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Where other zodiac signs give up and retreat, Scorpio keeps moving forward, often pushing the limits of human endurance. This sign is disciplined enough to forgo every pleasure for a great goal.
The scorpion is considered one of Africa's personifications, and the continent offers its abundant talisman stones to help: garnet, hematite, aquamarine, malachite, amethyst, carnelian, ruby, jasper, alexandrite, tourmaline, clear quartz, and agate.
Garnet
Scorpio needs a blazing furnace in the heart to move powerfully and steadily forward, like a steam locomotive. Garnet is that scarlet flame, kindling strong desires. It guards Scorpio, as it does any traveler, on the road to distant lands and on the path to success.
In hot countries, crusaders making their way from well to well trusted garnet to protect them from poison. For Scorpio, this powerful talisman guards against wounds to body and heart.
Many Scorpios love one person for life. Garnet gives this sign a passion as fiery as Spanish flamenco.
Hematite
Owning certain breeds of fighting dogs is treated as the equivalent of carrying a weapon. In astrological terms, something similar could be said of hematite. Warriors prized this stone, which promised invulnerability in battle, and sewed it into their clothes and shoes.
What proves its worth in battle is useful in peacetime, too. Hematite brings other people's wills under Scorpio's influence and helps them remain unruffled and impervious to stress in intellectual combat. It also keeps Scorpio's body vigorous, supporting the heart, liver, and spleen.
Aquamarine
As transparent as ocean water, aquamarine brings clarity to Scorpio's affairs and relationships. This icy blue stone helps Scorpio stay calm even amid a crowd sweeping everything out of its way.
Sailors entrust their lives to aquamarine's protection, but safety matters beyond distant voyages. Aquamarine watches over Scorpio on the sea of life.
Life's road is best traveled with a companion. Along it, aquamarine protects Scorpio's marriage, helping a loving couple avoid the trouble caused by things left unsaid.
Malachite
Scorpio doesn't know how to retreat. Before setting off in pursuit of happiness, though, it helps to settle on a goal—and ask whether it can be reached. Malachite helps Scorpio make the right decision.
This stone also preserves a favorable atmosphere at home and becomes a guardian for the whole family. It helps Scorpio fulfill wishes and protects their children from illness.
Not every Scorpio can afford a malachite drawing room like Emperor Nicholas I's, of course. But any Scorpio can acquire a writing set decorated with malachite. The stone brings creative inspiration.
Amethyst
Amethyst calms the nerves, dispels anxiety, protects against the evil eye, and sends kind thoughts. Nikolai Gumilev described it with particular joy: amethyst glowing and blossoming with multicolored lights, like a swarm of cheerful bees.
With amethyst lifting their mood, Scorpio treats the world more warmly—and the world responds in kind.
Amethyst changes Scorpio's relationship with work, too. Many Scorpios are workaholics. This talisman helps arrange things so the work gets done and time for rest remains. It also gives Scorpio deep, peaceful sleep.
Carnelian
Scorpio fears enemies' schemes and treasures love. Carnelian helps with both: it turns Scorpio's enemies into allies and preserves love.
Wealthy Egyptians, familiar with carnelian's wonderful properties, wore clasps made from it. Even Isis, goddess of wisdom, chose it as her symbol. Those seeking her protection wear a carved carnelian gem bearing her image.
Ruby
To compare something to blood is to compare it to life. In vivid red ruby, Scorpio finds a source of boundless strength and wisdom. The first laser used ruby for a reason: criminal desires burn away in its scarlet light.
Ruby is often associated with time as well. The stone is said to slow its passage. A ruby wedding anniversary isn't named by chance—forty years together is no small thing! A ruby talisman gives Scorpio's love both endurance and passion.
Rubies have long been used in clocks, automata, and mechanical dolls that seemed miraculous to ordinary onlookers. In Scorpio's life, too, ruby becomes a driving force, making everything run smoothly and precisely, as if by magic.
Jasper
In antiquity, jasper was believed to bring rain. For Scorpio, this wonderful stone offers protection from another kind of drought: emptiness in the soul.
Taoists sought immortality with jasper talismans. Everyone should acquire a jasper pearl, they believed, so that the body, too, would become jasper. For Scorpio, the stone offers a healthy, long life, if not immortality.
The Chinese believe a jasper hare lives on the Moon. It watches over Scorpio at night and sends pleasant dreams. Jasper also brings excellent health and good spirits.
