Garnet is found in different colour shades and quality. Typically, brownish shade is used for Rahu, whereas deep red shade is used for Sun. It has many more shades and as the research progresses it may be possible to use other colour shades of this stone to boost many more grahas.
| Graha | Exalted | Debilitated |
| Sun Saturn Moon Mars Jupiter Mercury Venus |
Aries Libra Taurus Capricorn Cancer Virgo Pisces |
Libra Aries Scorpio Cancer Capricorn Pisces Virgo |
If Saturn is in the 1st house in Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius or Pisces rashi, then the person will be like a king, head of some village or great intellectual.
– Varaha Mihira
