Antique jewelry: precious stones and their adjudgements
Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist traditions mingled with Pagan legends led to the association of certain stones with different months, astrological signs, Tribes of Israel and Apostles
but also with healing powers for social, physological, metaphysical and even medical conditions.
Not that we necessarily promote or believe such claims, but we think they make for interesting conversation. We also would like to emphasize that buying
a precious stone for any of such reasons is one's own responsibility and Adin can not be held accountable if the obtained result is not as desired.
Birthstones or monthstones
A birthstone or month stone is a gemstone designated by custom, religious tradition, and superstition as being related to the month
or day of one's birth.
In the 18th century the relationship of stones with months was popularized but it was based mainly on the colours of the stones. Owing to the fact that several stones have the same colours,
confusion resulted, so that in 1937 the National Association of Goldsmiths of Great Britain established a uniform list (with some alternatives for the more costly stones).
Birthstones list for:
British Commonwealth and United States
January birthstone
February birthstone
March birthstones
April birthstones
May birthstones
June birthstones
July birthstones
August birthstones
September birthstones
October birthstones
November birthstones
December birthstone
Birthstones list for:
the European Continent
January birthstone
February birthstone
March birthstones
April birthstones
May birthstones
June birthstones
July birthstones
August birthstones
September birthstones
October birthstones
November birthstones
December birthstone
Birthday stones
While this word has also been used as synonym of birthstone or month stone, there is a separate
list of assignment according to the day of the week of the recipient's birth.
A person's birthday is usually recorded according to the time zone of the place of birth. Thus people born in Samoa at 11:30 PM will record their birthdate as one day before UTC and those born in the
Line Islands will record their birthdate one day after UTC. They will apparently be born two days apart, while some of the apparently older ones may be younger in hours.
Those who live in different time zones from their birth often exclusively celebrate their birthdays at the local time zone. In addition, the intervention of Daylight Saving Time can result in a
case where a baby born second being recorded as having been born up to an hour before their predecessor (but the time the clock is changed back is such that the second of twins does not have an earlier
birthday).
Monday birthday stone
Tuesday birthday stone
Wednesday birthday stone
Thursday birthday stone
Friday birthday stone
Saturday birthday stone
Sunday birthday stone
Zodiac stones
The history of Astrology encompasses a great span of human history and many cultures. The belief in a connection between the cosmos and terrestrial matters has also played an important part in human
history.
Capricorn (the Goat)
Aquarius (the Water Bearer)
Pisces (the Fish)
Aries (the Ram)
Taurus (the Bull)
Gemini (the Twins)
Cancer (the Crab)
Leo (the Lion)
Virgo (the Virgin)
Libra (the Scales)
Scorpio (the Scorpion)
Sagittarius (the Archer)
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Israelites is the English name for the nation of Israel who were the dominant cultural and ethnic group living in the southern Levant in Biblical times between (1273 and 423 BCE), composing the
Kingdoms of Israel and Judah after 797 BCE. According to the Tanakh, they were divided in twelve tribes, each descending from one of the twelve sons and grandsons of Jacob. Modern Jews share this
common descent.
The Israelites were traditionally divided into family lines each called a shevet or mateh in Hebrew meaning literally a staff or rod. The term is conventionally translated as "tribe" in English
although the divisions were not small isolated distinct ethnic groups in the modern sense of the term.
Levi
Zebulon
Gad
Benjamin
Simeon
Issachar
Naphtali
Joseph
Rueben
Judah
emerald
our jewelry with emerald
Dan
Asher
More info on the Twelve tribes of Israel
The Twelve Apostles
The Twelve Apostles (Greek: "apostolos" or "someone sent out", e.g. with a message or as a delegate) were, according to the Synoptic Gospels (i.e., the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke) and Christian
tradition, disciples (followers) whom Jesus of Nazareth had chosen, named, and trained in order to send them on a specific mission. After the Apostle Judas Iscariot had betrayed Jesus, the remaining
Apostles under the leadership of Simon Peter filled the vacancy by electing by lot Matthias, a companion of theirs ever since they themselves had followed Jesus, so that by the time of the coming of
the Holy Spirit at Pentecost they actually numbered twelve again.
Peter
Andrew
James
John
Philip
Bartholomew
Matthew
Thomas
James the Less
Jude
Simon
Judas
More info on the Twelve Apostles
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