Which stones are best for me?

1. Your signs. We work out your moon sign (rashi) and, with your birth time and city, your rising sign (lagna). Both use the Vedic zodiac, the one in an Indian kundli.
2. Your guiding planet. This is the ruler of your rising sign, or of your moon sign if we don't have your time and city. In Vedic tradition the ruler of the rising sign is the safest planet to strengthen.
3. Its stone. We use a classical Vedic gem or a recognised Vedic substitute that we make, and never pair stones that tradition says clash. For Saturn we suggest amethyst, not blue sapphire, which tradition says needs a full chart reading.
4. Your goal. We add a stone for what you asked for. Many of these come from modern crystal practice rather than Vedic texts, and every stone is labelled so you can see which is which.
5. Tara goes deeper. These picks follow tradition and belief, not a promise of any result. Tara can read your details and build on them.

• Classical Vedic gem
• Vedic Uparatna stone
• Sacred bead
• Indian folk tradition
• Modern crystal practice

Wear it on whichever wrist feels comfortable. In tradition, the left hand is seen as the receiving side and the right as the giving side, so many people wear a stone bracelet on the left. Choose the side that feels right to you.

Yes, we use natural stones, and every bracelet comes with an authenticity certificate card. We don't put a letter grade on our stones. One finish is coated: the gold hematite square has a metallic gold coating over natural hematite. Each stone's details, including where that stone is found, are on its product page.

Your rashi is the sign the moon was in when you were born, read the Vedic way against the fixed stars. It is the sign in your kundli. Western horoscopes use the sun sign instead, so your rashi is often a different sign from the one you read in a horoscope.

In Vedic astrology each of the nine planets has one classical gem, called a Navaratna: natural ruby for the Sun, pearl for the Moon, emerald for Mercury, and so on. Tradition also names gentler stones for the same planets, called uparatna (upa means secondary, ratna means gem). They are linked with the same planet, are seen as milder, and cost far less, so they are the usual everyday choice. On this page every stone has a label that says where its link comes from: classical Vedic gem, Vedic Uparatna stone, sacred, folk, or modern crystal practice.

It helps. The moon changes sign every two to three days, so on some dates your rashi depends on the hour. If you leave the time out and the moon changed sign that day, the page shows both signs and when it changed. We read the time as India time, so if you were born outside India, ask Tara.

The 12 sign bracelets come as shown. To change a stone, design your own in our custom bracelet builder: pick each stone bead by bead, add a centre charm and your initials, and choose a MagSnap 4 or elastic closure. Builder bracelets are made to order, paid online, and can't be exchanged for size, so check your wrist size first.