Use of Gems in Proper Hand

November 30, 2005

By Capt. Manas Ranjan Swain

Gemology or study about Gems is not a new subject for us. But the

wearing of the gems in the proper finger and hand has become a matter

of dispute among gemologists and astrologers in the world. While one

set of people suggest it should be worn in the right hand for males

and left hand for females, the other set (mostly western astrologers)

draw our attention by putting us in a more complex situation. They say

that, one should wear the gems in the hand which is his or her active

hand. Here active hand means the hand which executes the more

important works such as, writing, eating, beating, playing, etc. In

between those two sets of people, one more set emerges by holding

another self claimed truth that Gem of male planets like Jupiter,

Mars, Sun and Saturn should be worn in right hand and that of Venus,

Moon in the left hand. Every body claims to be right in their own way.

But whether our clients are satisfied after wearing our recommended

Gems by following any of these methods? It is not surprising, that

most of them return with a gloomy face, questioning our judgment in

selecting the Gems or some even demand their money back doubting the

authenticity of the stone in case the Gem is given by us. Here a poor

astrologer or gemologist as the case may be, may drive to frenzy to

see what went among. You might be correct in your selection of gems

and the gem might be an authenticate one, but it is true, most of us

face the wrath of our dear clients and it ultimately leads to the

detriment of astrology and gemology as a science. It is not uncommon

to see an Aries native having Jupiter in Cancer after wearing a yellow

sapphire or a Taurus native with Saturn in Aquarius after wearing of

blue sapphire, in spite of both the planets being the yogakarakas

still dragging in life. Why does this happen? Vedic Astrology can

definitely help us in here. After 20 years of experience in this

field, I am having some conclusions and when it is applied on humans

earnestly it is giving amazing results. I would like to share this

with my colleagues and other gemologists cum astrologers. My first

interest was more focused on the using of proper hand rather than the

fingers because almost all the astrologers have the same view when it

comes to decide the correct fingers for a specific Gem, with a little

variation.

>From Vedic Astrology we learnt that the first six houses starting from

Lagna to the sixth house are the right side of a male native and the

other six signs remaining starting from the 7th house to the 12th

house is the left side of the male native. Reverse is in the case of a

female native. If the 12th house is the left eye or foot of a male

then the 2nd house is the right eye or foot of a male. So we can wear

the Gems according to the placement of planets for a particular

native. For example, a male Aries Lagna native is having Jupiter in

the 4th house, i.e., Cancer, which is his right side of the body. He

should wear the Yellow Sapphire in his right hand is index finger but,

if the Jupiter is placed in 9th house (Sagittarius) for another Aries

Lagna native then he should wear it in his index finger of the left

hand because 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th houses are the left

side of the body. To support this we can further take the help of Gem

therapy. Ruby is worn to fight against ulcers, heart troubles, bone

troubles, nose bleeding, tooth decay, etc. Suppose a man is

prescribed by an astrologer to wear a Ruby for certain disease which

is at his left part of the body. If the Sun is in any of the six

houses from Lagna then the Gem will fail to serve the purpose.

Because, the Ruby will hardly incite any healing as its placement is

opposite side to the place of the disease. This is nothing but as same

as what we some times predict that there will be surgery or

afflictions to left ear or ankles when a malefic Mars or Moon is in

the 11th House. Because 11th House is the left side of the man and

when a planet is placed in the left side of the horoscope it certainly

invigorates the left side of the body part.

