October 16, 2008
The Fascination Of The Zodiac Pendant!
People are fascinated by zodiac signs. since ancient times, this symbolic wisdom has been handed down in the form of art or jewelry, as signs on landmarks and walls. The sign bearer comes to know about his/her personality traits, what are good signs and what are bad, what the future holds, etc. Any item can be used by the bearer of the sign to be kept nearby–crafted on a pillow with needlepoint or a poster sketch or etched into a ring or a car air freshener with a painted zodiac sign on it. It is not necessary that a necklace with a pendant carrying the zodiac pendant be the only way to carry the sign on person.
When I was younger and still not fully appreciative of my mother's thoughtfulness, I received from her a cigarette lighter (after she accepted that I smoked). On the lighter was the sexual position for Leos. I had looked closely at the lovely gift, and found that the image in silhouette was one which featured a woman sitting astride a man, both man and woman with their legs out in the air in a gleeful pose. I am sure that if a zodiac pendant were in the same shop, my mother would have snatched that up, but seeing at a glance the "Leo" engraved on the hatch, she investigated no further and brought the item home, not realizing she was condoning, maybe, more than her teenaged daughter's smoking habits.
There is beautiful zodiac jewelry available online. There are zodiac pendants that are easily available and at reasonable prices, on eBay and other sites. I did buy one such piece for a hundred dollars. It consisted of a silver chain that was 16 to 18 inches long, and had a one-inch pendant attached. The pendant depicted the zodiac sign of Leo. The carving was very creative. The lion's head had a flowing mane which was encrusted with some cubic zirconia. Being made of silver, the one metal that I loved, I went ahead and bought it.
Another kind of pendant still features the sign of the zodiac but is the sign itself, the symbol, rather than the animal. This necklace is even more subtle, as it is-in my case, as a Leo-just an upside-down "u" with a curlicue at each leg of the symbol. Still other pieces of jewelry featuring the astrological signs are equally lovely.
If you manage to bid before the bidding period ends on eBay, you will get things at bargain prices, ranging from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars. Whatever the price may be, they are affordable. There are jewelry pieces with different inscriptions or information, varied sizes and shapes. Sometimes, classic sexual poses of the 1970s are depicted on these pieces of zodiac jewelry. If you do not like the classics, stick to your own icons and elements. Coming to the jewelry itself, they are even available as 3-D with inlaid turquoise. There are tiny plaques with the names of the signs on them. Some plaques are least bothered about the signs; they give more attention to the stuff they are made of such as leather or gold or copper or silver.