PLANET: SUN / SURYA GEMSTONE: RUBY / MANIK

Briefing the Nature of the Planet Sun

Planet Sun is treated as a ferocious and cruel planet. It's nature is hot and it is the controller of sharpness of mind, beauty and energy of body. It is also the master of successes in life and controls the family affairs along with the Mars. Sun is related to fulfilment of desires, eye diseases, care of eyes, leprosy, skin diseases, span and longevity of life, success in fortune.

Favourite Colour : Vermillion Red
Favourite Day : Sunday
Favourite God / Deity : Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati

The ill effects of Sun can be minimised and the good effects can be increased
according to Indian mythology by doing the following tasks. Any or all of these, one
can select as per one's convenience.
• Choose any Sunday and donate a piece of red cloth to the poor. Sun is
associated with red colour. Doing so will please the Sun and it's benevolence
will increase and it's malevolence will decrease considerably.
• Just at Sunrise, worship the Sun, pour pure water in front of the Sun, pray
soulfully. It is believed that the Sun will listen to you and bestow it's grace to
your prayers.
• Lord Shiva, the merciful god, will bless you when worshipped with offerings of
red flowers. Offering of such mode of prayer will appease the Sun Planet.
• If possible, donate, according to your capacity, gold or copper on a Sunday to
a needy person. But, this should fall within the reach of your budget. This will
help to retard the annoyance of the Sun.
• Feeding the needy and poor with roasted grams & Gud (Raw Sugar) on
Sunday is one more step to appease the Sun.
• To add effect to your prayers, use red sandal beaded garland in counting of
chanting mantras to propitiate Planet Sun.
• Distribute religious books and prayer books as per your capacity on any
Sunday. This will help reduce the opposite nature of the Sun.
• Sun is associated with knowledge. So, spread knowledge and your sincere
efforts will please the Sun. Doing this free of cost will bring brighter results.
• Everyday, use at least one cardamom in eating.
• Use Khas (Poppy Seeds) every day as Thandai shake (Cooling Syrup).
• Use a little Mulaiti (liquorice) by chewing a piece of it every day.
• Recline or rest in the shadow of pine trees - think and thank Sun.
• Put an auspicious mark of saffron (Spilus Mark) on the forehead (Red Tilak).
• Copper is a metal related to the Sun. Keep fresh water in a copper vessel
covered with a lid overnight and drink this water in the morning.
• Fasting will purify your soul; choose Sundays for your fasting if you are to get
the favour of the Sun.
• Speaking truth is a noble virtue. Inculcate the habit of speaking Truth. This will
appease the Sun.
• On an Amavasya day (No Moon Day), keep Mounavrat (Total Silence). This
can be repeated as many times as you desire to get the grace of the Sun more
and more.
• Spare some time every morning for reciting Sun's Vedic mantra.
• Religiously recite Sun's Beej (Seed) Mantra as often as possible.
• Wear ruby on your ring finger. Initially wear it on a Sunday & later continue to
wear it.

The Sun, according to the Vedas, is the parent of all existing phenomena in the
solar system. He is the ruler of all the planets that rotate around him. The Sun is
considered to be the soul of Kala Purusha (Kala = time, Purusha = being; combined,
it means the being that binds himself to Time).
Its colored is bloodred, its nature is bile-dominated, and it is the lord of the direction East.
It is the ruler of the zodiacal sign, Leo, and is exalted in the sign Aries, debilitated in Libra, and exiled in Aquarius. The Moon, Mars, and Jupiter are its natural friends, and Venus, Saturn, Rahu (dragon’s head, or the north node of the Moon), and Ketu (dragon’s tail, the south node of the Moon) are its natural enemies. Nakshatras Kritika, Uttra Phalguni, and Uttra Khad are ruled by the Sun.
The Sun gives us vitality and the power of resistance and immunity. It is responsible
for our physical makeup – the body’s constitution. The Sun gives life force, the
power of will, intellect, brilliance, prosperity, success in worldly affairs, wealth,
personal, conduct, activity, cheerfulness, good fortune, wisdom, ambition, fame, the
understanding of the phenomenal world, and the knowledge of medicine. It also
governs our relationship with temples and holy places.
The human spine is specially influenced by the Sun. Pingala Nadi, which represents
the Sun, originates at the base of the spine on the right side, is solar in nature, and terminates in the right nostril. The Sun is connected with the right eye in men and the left eye in women. The Sun rules the heart, liver, lungs, head (brain), nerves, and bones.
The Sun also represents kings, government officials, rich and famous people,
personnel of royal families. Gemologists, artists, dramatists, jewelers, and creative
people. Copper is its metal but it rules over gold, almonds, peanuts, coconut,
mustard seeds, wool, red flowers, red sandalwood, and what in India are called
“red” cows. It shows its influence from twelve to twenty-four years of age.
An afflicted and ill-aspected Sun gives low and high blood pressure, indigestion,
jaundice, cholera, fever, diabetes, appendicitis, hemorrhage, cardiac thrombosis,
eruptions on the face, typhoid, tuberculosis, mental problems caused by thinking too
much, diseases of the head, epilepsy, and disorders caused by aggravated bile.

Sun is associated with Health, Pay and Success. A sound mind resides in a sound
body. So, acquire sound health getting Sun's favour, thanks to Sun's influence. Carve
out success through your sound mind. You will obtain through the Sun's grace,
longevity, health, wealth, success in business, occupation etc... we hope and desire
so.

Sun / Surya Mantra to Chant

Aum Hring Hamsah Suryaye Namah Aum
Gemstone for SUN is RUBY(Manik)

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.

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.
The best time to wear a ruby ring is sunrise. Before wearing, the ring should be kept for some time in raw cow's milk and should be washed with Ganga water (if available) or water kept in a copper pot or rainwater. After it has been washed, the ring should be kept on a red cloth, on which a sun yantra is drawn with either red sandalwood paste or roli or a mixture of turmeric powder. The person who wants to wear the
ring can do the rituals himself. The ring should be placed in front of the idol or engraved copper yantra made in gold, on the red cloth on which the numerical yantra of the sun is drawn.
Flowers and incense should be offered to the engraved copper yantra and the yantra and the gemstone mounted in the ring should be worshiped, reciting the mantra of the sun god.

Mantra

Aum Hring Hamsah Suryaye Namah Aum

The Mantra should be recited 108 times. Then the wearer should meditate on the gemstone and wear the ring on the ring finger of the right hand.
The yantra to be drawn on red cloth with red sandalwood paste or roli is as follows :


Sun / Surya

The following yantra written with red sandalwood paste or roli, engraved on a copper plate should be placed on the cloth asana :



A ring worn by the above methods brings good luck, peace, and prosperity.