Venus is the Roman goddess of grace and love. She evolved from an early Italian nature goddess, a bringer of spring blossoms and vines, a goddess of growth and the beauty of nature. The goddess of desire, Venus was the irresistible personification of both physical and spiritual love. She gave her name to the second planet of dawn and dusk.
The story of Venus’s birth tells how she arose, naked, from the sea, the source of all life and a symbol of both the collective unconscious and eternity. It is a wonderful image for the emergence of a young woman into her full femininity. Venus is a striking affirmation of the love of beauty and the pleasure of the senses. Risen from the sea, she is a guide through both the stormy and calm waters of our physical desires and emotions. Design on the reverse side is a Celtic Heart Circle which represents love and protection.
~Created with sterling and fine silver, 18k and 24k gold, sodalite, amethyst, ruby, diamond and a face and arm carved from opal.