YOUR BIRTH STONE
The precious stones can be used as Birth Stones according to tropical sun-signs or Ascendant signs. The
following aspects should be considered before wearing.
1) Your ruling planet
2) Suitable gem and color
3) Minimum weight in carats
4) The metal used in making the ring
5) The week-day and the time when to wear
6) The finger
7) The substitutes
8) The weight of substitutes.
ARIES:
The ruling planet is Mars, color red, Red coral is the
suitable Birth stone. It should be minimum 6 carats in
weight. The Red coral should be set in a gold ring mixed
with copper and it should be worn in the ring finger of
the right hand on an auspicious Tuesday, in bright half
of the month, an hour after sunrise. Semi precious
stones like Carnelian, Red jasper and Blood stones may
be used as substitutes.
TAURUS:
The ruling planet is Venus, color bright white, Diamond
is the suitable birth stone. A pure diamond of atleast
one and half carat should be set in a ring of silver or
platinum, and worn on Friday morning in the little
finger of the right hand. Semi precious stones like
White rock crystal of 11 carats or the sapphire, Tourmaline or Zircon of white color, not less than 3 or 4
carats can be used as substitutes for the diamond.
GEMINI:
The ruling Planet is Mercury, color is GREEN. The suitable stone is EMERALD. A genuine emerald of not less than
3 carats in weight, studded in a silver ring, should be
worn in the little finger of the right hand on an auspicious Wednesday, two hours after sunrise. Peridot,
Aquamarine, Green Tourmaline, Green Agate, Sardonyx or
jade can be worn as substitutes.
CANCER:
The Ruling planet is Moon, the color white and the
suitable gem is pearl. The pearl of 2,4,6 or 11 carats,
set in a silver ring, should be worn on an auspicious
Monday of the bright half of the lunar month, in the
ring finer of the right hand. The weight should not be
more or less than the carats mentioned. As an alternative, Moon Stone, white opal or white sapphire can be
used. The white sapphire may be costlier.
LEO:
The ruling planet is Sun and the color is rose red or
pink. RUBY is the suitable stone. A good ruby of at
least 3 carats studded in a ring of gold mixed with
copper, should be worn at the time of sun rise on an
auspicious Sunday, in the ring finger of the right hand.
As an alternative, the red spinal, pysope garnet, red
tourmaline known as rubelite, the star ruby or sun stone
can be used.
VIRGO:
The ruling Planet is Mercury, color is GREEN. The suitable stone is EMERALD. A genuine emerald of not less than
3 carats in weight, studded in a silver ring, should be
worn in the little finger of the right hand on an auspicious Wednesday, two hours after sunrise. Peridot,
Aquamarine, Green Tourmaline, Green Agate, Sardonyx or
jade can be worn as substitutes.
LIBRA:
The ruling planet is Venus, color bright white, Diamond
is the suitable birth stone. A pure diamond of at least
one and half carat should be set in a ring of silver or
platinum, and worn on Friday morning in the little
finger of the right hand. Semi precious stones like
White rock crystal of 11 carats or the sapphire, Tourmaline or Zircon of white color, not less than 3 or 4
carts can be used as substitutes for the diamond.
SCORPIO:
The ruling planet is Mars, color red, Red coral is the
suitable Birth stone. It should be minimum 6 carats in
weight. The Red coral should be set in a gold ring mixed
with copper and it should be worn in the ring finger of
the right hand on an auspicious Tuesday, in bright half
of the month, an hour after sunrise. Semi precious
stones like Carnelian, Red jasper and Blood stones may
be used as substitutes.
SAGITTARIUS:
Jupiter is the ruling planet, color yellow and yellow
sapphire is the suitable gem. A gem of not less than 3
carats in weight, studded in a gold ring, should be worn
in the index finger or ring finger on a Thursday morning, preferably in the bright half of the month. It may
be noted that the weight should not be 6,11,15 carats.
