Gems and Their Effects

While creating the Universe, it was a wee bit difficult for God to create utmost beauty in this world, perhaps that’s when he decided to use some innovation.
God sure created many beautiful and picturesque scenes that we still ogle at in amazement! And although there are still some attributes in life that are like life itself; double-edged, I believe that they are made of five fundamental things that we are capable of; things that need to be implemented in life to gain its maximum benefit. Illustrating these would have otherwise been tiresome, if destiny hadn’t played its part!

Whatever do I mean? Well, life’s made up of the three Cs and four Ds. The three C’s of Courage, Conviction and Confidence, and the three Ds of Discipline,, Determination , Dedication and Destiny! Of this the last ‘D’ is quite interesting!

Myths and Beliefs

Like all human beings, we believe that God made this world and sprinkled us across the globe for us to discover it. And like all good things in life, there are certain bad or as we put it, sad aspects to life. There have been astrologers galore in this world who are constantly trying to predict a better life for all of us, or make us aware of our saddened patches of life! Somewhere between predictions and belief, comes the world of gemstones and their umbrella effect on our souls!

There are many of us who wear jewellery for fashion, to make a statement or wear it and preserve it as an heirloom. And although the fascination of coloured stones would never really leave their grasps on us in our lives, it’s their effects that make intriguing chapters colouring our lives with even deeper hues. Coloured stones or gems are a variety of types, precious and semi precious. There are of course various methods that would be imperative in determining who should wear what, most gem astrologers, as they are called suggest you a gem stone based on your date, year and month of birth. The reason for this is perhaps because we are all unique individuals and each one of us was born at a particular time. And since each and everything on this earth is made up of seven cosmic colours, supplied by the different planets, its quite interesting to note that the deficiency of one planet may need to be replenished on a person from time to time.

The real reason to wear stones

A bit of science as we go ahead to describe which zodiac sign needs to wear which stone. As we know, both planets and the earth move at different speeds in the Orbit. Resultantly, during each particular month, there are particular planets that keep getting farther from the earth. And each planets gives out a particular colour that is engulfed by the earth’s surface from time to time. So with the passing of each month, it is quite possible that these planets keep getting farther and farther from the earth. The planets that are far from the earth in the particular month, would not allow its cosmic colour to be reflected during that month, hence causing a deficit throughout that month.

Therefore any child being born during that month will possibly have the deficiency of that colour. Consequently the child by birth may not receive the colour released by that planet. Hence it is this colour that forms your birth stone! If you notice, astrologers always stress on the fact that the birthstone is supposedly very lucky for the child wearing it. We understand that deficiency of this colour that is supposedly required for the child to receive from this planet contains certain vibrations that are beneficial for the wearer. Which is why by not wearing certain stones that are required for the person to wear, may cause the wearer some problems. These may include certain diseases, certain disorders, or even Negative Approaches and Negative Vibrations.

Wearing your birthstone not only gives you the cosmic colour that you require, but also enhances the umbrella kind of effect, thereby bringing in positive vibrations. Colour stones or gemstones are also known to have certain healing properties, sometimes, the effects of which are truly amazing.

There have been cases in the past like Epilepsy for example that has been cured by wearing a combination of Emerald and Moonstone. Similarly there are various other combinations that are used for similar purposes. Gems associated with the different zodiac signs are also quite popular. For example for the sign of Aries, yellow sapphire is what is recommended, for Capricorns it’s usually Blue Sapphire, etc.

Of course there are categories and of course you need to consult your astrologers before you think of wearing any one of these. Our intention is only to reiterate that life is beautiful and if you think you can add in some more colour to it, well then so be it!
   By Prerna Salla
Published: 5/5/2004
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