Tap your sign
Your sign, drawn as the figure.
The ram, the bull, the twins, the lion. The oldest picture of every sign, cut in relief on a fine ring, a flat bracelet and a disc on a chain. Gold or silver. Tap your figure and the page reads you first, then dresses you.
Buy two pieces and the third is on us, on anything on this page.
A sign is not a prediction. It is a description.
Nobody has ever recognized themselves in a horoscope that told them what Tuesday holds. People recognize themselves in the part a sign describes: the thing friends notice after a while, the thing you never had to explain. That is what the figure is for. Below is yours.
March 21 – April 19
Aries, the ram
Already moving before the plan is finished.
The part people notice after a while
Aries leads with the body before the plan is finished. They would rather be wrong quickly than right slowly, and most of the time the speed carries them through. Anger arrives fast and leaves faster; they are baffled when someone is still upset an hour later. Underneath is a plain kind of honesty: what you see is the whole thing. The tell is that they are halfway out the door while you are still deciding.
Where the figure comes from
The ram had a fleece of gold. Sent by the cloud nymph Nephele, it carried her children Phrixus and Helle away from a stepmother who wanted them dead. Helle slipped and fell into the strait that still carries her name, the Hellespont. Phrixus made it to Colchis, sacrificed the ram in thanks, and hung the fleece in a sacred grove, where it waited for Jason and the Argonauts. Zeus set the ram in the sky. It opens the zodiac because spring opens here: when the system was drawn, the Sun entered Aries at the equinox.
This is the version of you we cut into the ring: the ram, in relief, on a fine band. Not a forecast. A description you can wear.
April 20 – May 20
Taurus, the bull
Decided once, a long time ago.
The part people notice after a while
Taurus decides slowly and then does not revisit it. They like the physical world: good fabric, a real meal, a chair that is theirs. People mistake the calm for passivity until they push and find that nothing gives. They are loyal past the point of sense, and generous in ways that involve effort rather than words. The tell is that they have had the same favorite thing for fifteen years and do not see why that is remarkable.
Where the figure comes from
Zeus wanted Europa, so he appeared on the beach as a white bull so gentle that she climbed onto its back. It walked into the sea and swam to Crete, and she never went home. Their son Minos built the labyrinth. Only the bull's front half is in the sky, which storytellers explained by saying the rest was underwater. The Bull of Heaven appears earlier still, in the epic of Gilgamesh, sent down by the goddess Ishtar. This is one of the oldest constellations anyone has named.
This is the version of you we cut into the ring: the bull, in relief, on a fine band. Not a forecast. A description you can wear.
May 21 – June 20
Gemini, the twins
Two conversations at once, keeping up with both.
The part people notice after a while
Gemini is two conversations at once and keeps up with both. They collect people, facts and half-finished projects, and they are more loyal than their reputation suggests; they just get bored of saying so. They think out loud, so the first thing they say is not necessarily the thing they mean. The tell is that they have already changed the subject, and somehow it is more interesting than the one you were on.
Where the figure comes from
Castor and Pollux were twins with different fathers: Castor mortal, the son of a king; Pollux immortal, the son of Zeus. They sailed with the Argonauts and were never apart. When Castor was killed, Pollux asked Zeus to let him die too, or to share what he had. Zeus split it: half their days in the underworld, half on Olympus, together. Then he set them in the sky as a pair, where sailors took the sight of them as a good omen.
This is the version of you we cut into the ring: the twins, in relief, on a fine band. Not a forecast. A description you can wear.
June 21 – July 22
Cancer, the crab
Noticed how you were before you said.
The part people notice after a while
Cancer notices the mood of a room before anyone has spoken. They remember everything: the date, the offhand comment, who was kind. The shell is real. They retreat to work out what they feel, then come back all the way. Home is not a place so much as a set of people, and they will defend it with more steel than anyone expects. The tell is that they will say they are fine and then quietly fix whatever was wrong for you.
Where the figure comes from
While Heracles fought the Hydra, Hera, who hated him, sent a crab to distract him. It nipped his heel. He crushed it without looking down. For its loyalty Hera set the crab among the stars, which is why it is the faintest constellation in the zodiac: a small creature honored for trying. The Tropic of Cancer takes its name from here. When the tropics were named, the midsummer Sun stood in this sign.
This is the version of you we cut into the ring: the crab, in relief, on a fine band. Not a forecast. A description you can wear.
