From this, sailors were known to wear this preventing seasickness and guide them safely on their voyages. Its brilliant color represents the sea and the air, identified with the apostle, St.Thomas, who made long journeys by sea to preach salvation. But even before, the Egyptians and Hebrews loved and cherished the aquamarine. For older married couples, it gave them the inspiration to reawaken and rekindle their love.

One who possesses the Aquamarine can draw energy from it’s beautiful, fresh color, opening their hearts and minds for a new season.ĭuring the Middle Ages, aquamarine was believed to gift its owner with a decrease in the effects of an inflicted poison, induce cheerfulness and compose the mind and heart. It is a time to refresh one’s life and mentality. Many clean their homes, change their home decorations for brighter, fresher colors and textures. It is a time when all of us must shed our winter skin, cleanse our bodies of many of the heavy foods we consumed throughout the cold winter months that now slow us down. The month of March is the time of year in which the world makes a shift renewing life and even creating new life. Its name originates, quite understandably, from the Latin words meaning water and sea. These can be heat treated to create a pure blue from a blue-green or teal. In knowing this however, it is important to know that the gems do not alter in quality at this point, but only in appearance.

Some of the ranges in color could be due to its ability to darken permanently with heat due to its amount of iron, which is considered to be an impurity. It can range in color from a very pale shade, almost colorless, which is also the most valuable, to a most sought-after deep-blue aqua. For those born in the month of March, the official gemstone is the Aquamarine.

December birthstone aquamarine