LTDE24 Nº 029 — Rising Phoenix | Ancient Coin & Herkimer Diamond · Earrings

Each earring centres a sterling-silver coin engraved with a rising Phoenix against the Compass Star and surrounded by eight crystal moon-phase details.

A natural Herkimer Diamond drop and four gold-filled accent beads complete the approximately 5 cm fall. The coin measures approximately 2.5 cm and is available in sterling silver, rose-gold vermeil or yellow-gold vermeil, with Pearls available as a stone alternative.

Designed and hand-finished in Melbourne, Australia. Natural stones vary in form, clarity and colour, giving every pair its own character.

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Anima Mundi ~ The Wheel of Life™ is Melana’s living compass of direction, element, season, archetype and alchemy. Each jewel is positioned within the Wheel to reveal the current it carries and the transformation it is designed to support.

Aligned with the Antelope of West, Water and Mid Autumn, Rising Phoenix carries the stabilising work of Cibation—where lived experience is replenished into wisdom and the self gathers after change.

Herkimer Diamond clarifies and amplifies the lessons that remain, while the Phoenix symbol transforms endings into conscious return. The lunar orbit around each coin reminds the wearer that renewal unfolds through phases, not a single dramatic moment.

These are earrings for carrying the past as wisdom without allowing it to become a cage.

The Seven Soul Gates decode the jewel’s deeper architecture—its guide, transformation, virtues, anchors and timing within the Wheel.

✦ Alignment Coordinates

Animal · Who — Antelope of West · Water

Alchemy · Process — Cibation · Replenish · Stabilising Energy

Aspect · Life Areas — Past Lives · Ancestral Memory · Energy Cleansing · Transformative Cycles

Aura · Virtues — Resilience · Spiritual Clarity · Renewal

Amplifiers · Raise — Infinity · 11 · OM Seed Sound

Anchors · Ground — Herkimer Diamond · Wormwood · Rising Phoenix Earrings · Crown → Root · Theta–Alpha 7–10 Hz

Alignment · When — Mid Autumn · Nightfall · Late Disseminating Moon

✦ Invocation

Antelope of dusk, steady what returns.

Herkimer, cleanse the path before me.

Phoenix, raise wisdom from the flame.

May I rise renewed, carrying the past without being held by it.

✦ Journey With Your Jewel

The Soul Journ™ | Alchemy Kit reveals the deeper symbolic architecture of the piece—its guide, stones, timing and ritual method—helping its meaning move from something understood into something lived.

Through the language of the Wheel, the jewel becomes a living point of return—transforming from a treasured adornment into a teacher to journey with.

✦ Deepen the Journey

Sometimes a jewel is the beginning of a deeper conversation.

Explore a guided Melana Journey to reveal the patterns, coordinates and rhythms active within your present season.

Or begin a Uniquely Yours commission with Melissa—translating your story, stones and symbols into a bespoke talisman, an embodied expression formed in resonance with you.

The Phoenix has always felt most meaningful to me after the fire—not in the dramatic moment, but in the quiet decision to begin again.

I wanted these earrings to move as reminders that renewal is not erasure. The old coin, the lunar phases and the raw Herkimer all carry history. Together, they let that history become light and direction.

My hope is that Rising Phoenix meets you when you are ready to rise with everything you have learned, not despite it.

With awe & wonder,
Mel x

Rising Phoenix has an approximate 5 cm drop.

Handle the hooks, posts or threaders gently and store the pair separately. Avoid water, perfume, lotions, chemicals and impact, and wipe softly after wear. Protect Opal from impact, prolonged sunlight and sudden temperature change.

Each piece is completed over approximately 4–8 weeks, unless marked in stock, and arrives nestled within a signature Terra Rosa pouch.

For elevated gifting, explore The Treasury Reliquary or The Traveller’s Reliquary | Grandidierite Green · Ritual Bundle.

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