Celtic Jewelry

Pearls have captivated the human imagination for thousands of years. They are objects of great beauty and primordial purity. But perhaps more than anything else, pearls have become potent symbols of the healing process. Pearls are built off grains of sand, which get inside the shell of an oyster. The oyster then transforms this grain into a pearl. It performs this process layer by layer, over time, with effort and intentionality

Oak tree Celtic moon is June 10th to July 7th. The oak is a signet for the world tree, or tree of life and is considered especially sacred in Celtic myth and lore. The name of Celtic priests, Druids, derives in part from the root “dru” which means oak. Some scholars call this month “duir” which means door in both Gaelic and Sanskrit. Both Druids and the oak were intimately aligned. They hold an entry way into some other place.

Back in the day, handfasting was used for marriage by mutual consent, without the church. Couples merely needed to exchange vows. Witnesses were not absolutely necessary, though they made it easier to prove the marriage. There was also was the practice of marriage by habit without formal vows. This is similar to what we call “common law” marriage today. People simply lived together and became a couple.