One (1) 95% clean, genuine round cut ruby weighing 0.20 carat surrounded by clean, 2.5 mm. round cut moonstone, red coral, orange spessartite, blue sapphire, yellowish chrysoberyl cat’s eye, yellow sapphire, green tsavorite, and colorless diamond, set in 21k (90%) yellow gold & 18k white gold herbal ring containing sacred ashes of FicusReligiosa (Pippala-bhasma), inside stamped 20808 RSB 90% --- Comes with numbered certificate of authenticity.
INFLUENCE
For countless centuries, the cultures of India and South-East Asia haverevered the beautiful 9 gem talisman known as “Navaratna”. Combining thegemstones representing each of the nine planets in sidereal astrology, theSRI NAVA-RATNA is esteemed by ancient tradition as a bringer of good fortune through itsfavorable influence on the planetary energies.
The most well-known design places a ruby, representing the sun, in the center encircled by the other 8 planetary gemstones, diamond for Venus, pearl for Moon, coral for Mars, hessonite for Rahu (the moon’s ascending node), blue sapphire for Saturn, cat’s-eye for Ketu (the moon’s descending node), yellow sapphire for Jupiter and emerald for Mercury.
“Aum brahma murari, tripuranta-kari,
bhanu, shasi, bhauma-suto, buddhasca,
gurusca, shukra, shani, rahu, ketu,
sarve-graha shanti-karabhavantu.”
“I invoke the Supreme Deity who is creator, maintainer, and destroyer of the universe, and the deities presiding over the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, and the shadow planets Rahu and Ketu - May all these planets bestow peace.”