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There's a difference between birth stones and zodiac stones. So birth-
stones, you know, we're mostly familiar with. They go by the month and they're all
a little bit different. You know, things like Ruby, Diamond, Emerald, and
Sapphire. And
birth stones were actually created in the 1920's by the American
Jewelers Association.
It has a means of stimulating the
American populus to buy these very expensive gemstones. Which is pretty
interesting. Whereas zodiac stones are a little bit more accurate. Now Zodiac stones
typically have a correspondence to the planet that rules over our zodiac
sign, and they don't go by the exact month - but they actually go by the dates of
the zodiac signs. And you'll find that there is quite a bit of overlap between
birth stones and zodiac stones because the American Jewelers Associaton created the
birth stones. They wanted to create the appearance that there really was a
historical connection there. So they did pull a lot of the same stones from the
zodiac stones, but you'll see they've replaced several with much more
expensive versions.