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Libra Birthstones: Which Stones and Talismans Suit You
Libra is always after harmony, so a talisman here is about deciding: holding your ground, staying yourself among other opinions and choosing without endless swinging.
Stones for Libra
Opal - the stone of Venus and patron of Libra: about love, beauty and harmony
Lapis Lazuli - helps you make decisions and say your piece without pleasing everyone at once
Rose Quartz - opens the heart and looks after you in relationships
Tourmaline - evens out the mood and shields you from other people's pressure
Amethyst - calms the swinging and clears the choice
Why these stones for Libra
Tradition ties a stone to the sign through its ruler, Venus, and through its element, air - hence a palette that runs clear and bluish. In that same tradition Venus pairs with copper. There is no single canon: one school puts opal at the head of the list, another amethyst, and saying so is more honest than hiding it.
Hardness and care: what it changes
The softest of the set is lapis lazuli: 5-5.5 on the Mohs scale, lazurite flecked with pyrite. Sand, hot water and perfume wear down anything at 5-5.5 for good, so the place for lapis lazuli is a pendant or a pocket, and not a ring on the working hand. The hardest is tourmaline: 7-7.5, borosilicate, and everyday scratching does nothing to it. As talismans lapis lazuli and tourmaline are worth the same - hardness only talks about care.
How to choose and wear it
For Libra the stone is a support in choosing. Lapis lazuli and amethyst when it is time to decide and stop swinging, tourmaline when others lean on you with their opinion. Leave opal and rose quartz for love and for peace between people. Keep it close, a ring on your working hand or a pendant within reach, to touch in a doubtful minute. It will not decide for you. It does hold you steady: you close your hand on the lapis and remember that your own word has weight too.
FAQ
Three questions that keep coming back about the stones of Libra, from the clear and bluish palette to the hardness.
Which stones suit Libra: opal, lapis lazuli or rose quartz?
Tradition links five of them to it: opal, lapis lazuli, rose quartz, tourmaline, amethyst. All of them hold the palette of the air element - clear and bluish - and each supports something different, detailed above. Start with whichever answers something in you, lapis lazuli as readily as opal.
Which is the talisman stone of Libra, opal or another?
The one named first is opal, at the head of the list: 5.5-6.5 on the Mohs scale, hydrated silica. A stone turns nothing aside by itself, it works as an anchor - and that anchor is held by Venus, together with air. Take the one that answers something in you, whether that turns out to be opal or amethyst.
Can you wear lapis lazuli every day?
Look at the hardness. Lapis lazuli holds 5-5.5 on the Mohs scale, lazurite flecked with pyrite: on a working hand the wear shows within two years, around the neck it never does. Tourmaline, at 7-7.5, takes daily life without flinching. Street dust scratches anything that stays under seven, and tourmaline stays above it.
These stones follow the sun sign Libra. The whole sky, though - Moon, ascendant and planets - is yours alone, and the character of Libra gets its own read.
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