Unique jewelry gifts for Valentine's Day!

 So, Valentine's Day is near. :) I bet, you want to make an amazing gift for beloved ones.
 Standart Valentine's Day gifts are different things with hearts.  But don't you make the same gifts every Valentine's Day?

  My advice is to use different symbols.  Ancients used jewelry not only for decoration. They used it for protection and luck. For example, pendant on chest protected heart.
   Different animals images  was very popular too.  Elephant on your bracelet give you wealth and happiness.  Pendant or ring with small and cute cat give you love, cosiness and protection. Earrings with dog  give you courage.  Golden pendant with frog is good for those, who have problems with heart. Toads give luck in money. (you can find many jewelry statuettes "toads-with-coins"). Smallest ladybird mean luck and success. Jewelry with bees good for hard-working people.  

 

Garnet

 Garnet gives you luck in love and friendship.
His name come from the Latin word "Granatus"(the pomegranate's seeds). Scythian named it "gem of honesty".
  This gem good for Aries and Leo. 

Color: flame-coloured, crimson, grey-red, emerald-green.
Possible healing characteristics: Garnet is good from paralysis after stroke. Very restorative, can help with blood coagulation.

Rock crystal

 Today I want to tell you about rock crystal. It's a sort of quartz. 
 Rock crystal is a symbol of modesty and purity.
Ancients used this polished gem as magnifying lens. In China and Japaneese they makes ideal spheres, many of them we can see at museums. So, in the National Museum we have one of this Chianeese spheres, it have 327 mm in diameter.
  From American's craft, especially amazing is a rock crystal woman's skull, made during  ancient Maya civilization's period. If you put a light under the skull, his eye-sockets begin to shine.

 Color: It's absolutely transparent and don't have a colour.
 Possible healing characteristics: Improve lactation. Heal gall-bladder, calming down.

Gems for Aquarius

So, Aquarius. The Saturn planet have a big influence to this sign. Aquarians are usually intelligent, logical people.
Astrologer's advice is Amethyst, because sometimes Aquarius need to be calming done. It's the one of the best stone for meditation. Also you can choose diamond, garnet, zircon, lapis lazuli.
Also very helpful to wear rings with black, violet and blue gems on the middle finger.If you're very shy Aquarius :), you can wear garnet, amber or cornelian on the fourth finger or near your heart.
Cat's eye is your guard-stone.
But avoid jewelry with jacinth, pearls, spinel and chrysoberyl.

   Posted by request of Livejournl User mysummerdiary. Hope you like it. :)

The Meaning of the Rings

 
Everybody wears rings. Age and gender doesn't matter. But psychologists say that you must pay attention to fingers. :)
For example, someone wears rings on fourth finger. It's easy. If you see a ring on the left hand, it means that owner is married and don't afraid to show it to other people. :)
Forefinger. Ring on this finger means power and authority. It was a habit of many military leaders.
Famous people who wear ring on this finger: Caesar, Cardinal Richelieu, Henry VIII. 


Middle finger. If you see the ring on this finger, it shows that owner is a little bit narcissistic.;)
Famous people who wear ring on this finger: Merlin Monroe.

A thumb. Ring on this finger said: "Please, pay attention on me!!! ". It means, that ring's owner want a dose of self-affirmation. 
Little finger. Rings on it said about your creativity.
Famous people who wear ring on this finger: Marlene Dietrich.

Haematite

 At the past times people used haematite as amulet of protection. His name come from "gema" (Greece) - "blood".  This gem's jewelry best fits for Aries, Scorpio, Pisces. 
 Color: iron-black, steel-grey and red.
 Possible healing characteristics: Used as haemostatic.
 

Diamond

Diamond is most advertized and well-known gem. People said it's symbol of beauty, power, wealth and wisdom. His name means "unbreakable" from ancient Hindu.
Diamond is good for Leo, Libra, Cancer, Aries.



Color: Can be white and coloured (yellow, pink, cognac, orange, purple, green, blue, red, light-blue and black). Сoloured diamonds are very rare and VERY expensive. :)

Possible healing characteristics: diamond's owner always vivacious, and can't be poisoned. Helps keep stomach healthy.