep, the sky, and twilight. Blue is associated with healing, patience, confidence, happiness and loyalty.







And last but not least, the yellow birthstone for the month of November (birthstone: Citrine) signifies intellect, philosophy, confidence, divination, communication, and eloquence. It is the color of the element air and is symbolic of the sun, grain, and the power of thought. Yellow is associated with joy, happiness, and optimism.




Hopefully you found our list useful for your search for that perfect piece of fashion jewelry!


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