Confidence, the Lagna Lord, and the Sun

Mars for Mesha and Vrishchika, Venus for Vrishabha and Tula, Mercury for Mithuna and Kanya, the Moon for Karka, the Sun for Simha, Jupiter for Dhanu and Meena, Saturn for Makara and Kumbha. A ruby on a Makara lagna is a Sun stone worn by a Saturn native. Saturn's stone would be blue sapphire, which also rules the 2nd for Makara, a money house, and is a harsh gem to experiment with for a mood. The honest move is to see whether the lagna lord is debilitated, combust, or in the 8th or 12th. If it is dignified and merely not 'felt,' the problem may be the dasha, not a missing ruby. A strong lord during a Rahu period can feel unlike itself for 18 years. The lord is not weak. The period is nodal.

The Sun in the 1st or the 10th supports a visible spine. The Sun debilitated in Tula does not, until you check neecha bhanga. The Sun ruling the 12th, as it does for Kanya, means a ruby feeds expenses and foreignness along with vitality. Confidence that costs the 12th is a bad trade. The Sun ruling the 5th, as it does for Mesha, feeds intelligence and children, a cleaner trikona. Dig bala puts the Sun's directional strength in the 10th, not in a ring. A stone cannot grant dig bala the chart does not have.

If the lagna lord's period is running and the lord is sound, the chart is already offering the graha people want a gem to imitate. If a dusthana lord's period is running, a confidence stone will not change the antardasha. Sunday addresses the Sun. The lagna lord's weekday addresses the person. Pick one after the lordship, or pick neither. Nothing here treats shyness as a disease or ruby as a cure. The 1st house is the body and the style of meeting the world. Read it.