Malama Archives: July 2021

Ke alakaʻi makana: Ke koho ʻana i ka Crystal Pono

I ka Eve o koʻu lā hānau, ua hoʻomaka wau e noʻonoʻo "he aha kaʻu e loaʻa ai i ka lā ʻapōpō"? ʻOiai ʻaʻole wau makemake i nā haʻalulu, ke kakali nei au i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā makana i manaʻo ʻia e kaʻu mea aloha e kūpono no me. He mea maʻamau ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā makana i nā manawa kūikawā, ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o kou mahalo a aloha i ke kanaka. Noʻu, manaʻo wau ʻo nā makana maikaʻi loa nā makana 'hiki ke hoʻohana mau ʻia.

E noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe, no ke aha mākou e loaʻa ai nā makana i ko mākou lā hānau? ʻO ke kuʻuna o ka hāʻawi makana i ka lā hānau o ke kanaka, ua hoʻomaka i nā kenekulia he nui aku nei. Ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia ua huki ʻia nā ʻuhane ʻino i nā kānaka i ko lākou lā hānau, no laila, i mea e pale aku ai i nā ʻuhane, ua lilo ia i mea maʻamau e hōʻiliʻili a hāʻawi i nā makana i ka mea hānau. ʻO nā makana i hāʻawi ʻia he mau mea hana no ka pōmaikaʻi a me ka palekana i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. I kēia mau lā, maʻa mau nō ka hāʻawi makana ʻana i ka lā hānau o ke kanaka, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ka ʻuhane ke kumu. 

Ano, e us e kamaʻilio e pili ana i koʻu manaʻo he makana maikaʻi loa… nā kristal a me nā pōhaku makamae! Loaʻa i nā ʻano like ʻole, ka nui a me nā kala, nā kristal a me nā pōhaku makamae e hana i nā makana nui no ka mea hiki ke hoʻohana i ka mea hoʻokipa i ka makahiki āpau. ʻO kekahi mau koho maikaʻi e maopopo quartz, rose quartz, a me ka labradorite. ʻO ka quartz māakā he pohaku pono no na mea a pau. He pōhaku maikaʻi loa ia no ke kanaka i manaʻo paʻa i kona ola, no ka mea, ua ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻoikaika i kou manaʻo i ke kino a me ka ʻuhane. ʻO ka pōhaku nui aʻe no ka hāʻawi makana ʻana, ʻo ia ka rose quartz. ʻIke ʻia ʻo ka pōhaku aloha ʻole, ʻike ʻia ka rose quartz e hoʻonui i ke aloha iā ia iho, nā hoaaloha, ka ho'ōla, a me ka maluhia o loko. ʻO ka pōhaku hope aʻu e manaʻo ai ʻo ia ka Labradorite. ʻIke ʻia he pōhaku pale, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka labradorite e hana i kahi pale e kūʻē i ka negativity o ka honua. 

E hōʻuluʻulu i nā mea a pau inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i kēia manawa… ALOHA wau i nā aniani a me nā pōhaku makamae! Manaʻo wau e hāʻawi mai koʻu mau hoaaloha a me koʻu ʻohana i nā ʻāpana kūʻokoʻa e hoʻohui i kaʻu hōʻiliʻili. He aha ke ala maikaʻi aʻe e pale aku ai i nā ʻenehana maikaʻi ʻole i koʻu lā hānau ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻāpana kūikawā, hoʻokahi miliona mau makahiki i ka hana ʻana, noʻu wale nō!

He aha nā pōhaku hānau, a no ke aha mākou e ʻaʻahu ai iā lākou?

kiʻi pōhaku hānau

Nā pōhaku hānau he mau pōhaku makamae e pili ana i ka mahina hānau. Ua kaulana kēia mau pōhaku 12, inā e nīnau ʻoe i kekahi: “He aha kāu pōhaku hānau”? Aneane e ike mau lakou i ka pane.

ʻO ke kumu o nā pōhaku hānau mai ka1st a me 5th mau kenekulia. Manaʻo ʻia i kēia mau manawa, hoʻomaka ka poʻe e hoʻopili i nā pōhaku i nā mahina 12 o ka makahiki a me nā hōʻailona 12 o ka zodiac. Ua manaʻo ʻia he mana kūikawā kēia mau pōhaku inā e ʻaʻahu ʻia i kēlā me kēia mahina hōkū. Ua ikaika loa ka manaʻoʻiʻo i hoʻomaka ai ka poʻe e hōʻiliʻili i nā pōhaku he 12 e ʻaʻahu i kēlā me kēia mahina.

Ua manaʻo ʻia ua hoʻomaka ka hui ʻana i hoʻokahi gem i kēlā me kēia mahina ma Polani i ka makahiki 18th kenekulia, a ua kapa ʻia kēia mau pōhaku ʻo nā pōhaku hānau kahiko. I ka US, nui ka kuʻikahi ma waena o ka pōhaku i hāʻawi ʻia i kēlā me kēia mahina no laila, i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻohālikelike i nā pōhaku hānau, hui pū ka National Association of Jewelers (ʻike ʻia ʻo Jewelers of America) a hoʻopaʻa inoa i kahi papa inoa ma 1912. ʻike ʻia ʻo nā pōhaku hānau hou.

E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ʻo ke ʻano maʻamau o ka ʻaʻahu ʻana i kou pōhaku hānau he mau keneturi wale nō. Ke hoʻololi nei ka poʻe Jewelers i nā palapala pōhaku hānau, a no laila, koho kekahi poʻe i nā pōhaku mai ka papa inoa o kēia manawa a me ka papa kuʻuna.

I ka hanohano o Iulai, e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka Ruby

ʻO ka pōhaku hānau kahiko a me kēia manawa o Iulai ka ruby. Pili kēia pōhaku ʻulaʻula me aloha, kuko, waiwai, a me ka maluhia. ʻO ka ruby ​​kekahi o nā pōhaku kuʻuna kaulana loa. He mea mau i ke kanaka ke komo i ka pohaku hanau i na makahiki a pau, ma ke apo, lei, or nā apo pepeiao. 

ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ke komo ʻana i kou pōhaku hānau he hōʻailona ia o ka pōmaikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi, ʻo koʻu manaʻo e koho kēlā me kēia kanaka i kahi pōhaku makamae e kāhea iā lākou. Inā makemake ʻoe i pōhaku pale e hiki ai ke lawe mai i ka hauʻoli a me ka ikaika ʻuhane i loko o kou ola, e ʻaʻahu wale i ka ruby, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia kou pōhaku hānau.