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66 www.thejewelrybook.com Celestial Insights: As we enter the deep spring and get closer to summer, Mars goes retrograde until the end of June. This gives us an opportunity to evaluate our lives at a slower pace. It's impor- tant for us to stop and ask ourselves: What do we really want? What has passed us by? What are we willing to let go of? During this retrograde (planets moving backwards through the zodiac), use the sublime depth of garnet to balance out the intense energies of this retrograde. Associated with Mars, its deep red color is connected to Mars' fi re. It gives you the ease to create space to slow down, see more clearly, and notice the places in your life that need shifting. On May 21st's full moon – also called the Flower Moon – the earth begins sprouting an abundance of color. This full moon is about seeing the abundance you already have and attracting more of what you desire. What are you grate- ful for? What do you crave more of? Ask yourself these questions and use the gemstone, peridot. It's springtime shade of green is a perfect manifesting tool. Peridot is known for opening gratitude's door and allowing all you wish for to come to you. On June 20th, our full moon is known as the Strawberry Moon because this delicious fruit is ready to eat. It's also the summer solstice – a celebration of peak sunlight, growing the fruit and warming our skin. Alchemical and powerful gold is the perfect metal to adorn yourself with during this moon and the solstice. Gold is a profound amulet of pros- perity, strength, and light…just like the sun. July 19th's full moon, also known as the Full Thunder Moon, is a great time to focus on your creativity. Be brave in expressing yourself. Show up like a brilliant storm of cre- ation. Wear diamonds, lots of them, during this moon for energy amplifi cation, protection, and enhanced creative and expressive abilities. Diamonds will magnify your presence and allow yourself to be seen and heard. GemScopes: May: Deep in hues of green, the emerald radiates the sea- son. This month of earthy Taurus' message is re-birth and re-commitment- to life, to love. The Emerald is a manifesting gem for love. What is the love you crave deep in your heart? Wear emerald and ask yourself that question. Emerald will ground you, keeping you present and aware of how you want to feel, act and respond to life. Wearing this gem, especially during your spiritual practices, be it prayer or meditation, will aid you in gaining clarity around love. Ask yourself, "How do I want to receive love?" Allow emerald to guide you to the answer. Wear it in a necklace, over your heart, connecting you to the blooming spring and the new love that awaits you. June: This month brings the water sign of Cancer, which is ruled by the moon. The moon is associated with pearls, the gem that miraculously is born from the sea. The pearl is a symbol of feminine power, fertility, and awakening the inner goddess. The pearl is a powerful, placid stone to re-align you with peace and healing. The sun's fi re gets intense this month, it can throw us off balance. Wearing soothing pearl will bring a gentleness to your life in summer's high heat. Pearl will ease stress and tension in your body, slow you down and cool you off. Wear it to begin your own transformational powers a pearl goes from a grain of sand to a sublimely beautiful gem. Ask yourself: What am I becoming? What kind of transfor- mation do I seek? Pearl is known as one of the most ancient gemstones - and it is inimitable in it's ability to elevate healing and personal growth. July: Oh the heat of July! Emanate the energy of that raging fi re in the sky. Wear rubies! This month is about being embodied. The ruby is a talisman of passion, protection and prosperity, and helps you embrace your own skin. Its glowing fl ame cannot be hidden, and neither can yours. Stand out this month. Ask yourself "How do I want to be seen? How do I want to feel in my body? Use the essence of ruby, draped around you and feel confi dent and sensual, creative and care- free. Ruby, in it's true red hue, is associated with the root chakra at the base of the spine. It will ignite your energy to rise, giving you stamina to elevate and expand. Ruby stirs the blood and lights the fi re of passion and sexuality- so be ready for fun and excitement. July is the month to create heat and dive into desire, so adorn yourself with rubies for an acti- vated, rising, pleasure fi lled energy. S P R I N G 2 0 16 H O R O S C O P E S BY MARYBETH BONFIGLIO GEMSCOPES John Buechner JB Star MaryBeth Bonfi glio is a soulful mystic in a digital world. Writer, speaker and intuitive guide with her own line of gemstone rosary beads, she channels universal truths into into timely, relevant knowledge for our modern times.

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