In The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, George Frederick Kuntz writes of the connection between sailors and their mineral kingdom patron saint. Taking its name from the Latin for water and sea, it should come as no surprise that aquamarine’s symbolism is l oaded with nautical tales. But by looking at its wonderful colors, we must say otherwise since this is truly a spring jewelry in our birthstones chart. In his poem “The Stones of the Month” early 19 th century poet Theodore Koerner placed aquamarine and October hand in hand, while writing of a similar era tapped bloodstone as the birthstone for March.

While aquamarine is currently the most popular March birthstone, it was once considered the October birthstone inst ead. It is also connected to the signs of Gemini and Libra,” she writes, touting its ties to love and fidelity. “A water stone, aquamarine is connected to Pisces and Aquarius, the sign of the water bearer. In her book Holistic Energy Magic, Tess Whitehurst ties the beautiful aquamarine to even more lucky astrology fans. And Pisces, you’re obviously right at home with aqua and marine (you ocean loving sign), though you could easily sport some amethyst jewelry t oo. That means you too, Aries, can rock aquamarine if diamond jewelry i s a little out of reach. While modern birthstones may be linked to birth months, natal birthstones are aligned with your Zodiac sign. It’s the traditional birthstone for March and those with signs straddling either side of the month. All of you March babies out there are probably familiar with aquamarine.

December birthstone aquamarine