The Folkloric Meanings of Monthly Birthstones

Traditional Meanings of the Best Known Birthstones Associated With Each Month

January – Garnet signifies everlasting friendship and trust.

Birthstone Posts by *DHD

Here are all the birthstone blogs that I have listed for the entire year. Now that I have come full circle I thought it was time to put them all in one place for ease of use. I hope you find this helpful.

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Birthstones by day of the Week

October Birthstones

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Birthstones-Month of October

October's child is born for woe,
 And life's vicissitudes must know,
 But lay an opal
  on her breast,
 And hope will lull those woes to rest.

~ Tiffany & Co. published this poem and others for each month for the first time in a pamphlet in 1870. The author or authors are unknown.

From left to right: Opal, Aquamarine and rainbow moonstone

Sun Signs of Libra (Chrysolite, Peridot) and Scorpio (Topaz, Aquamarine,**Tourmaline)

15th- 20th century-opal, aquamarine     

U.S. (18^th-19^th century)-opal, tourmaline (yellow/golden)

U.S. (*modern)-opal, tourmaline, rainbow moonstone

Britain (modern)-opal          

Hindu-coral

The many colors of **tourmaline

**Tourmaline comes in many colors and there are differing opinions about which specific tourmaline is or should be used for both Scorpio and the modern birthstone for the month of October. Some sources list red, others black, green or yellow.

*The American, National Association of Jewelers met in Kansas and officially adopted a list which was and is used as the “modern” version of birthstones with very limited changes.

You may also like some other birthstone posts from this blog:

January  February   March   April   May   June
July   August   September   October   November   December