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Sunday, October 5, 2008

When You Wear a Zodiac Pendant - Your Are Saying, I Am "One of a Kind

By Dane Masters

The zodiac pendant has a character that goes back centuries and has many sister or brother items in common. For example, the signs of the zodiac on jewelry, in art, and on walls and other landmarks represent the symbolic wisdom of an ancient discipline identifying personality, future possibilities, and good or bad portents for the bearer of the sign and the wearer of, say, the zodiac pendant. Further, the item that bears the astrological sign of the wearer or bearer doesn't necessarily have to be a necklace with an astrological sign on it. Some people have the sign etched on a ring, sketched on a poster, painted on a car air freshener, or in crafted in needlepoint on a pillow.

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.

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