Damas presents its mystical Navaratna jewels

It offers charismatic 18k yellow gold pendant chains, earrings and rings studded with nine gems - diamonds, rubies, pearls, coral, garnet, blue sapphire, cat's eye, yellow sapphire and emerald - which are considered to be highly auspicious and which are said to exert a powerful beneficial effect on its wearer's life.

The Navaratna (nava meaning nine and rathna meaning gems) has its basis in the existence of the Navagra-ha, (graha meaning planets) or the nine planets. Each of these nine gems has its own ruling planet said to influence different aspects of an individual's life such as mental, physical, emotional, career, fortune etc, by strengthening the rays of the planet they represent. So wearing the Navaratna is a remedial measure in as-trology that's proven to attract positive benefits to its wearer, thereby bringing good fortune and providing pro-tection against harm.

The new Navaratna set for women unfurls a glamorous pair of stud earrings, a strikingly attractive necklace and a ring. While its boldly assertive men's ring.

Tamjid Abdullah, Deputy Managing Director, Damas Jewellery said,

"We are indeed very happy to introduce the new Damas Navaratna brand based on the hoary traditions of India. Combining the finest gems of the highest purity and clarity and backed by Damas' well known craftsmanship, the new Navaratna collection of-fers a vibrantly colourful range of jewels for both astrology and jewellery lovers."

Ajay Pandey - GM Category & Marketing Head, said, "Since time immemorial, the Navaratna has been highly revered and regarded as a jewel which promotes health, good fortune and success. And the new Damas Na-varatna set designed around an intricate floral motif presents a bewitching line of jewels for both women and men."

The traditional setting for these nine gems places ruby for sun always in the middle, as it is the center of the solar system, surrounded (clockwise from the top) by diamond, natural pearl, red coral, garnet, blue sapphire, cat's eye, yellow sapphire, and emerald. This is the same placement as the Navagraha Yantra. A brief summary of each gem is given below:

The Sun (Surya) is represented by ruby: It helps improve a person's status in society and bestows power and can help heal diseases related to the blood, heart and circulatory problems. It also improves a person's learning abilities and is associated with masculinity. Venus (Shukra) is represented by the diamond: A strong Venus in the astrological chart signifies sensuality, long-life, a good marriage and luxury. It is a feminine planet symbolizing beauty and attractiveness. Moon (Chandra) is represented by the pearl: The Moon is a feminine vibration and is associated with romance, love, sentiment, motherhood. It strengthens the mental faculties of an individual and also makes a person emotionally stronger, stable and wealthy. Mars (Mangal) is represented by the red coral: Mars is an intense energetic planet, which bestows great strength, courage and passion to a person.

Rahu is represented by the garnet: It can help acquire wealth and good fortune. And also rules originality, inspiration and scientific temperament. Saturn (Shani) is represented by the blue sapphire: It helps lead a prosperous, good, long-life with conscientiousness and common sense. Ketu is represented by Cat's Eye: It exerts a powerful influence on a person's destiny and is said to help heal cancer, paralysis, digestive prob-lems. Jupiter (Brihaspati) is represented by the yellow sapphire: Jupiter is the most auspicious and be-neficent planet. It governs spiritual orientation, monetary gains, personal happiness, teaching and knowledge.

Mercury (Budh) is represented by the emerald: It improves learning ability, memory and reduces problems related to kidneys, intestines, liver etc. Ruling intelligence, education, communication and oratory skills it also enhances learning languages and multi-tasking.

Discover the mystically stunning Damas Navaratna jewels now available at all Damas stores across the UAE.