Zodiac Sign

Sagittarius

November 22 – December 21 · Fire · Jupiter

Traditional BirthstoneTurquoise (in ancient Persian and Native American traditions), Lapis Lazuli

Modern BirthstoneTurquoise / Zircon / Tanzanite

ElementFire

Ruling PlanetJupiter

Associated crystals

TurquoiseOpen in the Dictionary Lapis LazuliOpen in the Dictionary SodaliteOpen in the Dictionary AzuriteOpen in the Dictionary AmethystOpen in the Dictionary

Associated herbs

DandelionOpen in the Dictionary St. John's WortOpen in the Dictionary CloveOpen in the Dictionary SageOpen in the Dictionary BorageOpen in the Dictionary

Source Tradition

In Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, Sagittarius is the house of Jupiter and part of the Fire-triplicity (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius), governed by the Sun by day and Jupiter by night. Turquoise has been associated with Sagittarius since at least the 1st millennium BCE in Persian tradition, where it was called 'firuzeh' and linked to Jupiter's protective abundance. Lapis lazuli appears in ancient Sumerian and Egyptian texts as a stone of divine favor. Tanzanite was added to December in 2002 after its 1967 discovery in Tanzania.

Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, Book I; Reuben Levy, The Zodiacal Gems, 1965; Jewelers of America, 1912, 2002 updatesExplore sourcing notes in the Appendix