{"id":1284,"date":"2016-07-30T16:06:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T07:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venus-tears.sg\/blog\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2017-06-18T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T06:35:30","slug":"do-you-know-about-birth-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venus-tears.sg\/blog\/2016\/07\/30\/do-you-know-about-birth-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know about Birth Stones?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi!\u00a0Have you heard about Birth stones? What do they actually represents? Which stones are for which Birth Month? What stones are there? What are these stones for? <\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s do a brief introduction on the Birthstones. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Traditionally, a birthstone is associated with each month of the year. For example, the birthstone for January is a garnet, while lucky babies born in April get a diamond<\/span>\u00a0as their birthstone.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The origin of birthstones is believed to date back to the breastplate of Aaron which contained twelve gemstones representing the twelve tribes of Israel. The current list dates back to 1912 with only one addition since then \u2013 the tanzanite was added to December.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There are numerous legends and myths about\u00a0birthstone healing powers\u00a0and their therapeutic influence. According to these legends, wearing a gemstone during its assigned month heightened its healing powers. For the full effect, individuals needed to own all twelve and alternate them monthly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Birthstones by month: <\/strong><\/p>\n