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 Jacinth North Node) Sanguine Cauda Draconis (Moon’s Sardonyx South Node) 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 “_The Wisdom of the Lord is an inexhaustible fountain, neither hath there ever been a man born who could penetrate its veritable origin and foundation._” “The Second Book of the Sacred Magic.” In that remarkable ancient magical work, “The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra Melin the Mage,” skillfully translated by a past Rosicrucian adept, Monsieur le Comte Macgregor de Glenstrae, are a number of symbolic Name Squares which were variously employed by the old masters who so well knew the use of them. For the finding of certain treasures which are not “magically guarded” (“magically” may here be accepted in a wide sense) the following symbolic power figures were employed: For JEWELS: