The Return of the Sun
Symbol of Unity and Growth
Golden Spirals
Earrings and Necklace
Imagine it’s 5000 years ago. The Ancient Celts, your people and my people were there in Newgrange, Ireland. Our village and our area built an elaborate structure to celebrate the return of the Sun, December 20, 21, 22. Our building was designed to capture the first rays of the sun after the longest night of the year when the sun stopped its southward journey and began its return to the north. The first rays of the new celestial year passed through a slot above the entrance. A shaft of sunlight travelled through the darkened hallway sixty feet down to illuminate triple spirals carved into solid stone at the far end.
We can only imagine the anticipation, the ceremonies, and rituals now lost in the mists of time. What is certain, though, is they celebrated the lifegiving warmth and the promise of the return of spring and the glories of summer, just like we do.
The Return of the Sun is your symbol of hope and the renewal of unity and growth.
At Newgrange, Ireland an ancient Celtic site was discovered in the 19th century. It was uncovered, trees removed, earth cleared, an entrance found with a doorway to a long-lost tunnel with a mysterious horizontal opening above the door. It was years before they figured it out. On the shortest day of the year, December 21st, the sun, having gone as far south as it could, paused in the southern hemisphere and began to return north. On the 22nd of December, at the first light of dawn, sunlight entered the box widow above the door traveling down a 60-foot hallway tunnel to a back wall, illuminating a triple spiral chiseled in stone.
The Newgrange location is the site of one of the finest places in Europe where the Celts lived and built a monument to the celebration of the return of the sun with triple spirals. The picture above is the entrance to the ancient monument.
This is the light of dawn, the light of the rising sun at Newgrange, Ireland, following the longest night of the year, marking the turn of the seasons and the return of the sun, a new beginning and a welcome to a new year. At the end of the tunnel is the triple spiral. This is the first day in gold.
Here is another view of the Return of the Sun necklace. These ancient inspired necklaces and earrings glint in gold in the morning’s full sun. These are our newest favorites. Their golden glow is what we imagine was the feeling of the Celts when the sun reached the back of the tunnel.
Celtic Crosses by the Sea
Celtic Whispers
If the whispers of your Celtic past call out to you, The Return of the Sun necklace and earrings may be an echo in gold calling out to you in the 21st century.
Symbol of Hope
and the Renewal of Unity and Growth
Return of the Sun necklace and earrings made with triple spirals are inspired by the megalith passage tomb at Newgrange, Ireland, and other ancient cultures around the world. Three handmade spirals in 14K yellow gold are surrounded by an individually hammered gold perimeter which beautifully catches and reflects golden light. The earrings dangle from shepherd hook ear wires and glitter as you and they move. These earrings and necklace are beautiful on any lover of the sun.
