My rosary

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. 

gender, life, religion, me

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