ARE OPALS BAD LUCK AND CURSED?

It’s a myth that’s been passed down for generations…

The Opal is CURSED!

I see people at the jewelry store pass up opals because “It’s not my birthstone!“

Many feel that if you wear an opal, and it’s not your birthstone, you’ll be cursed and have bad luck.

They won’t even buy an opal for someone else if it’s not their official gemstone of the month.

People are so superstitious, and this makes buying opals a very questionable purchase.

Who needs bad luck, right?

So is there just to this myth? Are opals really cursed?

Let’s find out…

Opals have had a long hard life since the beginning of time. Fueled by rumors and old wives tales, these stones are both colorful and unique, but magical and evil as well. Or so they say.

Opals actually started out as a “good luck charm“, and Caesars would give them to their wives to wear as Talismans. Romans loved them.

It was often referred to as “cupid’s stone“, because of their clear complexion.

Greeks even thought the stone came from heavens, and used it for prophecy and premonitions.

Orientals described the stone as “the anchor of hope“…

So where did it run amuck?

Confusion over the NAME…

The name “opal” was accidentally linked to the word “ophals“, which meant “human eye“. But in reality “opal” was named after “opalus“, which meant “to heal the blind“.

Close in association, but this little disorientation brought huge consequences.

For this mishap caused people to believe that it was psychic, and that the EYE (did you see that movie?) gave you abilities into the supernatural world.

Some even thought that it would make you invisible to your enemies.

Throughout history, opals have always brought intrigue and fascination, so will it give you teleportation powers as well? Some thought it would.

Some believed it banished evil and cured eye-sight.

Some EYES even resembled a cat’s eye and Medieval Europeans believed that a glance upon the stone would bring ill-will.

Many thought Witches used them in their craft.

The evil-eye made people sick. It killed crops. It sickened livestock.

All coincidental?

I’m sure it was, people always want to find causes for failures and fatality… But hence, the eye was forever linked with dire omens and sinister malevolence.

It’s crazy, because something named to be virtuous, turned ugly and dark over time.

It’s sad, because opals are beautiful, stunning, and vivid. Like lighting from the sky and glistening rainbows…

See some awesome and cool opals below…

It is amazing to me, that even in this modern world, superstition still exists and folk lore legends abound.

Doesn’t seem possible. I mean, the Ancient Romans thought of opal as the “Queen of Gemstones“!

That’s some pretty high praise.

Some believed that the opal was the result of Zeus’ tears upon the ground after defeating the Titans.

So is it bad luck, and will it bring a foreshadowing of disaster to come?

I’d say no.

I don’t believe in any superstitions: “walking under ladders“, “breaking mirrors“, or having a “black cat cross my path“…

Opals are the birthstone of October (my birthstone).

So it can’t be evil…

Unless you combine it with an evil eye, like this pendant below…

Then okay, maybe…

Personally, I say buy opals, wear opals, love opals…

Leave all the bad karma behind.

And if you do see a REAL evil eye…

Run like hell!

I mean, there’s truth to the saying:

“C you later Alligator!”

Isn’t there???

Cheers! :)