Padma
As Alexandrite is my birthstone,I will be working closely with it for the next few weeks, on and off Alexandrite is the birthstone for Geminis. It is associated with the throat chakra primarily, but also secondarily with the crown, heart and solar plexus chakras.
Alexandrite is said to be "the stone of manifestation" and as there are many things I must begin manifesting, I believe I now need to work with it. It is said to bring very good luck, and to enhance the intuition. Alexandrite is personal to the owner, it is said, and therefore you are meant to bless it in the noonday sun and say, "Be for me both power and protection". As a daylight stone, it is at its height of power when the sun shines on it.
I will be wearing 2 rings made of it, one a dark wine/grape stone, and one an amythest/blue stone, as well as a raspberry/grape pendant of it.
Alexandrite is a colour change stone, and it will show differently under different kinds of light. Sunlight will make it one colour, and indoor light another; and fluorescent light tends to make it go either grape or blue, depending which tone your stone normally is under daylight. Hence its attribution to Gemini, a sign of duality. Since the natural stone turns from green to red under candlelight, it is said that it is also associated to Mars and therefore Scorpio.
Most Alexandrite is man-made in a labratory, as supplies are exceedingly limited, and the natural Alexandrite (said to be "Emeralds by day, and rubies by night" (I think I have that right!) is massively expensive and difficult to find. A vintage ring from the turn of the century with a substantial stone in it can set you back over $3,000. (Needless to say, mine is labratory created with the original DNA of the stone - but as I still feel power in it, I believe in its ability to resonate as a natural one might). It was discovered in Russia during the rule of Alexander, the Tsar, in 1830 and is therefore named after him.
You can read more about the stone here: http://www.alexandrite.net/chapters/chapter8/index.html
Alexandrite is said to be "the stone of manifestation" and as there are many things I must begin manifesting, I believe I now need to work with it. It is said to bring very good luck, and to enhance the intuition. Alexandrite is personal to the owner, it is said, and therefore you are meant to bless it in the noonday sun and say, "Be for me both power and protection". As a daylight stone, it is at its height of power when the sun shines on it.
I will be wearing 2 rings made of it, one a dark wine/grape stone, and one an amythest/blue stone, as well as a raspberry/grape pendant of it.
Alexandrite is a colour change stone, and it will show differently under different kinds of light. Sunlight will make it one colour, and indoor light another; and fluorescent light tends to make it go either grape or blue, depending which tone your stone normally is under daylight. Hence its attribution to Gemini, a sign of duality. Since the natural stone turns from green to red under candlelight, it is said that it is also associated to Mars and therefore Scorpio.
Most Alexandrite is man-made in a labratory, as supplies are exceedingly limited, and the natural Alexandrite (said to be "Emeralds by day, and rubies by night" (I think I have that right!) is massively expensive and difficult to find. A vintage ring from the turn of the century with a substantial stone in it can set you back over $3,000. (Needless to say, mine is labratory created with the original DNA of the stone - but as I still feel power in it, I believe in its ability to resonate as a natural one might). It was discovered in Russia during the rule of Alexander, the Tsar, in 1830 and is therefore named after him.
You can read more about the stone here: http://www.alexandrite.net/chapters/chapter8/index.html