With him all yellow gems and gold were appropriate to wear for Sunday, either to draw down propitious influences or to avert antagonistic effects.
On Monday, pearls and white stones (not diamonds) were worn, because this is the day of the moon, the second power in nature.
Tuesday, the day of Mars, claimed rubies and all crystallization of a fiery luster.
Wednesday was the day of the turquoise, sapphire and all species of stones which seem to reflect the blue vault of heaven, and to imply the lucent azure of the spiritual atmosphere where the sylphs dwell—those elementals who are always striving to communicate with mortals, because they desire immortality.
Thursday demanded amethysts, and richly colored stones of sanguine tint, because the day is correlated to the male divine sacrifice.
Friday, Venus’s day, had emeralds and reigned over all green stones.
On Saturday, diamonds, signifying the great deep, were worn, because Saturn’s rule is death to the physical, but birth to the spiritual nature.
“The first effect abides as long as the thing remains,” said the Dorado to Alcamayn, as they examined and assorted some uncut turquoises brought from the mines in the Cerrillos Mountains, in New Mexico, then a flourishing Toltec settlement.
Opals came from Zinapan, pearls from La Paz, emeralds from Peru, and diamonds from Brazil, while the rubies had been lately sent from Montana by Orondo. There were beautiful sapphires from the Caucasus, secured by barter with Kerœcia’s people.
“All things material have a proper form,” answered Alcamayn, “and are subject to certain conditions. Gems, being material, derive virtue from a specific shape, and are likewise subject to the influence of the planets.”