April’s Birthstone: Diamond | Terra Lucida Institute - sacred calendar

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April’s Birthstone

Diamond

The diamond is a gemstone of ultimate majesty and power both in its sentient form, and as one of the great symbols of what Jung called the Individuated Self, and the spiritual traditions of the East have called the Realized Self. The diamond in its dual aspects of soul symbol and gemstone of highest value has few weaknesses and much strength. It is the hardest substance found in nature yet it is not impervious to influence and impact. Like the 4-squared and sacred symbol of the Mandala, the Native American Medicine Diamond Wheel, or the Shiva Nataraj dancing the circle of life, the diamond has four directions demarcated along axial lines that denote the multidimensionality of refractive light that emanates from the heart of the gem. At the same time these lines are the most fragile areas in the interior landscape of a diamond’s world. This means that as the diamond setter-creator is working on revealing the diamond in the heart of the stone, one misdirected or unthinking blow will render asunder a perfect symmetry. But a skilled diamond artisan-the individuating Self-will prevent any of these directions from being in a position to be struck while it is begin shaped, formed and placed in the form that will house it, whether it is a mounting for a piece of jewelry or whether metaphorically it is the diamond soul being housed within our bodies. As a gemstone or as the soul undergoing its own mysterious alchemy of spirit, the diamond’s flaw is dimmed in the reflection of it array of positive qualities. It holds within its heart the rainbow color spectrum and refracts light with a power that can still the breath. It can live in fire as in a very real sense fire lives within the heart of the diamond and it is able to withstand the burn of the harshest chemical encounters.

The diamond is a symbol of strength, courage and invincibility and also of enduring love. The Greek word adamas is the root of the word “diamond” and means unconquerable and in terms of love, points to the endurance and constancy of the bond between those who love each other. Even the modern tradition of the diamond engagement ring has it roots in ancient Egypt where women and men wore their betrothal rings on the third finger of the left hand because it was believed that a vein of love, the vena amoris began its journey from the top of the third finger and makes its way directly to the heart.