Dec 01, 2011 00:08
So I've been making a rosary because I was lacking any spiritual focus and because a rosary like thing just seemed appropriate with my Catholic upbringing. It however is more of a meditation/ appreciation/ recognition beaded thingy. But I want to break it down because I am SO pumped about it!
The starter beads:
Mary as the divider
An our father
Father Bead (God): Tree of life painted on a large flat bead
Son (man): A flat bead with man on one side and animal on the other
Holy Spirit (Divine Inspiration): A black bead with a carved asterisk like spark
An our father
A little skeleton dude in a coffin instead of Jesus on the cross
First Section, Family and Friends (rose bead):
1: White china bead for ancestry
2: A rose bead for grandparents
3: An Italian horn for heritage
4: A heart for love
5: A unity bead
6: A playing card for fun times shared
7: A coffee cup for intellectual relaxing times shared
8: A beer/wine bottle for careless kicking back times
9: A shoe for mile traveled
10: A gratitude bead
Second Section, Me (frog for transformation):
1: Butterfly for potential/ transformation
2: Hematite as a reminder to get rid of negativity and stay grounded
3: An acceptance bead
4: A penis bead for the masculine
5: A goddess bead for the feminine
6: A rainbow triangle bead for the gender spectrum
7: A spiral for growth and movement
8: A snake skin bead for shedding the past
9: A clay floral bead for creativity
10: A tree and tent for returning to the basics
Third Section, Religion (Buddha bead):
1: A medicine wheel painted on turquoise
2: A Celtic interwoven bead for interconnectedness
3: A spiral for cycles
4: A native american sun bead for life and beginnings
5: A pentacle for the elements of life
6: A hand to protect from evil
7: A patience bead toward others and the self
8: A piece sign
9: A heart for love
10: A bell to ring true in all actions and in harmony with life
Forth Section, Death (A skull with roses on it):
1: A brown leaf for the fall of life
2: A brown skull for decay
3: A crow for life feeding and growing on death
4: A bone skull for returning to the elements
5: A spiral shell for a new cycle
6: A change bead
7: A seed for a new start
8: A infinity bead
9: A spirit bead
10: A star bead for the heavens
Fifth Section, Life (no bead because it ends back at the beginning):
1: The sun, giver of life
2: The moon and stars, the expanse and mystery
3: The earth/world bead, everything
4: The wind, breath of life
5: The water, sustenance
6: A fire like bead, warmth and energy
7: An earth/dirt bead, being grounded
8: A leaf for life
9: An animal bead
10: A metal bead for precious metals
Oh man, I'm just so excited!!! All I have to do is learn how to do some of that hemp weaving stuff. It's already pretty earthy and unique so I want to continue with this type of binding. I'm just so excited. I just had to share it.
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