Collection: cancer

What's your birthstone? If your birthday is from 22 June to 22 July 2023, your star sign is Cancer and your birthstone is a ruby gemstone.

The Swarovski crystal for you Cancer's - and the month of July - is a dark pink ruby crystal, although one of the darker zodiac colours, these enchanting elfin alchemy jewellery pieces magically come alive in the light to help you sparkle. 

An enchanting and unique collection of elfin alchemy jewellery designs inspired by the zodiac, skillfully handmade and adorned with your gemstone colour Swarovski crystal, each one a work of art designed and handmade in Lancashire by jewellery artist, Rowena.

Why use these particular colours of crystals?
It all begins with the 12 gemstones in the breastplate of Aaron created by Moses around 1400-1500BC in ancient Egypt, a sacred object that was worn by his brother Aaron, the high priest, in order to communicate with God, and later written about in the Bible's book of Exodus. Each birthstone is believed to have powers that derive from its astrological sign, bestowing the wearer with their talismanic and healing powers. Because there were different interpretations of which gemstones were in the Breastplate of Aaron with variations of gemstones in the 'traditional' birthstone lists, in 1912 the American National Association of Jewelers compiled a new 'modern' birthstone list, it's on this that the 1950s Swarovski birthstone list is based.