Alexandrite
There's a saying about alexandrite: "Green in the morning, red in the evening." This stone gives Scorpio flexibility of thought and diplomacy in conversation.
In Christian tradition, alexandrite is believed to soothe the soul. It helps Scorpio make peace with themselves and softens their merciless self-criticism. When people say Scorpios need love, they mean more than tenderness toward a partner. Kindness toward oneself matters, too.
Alexandrite also helps improve Scorpio's circulation and strengthens their spirit.
Tourmaline
Scorpio always seems to have a mountain of work—probably because they handle it so well. The price, though, can be steep: emotional burnout. Tourmaline offers a way to resist depression and fatigue and return to balance and harmony. It brings its owner youth and strength, love and hope.
Clear Quartz
Workaholic Scorpio can struggle with employees. They have nothing against anyone; they simply need the task done exceptionally well. Nothing personal, as the saying goes. Yet it hurts terribly when those good intentions are misunderstood.
A clear quartz talisman helps Scorpio build trusting relationships, relieves unnecessary tension, and guards their sleep—a place where flashes of insight are possible, like Mandelstam's "crystal of high notes in the firmament."
Agate
They say a life without enemies is a life wasted. No one could accuse Scorpio of that: someone is often angry with them. That makes agate's protection against human malice especially valuable.
Ill-intentioned people always find something to envy, particularly when Scorpio's hard work has built a comfortable fortune. Agate's magic attracts money while protecting its owner from envious eyes.
Scorpio Stones at a Glance
- Garnet watches over Scorpio on any road and protects against wounds to body and heart.
- Hematite brings others' wills under Scorpio's influence, helps them remain unruffled and resistant to stress, and keeps the body vigorous.
- Aquamarine helps Scorpio stay calm, find clarity in affairs and relationships, and protect their marriage.
- Malachite supports sound decisions and fulfilled wishes, protects against illness, and brings inspiration.
- Amethyst calms nerves, dispels anxiety, protects against the evil eye, and brings kind thoughts and sound sleep.
- Carnelian turns enemies into allies and helps preserve love.
- Ruby becomes a source of strength and wisdom.
- Jasper brings Scorpio excellent health, good spirits, and pleasant dreams.
- Alexandrite encourages flexible thinking, softens self-criticism, and strengthens the spirit.
- Tourmaline gives strength and balance.
- Clear quartz helps Scorpio find common ground with others.
- Agate protects against envy and helps Scorpio prosper.
The Best Stone Colors for Scorpio
Red, Green, and Blue
Mars and Pluto advise Scorpio to choose red stones or transparent stones with green and blue hues.
- Beryl helps Scorpio in love and creative work.
- Red coral improves memory and relieves headaches. Scorpio truly needs a talisman to help cope with overwork.
- Sapphire helps prevent troubles of every kind, including family difficulties. It also turns thoughts away from revenge and toward spiritual values.
Stones Scorpio Should Avoid
Scorpio is often accused of being critical. Yet they demand even more of themselves than of other people. They cool down quickly, have a conscience, and always try to soften harsh words afterward. Don't judge them too severely: Scorpio is hardest on themselves. Stones that aggravate this complicated character are best avoided.
- Pearl: Scorpio is prone to worry. If a pearl darkens, as pearls sometimes do, it can become one more source of anxiety.
- Moonstone: Scorpio seeks clarity, so the vague longings moonstone creates can irritate them. This self-critical sign may fall into depression when they lose control of themselves.
- Amber awakens memories in which Scorpio can become trapped like a fly in resin.
Gold and Silver in Scorpio Jewelry
Silver
Gleaming armor and pussy-willow down, floating gossamer in late summer, pince-nez and formality, pocket watches and punctuality, a ring engraved with a name and the foil from a candy wrapper: that is silver to Scorpio. In silver jewelry, they seek calm and confidence.
Gold
Doubloons and chervonets promising a secure future; a quiet autumn before the rains; honey and the steady hum of bees; a Van Gogh sunflower and the soft light of stars; a pie crust and fish in an ornamental pond: that is gold to Scorpio. In gold jewelry, they seek stability and comfort, refinement and plenty.
Scorpio's character calls to mind the old song about an armored train waiting on a siding: strength held ready until it is needed. Scorpio may not seem especially friendly at first. That impression vanishes when a crisis makes it clear that they are the one person you can count on.
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