Acorn: Attracts the opposite gender, increases income, divinitory powers, and prosperity.
Agate: Good luck, meditation, protection, health, purification.
Akhet: Ancient Egyptian amulet representing the rising sun. It is held to give the wearer
the vigor of the sun god Ra.
Amber: Balance, harmony, protection, psychic power.
Amethyst: Power, peace, protection, spirituality, intelligence, luck, psychic power, true
love.
Animal Shapes: Amulets made from any material representing the shapes of animals. They
are supposed to give the wearer the desirable qualities of the animal.
Ankh: An Egyptian amulet meaning life or soul. It symbolizes enduring life and grants the
wearer one hundred thousand million years of life. Widely used as a symbol for life, love,
and reincarnation. It is depicted as a cross with a looped top. When worn or carried, the
ankh brings good health, promotes fertility, and strengthens the psychic powers.
Bell: An amulet used by primitive and Western people whose sound was intended to ward
off the evil eye and dispel hostile spirits. In the Middle East bells were attached to the
harness of horses and camels for the same purposes.
Cat: Cat-shaped jewelry represents prophecy, luck, protections, and the granting of secret
wishes.
Cross: Life and divine protection. The Christians believed it to be a supreme amulet
against all forces of evil. The sign of the cross was thought to cure illness and drive off
demons.
Dragon: Dragon-shaped amulets offer love, happiness, and fertility, as well as balance.
Eye of God: Amulet used to conteract the evil eye. Made of sticks and colored yarn by
Huichol Indians of Mexico and attributed with power of protecting people, homes, and
fields.
Fetish: An amulet, charm, talisman, or object thought to have an embodiment or habitation
of a potent spirit. Provides power and strength.
Four Leaf Clover: Good luck amulet. The four leaves going clockwise from the left side of
the stem represents fame, wealth, love, and health.
Fox Tail: Good luck amulet attached to personal possessions . Primitive people believed
that it endowed the owner with the cunning of the animal.
Heart: An amulet worn by many people around the world. It's a symbol of love and
devotion. Ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the abode of the soul. In Europe a
heard amulet was reputed to prevent heart disease.
Horn of Plenty: A contemporary amulet symbolizing prosperity, modeled on the legendary
cornucopia overflowing with flowers and fruit.
Household Amulets: An amulet attached to a door or window to keep the house from
harm.
Knot: An amulet usually of knotted string or cord that was believed to hold the love of a
sweetheart or ward off illness.
Jupiter: Brings honor and riches to the wearer.
Mars: Induces courage, persistence, and recklessness. Usually made of red stone, such as
a ruby.
Mercury: Brings success in arts and science. It also gives skill in detecting thieves. Best
made out of agate, carnelian, and sardonyx.
Moon: Amulet worn in ancient and modern times to bring success in love and good
fortune in travil. To assure good fortune it should be worn as a waxing, not a waning
moon. That is, with the points to the left.
Pentagram: A symbol for protection. Also represents the figure of a human being. Should
be worn with one point up. A five pointed star representing the five elements of air, fire,
water, earth, and spirit.
Earth - represents stability and physical endurance. (bottom left point).
Fire - represents courage and daring. (bottom right point).
Water - represents emotions and intuition. (right point).
Air - represents intelligence and the arts. (left point).
Spirit - represents the All and the Divine. (top point).
The circle around the star represents the God/Goddess; it refracts and reflects all light,
bringing to the wearer total intelligence, universal wisdom and protection. This becomes a
graphic portrayal of Spirit ruling over the five elements. When the pentagram is placed
within a circle, its energy is focused and directed.
Rings: Worn as amulets to treat illness, dispel forces of evil, keep lovers together, and
prevent flight of the soul from the body.
Saturn: Promotes dignity, industry, trustworthiness, and success in business. Best made
from black stones such as jet, obsidian, or black coral.
Star: Ward off evil or encourage good fortune.
Sun: Said to bestow prosperity and friendship. Probably of Egyptian origin.
Tassel: An amulet made of a bunch of cords, threads, or strands hanging from a knob or
roundish head. In Egypt was thought to bring happiness. Now a symbol of good luck in
Mexico. In the Middle East evil spirits were said to shun tassels.
Venus: Grants love and appreciation of beauty.
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