bearer
Pisces, the Fishes . {} March Sapphire.(=Lapis lazuli).

stone for "luck". The belief in the occult powers of certain stones is by
no means non-existent at the present day; for even in these enlightened
times there are not wanting those who fear the beautiful opal, and put
their faith in the virtues of New Zealand green-stone.


[1] ELIHU RICH: _The Occult Sciences (Encyclopaedia Metropolitana_,
1855), pp. 348 _et seq_.

[2] With regard to these stones, however, there is much confusion
and difference of opinion. The arrangement adopted in the table
here given is that of CORNELIUS AGRIPPA (_Occult Philosophy_, bk.
ii.). A comparatively recent work, esteemed by modern occultists,
namely, _The Light of Egypt, or the Science of the Soul and the Stars_
(1889), gives the following scheme:--

{}=Amethyst. {}=Emerald. {}=Diamond. {}=Onyx (Chalcedony).

{}=Agate. {}=Ruby. {}=Topaz. {}=Sapphire (skyblue).

{}=Beryl. {}=Jasper. {}=Carbuncle. {}=Chrysolite.


Common superstitious opinion regarding birth-stones, as reflected,
for example, in the "lucky birth charms" exhibited in the windows of
the jewellers' shops, considerably diverges in this matter from the
views of both these authorities. The usual scheme is as follows:--