GRAHA: Ketu GEMSTONE: Cat's eye / Lasuniya

Briefing the Nature of the Planet

Ketu is quite influential to make one lovable among the people in a social circle. It bestows love for god and high values. Ketu is also denoted as the representative of bringing luxuries and wealth if it is favourable. Ketu is also a sign of action, intuition and innovation.

Favourite Colour : Smoke Coloured
Favourite Day : Saturday
Favourite God / Deity : Lord Bhairav (An Incarnation of Shiva)
The ill effects of Ketu can be minimized 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.
• Donating in charity blankets, iron and Black Til (Sesamum Seeds) on Saturday.
• Distributing all seven cereals (Wheat, Bajra, Kangani, Moong, Udad, Barley, Gram) to needy and poor on any Saturday.
• Wearing of smoke coloured clothes will immensely please Ketu to be benevolent.
• Worshipping Lord Hanuman or Bhairav everyday with Red Flowers and Dhoop.
• Eating of coconut and distributing the same in charity to the needy people.
• Offering of Smoke coloured flowers in fire sacrifice.
• Wearing of Lehsunia (Cat's Eye) in silver ring in the middle finger on any Saturday and continuing to wear for a period
• Burning of Loban (Benzoin) in worship everyday is likely to bring favours of Ketu.
• Reciting of Ketu's Vedic Mantra can bring blessings of Ketu Planet. The chanting of mantras is recommended with Red Sandal Beaded garland or Rudraksha Beaded Garland.
• Chanting of Ketu's seed Mantra can bring blessings of Ketu Planet. The use of
Red Sandal beaded Garland or Rudraksha Beaded Garland is recommended.

Dr.Tail / Ketu
Ketu is the rest of the body of Rahu, it bestows spiritual tendencies, asceticism, and nonattachment to worldly desires and ambitions. Ketu is also a half-planet that bestows wisdom, powers of discrimination, and gyana-spiritual knowledge, the knowledge of the self. It gives psychic abilities to its natives and makes them masters of the healing arts, natural healing, healing herbs, spices, foods, tantric healing, healing persons affected by evil spirits and ghosts. Ketu’s sign is Pisces – as Rahu’s is Virgo. The sign Pisces belongs the the guru, Jupiter, and Ketu also has dominion over it. Ketu’s body is supposed to be composed of a man’s torso in its upper half and a fish body as its lower half. Ashvini, Mul, and Magha nakshatras are Ketu’s nakshatras. Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Capricorn, and Pisces are its friendly signs. Cancer and Leo are enemy signs. Ketu is a friend of Mercury, Venus, and Saturn. Jupiter is neutral in friendship. Sun, Moon, and Mars are Ketu’s enemies. It is powerful in Taurus, Sagittarius, and Pisces.
When afflicted or ill-posited, Ketu gives imprisonment, accidents, fear, anxiety, leprosy, skin diseases, starvation, and death by starvation. Ketu makes people conspirators and gives nightmares. It gives pain in joints, diseases of joints and nerves, and excessive heat in the body.

Dr.Tail / Ketu Mantra to Chant
Aum Kaim Ketave Namah Aum

Gemstone for Ketu: Cat's eye/ lasuniya

It is an aluminate of beryllium - a mixture of aluminum and beryllium - having traces of oxide of iron and chromium, which serve as coloring agents and give it brownish and greenish tinges. It has a chatoyant glowing from inside like the eye of a cat and having white fibers. The brighter the fiber, the higher is the quality of the gem. Cat's-eye has a silky streak of light that moves with the turning of the stone like a gleam in a straight line across the stone.

General properties of Gemstone
Planet : Ketu
Cosmic Color : Beyond Visible Color Spectrum (Infra Red)
Sign : Pisces
Element : Water
Time : After Sunset
Day : Thursday

Qualities:
Straightness of the chatoyance
Smoothness
Brilliance of chatoyance
Quality of mineral
High specific gravity - heavier than average stone of the same size Having three streaks of light, similar to the sacred thread worn by Brahmins in India Cat's eye is found in many colors: yellow, black, dark or smoky-green, and white. The only thing common to all shades is the band of light moving across the stone, the chatoyance.

Some Flaws of Cat's Eye:
• Dullness - the cat's-eye that is not brilliant and is shining and flimsy is injurious for physical health and personal wealth
• Crack inside the gemstone - brings injuries from sharp-edged weapons
• Cobweb inside the gemstone - brings imprisonment and is harmful for the wearer
• Having five streaks or bands of light - brings misfortune
• Holes or dents - bring diseases of the stomach
• Flat - devoid of effect and therefore not suitable for wearing
• Uneven in shape - unlucky

Rituals for wearing Cat's Eye Gemstone
The weight of the gemstone should not be less than 3 Ratti (363 mg). Its effect increases with its increasing weight.
Cat's eye should be studded in gold.
After washing with water and unboiled milk and chanting Mantra. It should be worn in the middle/little finger of the right hand.
The wearer should donate sand colored cloth and iron based item should be donated and the person should feed bread to a goat with his own hands.
Day for wearing: Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday
Time for wearing: The best time to wear a cat's eye ring is two hours after sunset, or in the evening.

Source
Cat's eye gemstone is found in India, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Brazil, China, Russia & Burma.