Pearl | Jyotish Pathways

The Moon and Its Gemstone-Pearl

1. Moon is the presiding deity of the element water, and rules over the tides of the sea.

2. Moon represents the mother or female principle, the energy that creates and preserves.

3. The Moon gives illumination, sense of purpose, intuitive nature, sensuality, taste, youth, love of purpose, fine arts and music, love of jewelry, attractive appearance, wealth and good fortune. It makes us moody, emotional, and sensitive. It rules milk, grain, liquids, growth, fertility, impregnation, and conception.

4. It also influences childbirth and rules the left nostril, the Ida Nadi, eyesight, the breasts, and the brain (memory).

5. It rules over the zodiacal sign Cancer, is exalted in the zodiacal sign Taurus, and is debilitated in Capricorn.

6. An afflicted, debilitated, exiled, or weak moon causes cold, cough, fever, eye ailment, lunacy, paralysis, epilepsy, hysteria, colic pains, beriberi, intestinal disorders, throat trouble, bronchitis, dysentery, neurosis, typhoid, and cancer.

7. The gemstone related to Moon is pearl, and its metal is silver. Wearing a pearl ring mounted in silver in such a way that the pearl touches the skin helps strengthen a weak or afflicted Moon. It attracts lunar energy, which is lacking in such cases.

WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES OF A GOOD PEARL ?

Moonlike, shining white color
Perfectly round globular shape and size
Compactness, which gives it a high specific gravity
Luster, soft glamor, attractivenss, and brilliance of reflection
Smoothness, which gives an agreeable sensation to the eyes
Spotlessness and freedom from blemishes (dents, scratches, ridges) and impurities.

FLAW OF PEARL

1. Cracks or ridges-wearing of such a pearl is injurious to one’s health

2. Wavy thin line on the surface-brings misfortune

3. Dents-bring loss of wealth

4. A mole-like formation on the surface layer-brings sadness and disease

5. Tiny spots like the marks of smallpox-harmful to progeny

Nowadays with modern technology, defective (asymmetrical and irregular) pearl can be made round, shapely, and flawless. Pearls without luster can be made lustrous, but even then it is not possible to refine all pearls with defects. Only those in which the possibility of refinement exists can be refined.

HOW TO IDENTIFY REAL PEARL ?

(1) Difference in the bore: There is uniformity in the bore of genuine pearls, whereas in cultured pearls it is thin at the starting point and wide in the middle.

(2) Difference in structure: In genu8ine pearls the structure is concentric, whereas in the cultured pearl it is parallel, as it is in the mother-of-pearl bead introduced into the mollusk to produce a cultured pearl.

(3) Difference in epithelium: It is hard in cultured pearls and soft in genuine pearls.

(4) Difference in luster: When cultured, imitation, or artificial pearls are treated with a mixture of cow’s urine and saltpeter for twenty-four hours, their lustre decreases. Genuine pearls retain their luster after such treatment.

(5) Difference can also be detected with the help of a pearl illuminator, but this detected is only possible in the case of drilled pearls. Another method used for undrilled pearls is to x-ray them.

HOW TO WEAR A PEARL- मोती RING ?

1. A pearl should be bought on a Monday in the ascending moon cycle.

2. The best time to wear a pearl ring is evening, or when the Moon is rising.

3. Before wearing the ring for the first time, immerse it in raw cow's milk for some time.

4. Then it should be washed with ganga-water, rainwater, spring water, or kept in a copper pot.

5. Flowers and incense should be offered to the engraved silver yantra and the pearl mounted in the ring should be worshiped by reciting the mantra of Moon god:

6.The mantra should be recited 108 times to wear a pearl ring