Gemstone Meanings

Hi Everyone,

Have you ever wondered what the meaning of the gemstone that you admire is?  Do you ever think about how the meaning of gems are figured out?  Who does the picking of the meaning?  Has the meaning changed over the years?  If the meaning has changed who changed it and why?  Does it have any relevance to the type of gem?  Does its meaning reflect on the person who found the gem or assigned its meaning to the gem?  That is alot of questions and in turn those questions lead to more questions.  I will try to find the answers to these questions.  I hope you will come on the journey with me and I hope you will learn what I learn and enjoy the adventure the same way that I will.

Let's look at some of these questions and find the answers. On the website crystal-cure.com.  There are many different categories of gem meanings.  There are money stones, loves stones, lucky stones, power stones, protection stones, healing stones, birth stones, astral stones, planetary stones, birth power stones, chakra stones, dream stones.  It is interesting to look at these categories and find the stone that would best suit your needs.  There are also stones to help focus your thinking, clarity and all other manner of things.  I find it neat to see the various types of gems and to match them up to what their powers are.
On the website GemSelect.com they talk about the gentleman who has the best compendium of gemstone lore is undoubtedly that found in George Frederick Kunz's book The Curious Lore of Precious Stones published in 1913. He believed that we can learn a great deal by studying the ways in which gemstones were used by different cultures and the beliefs that people at different times formed about rare gems. But for Kunz this study wasn't just sociological curiosity, it was a way of learning about gemstones themselves: "Many of these ideas may seem strange enough to us now, and yet when we analyze them we find that they have their roots either in some intrinsic quality of the stones or else in an instinctive appreciation of their symbolical significance."

It appears through much search on the internet that there is really no general person or people who have named the gems or given them their meanings.  It has been passed down through the generations and that the meanings ascribed to the gems have also been passed down through the generations.  Most meanings of gems are related to the ability of the stone.  For example stones that promote healing.  There are many different types of meanings and stones out there.  I found it fun and interesting to see the different meanings and which stones would be the one to choose.  I think it is fascinating that gems have been seen as gifts and that the powers in them can be used for just about anything.  I also found out that the meaning of the gems have remained fairly consistent over the internet.  So it does not matter which website you visit you will get a fairly similar description of the gemstone and the powers and use of the gem.

So in conclusion I have found that there are meanings that are ascribed to gems that have to do with power, healing, love money and spirituality.  I had a great time learning about the different meanings of the gems and how to use gems to achieve the goal that you want.  IE using aquamarine for clear thinking.  I hope that all of you have enjoyed the journey as much as I did and I hope you learned something new as well.  Please drop me a line and let me know what you think.  It is great to hear from like-minded individuals.