Blessings In Red

A phurba crowned with Guan Yin, carved in cinnabar. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the day brings. The phurba...

A dragon curved into an open hook, carved in cinnabar. The tradition keeps cinnabar for its quiet power, a red worn against the skin for protection, vitality and fortune that stays. The dragon is the great symbol of strength and rising fortune in Chinese...

A carved arrow of cinnabar, worn point down on a braided cord. Cinnabar has been worn for centuries as a stone of protection and vitality, its deep red kept close to the skin to invite good fortune and hold it. The arrow is one...

An auspicious talisman, carved in cinnabar within a scrolled frame. In the tradition cinnabar is worn as living protection, the red believed to steady vitality and turn misfortune aside before it settles. The face of the pendant carries a carved blessing framed in cloud...

Guan Yin, carved in cinnabar and hung from a braided cord. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the day brings....

In Chinese tradition, red string is the cord of qi in motion, tied at the wrist through life's thresholds. Through 本命年 (one's zodiac year), through 太岁 (Tai Sui clash years), through any passage worth steadying. The Pixiu (貔貌), wealth guardian of Chinese cosmology, paired...

Carnelian is the stone for getting started. A warm orange agate quartz, carnelian has long been worn for courage and drive, the push to begin the thing you have been circling. It belongs to the Fire element, and you can almost see it in...