The benefit of Aqeeq is that it creates joy in the heart, is good for eyesight and it helps illuminate sadness and anger. It is also revered in other religious. It absorbs the rays of the sun and passes these onto the body and is good for health. Black Aqeeq protects children from envious eyes. There are other people, mainly students of astrology, who hold that from the standpoint of the occult powers of gems their true value is to be found only in connection with the sign of the zodiac in which the sun was at the time of one’s birth. The astrological calendar and the signs of the zodiac have come down to us from the ancient Babylonians as another example of their efforts to seek protection from the dangers that threatened the living. An ancient Indian Vedic science which has upheld its tradition proudly since the time immemorial.