Semi precious stones like citrine yellow tourmaline,
topaz, yellow zircon and golden topaz can be used as
alternative.
CAPRICORN:
Saturn is the ruling planet, color blue and the suitable
stone is Blue sapphire. The gem of minimum 5 carats set
in a ring of steel or mixture of eight metals (astha
dhatu) should be worn in the middle finger of the right
hand, on an auspicious Saturday about two hours before
sunset. The substitutes are Lapis Lazuli, amethyst,
turquoise, neeli, spinal blue, blue tourmaline and blue
zircon.
AQUARIUS:
Herschel or Uranus is the ruler. According to modern
astrologers, and traditionally Saturn is the ruling
planet. The suitable stone is gomedh or zircon of the
color of the cow's urine or honey. It should be set in a
ring made of eight metals and worn on Wednesday evening
before sunset in the middle or little finger. The gomedh
be at least 6 carats in weight. Hessonite garnet or
amethyst or turquoise can be used as substitutes. But it
is better to use gomedh only.
PISCES:
Traditionally Jupiter is the ruler of Pisces but now
Neptune is considered as the ruling planet by Modern
Astrology. The color is sky blue or sea green. The semi
precious stones are Aquamarine, and Turquoise are suita
ble.
GEMS FOR YOUR BIRTH STAR AND RASI
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GEM RASI STARS
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1) CORAL MESHA & VRISCHIKA MRIGASIRA
(MANGAL) CHITRA, DHANISHTA
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2) DIAMOND VRISHABHA & TULA BHARANI, POORVA-
(SUKRA) PHALGUNI, POORVASHDA
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3) EMERALD MITHUNA & KANYA ASLESHA, JYESTA
(BUDHA) REVATHI
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4) PEARL KARKATAKA ROHINI, HASTHA
(CHANDRA) SRAVANA
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5) RUBY SIMHA KRITIKKA, UTTARAPHAL-
(SURYA) -GUNI, UTTARASHADHA
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6) YELLOW DHANU & MEENA PUNARVASU, VISAKHA
SAPPHIRE POORVABHADRA
(GURU)
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7) BLUE MAKARA & KUMBHA PUSHYAMI, ANURADHA
SAPPHIRE UTTARABHADHRA
(SANI)
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8) GOMEDH -------- ARUDRA, SWATHI,
(RAHU) SATABHISHA
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9) CAT'S EYE ------- ASWINI, MAGHA, MOOLA
(KETU)
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GEMMOLOGY -RATNA SASTRA
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Our country is famous for precious stones and known as
"RATNA GARBHA" or Treasure of Gems. Ratna is the
Sanskrit Word for Gem, the precious stones. The word
Ratna is used in conferring Titles like Bharat Ratna,
Pandita Ratna, etc. to honour persons of great
achievements and those who are very good by nature. All the
countries in the world recognised the value and power of
gems and people use them in rings and ornaments for
prosperity,peace,pleasure power, success or relief from
diseases and difficulties. The deities in temples are seen
decorated with Gem studded Crowns and Ornaments. kings in
olden days used to wear crowns and swords studded with gems.
