Turquoise

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Turquoise is a popular gemstone that has long been prized in many cultures. It’s said to bring luck, peace, and protection, and it’s also one of the birthstones associated with December.

Turquoise stones have many meanings that go above and beyond the beauty of the blue color they provide.

What Is Turquoise?

Turquoise is an opaque stone that ranges from blue to green in color. The most valuable turquoise stones generally have a more smooth, solid color, while many stones have brown veins throughout. It has a calming, soothing, protective energy that can be beneficial for various feng shui applications. The word turquoise comes from a French word meaning “Turkish,” likely because the stone was introduced to Medieval Europe by Turkish sources. Turquoise has a Mohs scale ranking of 5 to 6, which means it has a fair to good hardness rating.

Properties of Turquoise

There is not one rare or best turquoise stone. But there are many rare types of turquoise with unusual colors. There are rare specimens of turquoise with blue-violet colorations and highly valuable transparent or translucent turquoise crystals that come from Virginia, for example.

Here are more common properties of turquoise stones:

Color: Blue, green

Chakra: Throat, third eye

Number: Vibrates to 1

Planet: Jupiter, Venus, Neptune

Zodiac: Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pisces, Rabbit

Bagua areas: Zhen, Qian

Elements: Wood, metal

Origin: Afghanistan, Arabian Peninsula, China, Egypt, France, Iran, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Russia, Tibet, United States

Spiritual Meaning of Turquoise

What does turquoise mean spiritually? The stone has a calming, grounding energy that makes it a great stone for when you are feeling overwhelmed, or to aid in meditation. It is said to connect heaven and earth and help you connect to the spiritual world. Turquoise can strengthen your connection to intuition, and it is also helpful for protection and purification. 

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  1. remarkably thought out statement by dissenting Justice in Colorado (all dems btw)
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    Dissenting justices on the Colorado Supreme Court have warned the court’s decision to remove Donald Trump from the state primary ballot for “insurrection” risks sowing “chaos” throughout the country, and that the 45th President did not receive a fair trial.

    Despite the fact every top justice in the Centennial State was appointed by a Democratic governor, there was only a 4-3 decision to remove Trump, with Chief Justice Brian Boatright, Justice Maria Berkenkotter, and Justice Carlos Samour dissenting.

    “The decision to bar former President Donald J. Trump… by all accounts the current leading Republican presidential candidate (and reportedly the current leading overall presidential candidate) from Colorado’s presidential primary ballot flies in the face of the due process doctrine,” warned Justice Samour.

    “There was no fair trial either,” Samour continued, expressing particular concern that Trump had never been deemed guilty of insurrection by a jury of his peers. “I have been involved in the justice system for 33 years now, and what took place here doesn’t resemble anything I’ve seen in a courtroom,” he stressed.

    “[M]ost other states don’t have the Election Code provisions we do [and this] will inevitably lead to the disqualification of President Trump from the presidential primary ballot in less than all 50 states, thereby risking chaos in our country,” Samour added.

    “This can’t possibly be the outcome the framers intended.”

    https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/12/20/dissenting-judge-on-co-supreme-court-says-trump-denied-due-process-like-nothing-ive-seen-in-33-years/

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  7. “For the third day in a row, Arctic sky watchers are reporting a widespread outbreak of polar stratospheric clouds with spectacular colors:

    Taken by Ramune Sapailaite on December 19, 2023 @ Gran, Norway

    Widely considered to be the most beautiful clouds on Earth, polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) are rare. Earth’s stratosphere is very dry and, normally, it has no clouds at all. PSCs form when the temperature in the Arctic stratosphere drops to a staggeringly-low -85 C. Then, and only then, can widely-spaced water molecules begin to coalesce into tiny ice crystals. High-altitude sunlight shining through the crystals creates intense iridescent colors that rival auroras.

    During a typical Arctic winter, PSCs appear no more than a handful of times, and the first sightings usually come in January. This week’s apparition marks an early start, and may herald many more PSCs to come.”

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  8. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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