SHOULD YOU WEAR RED CORAL IF MARS IS IN SEVENTH HOUSE CONJUNCT RETROGRADE SATURN FOR PISCES ASCENDANT

[Passionforastrology]

DOB: 30.5.1982
TOB: 2.10 AM
POB: Bangalore.

I am 35 and still unmarried. So i have been asked to wear red coral. I have been told that if i dont wear red coral, I will never be able to get married due to malefic retrograde saturn which is blocking marriage. Mars is in my seventh house with retrograde saturn. Is it okay to wear red coral with a mars in seventh house or can it do more harm than good? Secondly, I have read in a certain website that the gemstone of the planet that aspects the twelfth house from the arudha lagna causes financial loss..in my case, mars indeed casts eighth aspect on my second house (having venus) which also happens to be the twelfth house from my arudha lagna. In short...should i wear red coral or not?

[Khoo Hock Leong]

Passionforastrology :

Mars is a functional benefic for a Pisces Ascendant. So the useful energy of Mars should be tapped. But Mars is mangalik dosha in the 7th. Yet this placement of Mars is better than other mangalik dosha placement of Mars because Mars is invigorated by Venus and Venus is both the karaka and natural ruler of this house. Plus Mars is is a functional benefic here as already mentioned.

But you have Saturn in the 7th too. Saturn would help to restrain Mars temperament while not subduing Mars joviality because Saturn is digbala in the 7th. Saturn retrogade in the 7th means it is essentially like in the sign Pisces plus Mars with him also tends to reinforce it being in Pisces (Mars and Jupiter are friends and Pisces is ruled by Jupiter). Saturn is also moving towards the sign of Leo which is ruled by the Sun who is a friend of Mars. All this mean is that Saturn is under the control of Mars, notwithstanding it being retrogade which means it is strong. Thus Saturn's potential should be tapped as well.

I propose using a blue coral stone which has a primary energy of Mars and a secondary energy of Saturn. Also you should get an opaque one as Mars does not give a beneficial energy if its stone is transparent.

Coral stone should be worn large as befit Mars 'larger than life' philosophy and since here the stone is blue, there is no need to worry the stone would give fiery effects. 8 to 10 carats can do the trick.

Mars 8th aspect to your 2nd house is OK as Venus is there and Venus can tackle Mars. Venus is also 12th to Arudha Lagna and Venus gives prosperity when it is placed 12th to any Lagna.

Rgds
Mac Khoo Hock Leong

[Khoo Hock Leong]

By the way Saturn ruling the 11th house should give you gains in marriage notwithstanding it is ruling the 12th because 11th is the 12th of the 12th so the negativity of the 12th house is essentially neutralised.

[tejomaya]

Khoo,

What is your source for recommending a blue coral stone ? Have you tried this ?

[Khoo Hock Leong]

If a Vedic Astrologer has to try all stones (or for that matter anything) personally before.he recommends anything, then there is no need for him as a consultant for remedial pleasures. He has to combine experience with insights, logic and books both classical and modern.

Coral is from Mars that is from classics, blue is Saturn's colour according to Lal Katib so combing the two it is Blue Coral. In fact White Coral is used to calm the nerves representing those with Moon+Mars in the chart and is recognised by the National Astrological Association of India.

[Khoo Hock Leong]

And I support the recommendation with arguments from the astrological point of view.

[Khoo Hock Leong]

Sorry actually Lal Latin says Saturn's colour is black and Rahu is blue but from Parasara we know that Rahu acts like Saturn (something like Saturn's disciple) and so to get through to Saturn we can use Rahu as a conduit. Plus the classics on gems assign blue gemstones toSaturn especially those dark blue ones but in some cases blue ones like Turquoise or cornflower blue Sapphire works too or even better.

[tejomaya]

I will only rely on classics or people who have personal experience with lots of cases. Even people with a highly trained intuition can go wrong in these things. The universe does not lend itself to being understood in its entirety by our limited intellects and the logic we come up with may not apply due to our limitations.