There is another interesting point to ponder also. Some may be forced

to say that if the above theory is having its supporting points then

there is more to offer in this regard with a slight variation. We know

that the rasis grouped as Male and Female rasis. As Aries is Male,

Taurus is female and so on. Here in this case the selection of the

hand is done accordingly to the position of the planets in a male or

female sign. So a male native of a Taurus lagna can wear a diamond in

his left hand if the Venus is in any of the female rasis i.e. Taurus,

Cancer, Virgo, etc. Also a Virgo native with Mercury in Lagna should

wear an emerald in his left hand, as Virgo is a female sign. This

would be disastrous to an extent. Generally, we advice a native about

the possibility of a heart surgery if he has severely afflicted Sun or

Mars in his the 5th house of the horoscope. Some may question about

the correctness of this prediction, because the 5th house is the right

side of a man and the heart is in the left side of the body. Then how

the Mars in 5th house can be connected to an organ which is on the

left side of the body, i.e. heart? Here, we know that there are some

body parts which are only of one in numbers such as heart, brain,

spleen, liver etc. And these body parts are connected to particular

houses not withstanding with the right or left side of the body. So,

during the selection of the astral Gems we need to be careful in

finding the correct hand keeping in view of these things also. Another

point to note that in Bhava charts the planets position differs from

their position in the rasi charka. For example, In Bhava chart if the

Jupiter is in the 7th for a Delhi born native he may be in the 6th or

8th house for a different native born in a different place, other than

Delhi in Bhava-chart. So in the Bhava chart the position of planets is

different for different persons if persons born exactly in the same

time and same date but in a different place. See how specific the

Vedic Astrology is. In a variation of minutes the Bhava-chart changes

for a same time, same day, but different place of birth for two

persons. It is not like two persons are born under the same rasi even

if they are born in different dates, different times and at different

places. Like this the wearing of Gems is different for different

persons if born in the same time, same date but at a different place.

Therefore the Rasi Based Theory has no logic behind it. It will be

unwelcome and unconvincing to each and every body if one suggests

everyone to wear a yellow sapphire in the index finger of the left

hand if the Jupiter is in cancer-a female sign. So we should out

rightly refuse to accept this logic.

The selection of Gems should be very specific. It should not be

correct for every Tom, Dick and Harry to wear a stone if they have a

specific planet at particularly exact sign. Here the Bhava-chart

provides better results than the Rasi-chart in selecting an astral

gem. A particular finger is assigned to a particular planet. I

remember Princess Diana‚s horoscope in a distinct way. She had Scorpio

Lagna with Venus in the 7th House. It is said that the 7th house is

the right side of a female. Further, the 7th house has the deadly

killing power for every horoscope. So when one wears a Gem signified

by the lord of the 7th house who at the same time does not own

another benefic sign in the horoscope, then the person certainly

becomes the favorite of the lord of Death. For a Scorpio Lagna native

Venus owns the 7th and 12th house. Venus is decidedly malefic with

having the killing power for Scorpio Lagna. When the native wears

Diamond, i.e. the Gem of Venus, the death inflictiveness of Venus gets

cosmically charged. Diana wore the stone as a gift of love from late

Mr. Al Dodi Fayed, her new fiancé, at a restaurant. But, she made a

double fault. One, it was a wrong Gem for Princess Diana. Two, she

wore it in the wrong hand, i.e., the left hand, as usually ladies wear

the engagement ring in their left hand. It is close to the saying,

Œlook gift horses in the mouth‚. Venus signifies vehicle. The 7th

house signifies travels. The Diamond was costly and powerful enough

which showed its integrity within no time. We all know that she died

with her boy friend in a Mercedes Benz, while chased after by

paparazzi as she came out from the restaurant to vacate the place to

avoid the journalists cum photographers. It is as if Venus was waiting

for them to sit in their car and start moving. Unless there is a

supporting hand from the lords of 3rd, 7th, 9th and 12th Houses on the

death inflicting planets (s), (here in this case Venus), then death

may be through a vehicle but during a static condition. It is not

unusual for us to find a vehicle at road side parking receives a

collision suddenly from another moving vehicle or a previously fitted

bomb exploded inside the vehicle at a parking lot or a standstill

vehicle was destroyed by an air-missile or a vehicle suddenly drowned

at a hinterland by tidal waves like Tsunami or Katrina, which is a

normal occurring at a river valley, which happens by a rise of sea

level relative to the land. All accidents are said to be on static

conditions. If there is an aspect or conjunction of the lords of 3rd,

7th, 9th & 12th houses on the marakas or death inflicting planets,

then the death presumably happens during a dynamic or moving condition.

Capt. Manas Ranjan Swain

46/47, Budheswari P.O.Lane,

Bhubaneswar-751006.

