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Gemstones and Astrology
else missed. Being “hot,” you react to things quickly: by expressing your
anger strongly and immediately, you don’t tend to harbor a grudge.
This is the temperament type that is considered the most ideal, because
you are the most comfortable within a social situation. You appear
warm and friendly to others, and don’t seem too eager to hold them to
an impossible standard.
You are mutable, which means that you adapt easily to change. However,
you adapt so easily compared to others that they may wonder if you are
capable of maintaining a permanent stance about anything. (Courtesy of
J. Lee Lehman, Ph.D. (copyright 1998) [http://www.leelehman.com].)
Readers interested in examining interpretations for their Chinese astrological
sign should refer to the relevant entry. A guide for determining one’s sign in the Chinese
system is provided in the entry on the Chinese zodiac.
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GEMSTONES AND ASTROLOGY
Quite a bit has been written on the correlation between gemstones and astrology.
Unfortunately, much of that has not been in agreement. Some of the disagreement
stems from the fact that Vedic astrologers have a very different philosophy from Western
astrologers. Additionally, confusion in the Western system seems to stem from the gem
industry’s attempt to “translate” these correlations into “birthstones” for each month,
even though the signs “straddle” two months rather than starting and ending neatly
with the beginning and end of each month. This confusion is compounded because
European birthstone selections, especially those from German-speaking countries, do
not always coincide with the North American birthstones. Some of this may very well
be attributed to the difference in availability of stones in Europe and in North America.
The rationale for correlating gemstones with astrological placements is that
since everything is energy and everything is interrelated, correspondence between
gems, signs, and planets can be made by looking at properties (e.g., hardness, color,
mineral families, crystal systems, chemical elements, and inclusions) and other things,
including mythology. In the Vedic system, each planet has only one primary gem,
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