Gemstones play an important role in Indian astrology and are giving very high importance. About gemstones it is believed that they tend to an influence on the planets and their powers. According to Indian astrology, gemstones tend to nullify the negative effects of some planetary alignment.

Some gemstones have the power to heal or safeguard or protect you from the evil source or things. Gems are importance because their beauty or lustre or because of their healing and safeguarding power. ImageAt times along with physical properties of these gemstones chemical properties is also used to give them an astrological significance. These stones can be categorized on their basis of their properties like transparency, colour, lustre, size, oaring, hardness, cost, material etc to give them astrological meaning. Gemstones are generally known as nav ratnas because there are 9 precious stones in astrology.

Namely they are ruby, yellow sapphire, emerald, diamond, red coral, cat’s eye, blue sapphire. Every stone is considered to have enormous amount of supernatural power and importance because of their deferent properties for example pearls safeguards and protect from gastric disorder, mental aliments, asthma, cough, eye problem and etc, wealth and prosperity; emerald controls blood pressure and nervous aliments; red coral is said to give protection from physical ailments along with the protection from natural disaster to natives; diamond brings fame and fortune and red coral should also be worn by women who have gone through a miscarriage so that they can have smooth delivery etc.

Apart from their importance on the basis of their properties, every gemstone is associated to a Zodiac sign. For that particular zodiac that gemstone is considered to be auspicious, as stated below

AQUARIUS: turquoise, amethyst, agate, garnet, quartz, emerald, lapis lazuli.

PISCES: coral, aquamarine, amethyst, opal, agate, pearl, ruby, pearl, topaz, tourmaline.

ARIES: ruby, amethyst, azurite, dolomite, pyrite, obsidian.

TAURUS: agate, coral, opal, alabaster, moonstone.

GEMINI: emerald, topaz, tiger eye, jasper, rock crystal, ruby, solitaire.

CANCER: pearl, rock crystal, agate, green quartz, ruby, jade, aqua, coral, amber.

LEO: rose quartz, opal, obsidian, topaz, carnelian, jade.

VIRGO: jasper, agate. Onyx stone cross, Tiger Eye, Fluorite, amazonite, jade, opal.

LIBRA: emerald, coral, pearl, turquoise, lapis lazuli, ruby, aquamarine.

SCORPIO: topaz, pearl, lapis, hematite, agate, amethyst, malachite, opal, jasper.

SAGITTARIUS: garnet, turquoise, amethyst, hematite.

CAPRICORN: coral, ruby, amethyst, malachite, jade.

Therefore above stated gemstones are considered to bring good luck and fortune to the corresponding zodiac.