emerald | Tuesdays with Laurie

Symbol – The Crab
Ruling Planet – Moon
Element – Water
Keywords – I Feel
Key Notes – Safety and Security
Power Color – Green

Traits
The ability to feel and intuitively know
Emotional and loving
Intuitive and imaginative
Shrewd and cautious
Protective and sympathetic

Medical Astrology
Cancer rules the chest, breasts, stomach, and alimentary canal.

Gemstone Affinities
Cancer is a home-loving sign concerned with nurturing and the family. It’s the sign of the mother. Labradorite reflects the intuitive quality of its ruler, the Moon. Labradorite’s soothing qualities can calm an emotional overreaction or touchiness. Jade stimulates wisdom and helps one achieve their desired goals. Calming and centering, Emerald promotes creativity and perception; it can also ease a worried mind.

The Moon of Long Days (Jun 21 – Jul 22)
This period is one of maturity and wisdom. This is the time to test and develop new ways to maximize your potential. The influence is one of exploration.

Water Element
Cancer is a water element—sympathetic and imaginative. They bring emotional sensitivity and intuition to any situation.

The water signs are the intuitive dreamers of this world. Water shapes intuition and emotional experience, and is linked to the feeling and emotional world. The element of intuitive perception, Water signs are inward-looking and sensitive. This is a passive, rhythmic element that ebbs and flows. Water signs need time to withdraw, to process emotional experiences, and then to reemerge into the world.

A Cardinal Sign
Receptive, sensitive, imaginative, sympathetic, kind, and emotional—Cancer possesses an active, shrewd, and intuitive mind.

Zodiac Compatibility
Home-loving Cancerians in any relationship are nurturing and caring, but they’re most compatible with Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn.

Famous Cancerians
Meryl Streep (Jun 22), Princess Diana (Jul 1), and The Dalai Lama (Jul 6)

Do you have any Cancerians in your life?

Listen with your heart,

Laurie Buchanan

“Whatever you are not changing, you are choosing.”
— Laurie Buchanan

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Raw Emerald

One of my friends, Donna Jill Witty, recently returned from North Carolina where part of her time was spent gem mining near Ashville. Much to my surprise and delight, she gifted me with three raw pieces: emerald, sapphire, and citrine. Since green is my favorite color, emerald is the gemstone that I chose to highlight in this post.

But first, please follow this LINK so that I can introduce you to Donna Jill Witty and her amazing artwork. I’m tickled to share that she was featured in the current (summer 2010) edition of the American Artist Watercolor magazine. The article, Mixing Careful Planning with Spontaneity, starts on page 42.

Emerald
The frequency of Emerald is said to enhance harmony, joy, cleansing, abundance, clairvoyance, memory, and faith. It provides inspiration and helps those in need of balance, healing, and infinite patience. It also benefits intuition, intellect, communication, decision-making, and promotes truthfulness and honesty. It motivates the possessor to give love and wisdom to others. Emerald is used to enhance intuitive awareness and to bring forth manifestation. It’s a stone of protection and is associated with the heart chakra.

Listen with your heart,

Laurie Buchanan

“Whatever you are not changing, you are choosing.”
– Laurie Buchanan

Tuesdays with Laurie

"Whatever you are not changing, you are choosing." —Laurie Buchanan

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Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22)

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