November 30, 2005

activehand. Here active hand means the hand which executes the moreimportant

works such as, writing, eating, beating, playing, etc. Inbetween those two sets

of people, one more set emerges by holdinganother self claimed truth that Gem of

male planets like Jupiter,Mars, Sun and Saturn should be worn in right hand and

that of Venus,Moon in the left hand. Every body claims to be right in their own

way.But whether our clients are satisfied after wearing our recommendedGems by

following any of these methods? It is not surprising, thatmost of them return

with a gloomy face, questioning our judgment inselecting the Gems or some even

demand their money back doubting theauthenticity of the stone in case the Gem

is given by us. Here a poorastrologer or gemologist as the case may be, may

drive to frenzy tosee what went among. You might be correct in your selection

of gemsand the gem might be an authenticate one, but it is true, most of

usface the wrath of our dear clients and it ultimately leads to thedetriment of

astrology and gemology as a science. It is not uncommonto see an Aries native

having Jupiter in Cancer after wearing a yellowsapphire or a Taurus native with

Saturn in Aquarius after wearing ofblue sapphire, in spite of both the planets

being the yogakarakasstill dragging in life. Why does this happen? Vedic

Astrology candefinitely help us in here. After 20 years of experience in

thisfield, I am having some conclusions and when it is applied on

humansearnestly it is giving amazing results. I would like to share thiswith my

colleagues and other gemologists cum astrologers. My firstinterest was more

focused on the using of proper hand rather than thefingers because almost all

the astrologers have the same view when itcomes to decide the correct fingers

for a specific Gem, with a littlevariation. From Vedic Astrology we

learnt that the first six houses starting fromLagna to the sixth house are the

right side of a male native and theother six signs remaining starting from the

7th house to the 12thhouse is the left side of the male native. Reverse is in

the case of afemale native. If the 12th house is the left eye or foot of a

malethen the 2nd house is the right eye or foot of a male. So we can wearthe

Gems according to the placement of planets for a particularnative. For example,

a male Aries Lagna native is having Jupiter inthe 4th house, i.e., Cancer, which

is his right side of the body. Heshould wear the Yellow Sapphire in his right

hand is index finger but,if the Jupiter is placed in 9th house (Sagittarius)

for another AriesLagna native then he should wear it in his index finger of the

lefthand because 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th houses are the leftside of

the body. To support this we can further take the help of Gemtherapy. Ruby is

worn to fight against ulcers, heart troubles, bonetroubles, nose bleeding, tooth

decay, etc. Suppose a man isprescribed by an astrologer to wear a Ruby for

certain disease whichis at his left part of the body. If the Sun is in any of

the sixhouses from Lagna then the Gem will fail to serve the purpose.Because,

the Ruby will hardly incite any healing as its placement isopposite side to the

place of the disease. This is nothing but as sameas what we some times predict

that there will be surgery orafflictions to left ear or ankles when a malefic

Mars or Moon is inthe 11th House. Because 11th House is the left side of the

man andwhen a planet is placed in the left side of the horoscope it

certainlyinvigorates the left side of the body part. There is another

interesting point to ponder also. Some may be forcedto say that if the above

theory is having its supporting points thenthere is more to offer in

this regard with a slight variation. We knowthat the rasis grouped as Male and

Female rasis. As Aries is Male,Taurus is female and so on. Here in this case

the selection of thehand is done accordingly to the position of the planets in

a male orfemale sign. So a male native of a Taurus lagna can wear a diamond

inhis left hand if the Venus is in any of the female rasis i.e. Taurus,Cancer,

Virgo, etc. Also a Virgo native with Mercury in Lagna shouldwear an emerald in

his left hand, as Virgo is a female sign. Thiswould be disastrous to an extent.

