Daily Horoscope:

Brave choices steer your course. Arguments will be had. Choose your battles wisely (or do not, it is entertaining either way). This especially affects your beliefs and learning. Sudden urge to quit everything and move to Bali. Resist... maybe. This especially affects your beliefs and learning. Lunar Influence: Gemini's wind stirs Aries' fire words carry flame, and curiosity burns through assumptions. Together they explore without pause, but must learn stillness to hear truth.Gentle persistence guides your steps. Relationships are getting intense. Maybe take a walk? This especially affects your relationships. You're emotionally constipated today. Let it out. This especially affects your values and resources. Arguments will be had. Choose your battles wisely (or do not, it is entertaining either way). Lunar Influence: Gemini dances across Taurus' fields seeking stories in stillness. Here, the mind must rest long enough to feel, and thought becomes sensation’s guide.Curious thoughts spark your day. Arguments will be had. Choose your battles wisely (or do not, it is entertaining either way). This especially affects your relationships. Relationships are getting intense. Maybe take a walk? This especially affects your daily routines. Foot, meet mouth. Mouth, meet foot. Lunar Influence: Gemini mirrors Gemini a hall of thoughts, infinite and dazzling. But wisdom emerges when reflection becomes integration, and thought finds silence.Deep feelings fuel your journey. You're emotionally constipated today. Let it out. This especially affects your spiritual side. Arguments will be had. Choose your battles wisely (or do not, it is entertaining either way). This especially affects your daily routines. Relationships are getting intense. Maybe take a walk? This especially affects your creative pursuits. Lunar Influence: Gemini whispers to Cancer ideas meeting emotions. In this pairing, logic learns empathy, and the mind begins to speak from the heart.Vivid charisma fuels your steps. Arguments will be had. Choose your battles wisely (or do not, it is entertaining either way). This especially affects your creative pursuits. Sudden urge to quit everything and move to Bali. Resist... maybe. This especially affects your creative pursuits. Relationships are getting intense. Lunar Influence: Gemini fuels Leo's fire with imagination. Together they perform the dance of creation, where ideas shine and stories inspire.Clear efforts mark your way. Arguments will be had. Choose your battles wisely (or do not, it is entertaining either way). This especially affects your home life. You're emotionally constipated today. Let it out. This especially affects your career ambitions. Foot, meet mouth. Mouth, meet foot. Lunar Influence: Gemini and Virgo twin minds ruled by Mercury. One dances, the other dissects. In their unity, thought becomes craft and brilliance finds purpose.Fair energy lights your soul. Relationships are getting intense. Maybe take a walk? This especially affects your values and resources. You're emotionally constipated today. Let it out. This especially affects your beliefs and learning. Arguments will be had. Choose your battles wisely (or do not, it is entertaining either way). Lunar Influence: Geminis quicksilver tongue charms Libras grace. Together, they write poetry into relationships, and discourse becomes a kind of devotion.Secret strength lifts your soul. Arguments will be had. Choose your battles wisely (or do not, it is entertaining either way). This especially affects your values and resources. Relationships are getting intense. Maybe take a walk? This especially affects your personal expression. Sudden urge to quit everything and move to Bali. Lunar Influence: Gemini's chatter touches Scorpio's silence. This is the meeting of surface and soul. Words may skim, but truth dives deep.A quest for truth guides your path. Arguments will be had. Choose your battles wisely (or do not, it is entertaining either way). This especially affects your personal expression. Relationships are getting intense. Maybe take a walk? This especially affects your spiritual side. Sudden urge to quit everything and move to Bali. Lunar Influence: Gemini meets its cosmic mirror in Sagittarius curiosity seeking wisdom. They journey together through mind and meaning, learning to teach and to listen.A firm will shapes your day. Arguments will be had. Choose your battles wisely (or do not, it is entertaining either way). This especially affects your spiritual side. Sudden urge to quit everything and move to Bali. Resist... maybe. This especially affects your spiritual side. You're emotionally constipated today. Lunar Influence: Gemini sparkles against Capricorn's stone. Ideas demand form, and time becomes teacher. In this exchange, fleeting thought finds enduring voice.Rebellious vibes shape your path. Sudden urge to quit everything and move to Bali. Resist... maybe. This especially affects your social connections. You're emotionally constipated today. Let it out. This especially affects your creative pursuits. Foot, meet mouth. Mouth, meet foot. It is a whole dance. Lunar Influence: Gemini and Aquarius electrify mind meeting mind. Here, ideas bloom like lightning, and the air is thick with invention.Creative dreams guide your journey. Arguments will be had. Choose your battles wisely (or do not, it is entertaining either way). This especially affects your career ambitions. Relationships are getting intense. Maybe take a walk? This especially affects your beliefs and learning. Sudden urge to quit everything and move to Bali. Lunar Influence: Gemini brushes Pisces' dreams with language. Thoughts drift into visions, and logic surrenders to wonder. Meaning is found not just in words, but in their echoes.

