CHAPTER XXXIV
GEMS IN HERALDRY, MAGICAL SQUARES OF
ABRA MELIN THE MAGE, CHARUBEL’S
GEM INFLUENCES, GEMS OF
COUNTRIES
GEMS IN HERALDRY
“Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.”
“Titus Andronicus.”
Without doubt the science of Heraldry was evolved from ancient astrological philosophy.
Various distinctive badges, shields and tokens were employed by the peoples of the past, but the system as known today did not properly evolve much before the 13th Century. In the present book, that section of Heraldry known as Blazoning by Planets and Precious Stones deserves some passing notice. By Blazoning the Sovereigns and Peers were distinguished, the former by the Planets and the latter by precious stones, as shown in the following table:
| Tincture | Planet | Precious Stone |
| Or | Sun | Topaz |
| Argent | Moon | Pearl |
| Sable | Saturn | Diamond |
| Gules | Mars | Ruby |
| Azure | Jupiter | Sapphire |
| Vert | Venus | Emerald |
| Pupure | Mercury | Amethyst |
| Tenny | Caput Draconis (Moon’s North Node) | Jacinth |
| Sanguine | Cauda Draconis (Moon’s South Node) | Sardonyx |
The planetary gem grouping is not quite accurate according to astrological science, and the errors can be referred to the early chroniclers. For example, the ruby is given to Mars and the topaz to the Sun, whereas the ruby is a stone of the Sun and the topaz a stone of Mars. Mars is termed Warlike and Violent in old works, whilst the Sun is the emblem of Faithfulness and Constancy. At the coronation of a British Sovereign a ruby ring emblematical of Faithfulness and Constancy is placed on his finger.
Thus it is in harmony with the royal sign Leo—the sign of the Sun—and the Monarch who is astrologically ruled by the Sun. The pearl is correct for the Moon; the diamond is not a stone of Saturn; the sapphire is not a stone of Jupiter; the emerald is correct for Venus; the amethyst is not a stone of Mercury. The assigning of jacinth and sardonyx to the North and the South Nodes of the Moon has not the support of astrological science.
MAGICAL SQUARES OF ABRA MELIN THE MAGE