Here, the creator of colorstrology herself, Michele Bernhardt, walks us through the fundamentals. As Bernhardt tells mbg, she used her own intuition and knowledge of color and astrology, to come up with a color for each month, as well as each day. She also took factors like the ruling planet of each month, the zodiac elements, numerology, and more into account. As Bernhardt explains to mbg, you can wear certain colors, surround yourself with them, meditate on them—even eat them. And you don’t have to limit yourself to your birth month color, by any means, but rather incorporate different colors as you feel drawn to their themes. And just as a side note, Bernhardt explains that if you’re born toward the latter part of the month, you may resonate with your birth month color, as well as the following month. There’s “wisdom through the ages that comes through,” Bernhardt adds, when it comes to those similarities, but the important thing to remember is that it’s all about what resonates with you. Just as you can work with any birth month color, you’re not limited to only ever wearing your birthstone and no others.