Emerald


Water Element

Emerald - the so-called bright green, dark green, less often grassy-green variety of beryl mineral - beryllium silicate and aluminum. Emerald is a high-end jewelery stone, dark-green beautiful specimens of which are more valuable than diamonds. Known and appreciated from antiquity, used for inserts in the most expensive jewelry, it is usually processed by a step cut, one of the varieties of which is called emerald. The Russian name of the emerald is derived from the Persian-Arabic zummurud .
Emerald is one of the stones associated with the higher religion, with the Supreme Spirit. The stone is connected with the energies of Vulcan and Proserpine. It is believed that this stone brings happiness only to a clean man, even if illiterate. Emerald does not contribute to the accumulation of information and does not contribute to the happiness of intelligent and educated people. This stone is good for people intuition, revealing secret processes, for mediums, spiritualists, for people connected with the secrets of another world. The stone can give unhindered contact with the realm of the dead.

A person engaged in secret practice, must necessarily be an emerald, even if not quite clean. This is the stone of magicians and priests. He acts well on Pisces and Cancers, concentrates their secret thoughts, and the internal energy of these signs finally gets his "transformer". It's bad for Capricorns and Scorpios. For Scorpio and Capricorn, there are not many stones, but the stones that are shown to them can be worn constantly and give owners unprecedented strength. Emerald is a stone of honest people with absolute clarity of thoughts and feelings. He does not tolerate duality and confusion, he does not tolerate lies. To false people, he brings not only misfortunes, but also physical and mental illnesses. Actively bad, he only Scorpio, the rest of it can be worn, if, of course, you find it. It should be borne in mind that a lot of fakes have been divorced now. And if artificial diamonds (phianites) can still be distinguished from natural diamonds, then artificial emeralds from natural ones can not be distinguished. You can establish the authenticity of a stone with the help of a psychic or clairvoyant, you can do this by breaking a stone, but will you do it? A stone can be recognized by its manifestations - deeds and events.

Emerald belongs to the category of stones that are inherited. It does not begin to act immediately. It is associated with your national egregore and therefore can give the support of the Guardian Angel, especially in its esoteric aspect. This is the stone of your Cosmic Mother. He grants assistance to a person, support, clarification of intricate situations. But here you already have to be "on the road," otherwise you will not get anything or get a mental illness - schizophrenia (she is connected with it). The five most outstanding stones include "Spanish" or "Peruvian" emeralds that Fernando Cortes Gave his bride, the niece of the Duke of Bechar , and thereby mortally offended the Queen of Spain, Isabella, who dreamed of getting them. These stones were lost in 1541. All five stones had a different and bizarre shape. One of them was a bell with a beautiful pearl. The second one had the shape of a rose, and the third a horn. The fourth was given the shape of a fish with gold eyes. The fifth - the most valuable and the most remarkable - had the shape of a goblet with a foot of gold; The edge of the bowl was also made of gold. In ancient times, emeralds were mined, mainly in Egypt, on Cleopatra's mines. Precious stones from this mine settled in the treasures of the richest rulers of the ancient world. It is believed that the empress was adored by the Queen of Sheba.

There is also a legend that Emperor Nero watched the battles of the gladiators through emerald lenses. Today, one of the most famous emeralds in the world - "The Emerald of the Duke of Devonshire" is kept in the British Museum of Natural History in London. There is a biblical legend according to which Satan, when he was overthrown in hell, lost one emerald from his crown. This emerald turned into a cup, presented to the Queen of Sheba by King Solomon. The cup was used by Christ in the last Holy Supper. Joseph of Arimathea collected in this cup the drops of the blood of Christ, crucified on the cross, and became the founder of the Order of the Holy Grail ... Emerald is considered a mascot of mothers and seafarers. To strengthen memory and sharpen vision, magicians recommend wearing a stone around your neck. They argue that the emerald protects young men and women from debauchery, protects the chastity of the young; It is known that the green color in the best way pacifies the human psyche.

Armenian manuscripts of the XVI century. Contained a note: "If the emerald is held in front of the snake, water will flow from its eyes, and it will go blind." This superstition lasted for a long time, although a scholar from Khorezm Al-Biruni (X century) remarked with some humor: "The emerald does not influence the eyes of the snake, if it does not strengthen its vision." One of the tribes of the Peruvian Indians had a large emerald in the form of an ostrich egg named "Goddess of the Emerald." This stone priests showed ordinary people only on solemn days. Indians brought the stone as a gift of small emeralds - as if the "daughters" of their goddess. The Spaniards, having taken possession of Peru, found only small stones, and "Goddesses of the Emerald", despite all the efforts, were not found. Natural emeralds of high quality are very rare and therefore are estimated at about £ 10,000 Sterling per carat ( 0.2 g ) And even more expensive.