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“You’ll never take my Moon and Stars”

Moon and star gazing handmade and recycled silver Half Crown and shilling

A wonderful selection of independent celestial elements of varying sizes and lengths.   The pendant includes six dangling stars and the central piece of the silver moon and star with hare gazing upwards.  The combination made will allow you to replicate the first image and also to remove stars and create own personal combinations, etc.

Upon order I will make for you a lovely wee star cut from an old Jenny Wren Farthing coin, three bronze stars of varying lengths from another iconic coin the old “thrupney-bit” threepence and three sterling silver stars cut from a 120+ year old half crown coin.  Similarly the gorgeous waning crescent moon and gazing hare are crafted from recycled silver coins.

The overall presentation looks very magical and as the owner and wearer of the necklace you have many many celestial options!  It looks just wonderful with the main moon, star and hare design element.  Combined with the multitude of stars it looks heavenly!

The hare often embodies fertility, rebirth, and transformation, drawing upon ancient associations with spring, the moon, and love. It can also represent intuition, vigilance, and adaptability, as well as themes of mortality and luck. The hare’s elusive nature and swiftness contribute to its symbolic complexity, often appearing in contexts of both danger and magic.

Fertility and Rebirth:The hare’s prolific breeding and connection to spring have long linked it to fertility and renewal. In some traditions, hares are associated with goddesses of love and fertility like Aphrodite and Venus. Their ability to seemingly give birth without impregnation (due to superfetation) also contributed to this symbolism.

Transformation and Change:Like the changing seasons, the hare’s seasonal shedding of its coat and its swift movements symbolize transformation and adaptability. It can represent a call to embrace change and navigate life’s complexities with agility.

Vigilance and Intuition:Hares are known for their alertness and keen senses, making them symbols of intuition and awareness. They can represent the need to be perceptive and responsive to one’s surroundings.

Trickster and Magic:In folklore, hares can be tricksters, embodying cleverness and cunning. They are also associated with magic and mystery, often appearing in tales of shapeshifting and divination.

Moon and Lunar Cycles:Hares are often linked to the moon, particularly in East Asian cultures where the moon goddess is depicted with a hare. This connection further emphasizes themes of cyclical change and renewal.

Ancient Greece and Rome: Associated with love, fertility, and sacrifice to gods of love.

China and Japan: Linked to the moon goddess and immortality.

Germanic traditions: Connected to the goddess Eostre, the inspiration for Easter.

Paganism: Represents fertility, rebirth, and transformation, with hares appearing in various rituals and myths

Christianity: Symbol of resurrection and new life, often associated with Easter.

“Collect the recycled sterling silver Moon, Sun, hearts, stars, memories of your life and add them to your tree; These lovely hearts not only look fab on a necklace and bracelet but will also give a lovely whimsical feel to your bronze tree sculpture. The also perfectly represent a love of life and ever present memories of loved ones past, keep the dearness of your loved ones close, watch your tree bloom with love.”

If you are lucky enough to have the tree sculpture, find your family tree in its physical form, made eternal yet ever changing. Add stars, a symbol of loved ones past, and watch your tree grow with your family past and present. You don’t need the tree sculpture to enjoy these hearts, wear them as a universe loving single pendant on a necklace, as part of a larger constellation, a bigger design you have imagined on a necklace or bracelet, representing your own personal aesthetic or family and friends.

Each pendant charm is movable, allowing you to customise the jewellery you create and the sculpture you design. Create show stopping, mystical necklaces with a myriad of leaves, studded with stars, or be beautifully understated with a bracelet, holding a single acorn, a symbol of your own strength, your own ability to blossom and become something magnificent.

Size : approx 40 mm * 20 mm

*** Other charms in the pictures such as bronze sun, stars, Oak leaves, Acorns are to illustrate the various looks and combinations. They are available separately within the Deep Roots collection. ***