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Taurus Birthstones: Which Stones and Talismans Suit You
Taurus is steady and grounded, so a talisman works where you get stuck: it thaws the stubbornness, lets a change in and keeps you from sinking into the familiar. It also speaks to the plenty Taurus reaches for.
Stones for Taurus
Emerald - the stone of Venus and patron of Taurus: about love, plenty and staying true to yourself
Rose Quartz - softens stubbornness and opens the heart, helps you not to settle inside a grudge
Aventurine - the “stone of luck and plenty”: it supports the Taurus pull toward abundance without greed
Turquoise - adds lightness and takes you away from growing roots into every habit
Agate - gives you footing and a calm, unshowy confidence
Why these stones for Taurus
Tradition ties a stone to the sign through its ruler, Venus, and through its element, earth - hence a palette that runs dense, green and ochre. In that same tradition Venus pairs with copper. There is no single canon: one school puts emerald at the head of the list, another agate, 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 emerald: 7.5-8, beryl, and everyday scratching does nothing to it. As talismans turquoise and emerald are worth the same - hardness only talks about care.
How to choose and wear it
The choice is simple here. Rose quartz and turquoise when stubbornness has become a wall and it is time to let a change in, emerald and aventurine when your mind is on money and on staying true to yourself. Keep it close, on a finger or in a pocket, so it catches your eye often. It will not carry plenty into the house, though it does hold the intention: you look at the agate and remember what all the patience and saving is for.
FAQ
Three questions that keep coming back about the stones of Taurus, from the dense, green and ochre palette to the hardness.
Which stones suit Taurus: emerald, rose quartz or aventurine?
Tradition links five of them to it: emerald, rose quartz, aventurine, turquoise, agate. All of them hold the palette of the earth element - dense, green and ochre - and each supports something different, detailed above. Start with whichever answers something in you, rose quartz as readily as emerald.
Which is the talisman stone of Taurus, emerald or another?
The one named first is emerald, at the head of the list: 7.5-8 on the Mohs scale, beryl. A stone turns nothing aside by itself, it works as an anchor - and that anchor is held by Venus, together with earth. Take the one that answers something in you, whether that turns out to be emerald or agate.
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. Emerald, at 7.5-8, takes daily life without flinching. Street dust scratches anything that stays under seven, and emerald stays above it.
These stones follow the sun sign Taurus. The whole sky, though - Moon, ascendant and planets - is yours alone, and the character of Taurus gets its own read.
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