Details of Ketu and its Gemstone Cats`s eye, Lehsunia

CAT'S EYE (Lehsunia)

Planet	Dragon’s Tail (Ketu)
Sign (Rashi)	Pisces (Meena)
Color of the CAT'S EYE (LEHSUNIA)	Mixed (Smokey) (Nontransparent Appearance)
Element of Planet KETU	AIR
Sanskrit Name of the Planet KETU	Dhwaj, Shikhi, Rahupuchh
Element of the Sign PISCES	WATER
Sanskrit Name of the Sign PISCES	Anyabh, Jhakh, Jhiye, Rishf
Sex of the sign PISCES	Female
Business & Professions Lead by KETU	marine business, adventures sports, share market, physicians, surgeons, religious businesses etc.
Diseases that may Cure by wearing KETU	leucoderma, white spots over skin, legs and arms diseases, throat infections etc.
Vedic Mantra of KETU	"Om Kem Ketvey Namah"
Tantrik Mantra of KETU	"Om Sram Sreem Sraum Seh Ketvey Namah"
No. Of repetitions of Mantra	108 times before wearing CAT'S EYE (Lehsunia)

"CATS EYE (Lehsunia) is the symbol of awareness, self retrospection and liberation. It brings joy and finaincial stabitily in your life. It helps protect you from enemies. It helps you winning legal cases. It represents Ketu, the past karmas..."

• Cats Eye (Lehsunia) is the stone of planet “KETU”, the dragon’s tail. KETU is the trunk part of the planet “RAHU”. In Indian astrology, RAHU is said to be a shadow planet. He is the son of “SINHIKA” the daughter of “HIRNYAKASHYAPU”.

• As per Hindu mythology, at the time of “SAAGAR MANTHAN”, the devil “RAHU” managed to drink the immortal fluid “AMRIT” along with holy angels “DEVTAS”. Lord Vishnu became angry and cut his head using his “SUDARSHAN CHAKRA”. But as RAHU managed to drink “AMRIT”, he could not die. As the result the head and the trunk of his body were still alive. Afterwards, these two parts of his body became the shadow planet by the name of “RAHU” and “KETU”.

• These two planets are not there in the solar system. But Indian astrologers consider them to be shadow planets. RAHU and KETU are always placed in 7th house from each other and they always transit in the retrograde position in the horoscope.

• “KETU” is an auspicious planet.

• “KETU” alike SATURN (SHANI) and “RAHU”, is said to be the SORROW of the “KAAL PURUSHA”.

• “KETU” indicates the position of the maternal grandfather of the native. It indicates the black magic, horned animals, death due to the animals with horns, dogs, hen etc. If “KETU” is in the malefic position in the horoscope, the native may suffer the enmities. “KETU” indicates the self-realization, understanding one’s own self, Vedic studies, knowledge, liberation from birth-death cycle, yoga, science etc.

• BUSINESS & PROFESSION 

The powerful presence of “KETU” in the horoscope blesses the native with the enhancement of the businesses opportunities in the field of marine business, adventures sports, share market, physicians, surgeons, religious businesses etc.

• DISEASES

“KETU” may be behind the diseases like leucoderma, white spots over skin, legs and arms diseases, throat infections etc. Most of the time the diseases caused by “KETU” are cured by “KETU” himself.

• If the position of “KETU” is in favor, the native will be enjoying a great intellectual power. He leads a religious life having faith in god. He may also get attracted towards the black magic, religions doctrines, fanaticism, etc.

• The malefic position of “KETU” in the horoscope may result in the imprisonment, accident, unnatural bad dreams, sorrow and an early death.

                           Who should wear CAT'S EYE - VAIDURYA?

Avidity or Cat's Eye is the stone of KETU the south node of the Moon, a shadow planet. It has no ruler sip over a sign or weekday, as it is not a real planet but it is exalted in the sign vrischika. It acts like the planet which rules the sign occupied by it and the planet aspecting or associated with it. It is similar to Mars in giving results. Ketu rules the stars Aswini, Magha and Moola. The duration of the period of Ketu or Ketu dasa is seven years.

