Ratna · Chandra
Moti
Pearl, the stone of Chandra
Moti (Pearl) is the stone of Chandra, worn on the little finger in silver, on a Monday. Whether it suits you depends on your lagna and on Chandra’s strength in your chart.
Who should wear Moti
By lagna: what the graha is for it, and how often the gemstone engine picked this stone across 8,349 real births
The site’s gemstone engine most often gives Moti (Pearl) to Vrishchik lagna, sometimes to Kark and Meen, and tells Vrishabh, Mithun, Singh, Kanya, Makar and Kumbh lagnas to avoid it, because for them Chandra rules hard houses.
| Lagna | Chandra for it (BPHS 34) | Picked as the stone | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh lagna | Neutral | — | rarely |
| Vrishabh lagna | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 3rd only, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.23–24) | — | avoid |
| Mithun lagna | Maraka | — | avoid |
| Kark lagna | Benefic | 9% of charts | sometimes |
| Singh lagna | Maraka— lord of the 12th only, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.29–30) | — | avoid |
| Kanya lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
| Tula lagna | Neutral · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.34) | — | rarely |
| Vrishchik lagna | Yogakaraka— as the verse names it, together with Surya, the 10th lord (34.35–36) | 43% of charts | often the pick |
| Dhanu lagna | Neutral | — | rarely |
| Makar lagna | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Mangal (34.39–40) | — | avoid |
| Kumbh lagna | Malefic | — | avoid |
| Meen lagna | Benefic | 22% of charts | sometimes |
Within a lagna the stone still depends on how strong each graha is in your own chart, so check yours before buying. Find my stone
How to wear Moti
The traditional rules for Pearl (Moti):
108 times, then put it on.
If Pearl (Moti) does not suit you, the uparatna for the same graha is Moonstone (Chandrakant). Metal: Silver.
Their grahas are at odds with Moon.
A real chart that got Moti
18 January 1985, 05:00, Jaipur: Scorpio (Vrishchik) lagna, Chandra in Scorpio (Vrishchik) in the 1st house. The engine’s reason: Moon is its yogakaraka, ruling both a kendra and a trikona for Scorpio.
Before you buy
- Natural and untreatedBuy a natural stone with a lab certificate. Heated, dyed or glass-filled stones are not worn for jyotish.
- Neelam and Gomed on trialBlue Sapphire and Hessonite act quickly. Keep one with you for three days before setting it; if sleep, health or work turns, do not wear it.
- Touching the skinSet it so the stone touches the skin, in the metal named, and wear it on the day and time given, after its mantra.
- Ask before two stonesSome stones must not be worn together. When a second stone is named, an astrologer can confirm the pair for your chart.
How often Moti is the stone
Counted over 8,349 real births, four a week, 1960 to 1999, in four North Indian cities
The engine named Moti (Pearl) the primary stone in 6.3% of all charts, and the second stone in 8.6%. Most charts get one stone first and one beside it; many get neither from this graha.
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Common questions
Who can wear Moti?
Most often Vrishchik lagna, where Chandra works for the chart; sometimes Kark and Meen lagnas, and only after the whole kundli is read.
Who should not wear Moti?
Vrishabh, Mithun, Singh, Kanya, Makar, Kumbh: for them, Chandra rules hard houses, and its stone would strengthen that.
Which finger and day for Moti?
Little finger, in Silver, on Monday, evening during shukla paksha, after the mantra.
What is the upratna of Moti?
Moonstone (Chandrakant), a lighter substitute for the same graha.
Can Moti be worn with other stones?
Not with Panna, Heera, Neelam, Gomed, Lehsunia: their grahas are at odds with Chandra.
Is Moti your stone?
The gemstone calculator reads your kundli: the stone to wear, a second one, and the ones to avoid, with reasons.
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