May birthdays fall right in the heart of spring, and the emerald is the perfect gem to symbolize and celebrate this month. Prized for its brilliant and beautiful green color, the emerald is often favored by the rich and famous to wear as statement pieces for big events.
There are 6 others choices for May Birthstone:
Emerald
Called the “Stone of Successful Love,” Emerald opens and nurtures the heart and the Heart Chakra. Its soothing energy provides healing to all levels of the being, bringing freshness and vitality to the spirit. A stone of inspiration and infinite patience, it embodies unity, compassion and unconditional love.
Agate
Agate's most noticeable properties overall are balancing yin/yang energy, courage, protection, healing, and calming. Historically it was placed in water for cooking or drinking to dispel sickness. TheMetaphysical and Healing Properties Lore of any specific type of agate depend to some extent on the color of the agate, but all agate have certain things in common.
Agate is a stone of strength. It was used by the Ancients on the breastplates of armor to give warriors strength and make them victorious in battle. Energetically, it is considered to give strength in both battles and physically.
Chrysoprase
Chrysoprase is powerful stone. It is said to bring good fortune and prosperity, as well as business success. It facilitates self-expression, courage, hope, and the ability to use them wisely. It can bring happiness, which is partly because it helps its wearer get rid of negative thoughts and irritability. It also enhances and strengthens friendships. Chrysoprase is a stone of balance that equalize yin/yang energies and allows deep meditation. It can mend broken hearts and remove inferiority or superiority complexes. t is a powerful healing stone that is said to aid failing eyesight or other eye problems, immune system response, fertility issues, gout, mental illness, relieves fevers and excess body heat, and can help guard against sexually transmitted diseases. Note that healing crystal meanings are spiritual supports to healing and are not prescriptions or healthcare information.
Carnelian
Carnelian is an agate class of chalcedony that is a stone of creativity, individuality and courage. Like all agates, it has protection energies. It can aid memory, including recall of past lives. It can assist one in finding the right mate. It is also a stone of protection in general and from anger, jealousy and fear. In addition it can help with manifestation of one's desires, and brings good luck. Carnelian can help ease or remove sorrows. It also helps stabilize energies in the home. It is sometimes called the "actor's stone". Carnelian is associated with the root and sacral chakras. Physically, carnelian has been used in crystal healing to heal open sores, rejuvenate tissues and cells, rheumatism, kidney stones and other kidney problems, gall stones, colds, pollen allergies, and neuralgia. Note that healing crystal meanings are spiritual supports to healing and are not prescriptions or healthcare information.
Chalcedony
Chalcedony is a type of quartz that comes in many colors. It is used in crystal work for many things. It is said to gently relieve depression and improve one's frame of mind. It is used to lessen hostility and bring emotional stability.
Chalcedony is considered a sacred stone by many Native American tribes and used for ceremonies. It has been called a "stone of brotherhood" bringing energies of loving kindness and goodwill to all.
Chalcedony is also reported to be a miracle stone, bringing apparent miracles to our plane of existence.
Chalcedony also has energies of quartz. It is used in folk and crystal healing for heavy metal toxicity, senility, dementia, and mental stability. Note that healing crystal meanings are spiritual supports to healing and are not prescriptions or healthcare information.
Sapphire
Sapphire is the mineral corundum. While we often think of it as blue, it comes in virtually any color of the rainbow including pink, purple, orange, yellow, green, colorless, and red (ruby), black. Each color sapphire has basic sapphire energies as well as those related to its own color and the minute mineral inclusions that cause that color.
Sapphire is a stone of intuition and meditation. Using a sapphire during meditation can enhance ones innate intuition and bring to light all manner of creative expression that can be locked within the self. In this, sapphire is excellent not only for Light workers but also for artists and other creatives.
Sapphire is used to bring joy, peace, and beauty through meditation into this plane. It can bring fulfillment of dreams and prosperity.
Many times sapphire is used for protection in psychic and ritual work, as well as in the every day realm. It has strong energy for general protection, as well as protection from evil.