Sun Moon - Plant-Based Ivory Keychain

Meaning: 

The Sun and Moon, inspired by the model proposed by Tao, represent the Sun identified as the masculine principle and the Moon identified with the feminine principle.

The Sun is the symbol of the Light of God, of the vitality that is splendidly reflected upon the Moon, symbolized by the Earth, as a mirror of the mystics, which manifests and incorporates the Light; the Moon is also the dark, intuition, and the mutability of forms.

The Sun and Moon represent the alternation and balance of day and night, of black and white, of activity and rest, and the dialectic of opposites.

The sky has always had a great fascination on man, partly because it is distant and infinite, partly because it is studded with lights immersed in an infinite darkness.

But among all the stars in the sky, the two that have always fascinated humanity are the Sun and the Moon, considered since time immemorial as archetypes of masculine and feminine energies respectively, lovers eternally unable to touch each other, which in their intrinsic symbolism represent the two fundamental principles of the cosmos.

In particular, the Sun represents with its proactive energy, the active creative power, the masculine, and the creative principle of the Universe. But the Sun alone can do nothing, and that is why it needs its feminine counterpart, the Moon. It has always been associated with magic and mystery due to its symbolic duality, induced by the presence of a dark side that is never shown to man.

It is because of their symbolic characteristics that these two celestial bodies are traditionally the dwellings of certain specific Deities, becoming – only in some traditions – Deities themselves, as in the case of Selene, the Greek Goddess of the Moon.

Pendant dimensions: 3.0 cm

Stainless steel keychain hook.

Material: 

Corozo, or "Vegetable Ivory" or "Tagua", is made from the dried seed of the tropical plant "Phytelephas macrocarpa", usually called the elephant plant (Phytos = plant, elephas = elephant).

The plant, similar to that of the coconut, grows in the humid equatorial belt of central South America (Ecuador).

Each plant produces 8-10 inflorescences per year, each containing 250 seeds. When fresh, they contain a milky white liquid that, after 9 months of maturation, solidifies and transforms into a white material entirely similar to animal ivory.

Corozo nuts, after drying, are cut into slices. The turned slice becomes a washer with regular measurements.

The original color, from optical white to antiqued ivory, must be considered "the natural" par excellence.

Dyeing with natural earths emphasizes the shape and highlights its unrepeatable and extraordinary veins, very similar to those of root wood.