Shani Ratna Jewels for Saturn Blue Sapphire not necessary (although it is suitable) Pearl (Moti, Mukta) recommended when the gem has no effect,  Seva will help Shani [Saturn] shaniratna Indraneela Neelmani Neelazman Mahaneela Neelopala zitiratna zanipriya English: blue sapphire Hindi: Neelam iron (Sansk/ adrisaara)  -or- lead;   silver, or  5-metals (panch dhatu)  also, gold very cold lapis lazuli /  blue spinel /  indicolite (sapphire-blue tourmaline) /tanzanite /  iolite /  amethyst (purple quartz) Set in silver -or- panch-dhatu. Place on the second finger of right hand, on a Saturday Chant Shani mantra."Aum sham shanaiascaraya namah"* 23 alleviates problems of bones, dryness, stiffness & air - if warranted (blue sapphire is excellent for Thula lagna) Conversation about Gems with a mature female in midst of her 19-year Mahadasha of Kumbha Shani, highly dignified in Karma Bhava Q: I've been thinking that I should make some major financial investment in a top quality Blue Sapphire in order to get better results out of this never-ending Shani Mahadasha.  I've felt the deepest spiritual discipline & commitment to my Guru's lineage teachings since the first day of Shani mahadasha.  Unfortunately both businesses that I started in Shani period have been struggling financially (I can't earn enough to expand the businesses to make them really viable) and I have been on the verge of losing my house through inability to pay my mortgage twice too. Should I take what little cash I currently have & buy a good Shani Ratna? A: Shani's gemstone could be helpful to anyone with a good Shani position like you have -- but your spiritual discipline is so naturally focused that I don't think a gemstone is necessary for you at all.  Shani wants you to express conscious intent to do the work one chose for oneself at the moment of birth.   You have fully satisfied that requirement, to consciously accept responsibility for doing the work!   Shani's method is always slow and painstaking, with many small failures along the road to final success.  Hang in there!   I don't think the "luxury purchase" of a Shani gem will support the overall Shani agenda of frugality, time-management, and commitment to serve the needs of others.  Rather, just keep doing what you're already doing in your spiritual practice.   Special circumstances: Moti/Mukta/Pearl recommended: Interesting you've been wearing Shani (Saturn) colors since the onset of your Saturn mahadasha! I'd say your yogakaraka Saturn is your *best* planet.  Very strong in Kumbha (Aquarius) in kendra and vargottama! -- so that Shani's dasha makes the 10th rashi of leadership and the 6th navamsha of selfless service very powerful! Shani gives eccentricity and scientific genius... and also superior in karma-dharma bhava -the career-vocation-public service 10th house.  So your commitment to serve by bringing advanced scientific knowledge to the public is very strong in Shani mahadasha! A blue sapphire would be pretty but I don't think you would gain much from owning one. First of all, your Saturn being in its home sign of Kumbha is already very strong, so gems are not required to strengthen it.  IMO gems can only strengthen weak planets. Secondly, radix Shani rules what a "badhaka" house.  For fixed signs rising (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) the 9th house is a troublesome place & therefore L-9 Shani acquires some troublesome qualities which we would not want to exacerbate.   In your case since you are a member of a conservative religious organization, strengthening the badhaka lord might cause problems in your relationship to the living & dead Gurus of your ancient tradition.  That would be counterproductive for sure! Another problem with gems is that: Not only are prescribed gems tremendously expensive, but quite frequently they don't work. 99% of gems in this world, including prescribed remedial gems have been heat-treated by greedy vendors who use high heat to brighten stone color & fuse cracks. Heat-treating renders remedial gemstones completely ineffective. It's a sad fact of Kali Yuga. IMO, it would only be possible to guarantee the effectiveness of the stone if one could control the stone from the moment of mining to the auspicious moment of placement on one's skin. There are some small family gem mines in India/the Himalaya which are pure in this way... but it's dicey to follow that pure gem all the way from Sri Lanka to small-town USA!  Not only that, your Saturn is quite strong enough - there is no need to strengthen it further unless you wanted to abandon *all* personal attachment & become a pure servant of the people.  I think Shukra rising makes you far too sensual for that!  Pearl is Better for Increasing Power of Shri Ganesha  Better to strengthen your queenly Moon using a pure pearl to simultaneously increase the power of your Ishtadevata Shri Ganesha, and potentially improve the amount of self-made wealth coming in through house-3 which is ruled by Moon. I would not normally recommend Pearl to strengthen a house containing Ketu, because Ketu for the less conscious person is so troublesome, bring as He does detachment and disconnection from the world.  However as a career meditator who looks forward to your increasing detachment with pleasure, I believe you would benefit from the effects of a large and lovely pearl worn close to your skin. Luckily, pearls don't get heat-treated, so they can be quite effective. A large natural pearl set in silver on a silver chain, chain length to allow the pearl to rest against the skin on the center point of your 4th chakra, would be very nice and helpful. (Vedic gems as you know are worn under your clothes.) The better remedies IMO are pujas to the planetary deities and internal purification via taking vows, compassionate action, and profound acceptance. In our era the ego is our strongest transformational power source. Used poorly of course it creates spiritual disaster - but used consciously, ego-driven commitment to make specific changes in the life practice, especially the commitment to guarantee pure motivation for all actions, is *much* more effective than any outside source such as a gem. Everyone loves a magic bullet Stones and various magical remedies are traditional in Jyotisha and widely prescribed in India, and increasingly here in the USA. I know how to prescribe them but I rarely do it for two reasons.  The remedial power of the gems depends on their clarity and color. 99% of gems in India and everywhere else in the world have been heat-treated to increase their color and seal cracks, but the heat-treating completely destroys their curative powers.  Unfortunately, there is no way to control Jyotisha gem quality in our world. There are Vedic gemologists in India and USA who will swear that their gems are pure, but they must buy those gems through many middlemen. Having lived in India I believe all gem sources to be corrupt. The gem-seller temptation to profit via the heat-treating is too strong. You would want to decide for yourself if you had faith in the gem dealer. Perhaps some day I will know of a pure family mine in India and then I will prescribe. You might want to consult the LA Jyotishi to receive his prescribed gem remedies.   Jyotisha gems are generally quite expensive. A non-included, 2+ carat yellow sapphire for Jupiter or a pure 2-3+ carat diamond for Venus or a good emerald for Mercury will cost thousands of dollars. Very small stones & imperfect stones do not work at all.   Effective remedial gems must be large and perfect, and they must be set in pure gold or pure silver, so that the stone touches the skin. Furthermore, there are strict rules to put on the ring or pendant at a very specific time and do puja (prayers) for several hours (or weeks) before and after applying the stone. Very few Americans unless they live in ashrams can do all this right, thus the whole project is expensive and easy to fail. But still everyone loves a magic bullet, so the gems are very popular.  I myself recommend meditation, visualization, and service as most efficacious means of purification.  But those are obviously less glamorous and less popular :)  [end of conversation]
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