Generally, we advice a native aboutthe possibility of a heart surgery if he has

severely afflicted Sun orMars in his the 5th house of the horoscope. Some may

question aboutthe correctness of this prediction, because the 5th house is the

rightside of a man and the heart is in the left side of the body. Then howthe

Mars in 5th house can be connected to an organ which is on theleft side of

the body, i.e. heart? Here, we know that there are somebody parts which are only

of one in numbers such as heart, brain,spleen, liver etc. And these body parts

are connected to particularhouses not withstanding with the right or left side

of the body. So,during the selection of the astral Gems we need to be careful

infinding the correct hand keeping in view of these things also. Anotherpoint

to note that in Bhava charts the planets position differs fromtheir position in

the rasi charka. For example, In Bhava chart if theJupiter is in the 7th for a

Delhi born native he may be in the 6th or8th house for a different native born

in a different place, other thanDelhi in Bhava-chart. So in the Bhava chart the

position of planets isdifferent for different persons if persons born exactly in

the sametime and same date but in a different place. See how specific theVedic

Astrology is. In a variation of minutes the Bhava-chart changesfor a

same time, same day, but different place of birth for twopersons. It is not like

two persons are born under the same rasi evenif they are born in different

dates, different times and at differentplaces. Like this the wearing of Gems is

different for differentpersons if born in the same time, same date but at a

different place.Therefore the Rasi Based Theory has no logic behind it. It will

beunwelcome and unconvincing to each and every body if one suggestseveryone to

wear a yellow sapphire in the index finger of the lefthand if the Jupiter is in

cancer-a female sign. So we should outrightly refuse to accept this logic.

The selection of Gems should be very specific. It should not becorrect for

every Tom, Dick and Harry to wear a stone if they have aspecific planet at

particularly exact sign. Here the Bhava-chartprovides better results than the

Rasi-chart in selecting an astralgem. A particular finger is

assigned to a particular planet. Iremember Princess Diana‚s horoscope in a

distinct way. She had ScorpioLagna with Venus in the 7th House. It is said that

the 7th house isthe right side of a female. Further, the 7th house has the

deadlykilling power for every horoscope. So when one wears a Gem signifiedby

the lord of the 7th house who at the same time does not ownanother benefic

sign in the horoscope, then the person certainlybecomes the favorite of the

lord of Death. For a Scorpio Lagna nativeVenus owns the 7th and 12th house.

Venus is decidedly malefic withhaving the killing power for Scorpio Lagna. When

the native wearsDiamond, i.e. the Gem of Venus, the death inflictiveness of

Venus getscosmically charged. Diana wore the stone as a gift of love from

lateMr. Al Dodi Fayed, her new fiancé, at a restaurant. But, she made adouble

fault. One, it was a wrong Gem for Princess Diana. Two, shewore it in the wrong

hand, i.e.,

the left hand, as usually ladies wearthe engagement ring in their left hand. It

is close to the saying,Œlook gift horses in the mouth‚. Venus signifies

vehicle. The 7thhouse signifies travels. The Diamond was costly and powerful

enoughwhich showed its integrity within no time. We all know that she diedwith

her boy friend in a Mercedes Benz, while chased after bypaparazzi as she came

out from the restaurant to vacate the place toavoid the journalists cum

photographers. It is as if Venus was waitingfor them to sit in their car and

start moving. Unless there is asupporting hand from the lords of 3rd, 7th, 9th

and 12th Houses on thedeath inflicting planets (s), (here in this case Venus),

then deathmay be through a vehicle but during a static condition. It is

notunusual for us to find a vehicle at road side parking receives acollision

suddenly from another moving vehicle or a previously fittedbomb exploded inside

the vehicle at a

parking lot or a standstillvehicle was destroyed by an air-missile or a vehicle

suddenly drownedat a hinterland by tidal waves like Tsunami or Katrina, which

is anormal occurring at a river valley, which happens by a rise of sealevel

relative to the land. All accidents are said to be on staticconditions. If

there is an aspect or conjunction of the lords of 3rd,7th, 9th & 12th houses on

the marakas or death inflicting planets,then the death presumably happens during

a dynamic or moving condition. Capt. Manas Ranjan Swain 46/47, Budheswari

P.O.Lane, Bhubaneswar-751006.

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Dear Srimanji,

Namaste!!! This information is not new. There are many books,

including my own, which give this information. If you see:

http://www.p-g-a.org/reference.html

There are many old books which give this basic information. I

personally wear a ring... it is useful provided one has the right

prescription and jyotish quality gem... then it is useful.

Best rgds,

Richard

sacred-objects, Vishram Kunte

<dr_vishram_2000> wrote:

>

> Namaste Manasji,

> Very good article with new insight. Pls. can you futher elaborate

relationship (influence) between horoscope houses and body parts.

