Rahu (Dragon's Head - the Moon's Ascending/North Node)
Color Ray: Ultraviolet
Rules: the animalistic nature of man; want, instinct, dissatisfaction; feet, physical strength, hard labor, bad karma, worldly desires; difficult to diagnose/cure mental/physical diseases; mustard, black sesame, blue objects, swords, mirrors; photographers, printers, publishers, violent and aggressive people, travelers, detectives, spies, criminals, revolutionaries, terrorists
Friends: Mercury, Venus, Saturn
Enemies: Sun, Moon, Mars
Metal: 5 metal mix; iron or steel
Stone: Hessonite Garnet
Moh's hardness: 6.5 - 7.5
Known stone treatments: Hessonite garnets are usually not treated; most of the hessonite beads available are natural but vary in color shades and clarity. Hessonite garnet is known as Cinnamon stone in ancient texts; a good hessonite should be a deep honey color.
Secondary & Stand-In Stones: Usually there is no need to substitute for hessonite, since it is not an expensive precious stone compared to the other stones, but when there isn't any available, consider spessartite garnet, a garnet similar in color to hessonite.
Gemstone Instructions:
Purchase Time: before 10 am on a Saturday during the waxing moon
Wearing Time: 2 hours after sunset
Mantra: Aum Ram Rahuve Namah Aum
Traditional Ring Finger: Left hand middle finger
Myths, Magic, & Lore:
The colors of hessonite garnet lend energies for creative thinking and deep meditation. It is a stone of long life, enjoyment, and concentration.
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Rules: the animalistic nature of man; want, instinct, dissatisfaction; feet, physical strength, hard labor, bad karma, worldly desires; difficult to diagnose/cure mental/physical diseases; mustard, black sesame, blue objects, swords, mirrors; photographers, printers, publishers, violent and aggressive people, travelers, detectives, spies, criminals, revolutionaries, terrorists
Friends: Mercury, Venus, Saturn
Enemies: Sun, Moon, Mars
Metal: 5 metal mix; iron or steel
Stone: Hessonite Garnet
Moh's hardness: 6.5 - 7.5
Known stone treatments: Hessonite garnets are usually not treated; most of the hessonite beads available are natural but vary in color shades and clarity. Hessonite garnet is known as Cinnamon stone in ancient texts; a good hessonite should be a deep honey color.
Secondary & Stand-In Stones: Usually there is no need to substitute for hessonite, since it is not an expensive precious stone compared to the other stones, but when there isn't any available, consider spessartite garnet, a garnet similar in color to hessonite.
Gemstone Instructions:
Purchase Time: before 10 am on a Saturday during the waxing moon
Wearing Time: 2 hours after sunset
Mantra: Aum Ram Rahuve Namah Aum
Traditional Ring Finger: Left hand middle finger
Myths, Magic, & Lore:
The colors of hessonite garnet lend energies for creative thinking and deep meditation. It is a stone of long life, enjoyment, and concentration.
Links & Reading:
