Aries The Warrior And Initiator (march 21 To April Twenty) Birthstone Garnetalmandine
A true Fire Sign!
Aries is a masculine fireplace indication ruled by Mars. It principles the first Dwelling; Temperament Pandora jewelry Sale & Self-Expression. The symbol for Aries, the ram, fits the Arian individuality to a T!
On March 21, the Spring Equinox, the long, cold nights of winter are finally over and the Earth enters into a phase of longer days and shorter nights. This is the first day of the new astrological year. As the Sun warms the Earth, plants, animals, and people spring back to life. We feel new energy and the urge to be active outdoors once again, begin new projects, form new relationships, and generally renew ourselves Pandora jewelry.
This is Aries energy! People born under the signal of Aries are blessed with this energy year round. Like spring, Aries represents new beginnings, light, and initiative.
Pioneers of the Universe
Led by their indomitable self-confidence, courage, and determination, Arians are correct pioneers and leaders, they cannot have it any other way. They think and act quickly which may either bring them success or lead them to commit impulsive errors. Arians love freedom and cannot be contained.
Arians will lead the way into battle with any new initiative, cause, or enterprise. But they will need others to attend to details and follow-through and alert them to wrong impulsive decisions.
Arians in Relationships
Although Arians can be self-centered, they are also concerned about others and therefore make responsible, compassionate leaders. They function poorly in subordinate positions. At times their overflowing energy can make them impatient, oppositional, and bad tempered. Being in a relationship with an Arian can be exciting but not always easy. And yet they are as passionate about their friends and loved ones as they are about everything else.
The main challenge for Arians is to make their high energy work for them toward their goals, while avoiding the potential dangers of excesses, impulsiveness, and injury to others due to insensitivity. For example, although they are passionate in love, fidelity is not an Arian strength. But they are wonderful, loving parents.
Putting Arian Energy to Work
Arians excel in all professions that require high energy, drive, initiative, opening new territory, and a combative spirit: politician, scientist, athlete, attorney, medical researcher, business leader, and much more. It is important that Arians acknowledge their need for pioneering and leadership and that they chose work and activities that will allow them to fulfill the best aspects of their very significant qualities. Arians who fail to live up to their potential will not be happy.
How Gemstones Can Enhance Your Aries Experience
Gemstones are the perfect way for Arians to focus and balance their energy in order to be successful in their endeavors and to maintain mental and physical equilibrium.
Gemstones have both physical and metaphysical qualities that can enhance all aspects of your well-being. The perfectly aligned crystal structure of gemstones creates an energy field that interacts with our own when you hold it or wear it on your body. In this way, the gemstone can be used to calm you, bring you mental clarity, increase your energy, enhance your creativity, and much more.
Astrology and Gemstones
Astrological principles manifest at all levels of creation, from the largest bodies in the cosmos to the tiniest particles of atoms, all are part of the same network of universal energy. Based on the hermetic principle As above, so below, those universal principles allow us to read relations among the planets and extrapolate those principles to things here on Earth, to events in our lives, as well as to our natural environment. The universal principles that govern the planets are also seen on the much smaller level of gemstones, crystals, and metals.
The Signature of Gemstones
Each gemstone is associated with specific planets. You are already aware that each planet has its own character in astrology. And each gemstone has a personal signature specific metaphysical qualities, different for each stone, that arise from the stones association with its planets.
How to Make Gemstones Work for You
By considering the individual signature of gemstones, you can select the right gems for very specific purposes, according to their astrological qualities.
Gemstones can be used in three different ways:
1.They are precious objects of beauty that may hold a special meaning for us. We enjoy their beauty by giving them a special place on a shelf, desk, or altar.
2.They can be used in meditation by tuning into their frequency for the purpose of balancing our energy field.
3.They can be made into jewelry pieces for our pleasure, enhancing our individual expression of beauty and sense of empowerment.
Garnet: A Many-Hued Arian Stone [1]
arnet is one of the correct gemstones of Aries. The Garnets are a many-hued family, with different names for each color. The color range includes red, red with a violet tint, reddish brown, orange brown, yellow, and green.
The varieties include Pyrope (reddish brown), Almandine (violet), Spessartite (orange to reddish brown), Grossular (green, yellow, or copper brown), Demantoid (green to emerald green), and Tsavorite (similar to emerald green). All of the colors are strongly reflective.
With a relatively high Mohs hardness of 7 to 7,5 Garnet makes a nice hard stone for rings and other jewelry. It is found around the world, including in the United States, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Zambia, Tanzania, Afghanistan, India, Brazil, Austria, Germany, and Sweden.
Due to its diverse origins Garnet is actually a very open-minded family. It reminds us to welcome and celebrate the diversity of all people and their different ways of self-expression.
Garnet is associated with Mars, Venus, and Mercury and has the qualities of those planets. The Garnet group is very down to earth and practically minded and thus can assist us in our worldly endeavors and in manifesting our dreams and visions.
The Violet Garnet: Almandine
Almandine is usually a red garnet with a slight violet tint. The form of its crystallization gives it a kind of round crystal-ball appearance. If you can find one it is actually a nice stone to have in your pocket to play with in order to have the stones energy within your aura without needing it to be set into jewelry.
Almandine is really a warrior of the heart, longing to express his real being as he walks the path of love. Being connected with Venus and Mars, Almandine supports our growth in relationships and friendships.
This warrior is connected with the higher truth of the crown chakra: it helps to balance the Inner Man and the Inner Woman in us, helps us to rise up out of the limitations of the ego to a greater understanding of love as a state of consciousness. It might support us by asking the question, What can I bring to this relationship?rather than What do I get out of it?
In the Almandine, Mars and Venus, the lover and the beloved, are united and recreated on the earthly plane for the pure pleasure of experiencing each other. Almandine encourages us to partake of the enjoyment of love and relationships and to become more conscious of our role in their creation. It gives us deeper insight into the dynamics of relationships as they are projected onto the earthly playground of the cosmos.
As you can tell, I am very passionate about the potential of healing gems and all the different applications of those enchanting allies to raise your frequency for more balance and joy. I have even written a book about my over 30 years of experience in the fields of healing gemstones, meaningful jewelry, and astrology.
You can find also more articles about the metaphysical properties for the other astrological signs on my website "Jewelry and Gems for Self-Discovery".
I wish you an enchanted journey into the mysterious world of healing gemstones and looking at them in a new way! If you enjoyed this article and my perspective on things, I would like to invite you to also visit my Astrological Signs Weather Report & Healing Gems Blog where I discuss the actual universal astrological forces and the special powers of gemstones and inspire you to use them wisely for a more successful and joyful life.
Aloha and many blessings, Shakti.
Shakti Carola Navran: astrologer, jeweler and author
[1]Adapted from Jewelry and Gems for Self-Discovery: Choosing Gemstones That Delight the Eye & Strengthen the Soul 2008 by Shakti Carola Navran. Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. 2143 Wooddale Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125-2989. All rights reserved, used by permission of the publisher.