About Birthstones

Scholars trace the origin of Birthstones back to the Breastplate of Aaron the Prophet, as described in the Book of Exodus in the Bible. It is written that Aaron used the Breastplate to communicate with God. This breastplate was said to be
adorned with 12 stones that were believed to have protective and healing properties, and that each stone’s powers were amplified during a specific month.

By the 5th century, sages began to encourage the use of these stones, establishing the tradition of collecting and wearing them. And, by the 8th and 9th centuries, this practice evolved to where people would own a collection of all of the jewels but only wear a single stone during the particular month it was believed to have heightened powers.

During the 16th-18th centuries people started wearing the stone associated with
their birth month all year long. In 1912, the National Association of Jewelers produced a standardized list of birthstones based on this recorded history.
While birthstones are added on occasion, it has long been a widely accepted belief that wearing your birthstone brings about wellness and good fortune and wards off bad karma and illness.