On October 22:libra

Birthday flower: star anise

Saint of the 9th century Spain, SAN lu flowers of the Nile

Since ancient times, Christianity is a link to the sage and specific flower habits, this followed in the church when honor saints, often caused by altar ornament with blooming flowers!In medieval Catholic monasteries, is like a garden center of planting all kinds of flowers, over time, the church will be 366 days of saint respectively and different flowers and together, to form the so-called flower calendar.At that time most of the monasteries in southern Europe, southern Europe is Mediterranean climate, very suitable for planting flowers.Cress section of star anise, was selected to dedicated to moor the martyrdom of the 9th century Spanish saint - SAN lu Nile.This is wild perennial plants in the Mediterranean coast.

says: beacon

Anise base after drying can burn at very slow speed, so in Mediterranean countries, will use it on the candle wick.Anise says is "light".By the blessing of the flower, in Buddhism is "people" in the corner of the light.Will care for others, with intelligent, can give a lot of people light and guide.Also have the opposite sex will admire you, just end up in friendship for many, if really touched heart happy person, must understand that she.

Birthstone: opal

Mixed like the redstone, red, blue stones of blue, emerald green..., with all kinds of gem all color opal, rendering the harmony of god.Shining charming colorful luster is opal, micro, and the colorful color, the more said the quality of it, the better.

As for the Mexican opal, with tall lightness and Australian opal white or black, in appearance, although there is a big difference, but also popular.Australia is more expensive black opal.

The legend of opal

Since the ancient times, europeans have a superstition: people born in October, if you have opal will bring misfortune.This superstition may be because it has all sorts of color change relationship!In Scotland, it was thought to affect people life seven major changes in strange stone.Legend, there is a beautiful girl called Christine, she is from Edinburgh, noble family.One day by chance get opal rough stone, she was so precious to the rough stone.Because she has the original rock, from the king lover after the duchess, the monks and nuns, eventually become a whore, and died down.But the rumor was overridden by the queen Victoria, his favorite necklace, one is made of opal!