Spirit Animal 1.25-inch Cobra Dolomite

A cobra carved in dolomite. A snake sheds its skin whole, the clear scale over the eye included, and for a week or two beforehand it goes cloudy blue-eyed and half blind while the new layer forms underneath. The eyes clear again a day or so before the skin actually comes off.

That blind stretch is the part worth keeping in mind. The animal of rebirth is also the animal of the awkward fortnight before it. Keep it close through an ending you have already agreed to but have not finished, and for any work about shedding rather than fixing.

How to Use It

Small carvings work best when they are somewhere you actually pass. On a desk, in a coat pocket, on the windowsill above the sink. Pick it up when you want the reminder and put it down when you do not. If you keep an altar, it can hold the animal's corner of it, and it travels well in a pouch if you are working away from home.

Good to Know

Carved by hand from dolomite, roughly 1.25 inches. Every piece is worked from natural stone, so color, veining and the exact set of the features shift from one to the next and yours will not be identical to the photo. Dolomite is a soft stone. Keep it off the edge of a hard surface and wipe it with a dry cloth rather than washing it.

Pair It With

The rest of the shelf is carved from the same stone, so they sit together without anything clashing: Scorpion Spirit Animal and Llama Spirit Animal. Give it a proper seat with the Goddess Sphere Stand or set it beside a lit chime candle in the white ceramic holder. More carved pieces in crystal carvings.