The winter jasmine is a unique flower for both its color and ability to bloom during the darkest moments of the winter months. The jasmine is thought to attract spiritual love as opposed to physical love and is worn to ensure that one's soul mate will be able to recognize them. Winter jasmine has also be attributed with bringing prophetic dreams and visions which may be why after Pope Sixtus III predicted through a vision that snow would fall in August, he commemorated the even with the building of the Borghese Chapel in Rome and made a recreation of a snow shower with jasmine. Jasmine is also thought to bring wealth and prosperity. The woman who wears the jasmine is a winter blooming flower who brings light out of the darkness. The winter jasmine is made with two types of aquamarine, peridot, citrine, and gold. In times of spiritual seeking the aquamarine is thought to connect one with their inner self and thus unite the soul with universal truths. Both Yellow and blue aquamarine stimulate the thyroid and the pituitary glands. Peridot is one of the few gemstones that results directly from the lava flows or igneous rocks, so it bears the ability to cauterize emotional wounds to allow healing to occur. Peridot is an exceptional stone that alleviates depression and sorrow especially resulting from childhood trauma, abuse, or an experience of loss. Peridot is a stone of new beginnings. Citrine is a type of quartz that is rich in colloidal iron, which gives it a yellow orange color. Citrine increases self-awareness and psychic abilities that are linked to the bodies receptors while it also aids in the realization of life purpose. Citrine is a remarkable stone that influences and supports the expression of one's life force. Gold is a strengthener of the heart. The winter jasmine will bring anyone through the winter of their life by leaving an inspiration raw of blue and yellow light that will counteract any amount of darkness.

The Box

The winter jasmine box is lined with raw silk and Japanese ribbon that calls to mind the weaving of straw into gold. The top of the box is adorned with one large citrine nugget as well as blue topsz and citrine leaves all sewn on raw silk. The inside of the box holds a large yellow blossom to remind us that even when the days seem dark there is a bright yellow flower just waiting to cheer us up. The box makes an excellent addition to any desk or chair side table.