> Warm Regards

> Vishram

>

> Richard Shaw-Brown II <rsbj66> wrote:

> Use of Gems in Proper Hand

>

> By Capt. Manas Ranjan Swain

>

> Gemology or study about Gems is not a new subject for us. But the

> wearing of the gems in the proper finger and hand has become a matter

> of dispute among gemologists and astrologers in the world. While one

> set of people suggest it should be worn in the right hand for males

> and left hand for females, the other set (mostly western astrologers)

> draw our attention by putting us in a more complex situation. They say

> that, one should wear the gems in the hand which is his or her active

> hand. Here active hand means the hand which executes the more

> important works such as, writing, eating, beating, playing, etc. In

> between those two sets of people, one more set emerges by holding

> another self claimed truth that Gem of male planets like Jupiter,

> Mars, Sun and Saturn should be worn in right hand and that of Venus,

> Moon in the left hand. Every body claims to be right in their own way.

> But whether our clients are satisfied after wearing our recommended

> Gems by following any of these methods? It is not surprising, that

> most of them return with a gloomy face, questioning our judgment in

> selecting the Gems or some even demand their money back doubting the

> authenticity of the stone in case the Gem is given by us. Here a poor

> astrologer or gemologist as the case may be, may drive to frenzy to

> see what went among. You might be correct in your selection of gems

> and the gem might be an authenticate one, but it is true, most of us

> face the wrath of our dear clients and it ultimately leads to the

> detriment of astrology and gemology as a science. It is not uncommon

> to see an Aries native having Jupiter in Cancer after wearing a yellow

> sapphire or a Taurus native with Saturn in Aquarius after wearing of

> blue sapphire, in spite of both the planets being the yogakarakas

> still dragging in life. Why does this happen? Vedic Astrology can

> definitely help us in here. After 20 years of experience in this

> field, I am having some conclusions and when it is applied on humans

> earnestly it is giving amazing results. I would like to share this

> with my colleagues and other gemologists cum astrologers. My first

> interest was more focused on the using of proper hand rather than the

> fingers because almost all the astrologers have the same view when it

> comes to decide the correct fingers for a specific Gem, with a little

> variation.

>

> From Vedic Astrology we learnt that the first six houses starting from

> Lagna to the sixth house are the right side of a male native and the

> other six signs remaining starting from the 7th house to the 12th

> house is the left side of the male native. Reverse is in the case of a

> female native. If the 12th house is the left eye or foot of a male

> then the 2nd house is the right eye or foot of a male. So we can wear

> the Gems according to the placement of planets for a particular

> native. For example, a male Aries Lagna native is having Jupiter in

> the 4th house, i.e., Cancer, which is his right side of the body. He

> should wear the Yellow Sapphire in his right hand is index finger but,

> if the Jupiter is placed in 9th house (Sagittarius) for another Aries

> Lagna native then he should wear it in his index finger of the left

> hand because 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th houses are the left

> side of the body. To support this we can further take the help of Gem

> therapy. Ruby is worn to fight against ulcers, heart troubles, bone

> troubles, nose bleeding, tooth decay, etc. Suppose a man is

> prescribed by an astrologer to wear a Ruby for certain disease which

> is at his left part of the body. If the Sun is in any of the six

> houses from Lagna then the Gem will fail to serve the purpose.

> Because, the Ruby will hardly incite any healing as its placement is

> opposite side to the place of the disease. This is nothing but as same

> as what we some times predict that there will be surgery or

> afflictions to left ear or ankles when a malefic Mars or Moon is in

> the 11th House. Because 11th House is the left side of the man and

> when a planet is placed in the left side of the horoscope it certainly

> invigorates the left side of the body part.

