| Today many people are wearing silver cross | | | | that is the how the Celtic cross came to be. |
| pendants on their necklaces to express their | | | | The Solar cross is an even sided cross with a |
| beliefs, their heritage, or simply their sense of | | | | circle all the way around it. The circular shape |
| style. While wearing silver cross pendants is | | | | emphasizes the sun and the recurring circle type |
| nothing new, you might be surprised that a more | | | | pattern of the seasons. If you look there will be |
| primitive form of this attire has been found to | | | | four quadrants, which represent spring, summer, |
| date back to even before Christ was born. While | | | | fall, and winter. Interestingly this is known to be |
| most people understand what the cross means in | | | | one of the oldest symbols in the world and has |
| terms of Christianity, you might be surprised that | | | | appeared in European, Indian, American, and even |
| the cross actually has many different and unique | | | | Asian art. |
| meanings. | | | | While many types of materials can be used to |
| The most common, the Christian cross, is the one | | | | create these types of pendants, silver is usually |
| that you will typically find on most individuals are | | | | the most preferred for several different reasons. |
| represents Christianity and the cross that Christ | | | | First off silver is usually reasonably priced when |
| died on to save the world of their sins. The Celtic | | | | compared to titanium or gold. Silver also holds to |
| cross, while still a religious cross, can be seen as a | | | | wear and tear rather well and can withstand a |
| symbol of heritage just as much as it can be a | | | | significant amount of abuse. Another benefit of |
| symbol of faith. There is a lot of evidence that | | | | having a silver cross pendant is that as long as it |
| many backgrounds such as the Scottish, the | | | | is properly taken care of it will shine brilliantly for |
| Welsh, and Irish have used this cross in their | | | | years to come. For these reasons many people |
| culture way before Christ was born and before | | | | are purchasing silver cross pendants instead of |
| the Celtic people became converted to | | | | titanium or gold because it allows them to |
| Christianity. Old Irish legends tell us that St. Patrick | | | | express themselves in a stylish and unique look, |
| himself drew a Latin cross and then drew a circle | | | | while not breaking their pocketbook. |
| over it to incorporate a pagen moon goddess and | | | | |