Onyx impacts largely on almost all the Chakras of a human body, inspires them and makes them function efficiently in harmony with each other to raise overall supreme benefits for those who wear it. Onyx brings determination, spirit and focus. Those who are disturbed mentally and emotionally can be benefitted to a large extent with the help of this stone. United Kingdom, Yale University Press, 2006.Onyxis enormously favourable for sportspersons who achieve strength out of wearing it. Woolgar, Christopher Michael, and Woolgar, C. Gemmarius fidelius, or the Faithful Lapidary. “Queries by Circular Readers.” The Jewelers’ Circular, vol. United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 2012. The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. United States, State University of New York Press, 2021. Words of Destiny: Practicing Astrology in North India. United Kingdom, University of Alabama Press, 1971. United Kingdom, Yale University Press, 2020.īertonasco, Marc F., and Norden, Linda Van. Painting in Stone: Architecture and the Poetics of Marble from Antiquity to the Enlightenment. United Kingdom, University of Chicago Press, 2009.īarry, Fabio. Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World. Likewise, Onyx, although not accepted today as a birthstone in general, may have enjoyed popularity due to its rarity and aesthetic beauty.Īugustyn, Allison, and Grande, Lance. Ruby’s rarity, color symbolism, and religious significance all likely molded it into being the perfect stone of July. Nonetheless, it deserves to be mentioned if only for it standing out as the oddball birthstone list.Īccording to Kunz, ruby was not always July’s birthstone. It appears in the same article of the “Jewelers’ Circular” that lists emerald as June’s stone. Can you guess what it is? Believe it or not, it is sapphire. It is also the birthstone of another month in present times. There is another birthstone in July not yet discussed. It was used often in cameos and intaglios (see the famous Gemma Augaustae). Likewise, onyx is one of the most frequently named minerals in the Bible, and it is not a common stone (especially high quality pieces). Another reason why ruby was chosen was due to its rarity and high quality. It is also possible that the color symbolism of onyx was overshadowed by religion and scarcity. Although onyx is usually black, it can have white streaks, and these streaks are most likely the white color of “mans nayl” that he is describing. This is further reinforced by the fact that we draw the word “onyx” from the Greek spelling which translates to claw, talon, or fingernail. Thomas Nicols is referring to fingernails. For instance, in the mid-17th treatise Gemmarius Fidelius, the author writes, “the onyx is a pretious gemme which represents the candour and beautie of mans nayl.” However, some of onyx’s color is on a positive note. While hell is hot, it is probably not why onyx was seen as a July stone. This is why many older depictions of Satan are not red as we see today but pitch-black.
In medieval art, black represented death, sin, devilry, and hell. One of the reasons why ruby was probably chosen to be July’s stone is due to its color and how it can symbolically represent something. How did a black stone end up as the stone of July for so many cultures across different eras? The answer is not easy to obtain.
Kunz lists the onyx stone as the historical stone for July. It would appear that the stone of July has to be red, right? Not entirely. Still, he claims that Arabs designated carnelian as the stone of July. But what about for birth stones?Īccording to Kunz, however, there were only a couple of cultures that accepted ruby as the stone of July: the Polish and the Russian. A ruby crystal, in short, was held in high regard. The most common value that fell into both camps was that of love. Like other major gemstones, medieval philosophers associated them with both religious and secular values.
Fire is warm and the color red is often associated with heat and fire. Even the navaratna lists ruby as the sun’s gemstone. Ruby’s association with heat, fire, and summer is practically universal. HISTORY OF RUBY AND ONYX AS JULY’S BIRTHSTONES Although not as prestigious as the ruby crystal, the onyx stone is great in its own right. Let us examine the history of the ruby as a birthstone and see how it remained in its position, unlike so many stones in other months. Only one other stone was widely considered July’s birthstone: onyx. Its English name is derived from the Latin word “ruber” which means “red.” It is also the historical gemstone of July. Rubyis one of the oldest known minerals in the world.
RED AS BLOOD, BLACK AS OIL – RUBY AND ONYX, JULY’S BIRTHSTONES
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