The following persons can wear CAT'S EYE

     1)  if their birth stars are Aswini, Magha, Moola 
     2)  if Ketu Maha dasa is operating at present 
     3)  if they are suffering from the ill effects of bad  eye 
         or  evil      spirits. 
     4)  if they desire to attain spiritual powers 
     5)  if their married life is not happy due to  differences 
         or lack      attachment. 
     6)  it  they  are engaged in the  occupation  related  to 
        spiritual  healing, medicine, astrology,  prophecy  and 
        occult  subjects.  Pregnant  women  doubtful  of   easy 
        delivery can wear this during pregnancy. 

        
     As the cats eye is powerful stone it should be worn  after 
     a  trial  of  proper person  should  be  consulted  before 
     wearing  as  regards the suitability and  quality  of  the 
     stone. 

                                                         INTRODUCTION

CATS EYE PROTECTS FROM EVIL SPIRITS The CAT'S EYE is on of the nine important gems the Nav- Ratnas. This stone is too named because it looks like the eye of the cat. The sanskrit names are Vaidurya, Ketu-ratna, Bidalaksha, Rashtrak etc. Hindi name: Vaidurya, and LAHSUNIA. It is known as Lahsunia in Urdu and Parsi also. The hardness is 8.5 and specific gravity ranges from 3.68 to 3.75. It is available from chrysoberyl, an aluminate of berylli um.

 There are two varieties of cats eye - 1)Alexandarite 2)Chrysolites.

 The stone of dark green color is known as Alexan darite and the one of light green, or greenish yellow is called chrysolites. There is another variety known as cynophone which shines in varied colors. The cats eye which belongs to the quartz group is considered as a stone of inferior quality.

A bright cats eye contains a white band invisible. It is known as Alexanderite. It spreads yellow radiance. This is considered as the least stone. The grade and force increase accord ing to the brightness of the white band inside. The stone, which doesn't contain a white band inside, is known as chrysolite. The stones available in the mines of Mogak in Burma are superior in quality and so costlier. Larger quantities of this stone are produced in Ceylon, Brazil and China. The gems found in Trivandrum in South India are also of good quality. A big chrysolite is kept in the British Museum. It is 35.5mm long and 35mm wide. The stone which looks like cats eye containing a green band inside is quite different and is called Tiger's eye. It is of black color with yellow tint, and not to be mistaken as cats eye.

Some Vaiduryas are available in white color also with a white thread inside and some with mixed colors of red and sky blue and other color. Blue colored stones are known as Krishna Vaidurya and the gold colored ones are called Kanaka Vaidurya. Dark and light yellow colored cats eye with a line inside shining like a cotton thread are superior in quality. Defective cats eye are harmful. The gem should be genuine, smooth, shining and clean without cuts, scratches, dots, scars, holes or spots. Dull, pale and unclean stones are not good. If the stone is rough when touched it causes disputes frequently; cuts, scars and breaks may cause deaths in the family or break in the white band inside is also harmful. Spots, dots and dirt cause poverty and financial troubles. These defects are named as kartasa, thrasa, deha, and kalanka in sanskrit.

A genuine cats eye improves personal charisma, protects the wearers from accidents, dangers and evil spirits, bad effects of evil eye, attacks by enemies and humiliation. It brings benefits to the wearer if he is engaged in spiritual and occult professions, astrology, prophesy, yoga, meditation, spiritual healings and chanting of religious hymns. It gives mental peace, good health sucess over rivals, predictive power and the ability of for see coming events. It protects from the prisons of scorpions and snakes. The powder and paste of cats eye are used in Indian Medicine to cure the diseases relating to eyes, skin and heart and ail mints caused be excess of phlegm, pile, cough etc. It thickness the semen, improves vitality and strengthens the mind. If a pregnant woman wears it, easy and free delivery is ensured, or she can drink the from the vessel in which a cats eye is immersed or use the ghee applied to the stone. A cats eye of minimum of 3 carats is weight should be set in a ring made of eight minerals (Ashta dhatu) or silver and should be worn on an auspicious Thursday midnight, preferably when the star Pushyami prevails.