Garnet Goddess Earrings

A goddess figure holds a faceted red garnet triangle overhead, arms up, spiral marked on her belly. The spiral is one of the oldest marks humans make and it has meant the same thing nearly everywhere: cycles, growth, life turning over and continuing. The raised arms are the older gesture still. Every culture that carved a goddess carved her this way at some point.

Garnet is the stone for this figure. Deep red, tied to Mars and to Fire, and worked for vitality, courage, and the kind of steady heat that gets you through a long stretch rather than the flash that burns out by Wednesday. It is a stone of the root and the sacral, which is to say it is about being here, in a body, willing to take up space. Sterling silver, approximately 2 inches.

Ways to Wear Them

These are statement earrings, so they carry a day rather than accessorize one. Practitioners tend to reach for garnet before something that requires nerve. Wear them when you are asking for the raise, teaching the class, or walking into a room where you would rather not be looked at and are going to be looked at anyway.

Try It With

They are part of a small sterling line. The Moonstone Goddess Earrings are the same figure in a cooler stone, and the Amethyst Celtic Trinity Knot Pendant comes from the same maker. Lucky Bitch Aura Spray suits the same kind of day. More in our earring collection.

Good to Know

Sterling silver tarnishes with air and time, which a polishing cloth fixes. Remove before swimming, showering, or sleeping.