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Sagittarius Birthstones: Which Stones and Talismans Suit You
Sagittarius is a lifelong traveller, so a talisman grounds the sweep: it keeps you from scattering, brings big plans down to something done and keeps luck with you on the road.
Stones for Sagittarius
Turquoise - the stone of Sagittarius and of travellers: it keeps you on the road and on your luck
Topaz - the stone of Jupiter, patron of the sign: about growth, optimism and generosity
Amethyst - settles the excess and helps you not to scatter yourself
Lapis Lazuli - supports the pull toward knowledge and toward truth
Citrine - draws luck in and keeps your mood light
Why these stones for Sagittarius
Tradition ties a stone to the sign through its ruler, Jupiter, and through its element, fire - hence a palette that runs warm and red. In that same tradition Jupiter pairs with tin. There is no single canon: one school puts turquoise at the head of the list, another citrine, and saying so is more honest than hiding it.
Hardness and care: what it changes
The softest of the set is turquoise: 5-6 on the Mohs scale, hydrated copper aluminium phosphate. Sand, hot water and perfume wear down anything at 5-6 for good, so the place for turquoise is a pendant or a pocket, and not a ring on the working hand. The hardest is topaz: 8, aluminium fluorosilicate, and everyday scratching does nothing to it. As talismans turquoise and topaz are worth the same - hardness only talks about care.
How to choose and wear it
The stone pulls the Sagittarius sprawl into one point. Turquoise and citrine for the road, for luck and a light mood, topaz for growth and optimism, amethyst when you are scattering and it is time to gather, lapis lazuli when knowledge and truth are calling. Carry it everywhere, a ring, a cord round the neck, a pebble in your backpack. The road will not smooth itself. It works like a string round your finger: you find the turquoise and remember where you are going and why.
FAQ
Three questions that keep coming back about the stones of Sagittarius, from the warm and red palette to the hardness.
Which stones suit Sagittarius: turquoise, topaz or amethyst?
Tradition links five of them to it: turquoise, topaz, amethyst, lapis lazuli, citrine. All of them hold the palette of the fire element - warm and red - and each supports something different, detailed above. Start with whichever answers something in you, topaz as readily as turquoise.
Which is the talisman stone of Sagittarius, turquoise or another?
The one named first is turquoise, at the head of the list: 5-6 on the Mohs scale, hydrated copper aluminium phosphate. A stone turns nothing aside by itself, it works as an anchor - and that anchor is held by Jupiter, together with fire. Take the one that answers something in you, whether that turns out to be turquoise or citrine.
Can you wear turquoise every day?
Look at the hardness. Turquoise holds 5-6 on the Mohs scale, hydrated copper aluminium phosphate: on a working hand the wear shows within two years, around the neck it never does. Topaz, at 8, takes daily life without flinching. Street dust scratches anything that stays under seven, and topaz stays above it.
These stones follow the sun sign Sagittarius. The whole sky, though - Moon, ascendant and planets - is yours alone, and the character of Sagittarius gets its own read.
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