Ruby ~ Manik
Ruby is a gemstone of the corundum family and is attractive...
Ruby is a gemstone of the
corundum family and is
attractive because of its
brilliance, if it is crystal clear
and transparent. It is found in
a variety of crimson and
scarlet red colors ranging
from pink to a deep ruddy
violet color. It has the
smooth and delicate luster of
clarified butter. The finest
quality ruby has a delicate
rose color, similar to the eye
of a living cuckoo.
Click the properties below for
more info.
General
Planet : Sun
Cosmic Color : Red
Sign : Leo
Element : Fire
Time : Sunrise
Day : Sunday
Metal : Yellow Gold
Signs of well-placed Gemstone
• Royalty, high position in administration
• Creative, vital, resistant, determined and decisive
• Successful activity, authority
• Cheerful outlook, good fortune, ambition to achieve great heights, brilliance,
optimism, success in worldly affairs
The gemstone helps to prevent the following diseases :
• Hemorrhage, cardiac thrombosis, heated and bilious constitution
• Heart diseases, eye inflammation, low or high blood pressure
• Cerebral meningitis, eruption of the face, typhoid, polypus, epilepsy, bile
complaints, sun-stroke, scorches, diseases of the head
Qualities
• Brilliance
• Smoothness
• Hardness
• Luster
• Silky or milky inclusions
• Heaviness in weight, high density
• Color, transparent carmine red with bluish tint like pigeon blood
• Transparence
• Regular shape
Flaws
• Blackish or whitish tint - loss of wealth; bad reputation
• Not homogeneous - brings troubles for father and for self
• Feather - gives bad luck
• Dullness - gives problems with brothers
• Honey color, milky color - destroys animals and pets (Pashudhan)
• Smoky color - divine obstacles, bad luck
• Bluishness in color - gives stomach problems
• Forms similar to shape of trident, triangle, or cross - troubles in having children, bad
name, loss of wealth, early death
• Bubbles - makes the gem ineffective
• Brittleness - gives problems in having a son
• Irregular lines inside - domestic quarrels, disturbance
• Dirty - ineffective
• Lack of water and fire (brittle, dull, opaque, lacking glitter) - gives bad luck
• Two colors - restlessness, obstacles, disease, and problems for father and self
• Cracks - gives bad luck
• Spotty (spots of black or honey color) - gives restlessness, problems in having children
• Slit, cavity, hole - bad luck, diseases, weakness
• Flimsiness - gives problems with lightning
Identity
• An imitation ruby appears orange when placed under an ultra violet lamp.
• A crack in a real ruby will not shine and will have a zigzag quality, whereas in an
imitation ruby a crack is shiny, straight, and clearly visible.
• If a ruby is placed in cow's milk in a glass jar the milk will appear of rosy color, whereas
normally it has a yellowish tint.
• If you place a real ruby in a glass jar, a red hue of light will be seen to emit from the jar.
• Bubbles in a real ruby are rarely found, they are not round and have the same color as
the gem, but in an imitation stone bubbles are round, bare, white, and sometimes
hollow.
• If a ruby is placed in a silver plate and seen in sunlight the plate will reflect a reddish
tint.
• A real ruby is heavier and denser than an imitation or a similar stone.
• If pearls are put together with a real ruby in a silver plate and placed in sunlight, the
silver plate will appear blackish, the pearls will have a red hue, and the ruby will shine
like the Sun.
• Layers of a real ruby are linear and straight, whereas in an imitation they are circular.
• A real ruby continues shining after it has been x-rayed, but an imitation shines only as
long as the source of light is shining on it.
• A ruby will appear dark red from one angle and pale when viewed from the other side.
• If you place a real ruby on an unopened lotus bud it will open up and become a
blossoming lotus in a short time.
• If the silky spot, which remains stationary, has bluish tint and does not emit flickering
light, the gem is an imitation.
• The color in a natural real ruby is not uniform, whereas in an imitation the color is
homogeneous.
• A real ruby, when placed on the eyelids, remains cool longer than an imitation does
because of its compact molecular structure. A piece of glass or imitation gem, that is, a
synthetic ruby, gets warm quickly.
Ritual
A ruby should be bought on a Sunday, Monday, or Thursday in the ascending moon cycle. It
should be bought, set, and worn when the Sun is in Leo and it is Pushya Nakshatra. If the
nakshatra is not Pushya, then the nakshatras ruled by the Sun, i.e., Kritika, UttraPhalguni, and
Uttrashad, are also suitable for it. The stone should be given to the jeweler on the same day
and should be set and polished on the same days as mentioned above. The stone should be
mounted in an open backed ring made of a mixture of gold and copper and the gemstone
should touch the skin of the wearer's finger.