Birth Stones

One of the popular and charming gifts for the newly born baby and the mother are the birth stones. The beautiful birth stones seem charming gifts that provide enthusiasm for the heart of the mother and proves to be a lucky charm for the newly born child.

Historical Importance of Birth Stones

Birthstones and their importance have been mentioned in various religious books and pagan stories. These stories suggest the importance of using birthstones as a symbol of love and respect for the mother and her newly born child. Some of the references is

Mentioned in Bible

The Exodus 28, verses 15-30 of holy book Bible provide reference for the breastplate of the Justice. Twelve different coloured stones were embedded in four rows and they were adorned with the breastplate. There are proper references of breastplate in Revelations too. Each of the stone was considered to be representing one of the twelve tribes, thus twelve stones represented all twelve tribes. The birth stone and their importance took influence from the references of breastplate and the twelve stones used to adorn the breastplate. The Biblical references for the birth stone has provided excellent momentum for the usage of birthstones as proper birth gifts for the newly born child and the mother throughout the world. People consider it very good charm luck to present a beautiful unique birth stone for the children.

Some of the Pagan Beliefs regarding the birth stones

Apart from Bible, Pagan beliefs, folklore and stories are also full of important references for the practice and usage of birthstones as proper beneficial gifts for the newly born baby and the mother. The general belief that the Pagans consider as important regarding the birthstones as gift for the newly born baby is that the birth stone brings good luck and better health. They also believe that the wearer of a birthstone holds some specific supernatural power and should be revered. There are different stones for each month. As for example for the month of January, Garnet is used; hence one can say that the Garnet is the stone for the children that took birth in January. Garnet is considered to provide the wearer specific powers to fight against all sorts of skin diseases, furthermore it let the wearer enjoy huge amount of love and trustworthiness from other people.

Pagan believes also gave rise for the zodiac sign system. One can present a birth stone for the newly born baby as per the zodiac sign of the child. Such believes are very common in Eastern civilization of Hinduism.

Gifting Ideas for the Birth stone

If you are looking forward to present a beautiful birth stone for a newly born baby or any one in general, you may try to innovate the ways to present such a birth stone. You may present the birth stone attached with a ring, earrings, mother’s ring and or watches, wrist bangles, charms, plaques, figuirines etc. Such gifts not only enhance the beauty of birth stone, they also provide specific benefits for the wearer.