The Symbolism and Meaning Behind Yellow Sapphire Gemstones (Pukhraj Stone)

For many centuries, astrological gemstones have been admired throughout the world for their wonderful benefits. Exquisite gemstones like yellow sapphire are found in the earth’s crust. Such stones carry celestial powers and strong healing abilities that make them desirable and immensely valuable.

Natural yellow sapphire stone or Pukhraj is one of the most precious and beneficial gems that are found in the Earth’s crust. The yellow sapphire gemstone carries an abundance of metaphysical properties that provides well-being, happiness, and wealth to its bearer. This sapphire stone is the representative of the planet Jupiter, the planet to behold a commanding position in the planetary sphere. 

This cosmic entity rules over two zodiac signs: Sagittarius and Pisces. This gem brings status and prosperity to life.

Yellow sapphires from the sapphire family come in many shades of yellow, including the coveted canary yellow. The yellow colour often resembles yellow diamonds.

'Pukraj' has significance in many South Asian cultures, mythology and astrology. In the jewellery realm, a  yellow sapphire stone price is usually cheaper than a blue sapphire.

Introducing the Natural Yellow Sapphire Stone:

The precious gemstone like yellow sapphire can resemble well-known gems like topaz for what it has gained trade names like “King Topaz” or “Oriental Topaz,”.

Other names for this auspicious stone include:

• Wisdom Stone
• Pukhraj
• Jupiter Stone

While every sapphire is considered a September birthstone, the yellow sapphire gemstone also serves as a November birthstone.

Yellow Sapphire Gemstone Specifications & Characteristics:

Yellow sapphire is a variety of corundum. The secret behind the yellow colour of the auspicious gemstone is iron impurities. Sapphires are generally barrel-shaped, flat-ended prismatic, or bipyramidal crystal shaped.

Identifying an authentic certified yellow sapphire is possible with the right gemological tools, such as a spectrometer. In most sapphires, three absorption lines can be observed to merge at 4500. Natural yellow sapphires don’t have diagnostic lines, but natural Australian yellow sapphires will show lines at 4500, 4600, and 4700.

Certain inclusions in these gemstones result in the occurrence of yellow “star sapphires”. The star effect in such sapphires is called asterism, an optical phenomenon creating star-like rays of reflected light on the stone’s surface.

An overview of yellow sapphire’s mineral properties:

• Mohs hardness: 9
• Luster: Vitreous (glassy) to adamantine
• Colour: Shades of yellow with possible orange, brown, or green undertones; Particoloured specimens can be yellow & green or yellow & blue; Color zoning
• Crystal structure: Hexagonal (trigonal)
• Transparency: Transparent to opaque
• Refractive index: 1.76-1.77
• Density: 3.98-4.10
• No cleavage is observed
• Conchoidal Fracture is found
• Streak: White
• Optical effects: Sometimes asterism
• Luminescence: Fluorescence & X-ray colours present with distinct apricot in LW-UV & X-ray, weak yellow-orange in SW-UV (natural); Very weak red in SW-UV (synthetic)
• Pleochroism is present in yellow sapphire and appears strongly in the medium yellow to pale yellow sapphires.
• Birefringence: 0.008-0.009
• Dispersion: 0.018

Meaning & History of Astrological Gemstone Yellow Sapphire

Yellow sapphires are nicknamed the “wisdom stone”.

This auspicious astrological gemstone symbolises spiritual wisdom and intelligence and represents joy, prosperity, and celestial connection.

In India, yellow sapphire is called “Pukhraj” which means “yellow jewel”.

Let’s learn the other terms for the yellow sapphire gemstone:

• Push Raja
• Pushkaraj
• Peetmani
• Kanakapushyaragam

In Vedic (Hindu) astrology Pukhraj is tied to the planet Jupiter, the most beneficial planet in Hindu astrology. Pukhraj is said to attract Jupiter’s benefits for good luck, wealth, and success.

The Jupiter stone is one of the precious nine planetary gems known as the Navaratna.

Navaratna is a Sanskrit term meaning “nine gems”. It describes a cultural jewellery style containing nine gemstones. Each gem of the nine gems represents one of the planetary bodies of the solar system. This jewellery is not only prevalent in Hinduism but also in Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism.

History

The word “sapphire” has two possible etymological roots: Ancient Greek “sappheiros,” meaning “blue stone,” and Sanskrit śanipriya, meaning “sacred to Saturn,”.

The first known yellow sapphires have their mining root in Sri Lanka, a place where Sapphire mining goes back over 2,000 years.

1960s onward, Australia has become a major sapphire source. While most sapphires are blue, Australian yellow sapphires have notably bright colouring. Few sapphires are rare to obtain bi-colour or parti-colour in yellow and green or yellow and blue.

There are sometimes “wattle” sapphires that are yellow-and-green coloured too. Wattle or mimosa is Australia’s national flower that has golden yellow flowers and olive green leaves.

Rise and Shine in Yellow Sapphire!

With options ranging at Brahmagems, there are yellow sapphires for a variety of tastes.

Buy yellow sapphire online and wear it to stay beneficial with every astrological benefit of the auspicious stone and to shine like the sun!