Astrology: The power of gems and stones

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Gem stones have mystic powers and from times immemorial gems have been used in varied ways. Gems have curative powers and they can change your fortune and drive away evils. Gems and stones also have magical powers of healing and fortune giving.

Gems are used widely to get benefit from planets as gems carry never ending rays of luck.  Gems    counteract bad effects of planets and enhance luck, fortune, prosperity, health, name and fame.

How to wear the right stone

To obtain the full benefits effects of a stone, wear it when Moon is within a specific constellation on a specified day and time.

Wearing a stone in the right Nakshatra enhances the effects of the stone. The size of the stone also matters so it best to get an astrologer to tell you the size you must wear.

The right metal and making sure that the stone touches the finger at the bottom is essential.

Before wearing it light a lamp and pray to your God. Clean the ring in fresh (kaccha) milk and then Ganga water. Wear the stone in the specified finger of your hand.

If you are already wearing a stone then avoid wearing a contradictory stone to the specific stone worn previously.

Popular stones and their powers

Pearl: Pearl is the stone of the Moon and wearing a Pearl will protect you from harmful effects of Moon afflictions. Pearls are available in many colors, but of all the colors, white and red coloured pearls are the best. Round pearls are superior.

Yellow Sapphire: It is the Stone of the Jupiter and wearing this gem protects the native from harmful effects of Jupiter’s afflictions. It is popular in light yellow or golden color. It should be heavy, transparent and glittering. Yellow Sapphire makes one intellectual, charitable, religious and respectable towards elders. It also ensures wealth, name and fame.

Emerald: Emerald is ruled by Mercury and it is beautiful bottle green colored stone. Emerald with bottle green to grass green color, radiant, smooth, transparent and with bright rays is best. Emerald helps acquire wealth and the person would be blessed with children, intelligence, good health, wealth, longevity, lands and prosperity, domestic happiness and it also cures eye diseases, controls B.P. and nervous disorders and turns enemies into friends.

Diamonds: Diamond is ruled by Venus and it ensures longevity and advancement in life. It also blesses the person with children, happiness, intelligence, name, fame and good fortune. It also cures kidney and reproductive organ diseases. It drives away evil spirits and bad effects of evil eyes. It ensures happy married life, possession of jewellery and ornaments, rich dress, conveyances, comfortable house and birth of good children.