The Vitruvian Man and Astrophyllite Earrings
Leonardo da Vinci's 'Vitruvian Man' is said to illustrate the golden ratio.
Ancient thinkers have long invested the circle and the square with symbolic powers.
The circle represented the cosmic and the divine; the square, the earthly and the secular.
Anyone proposing that a human could be made to fit inside both shapes was making a metaphysical proposition: The human body wasn’t just designed according to the principles that governed the world; it was the world, in miniature.
This was the theory of the microcosm, and Leonardo hitched himself to it early in his career. “By the ancients,” he wrote around 1492, “man was termed a lesser world, and certainly the use of this name is well bestowed, because ... his body is an analogue for the world.”
Astrophyllite is one of those multidimensional stones that helps one connect and achieve attunement to realms beyond our own understanding and is believed to have immense energy, which can help you develop your spiritual strength and see the reality of the Univese as it is.
It is believed to ward off negative energies.
Mineralogy & Crystallography Astrophyllite
Astrophyllite is a very rare potassium, iron, titanium, manganese, sodium, silicate mineral. It crystallises in the form of fine-bladed crystals that sometimes display a “starburst” aggregate.
Measurements
Measures - 6 cms/ 2.5" in length from top of hook to lowest point.
Sterling Silver hooks and alloy charms.
* I use display hooks for photos, your pair will come with brand new unused hooks.