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.

 

Sterling Silver Celtic Jewelry

Sterling Silver Celtic Jewelry

 

 

Celtic jewelry has been made with all sorts of metal and other materials. The most popular type of Celtic jewelry is sterling silver Celtic jewelry.  Celtic jewelry made with the most naturally reflective and brilliant sterling silver. Not only does sterling silver have wonderful qualities for a precious metal, sterling silver Celtic jewelry is much more affordable than Celtic jewelry made from gold.

 

 

 

Because of this fact alone you will find countless more selections from a sterling silver Celtic jewelry collection than you ever would from Celtic jewelry in any other metal or precious metal.

 

 

Because there are so many types of silver Celtic jewelry pieces, we will focus on the trinity knot type of silver Celtic jewelry in this article. As you can see from the many sample pictures posted, the trinity knot type of silver Celtic jewelry is a very large part of silver Celtic jewelry and very popular.

 

 

While there are many trinity knot pendants, earrings and rings to choose from there are countless trinity necklaces to choose from as well. We will focus the rest of this post on the trinity necklace to show you some fine examples of trinity knot jewelry.

 

There are matching trinity knot earrings and trinity knot necklaces you might notice in the trinity knot earring picture shown towards the top of this post and this trinity necklace post right here.

 

 

 

 

What make the trinity knot so popular? The trinity knot was originally a symbol in Celtic history but it assumed a different meaning after the Celtic heritage blend with Christianity. Now the meaning of the trinity knot is symbolic of the Holy Trinity. With each trinity knot there are three sides or three corners of the knot. Each side or corner represents a member of the Holy Trinity.

 

 

 

The sterling silver trinity knot necklace always has three sides and three points but some trinity knot necklaces add additional symbols, the most popular of which is the Celtic circle which is symbolic of eternity which is a natural extension of the symbolism of the trinity symbol.

 

 

After looking at the silver Celtic jewelry collection of trinity jewelry you can see why it is a very popular part of Celtic jewelry. The trinity necklace appeals to both Christians and Celtic jewelry lovers.