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Aquarius spots a brush and paints and starts drawing. Finds a needle and thread and tries to sew something. Picks up a broken branch in an orchard and attempts to graft it onto a tree. All the while, they're already looking around for something else new and interesting. This is the zodiac sign that uses dreams to see beyond the horizon.
Mineral deposits are often discovered through precious pebbles carried downstream. Aquarius holds a pitcher from which water pours like a spring, bringing talisman stones with it. These magical stones help Aquarius in every part of life: amethyst, sapphire, garnet, turquoise, lapis lazuli, obsidian, aquamarine, hyacinth, clear quartz, pearl, chrysoprase, and zircon.
Aquarius Stones at a Glance
- Amethyst dispels sad thoughts and gives Aquarius energy for any new undertaking.
- Sapphire helps Aquarius manage emotions and develop fairness and restraint.
- Garnet awakens inspiration, encourages Aquarius to act on wishes and plans, and helps them find love.
- Turquoise helps win the affection and love of a chosen partner.
- Lapis lazuli brings Aquarius prosperity, love, and well-being.
- Obsidian restores caution and protects against unfortunate accidents and infidelity.
- Aquamarine dispels persistent fears and helps release anxiety.
- Hyacinth strengthens Aquarius' health and sharpens the mind.
- Clear quartz gives Aquarius keen intuition, courage, and insight into other people's intentions.
- Pearl guards against misfortune.
- Chrysoprase gives Aquarius wisdom and good judgment.
- Zircon helps Aquarius come through even the most difficult situations unscathed.
Amethyst
Romantic Aquarius surely loves Alexander Blok's poem "Through Wine Crystal" and wouldn't mind raising its glass of shimmering liquid. His entire cycle The Snow Mask has that effect: a romantic can grow more intoxicated by it than by wine. Then come sad thoughts, because melancholy can feel so sweet. But when does any work get done?
Amethyst helps Aquarius sober up from both wine and dreams, dispelling sad thoughts. This talisman is Aquarius' best friend. In its way, amethyst is a construction foreman: it clears the building site and supplies the energy to create something new. What to build is up to Aquarius. Whatever the project, an amethyst talisman helps make it succeed.
Sapphire
Impulsive Aquarius finds emotions and situations much easier to manage with a sapphire ring on their finger. Sapphire is a stone of rulers, both worldly and spiritual.
An Aquarius who has risen professionally will become a fair, restrained leader with this talisman. If a career holds no interest, sapphire still speaks to this sign's search for higher truth, a pursuit so dear to Aquarius.
Garnet
On one hand, garnet stirs material desires; on the other, it awakens inspiration. Versatile Aquarius is especially capable of bringing these seemingly contradictory gifts together. A little desire is useful for contemplative Aquarius. They do need to earn money for a family—the family garnet can help them create by kindling love in that changeable heart.
Turquoise
Stories about Aquarius' turquoise talisman resemble a fairy tale in which the hero defeats evil and marries for a great love. The couple then lives happily ever after, growing more prosperous each year. No wonder one of the stone's names, firuz, means "victorious."
Peace-loving Aquarius, however, is likely to win in science or art. War doesn't interest them. They are ready to fall in love, but declaring their feelings can be difficult. Turquoise helps with precisely that: give the chosen person a ring with this cherished stone, and love will be returned.
Lapis Lazuli
The blue pigment obtained from lapis lazuli was suitable only for small surfaces. That didn't stop miniature painters from conveying the depth of skies and rivers in their tiny landscapes.
Aquarius is content with a small happiness, provided it is as vivid as those miniatures and delicately worked in every detail. A lapis lazuli talisman brings everything needed for it: prosperity, love, and well-being.
Obsidian
Social ease and curiosity can make Aquarius careless. "Watch yourself; be careful," Viktor Tsoi sings. The advice applies to safety precautions and etiquette alike. Spontaneous Aquarius may say the first thing that comes to mind or head into the mountains without proper preparation.
Obsidian cures excessive self-confidence. With this stone, Aquarius begins to think several moves ahead. By restoring caution, obsidian turns this sign into a strategist. It also protects against infidelity as well as unfortunate accidents.
Aquamarine
Restless Aquarians love to travel, and all wanderers, as we know, fall under aquamarine's protection.
Sometimes danger doesn't even require leaving home. Many childhood fears seem foolish yet continue to hold sway over us: darkness frightens one person, moths another. Aquamarine dispels persistent fears. With this stone, old anxieties leave Aquarius behind, and neither the past nor the future seems frightening anymore.
