Find Your Birthstone by Zodiac Sign: Discover Your Ancient Tribe

There are birthstone charts that are simply convenient. And then there are stones that are channeled — set into a High Priest's breastplate, engraved with a tribe's name, tied to a piece of sky that's been watching over that tribe for three thousand years. Twelve of those stones exist. One of them is yours.

A Stone Older Than the Zodiac

The Hoshen was the breastplate worn by the High Priest of Israel, described in the Torah in Exodus 28:15–30 — twelve gemstones, one for each of the twelve tribes, set in gold over the heart. Jewish mystical tradition, going back to Sefer Yetzirah, ties each tribe's month to a zodiac sign. Judah's month is Nisan. Judah's sign is Aries. Judah's stone is garnet. Nothing here was ever random — the stones were matched to tribes, and the tribes were matched to the sky.

Twelve Tribes, One Sacred Map

Because the Hebrew calendar is lunar, its months drift against the Gregorian calendar every year — which is exactly why so few people know which tribe is theirs. Here's the map:

In Jewish leap years, an extra month — Adar II — belongs to Levi alone, paired with emerald.

Find Your Exact Tribe

The table gets you close. It won't get you certain — not when a single sunset can shift your Hebrew month. There's only one way to know for sure.

Go to www.hachoshenstones.com. Enter your birthday, and whether it fell before or after sunset. In seconds: your Hebrew birth date, your tribe, your stone — and the piece made for it.

Four Reasons Every Stone Becomes Yours

• 💎 18 Karat Solid Gold — never plated, never filled
• 🔹 Natural Diamonds & Gemstones — no simulants, no lab-grown substitutes
• 🕎 Your Exact Tribe — not a generic month on a chart
• ♾️ Made to Be Handed Down — a piece with a three-thousand-year story behind it

Who Wears Their Tribe's Stone?

A bat mitzvah girl discovering her stone for the first time. A groom quietly matching his ring to his bride's. A daughter gifting her mother the stone of the tribe she was born into. Anyone who wants jewelry that means something before it's ever admired for how it looks.

Everything You Want to Know