Capricorn Birthstone:

The gemstone ruby is the red variety of the mineral Corundum , the second hardest natural mineral known to mankind. Ruby is the July birthstone, and the Capricorn Zodiac stone. Ruby has been associated with the values of love, success, integrity, passion, and promise.

All colors of corundum other than red or white are called Sapphire The red color in ruby is caused by trace amounts of the element chromium. The best shade of red for ruby is often given the name "pigeon blood red", but ruby can be any shade of red up to almost pink.

Oriented rutile crystal inclusions cause a six-rayed-star light effect (called asterism) to form the popular Star Ruby.

Rubies come from all over the world but good gemstones are found at Thailand, India, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, North Carolina in the U.S., Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Tanzania, Kampuchea, and perhaps most notably, Burma.

Like most gemstones from the antiquities, Ruby is one of the Biblestones. In Exodus, the Breastplate of Aaron is described as containing a "sardius", the ancient name for ruby.

Rubies have a famous place in science - the first lasers were made from artificial ruby crystals. They still are used for this purpose although other materials offer improved efficiency. Some natural ruby crystals show the fluorescence (actually very short term phosphorescence) that makes a laser possible.

Element: Earth
Ruling Planet: Saturn
Life Pursuit: To be proud of their achievements
Vibration: Poweful resilient energy
Secret Desire: To be admired by their family and friends and the world at large.

Description:

The sign of the high roller, Capricorn is regarded as the zodiac’s top, but also quiet, life and business achievers. But, there are two very different types of Capricorns.

The first is represented by the mountain goat, always climbing higher and higher; never content until reaching the top. The second is the garden goat, with little adventurous spirit or ambition-happy to remain within a small domain, refusing to budge unless it is pushed. Either type of Capricorn, however, is patient and persevering. They reach their goals because they know the longest journey commences with a single step and that the first step is always the most difficult.

The one thing a Capricorn must always try to do is balance work with play; otherwise they can become too one-sided and work can replace true personal emotional fulfilment. Continually climbing the eternal mountain of success, Capricornians rise to the occasion when faced with a new task or deadline. Even if something comes to a grinding halt, their ambition to reach the ultimate keeps them moving forever onwards and upwards (prompted by the strict influence of ruling planet Saturn). Although conservative and cautious, Goats are willing to try unusual approaches on their road to success in business or in love. Romantically, they desire a permanent relationship with someone who'll give them the affection they crave (and often neglect to give themselves!)

The rulership of Saturn - the planet representing responsibility, structure and hard work - ensures that Capricorns in their truest of expression, are ambitious, practical and superb organizers. Although many Capricorns are borderline workaholics, this doesn't necessarily make them dull or gloomy! They have an offbeat sense of humour, which seems to erupt at the most unexpected moments. Their motivating force in life is success, money, status, authority and - although many might not admit it - love. By nature Capricorns are cautious when entering a new love relationship, but once they feel 'safe' with their partner, the cool exterior melts away to reveal a sensitive and loyal heart beneath. As a friend, Capricorns can be relied upon to provide the strongest and most sympathetic pair of shoulders in the zodiac...