Birthday flower: The author of the 4th Gospel of the Spring Heather, the Flower of St. John the Divine
Since ancient times, Christianity has had the habit of connecting saints with specific flowers. This is due to the fact that when the church commemorates the saints, they often decorate the altar with blooming flowers! In medieval Catholic monasteries, various flowers were planted like a garden center. Over time, the church combined the 366-day saints with different flowers to form the so-called floral calendar. At that time, most of the monasteries were located in southern Europe, which had a Mediterranean climate, which was very suitable for growing flowers and plants. The spring heather grove of evergreen and deciduous low trees is a flower dedicated to St. John the Divine, the beloved disciple of Christ and the author of the 4th Gospel. This flower grows naturally in the Alps, a small evergreen shrub in the mountains of central and southern Europe.
Flower Language: Favor
This flower is dedicated to St. John the Divine, the author of the 4th Gospel who is known as Christ’s favorite disciple. Therefore, its flower language is pampering. Anyone who is blessed by this flower and is born will mostly be loved by teachers or superiors. Generally speaking, you are easy to like, not because you are cunning, but because you are often evaluated as a attentive person. In this way, whether you are in love or married, you seem to be able to be with older people and get along more harmoniously.
Birthstone: Turquoise
The blue-blue jade collected from Persian mines has a charming and exotic feel. In the 13th century, caravans who came to Europe through Turkey brought it to Europe, so Europeans called this blue-blue jade turquoise.
However, Türkiye does not produce this kind of gemstone! Turquoise comes in various colors, including blue and green, but the highest-grade turquoise is as blue as a robin's egg. It has been worn as a turquoise bracelet since ancient times and is considered the oldest turquoise jewelry.
The legend of turquoise
In ancient Egypt, Osiris, the king of Hades, was called the god of turquoise, and Princess Isis was called the goddess of turquoise. Therefore, people It is believed that if you wear a sky-blue turquoise jade, you will have divine power to help eliminate disasters. The doctor of Rudolf II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, said: People believed that as long as the Erqi jade was given by others, it would have the power to ward off disasters. Therefore, he carried the Erqi jade that his father gave him with him. And the color of jade becomes more and more bright. Then, an incredible thing happened: one time he fell off the horse, but he didn't even have a scratch on his body, but the Shirkish jade broke into pieces.