Hmmph. And personal talismans

[cupcake_goth]

I am having something of a low day. Which, upon reflection, isn't terribly surprising, because even tho' I had a good phone call about something the other day and some fantastic socializing, those aren't enough to offset how this year has been so far.

Anyway, it's the sort of day where I feel the need to drape myself with talismans. In addition to the Necklace That Only Comes Off For Baths (silver ankh, flanked by silver skeleton keys from Rocklove^*), when I go run errands today I am going to be wearing my usual giant rings (I feel naked if I leave the house without them), the Big Jingly Key Necklace, and probably the mourning brooch that my beloved pix_kristin gave me. One of these is for fidgeting with when I feel agitated, one is for reminding me of my safety net of loved ones.

What sort of jewelry talismans do you wear, if any? I love hearing about other people's amulets or iconic jewelry.




^*Hello, I am a gothy girl of A Certain Age. I collect ankhs and skeleton keys, and have done for YEARS (even before I ever read The Sandman). I gleefully embrace my clichés, thankyouverymuch.

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[cherry-faery.livejournal.com]

I have a pentacle that I got when I was a teenager just learning about witchcraft and a piece of amethyst that was given to me by a friend of my mom's on the night of my high school graduation. (He collected stones and said that this stone would help with creative energies. He passed away a few years later.) They both lay under my pillow when I sleep and I refuse to sleep without them.

I have a rosary that I wore when my niece was born and a second one I made for the autumn season in memory of my dad. I wear the second one on the first day of fall, October first and close to Halloween every year.

In the ring department, I have a poison ring with a pentacle painted on top and a skull inside the hidden compartment that I got a long time ago. I like this one because it makes me feel like I am carrying a secret and though I have no will to poison anyone, I like the fact that it exists for that purpose. I also have a ring that my mom gave me that used to belong to my grandmother on her side.

The more recent editions are a key pendant with red stones that I wear whenever I feel vampy. :)