We know about the value of Kohinoor diamond,which was
presented to Queen Victoria,after changing many hands.This
great diamond was found in Andhra Pradesh. The great Moghal
diamond was found near Golconda. The powders of precious
stones are used in Indian Medicines will find these
stones in wristwatches also.According to Hindu Mythology,
Indra, King of heaven,defeated the mighty demon Uritra with
the strength of Vajrayudha,the Diamond Sword made out of the
bones of Sage Dadhichi or the demon Balasura. We know
the story of Samanthaka Mani worn by Lord Srikrishna. It is
said in mythology that Brahma, the creator, wears this Blue
Gem. Lord Krishna wears Kousthubha Mani, resembling the
colour of Lotus flower, while Lord Siva wears Rudramni of
gold colour. It is stated that the Pathalaloka or the
underworld ruled by Snakes gets light from the brilliant
rays of gems. The ocean is known as Ratnakara or treasure
of gems,because many gems are available in seas.Thomas Gray
says in Elegy: Full many a gem of purest ray serene, the
dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear". Some gems are found
on the hoods of snakes. Gems are available in
Africa,Ceylon,Coral islands and many other parts. Different
types of gems are available and sold in Jaipur(Rajasthan).A
number of books are written on the science of gems - Ratna
Sastra, explaining the qualities, colours, utility and
medical values of gems and the evil effects of defective
gems. Brihat Samhita of Varaha Mihira- the great astrologer,
contains a special chapter on gems. Jataka Parijatha of
famous astrologer Vaidya natha,deals with gems.There are
some books by western and Indian authors like curative gems,
Ratna Parichay and healing through gems etc. Who should
wear a particular gem,when,how and for what purpose are
explained in these books. A person should know which gem
suits him best according to his horoscope, because he may
face problems if he wears a wrong gem. There are 84 gems
in total with different names and colours. But nine of
them are very important. They are named as Navaratnas viz.,
1)Ruby 2)Emerald 3)Diamond 4) Yellow Sapphire 5) Blue
Sapphire 6)Pearl 7) Coral 8) Gomed 9)Cats eyes. The
Sanskrit names are Manikya, Marakatha, Vajra,
Pushyaraga, Neela, Muktaphala, Pravala, Gomedha and Vaidurya
respectively. Among these nine gems,the first five are
known as Pancha Ratnas. Ruby is of rose red colour,
resembling the colour of lotus. Padmaraga & Manikya are the
Sanskrit names, Kempu in Telugu. Emerald is the green
stone,known as Marakatha in Sanskrit, Paccha (parrot colour)
in Telugu and Panna in Hindi. There are 84 gems of
different types and colours. Five among them, known as
Pancha Ratnas, are very important and precious. They are
Ruby,Emerald, Diamond, Sapphire and Topaz or Manikya,
Marakatha, Vajra, Neelam and Pushyaraga respectively of
colors rare-red, green,white,blue and yellow.Another four
gems Pearl,Coral, Zircon and Cats eye are added in the
list of Navaratnas or Nine gems. Pearl is white, Coral is
red, Zircon is black and cats eye resembles the eye of
the cat in colour and shape and Muktaphala, Pravala,
Gomedha and Vaidurya are their Sanskrit names. The English,
Samskrit, Hindi and Telugu names and the colours of the nine
gems are given hereunder:
1. RUBY: Rose-red. Manikya, Mani, Padmaraga, Surya ratna,
Saugandhika Manikya Kempu-Ratnas (stone of sun).
2. EMERALD: Green. Marakatha, Garutmat, Harinmani,
Budha Ratna, Sowparni, Panna, Zamarud (stone of Mercury) Pacha.
3. DIAMOND: Bright white. Vajra, Sathakoti, Heerak,
Sukra-ratna,Heera,Almas (stone of Venus).
4. SAPPHIRE: Blue. Neelam, Indraneel,thringrahi,
Sani-ratna, Neelam, Yakut Kabud (stone of Saturn).
5. TOPAZ: Yellow. Pushyaraga, Pushparag, Peethamani,
Guru-ratna Pukhraj (stone of Jupiter).
6. PEARL: White. Muktaphala,Suktija,Mowktik, Chandra-ratna,
Mothi Murvarid (stone of Moon) Mutyam.
7. CORAL: Red. Pravala, Vidruma, Lathamani, Angaraka-mani,
Moonga - Mirjan (stone of Mars) Pagadam.
8. ZIRCON: Black. Gomed,Gomedak,Rahu-ratna Gomed -Zarkuniya
stone of Rahu North Node.
9. CAT'S EYE: White. Vaidurya,Rashtak,Abhrarah,Keturatna,
Lalsania,Vaidurya,Cymophane (stone of Ketu, south none).