Peridot

Peridot may symbolize Morality
...(for an August Leo)...

The Largest Diamond on Earth?

...Google Images...

Ruby

Ruby may symbolize Nobility
...(for a Noble July in Cancer)...

Pearl

Pearl may symbolize Purity
...(Pure as Gemini in June)...

Emerald

Emerald may symbolize Fertility
...(on a green May day in Taurus)...

Diamond

Diamond may symbolize Everlasting Love
...("Unbreakable" for an Aries April)...

 

Aquamarine

Aquamarine may symbolize Courage
...("Water of the sea" for Pisces in March)...

Amethyst

Amethyst may symbolize Sobriety
...(like on an icy Aquarian February day)...

 

Garnet

Garnet may symbolize Regeneration

...like Capricorn or January bringing in the New Year...

...From Philosopher's Stone to Philosopher's Flower...

The Secret of the Golden Flower

...Meditation... 

..."Philosopher Stones"...

...Philosophically, astrology may be viewed as art rather than science, and the above chart may serve as an example...

Garnet may symbolize Regeneration

Amethyst may symbolize Sobriety

Aquamarine means "Water of the sea" and may symbolize Courage

Diamond may symbolize Everlasting Love

Emerald may symbolize Fertility

Pearl may symbolize Purity

Ruby may symbolize Nobility

Peridot may symbolize Morality

Sapphire may symbolize Wisdom

Opal may symbolize Confidence

Topaz may symbolize Balance

Turquoise may symbolize the Sacred

...Gemstones remind me of stone Mandala's (as well as candy! :)...

The Ruby Slippers

...You can learn how to use your OWN power...

 

The Pearl of Lao Tzu

...The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao...

Kung Fu

...Kung Fu (named after Kung Fu-cius? Confucius?), was one of my favorite TV shows of all-time (wonderful theme song).  David Carradine (Star of "Kung Fu") appeared at our local Hollywood Boulevard Cinema not long before his mysterious death in Bangkok (death by Orgasm?)...

The Diamond Sutra

..."So you should view this fleeting world;
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream,
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream"...  Buddha