Celtic Cross Meaning

Celtic Cross  Meaning

 

The world of sterling silver cross necklaces is a genre of Christian jewelry that keeps growing in popularity. Part of that reason may be that the sterling silver Celtic cross necklace has for the last few years become amazingly popular.

 

We are going to look at the details of some Celtic cross necklaces and the Celtic cross meaning using some of these Celtic cross pendants to demonstrate the Celtic cross meaning.  I can tell you one thing right now. After learning a little more about the Celtic cross meaning you will be amazed at how much more symbolism the Celtic symbols and knots add to the cross meaning in general.

 

The Celtic cross pendant on this Celtic cross necklace is deep with added meaning or symbolism. There are four Celtic symbols added this this Latin style cross pendant. The first and most obvious is the Celtic circle at the intersection of the Celtic cross pendant.  The Celtic circle has several meanings, the one most pointed towards Christian meaning is the symbol of eternity.

 

The second Celtic symbol is the Trinity knot at the end cap on each leg of the cross.  It is a three corner symbol, each corner represents a member of the Holy Trinity. The third Celtic symbol is found in the Celtic circle, it is a symbol of infinity and in the case of Christian symbolism it to represents eternity.

 

The fourth and last specific Celtic symbol is found in the lower leg of the Celtic cross pendant. It is a Celtic weave the evolves from the trinity knot and works its way up to the center of the cross. The Celtic weave represents eternity as well and it also has a meaning of lie and the interconnectedness o our lie with the eternal life beyond the grave.

 

As you can see the Celtic cross necklace is rich in symbolism and adds a great deal to the cross necklace sub-genre of Christian jewelry. There are many more Celtic cross necklaces from this collection that the Celtic cross necklace in this post came from.