Astrology & Birthstones
It seems humans have long made a connection between Astrology and birthstones. Whilst the modern day ‘official birthstone list’ was set in 1912 by the American Jewellery Association in order to promote more expensive ‘precious stones’ the concept of birthstones can be traced back for over two thousand years. Many cultures have put different stones to different Months with no definitive ‘list’ or consensus emerging. Even within one culture birthstones for each Month have changed over time as as different influences as fashions have dictated…
There is however no doubt that the concept of birthstone remains extremely popular to this day, and with over three and a half thousand different types of gemstones one has to ask why limit yourself to just one of twelve ‘birthstones’?