Hyacinth
Legend says Aquarius' stone, hyacinth, can make a person invisible. Merchants and thieves pinned great hopes on that, mainly hoping to become invisible to one another. Hyacinth is unlikely to work like a fairy-tale cloak of invisibility, but it can draw attention away from its wearer. That gives Aquarius room to step back from events and calmly make sense of a situation.
If that ability seems too exotic to be useful, hyacinth has other gifts: it strengthens Aquarius' health and sharpens the mind.
Clear Quartz
Clear quartz attracted knights and seers alike. A small sphere near a sword's hilt or on a standard promised victory, while prophets sought the future in visions brought on by contemplating a crystal ball. For Aquarius, clear quartz gives keen intuition and courage, along with the ability to understand others' intentions.
Pearl
A pearl's soft glow invites trust and relaxation. That feeling reflects its ability to protect its owner from all kinds of trouble. Around pearls, Aquarius feels safe. Pearl also stands watch over health like a faithful sentry: when illness approaches, it loses its luster.
Pearl is especially useful to Aquarians in business, protecting them from dishonest deals. It guards against thieves, too. With a pearl, Aquarius can imagine the watchman with his clapper calling, as in the tale of Aladdin, "All is well in Baghdad."
Chrysoprase
Aquarius tends to make spontaneous decisions, and life often takes sharp turns. On these unexpected, sometimes risky journeys, a dependable helper would be welcome. A chrysoprase talisman can fill that role.
A stone of inventors and discoverers, bringing joy and energy, chrysoprase is in tune with Aquarius. It can give this sign better judgment. That won't stop Aquarius from following their heart and curiosity, but it will make them more prudent.
Zircon
Since ancient times, zircon has been called the "stone of thieves, actors, and merchants." An odd company! Yet these very different professions share a flair for performance, a love of risk, and the ability to live for today.
Aquarius knows the joy of living here and now, and is certainly willing to take a chance. A zircon talisman supplies extra resources for such ventures. Most of all, it helps Aquarius emerge from even the most difficult situation with a profit.
The Best Stone Colors for Aquarius
Gray and Dark Stones
Saturn, which brings calm and composure, offers Aquarius gray and dark stones. Uranus adds minerals with rainbow flashes to the list.
- Agate strengthens Aquarius' memory, improves health, and protects against hurricanes and violent death.
- Jet eases separation, helps Aquarius weather trouble, lifts the mood, and exposes deception, protecting this trusting sign.
- Hawk's eye helps Aquarius prove their point and defeat enemies, protects against the evil eye, and gives foresight.
Stones Aquarius Should Avoid
Romantic Aquarius can forget work entirely when swept up in a dream. So susceptible to passing impulses, this sign always goes where interest leads and simply cannot bear boredom. They may devise grand plans without ever getting around to carrying them out: another dream is already on the way.
Aquarius is open and spontaneous, but a poor judge of people. Could they hurt anyone? Only themselves, through being too trusting. That's a romantic for you. To keep these noble, beautiful qualities from turning into weaknesses and vices, Aquarius should avoid certain minerals.
- Ruby is a stone for people of action. Its demanding pace is too much for Aquarius, an air sign guided by inspiration rather than compulsion.
- Diamond, the hardest crystal, can set Aquarius' fickleness and inconsistency more firmly in place while making them selfish.
- Citrine awakens a taste for gambling. Aquarius, who greets everything new so eagerly, may become carried away and fail to stop in time if events take a difficult turn.
Silver and Gold in Aquarius Jewelry
Silver
To Aquarius, the romantic dreamer who follows whatever fascinates them, silver means many things. Water in a stream carrying change. A poplar's leaves flickering in the wind like restless thoughts. A talent that will never be buried. A gull soaring freely above the sea. A particular sunset when clouds take on a metallic sheen. Lily of the valley enchanting with its scent.
Silver jewelry promises Aquarius new impressions, change, and the possibility of thrilling adventures.
Gold
If water is silver to Aquarius, gold is the vessel from which it flows. It is a griffin joining sky and earth; treasure waiting to be found; a canary singing of distant islands; a tiger blending into the forest; a melon sweeter than anything else; ginger bringing vitality; a dandelion gladdening the heart.
Gold jewelry awakens Aquarius' dreams and gives them creative energy.
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