January's Birthstone - The Garnet

January’s Birthstone – The Garnet

January’s Birthstone is the Garnet. Garnet is the stone of commitment to a purpose, to others and to oneself. These extraordinary gemstones symbolize, consistency, loyalty, truth, purity, faithfulness and friendship. If you wear a garnet you are guaranteed to get love and devotion from those you love. Garnets make you more popular and give you more self esteem. The garnet is a sign of eternal lifelong friendship and trust and is therefore the perfect gift for a close friend.

Garnets are also enriched with loving powers and so you can use them to enhance romantic love, passion, intimacy, sensuality, sexuality and intimacy. Also wear them to keep yourself safe during travel.

In India the garnet is called the “Kundalini fire” or the fire of eternal metamorphosis and is revered as a sacred stone in both Buddhism and Hinduism. Mystics believe that garnets enlighten dark souls and bring wisdom and hope to people, thus increasing the chances for a successful life. From a humanitarian point of view it also arouses the compassion to help others. 

The metaphysical properties associated with garnets are awareness, commitment, regeneration, insight and the removal of negativity. They have the power to monitor and adjust the flow of energy, rebalancing the energy field around the physical body giving wearer more energy. 

The healing properties associated with garnets which is known as the stone of health, provide healing for conditions relating to the blood, heart and lungs. When worn on the body, January's birthstone, the garnet helps to prevent skin diseases and protect against wound infections. It also guards the wearer from having bad dreams.

Garnet gets its name from granatum, meaning seed. Garnets look like pomegranate seeds.  Egyptians used garnets in jewellery as far back as 3100 BC. The bourgeoisie in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe used them as good luck charms.

Amazingly garnets come in a rainbow of different colors, ranging from the  dark brown-red to rosy-red most of us associate with garnets through to  orange-red and green. The most valued of the garnets include the deep red of the pyrope garnet and the vibrant green of tsavorites. January's birthstone  the Garnet, the gem of faith, is both versatile and affordable. Get yours today.

 

"By her who in this month of January is born
No gem save garnets should be worn;
They will ensure her constancy,
True friendship, and fidelity"