>

> There is another interesting point to ponder also. Some may be forced

> to say that if the above theory is having its supporting points then

> there is more to offer in this regard with a slight variation. We know

> that the rasis grouped as Male and Female rasis. As Aries is Male,

> Taurus is female and so on. Here in this case the selection of the

> hand is done accordingly to the position of the planets in a male or

> female sign. So a male native of a Taurus lagna can wear a diamond in

> his left hand if the Venus is in any of the female rasis i.e. Taurus,

> Cancer, Virgo, etc. Also a Virgo native with Mercury in Lagna should

> wear an emerald in his left hand, as Virgo is a female sign. This

> would be disastrous to an extent. Generally, we advice a native about

> the possibility of a heart surgery if he has severely afflicted Sun or

> Mars in his the 5th house of the horoscope. Some may question about

> the correctness of this prediction, because the 5th house is the right

> side of a man and the heart is in the left side of the body. Then how

> the Mars in 5th house can be connected to an organ which is on the

> left side of the body, i.e. heart? Here, we know that there are some

> body parts which are only of one in numbers such as heart, brain,

> spleen, liver etc. And these body parts are connected to particular

> houses not withstanding with the right or left side of the body. So,

> during the selection of the astral Gems we need to be careful in

> finding the correct hand keeping in view of these things also. Another

> point to note that in Bhava charts the planets position differs from

> their position in the rasi charka. For example, In Bhava chart if the

> Jupiter is in the 7th for a Delhi born native he may be in the 6th or

> 8th house for a different native born in a different place, other than

> Delhi in Bhava-chart. So in the Bhava chart the position of planets is

> different for different persons if persons born exactly in the same

> time and same date but in a different place. See how specific the

> Vedic Astrology is. In a variation of minutes the Bhava-chart changes

> for a same time, same day, but different place of birth for two

> persons. It is not like two persons are born under the same rasi even

> if they are born in different dates, different times and at different

> places. Like this the wearing of Gems is different for different

> persons if born in the same time, same date but at a different place.

> Therefore the Rasi Based Theory has no logic behind it. It will be

> unwelcome and unconvincing to each and every body if one suggests

> everyone to wear a yellow sapphire in the index finger of the left

> hand if the Jupiter is in cancer-a female sign. So we should out

> rightly refuse to accept this logic.

>

> The selection of Gems should be very specific. It should not be

> correct for every Tom, Dick and Harry to wear a stone if they have a

> specific planet at particularly exact sign. Here the Bhava-chart

> provides better results than the Rasi-chart in selecting an astral

> gem. A particular finger is assigned to a particular planet. I

> remember Princess Diana‚s horoscope in a distinct way. She had Scorpio

> Lagna with Venus in the 7th House. It is said that the 7th house is

> the right side of a female. Further, the 7th house has the deadly

> killing power for every horoscope. So when one wears a Gem signified

> by the lord of the 7th house who at the same time does not own

> another benefic sign in the horoscope, then the person certainly

> becomes the favorite of the lord of Death. For a Scorpio Lagna native

> Venus owns the 7th and 12th house. Venus is decidedly malefic with

> having the killing power for Scorpio Lagna. When the native wears

> Diamond, i.e. the Gem of Venus, the death inflictiveness of Venus gets

> cosmically charged. Diana wore the stone as a gift of love from late

> Mr. Al Dodi Fayed, her new fiancé, at a restaurant. But, she made a

> double fault. One, it was a wrong Gem for Princess Diana. Two, she

> wore it in the wrong hand, i.e., the left hand, as usually ladies wear

> the engagement ring in their left hand. It is close to the saying,

> Œlook gift horses in the mouth‚. Venus signifies vehicle. The 7th

> house signifies travels. The Diamond was costly and powerful enough

> which showed its integrity within no time. We all know that she died

> with her boy friend in a Mercedes Benz, while chased after by

> paparazzi as she came out from the restaurant to vacate the place to

> avoid the journalists cum photographers. It is as if Venus was waiting

> for them to sit in their car and start moving. Unless there is a

> supporting hand from the lords of 3rd, 7th, 9th and 12th Houses on the

> death inflicting planets (s), (here in this case Venus), then death

> may be through a vehicle but during a static condition. It is not

> unusual for us to find a vehicle at road side parking receives a

> collision suddenly from another moving vehicle or a previously fitted

> bomb exploded inside the vehicle at a parking lot or a standstill

> vehicle was destroyed by an air-missile or a vehicle suddenly drowned

> at a hinterland by tidal waves like Tsunami or Katrina, which is a

> normal occurring at a river valley, which happens by a rise of sea

> level relative to the land. All accidents are said to be on static

> conditions. If there is an aspect or conjunction of the lords of 3rd,

> 7th, 9th & 12th houses on the marakas or death inflicting planets,

> then the death presumably happens during a dynamic or moving condition.

>

> Capt. Manas Ranjan Swain

>

> 46/47, Budheswari P.O.Lane,

>

> Bhubaneswar-751006.

>

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Srimanji,

Namaste!!! Capt. Manas Ranjan Swain is a member of the PGA and can be

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