Planet : Mercury
Number : 5
Day : Wednesday

Emerald focuses its healing effects on the area of greatest disharmony in your body, which is often the source of disease. When you first wear Emerald, its energy floods your aura and locates areas of physical disharmony. Then, like the eagle that has spotted its prey, it swoops down on these areas. Emerald energy enters your body through your skin in a process similar to osmosis. There, it neutralizes and disintegrates the disharmony that manifests as disease and discomfort. Then it helps your body release this disharmony.
Emerald increases the flow of spiritual energy, or life energy, throughout your entire being. It does this by lubricating certain components in your inner aspects. These components, which resemble needle-like fibers, direct life energy through your inner aspects to your physical body. They perform various other functions, as well. In your emotional aspect, they direct the emotional energies that eventually manifest as emotions. In your karmic dimension, they manifest as pattern lines. In your mind, they represent formulas that your mind uses to make its decisions and perform its other functions.

As Emerald energy fills your inner aspects, it provides these fibers with something like a tune-up: it loosens, cleanses, and lubricates them. As a result, the fibers are freed from obstructions and become more flexible and efficient in their functioning. This allows more spiritual energy to move through them to all aspects of your being.

Astrological Effects of Emerald

Emeralds are ruled by Mercury. Those who have Mercury as lord of an auspicious house in their birth chart may find emeralds beneficial. If Mercury is in an inauspicious house or is aspected by a malefic planet, it may also be advisable to wear emeralds, but its use in this case should be prescribed by a qualified astrologer. Emeralds can be useful for those under the influence of Gemini or Virgo.

Flaws in an emerald can interfere with the transmission of Mercury’s cosmic force, so flawed emeralds should not be used. Green is the cosmic color emeralds enhance, and the cosmic number is five.The best emeralds are smooth, brilliant, transparent, radiant, free of spots, have a rich even color, appear to glow, and have no bad internal or external flaws. They should also be well cut. An emerald should reflect a good light that shines like lightning.

An emerald that does not show glow, appears transparent in the center, or has a lighter tone, is not a first-class stone. An emerald is also considered inferior if it is too dark. An emerald’s weaknesses: cracks, rough surface, thick water marks, depressions, no luster, brittleness, more than one color tint, a blackish tinge and a dirty appearance. If the gem is bright like mica, do not purchase it. Do not wear a mixed-colored emerald.

A good emerald without defects will bring wealth, good health, property, and increase a person’s intelligence. Emeralds help increase memory, which has the effect of also improving the wearer’s education and psychic abilities. Emeralds protect against snakebite, envious people, evil spirits, and curses. They give good children, and pregnant women who wear emeralds are ensured a safe and painless delivery. Emeralds give energy and balance, calm the mind, give mental peace, and help meditation. Emeralds help their wearers practice chastity. They also help the wearers do well on exams, to not lose money in business, to be honest, and to have a good reputation. Wearers can formulate good ideas and will possess the strength to enact them.

Emeralds should be set in gold on a Wednesday. They can also be set on Fridays or Saturdays. The gemstone should not weigh less than one carat, but three carats is recommended. The best sizes are three, five, seven, or ten carats. The proper rituals should be performed, and the following mantra chanted 108 times: Om bum budhaya namah om. An installed emerald ring should be worn on the little finger of the right hand within one or two hours after sunrise on a Wednesday of the bright half of the lunar month. The ring should be made when Mercury is in Virgo.

Emerald should be atleast 3 carats. Emerald should not be worn along with pearl and red coral.