What Are The Celtic Jewelry Symbols Saying?

It can be a difficult task to decipher accurate meanings of the Celtic jewelry symbols. The fact that the Celts didn’t provide us with solid, written accounts surely doesn’t help matters in this endeavor.

What we do know is that the Celts were a tribal group that held nature in high esteem. Therefore, they looked at the shapes of the world and nature as tools for understanding the world in which they lived. The basic Celtic jewelry shapes are crosses, squares, circles and triangles.

In our modern age, aren’t we all still asking for more understanding when it comes to the meaning of our existence and lives? This is why so many folks want to understand the meaning of the jewelry they wear.

Since some of the jewelry from the Celts dates back as far as 2000 B.C., it makes sense that some of these meanings we now attach to this type of jewelry will be different from the meaning given to it by its creators. This is because today, our context with which we view our world is different from these early people.

Although traditionalists may not like this idea, modern Celtic designer jewelry makers may very well create a different meaning to newer symbols and designs than the ancient people would have simply because of this context difference. However, shouldn’t these meanings have just as much validity since there isn’t enough written account of how the ancients Celts would have interpreted these symbols?

Since most Celtic history began being recorded by monks transcribing old sacred texts after 450 A.D., usually in reference to Celtic knotwork, even these accounts leave open room for much interpretation by the modern person who is attempting to determine the meanings of the symbols.

For most people, wearing Celtic jewelry is an expression of individuality and the emotions that each symbol brings out. While a scholar may be trying hard to read into the old manuscripts when it comes to differentiating between the various meanings of Celtic symbolism, the average person should feel comfortable with attaching personal meaning to each shape and feeling good while wearing each piece.

Many people feel an attachment to Celtic jewelry because of the mystique that comes from how much we still don’t know. There is something magical in the belief that every Celtic shape holds some sort of secret of life that is just beyond our understanding and comprehension.

Until some great discovery reveals any manuscripts that shed more light on this topic, people will continue creating their personal interpretations. Although a traditional scholar may disagree with this, each person, for now, should be free to hold on to the feelings and emotions that each piece brings out of them as they enjoy wearing this type of jewelry.