Vintage Amulet Solid 18K Gold Ruby Sapphire Emerald Pearl Navaratna Earrings

Description

Among the stones, which are foil-backed, are a yellow topaz to represent Jupiter, a ruby to represent the sun, a coral to represent Mars, a pearl to represent the moon, and a sapphire to represent Saturn. Untracht (1997, p. 309) says that in Dravidian south India, the navaratna gemstones are used as a rosary but elsewhere in India, they are used as a talismanic device.
The nine gems have multiple meanings and associations. One is that each gem represents the nine celestial Hindu deities and the nine 'planets' . According to Untracht, rings set with the navaratna stones are a 'much favoured ornament' in India.
The ancient art of jewelry making from India and Nepal is called navrata or
Navaratna jewelry
. Women would visit an astrologer to find out what stones it was auspicious for them to wear according to the day, hour and minute they were born and where the planets and stars were at that time. The word Navaratna is a sanskrit word meaning  nine gems and the jewelry revolves around 9 sacred stones.
Weight 13 grams , Made of genuine solid gold 18K