July 23 – August 22
Leo, the lion
The room rearranged itself. They did nothing on purpose.
The part people notice after a while
Leo runs warm. They are generous with attention and expect it back, and they are honest enough to admit that. The confidence is real, but it is not indifference; a Leo knows exactly who clapped. They protect their people loudly. Ask them to make themselves smaller and watch what happens. The tell is that the room reorganizes around them and they did not do anything on purpose.
Where the figure comes from
The Nemean lion could not be cut. Arrows bounced off it; swords bent. Heracles' first labor was to kill it, and when weapons failed he wrestled it and strangled it, then used its own claws to skin it and wore the pelt for the rest of his life. Zeus put the lion in the sky. In Egypt the Nile rose while the Sun was in Leo, which is the usual explanation for why fountains pour water from a lion's mouth.
This is the version of you we cut into the ring: the lion, in relief, on a fine band. Not a forecast. A description you can wear.
August 23 – September 22
Virgo, the maiden
Noticed it. Deciding whether to say.
The part people notice after a while
Virgo sees the detail everyone else walked past and cannot unsee it. That is a gift when it is aimed at a project and a burden when it is aimed inward. They show love by making things work: the fixed thing, the remembered preference, the list you did not ask for. They are funnier than they get credit for, dry and quick. The tell is that they have already noticed the thing, and they are deciding whether to mention it.
Where the figure comes from
The maiden is usually Astraea, goddess of justice, who lived among humans in the golden age and was the last of the gods to leave when the world turned cruel. She rose to the sky, and the scales she carried became Libra beside her. Other tellings make her Demeter, or Persephone, or the Babylonian grain goddess. In every version she holds an ear of wheat, which is what Spica, her brightest star, means.
This is the version of you we cut into the ring: the maiden, in relief, on a fine band. Not a forecast. A description you can wear.
September 23 – October 22
Libra, the scales
Asked what you wanted. Meant it both times.
The part people notice after a while
Libra sees both sides so clearly that choosing feels like a betrayal of one of them. They are drawn to beauty and to fairness and get genuinely upset when either is missing. The charm is real, and so is the spine underneath it; they will keep the peace right up until something matters, and then they will not. The tell is that they have asked what you want twice, and both times they meant it.
Where the figure comes from
Libra is the only sign that is not a living thing. It is the scales of justice, held by Astraea, who stands beside it as Virgo. For a long time it was not a separate constellation at all: its two brightest stars were the claws of the scorpion, and their Arabic names still say so. Zubenelgenubi is the southern claw and Zubeneschamali the northern one. The Romans cut the claws loose and made them a balance, and claimed the Moon stood here on the day Rome was founded.
This is the version of you we cut into the ring: the scales, in relief, on a fine band. Not a forecast. A description you can wear.
October 23 – November 21
Scorpio, the scorpion
Read you before you noticed.
The part people notice after a while
Scorpio decides whether to trust you before you have noticed you are being read. They give nothing away by accident and everything on purpose, which is why the loyalty, once it arrives, is total. They do not do halfway: not in work, not in love, not in grudges. Under the control is more feeling than almost anyone else in the zodiac. The tell is that they remember the thing you said in passing three years ago, and they have been thinking about it.
Where the figure comes from
Orion the hunter boasted that he could kill every animal on Earth. The Earth answered with a scorpion. It stung him, and both were set among the stars, deliberately at opposite ends. As Scorpius rises in the east, Orion sinks below the western horizon; they never share the sky. It is the oldest grudge in astronomy and you can watch it play out every night.
This is the version of you we cut into the ring: the scorpion, in relief, on a fine band. Not a forecast. A description you can wear.
November 22 – December 21
Sagittarius, the archer
Already planning somewhere you haven't been.
The part people notice after a while
Sagittarius says the true thing before the polite thing. They would rather be somewhere they have never been, and if they cannot be, they will be reading about it. Restlessness is the engine and optimism is the fuel. They forgive quickly, because holding a grudge takes them off the road. The tell is that they already have a plan for next year, and it involves a country you have not been to.
Where the figure comes from
The archer is a centaur, half horse and half man, with the bow drawn. Most Greek writers named him Crotus, the son of Pan, who invented archery and lived among the Muses; they asked Zeus to put him in the sky. Later tellings give the constellation to Chiron, the wise centaur who taught Achilles, though Chiron usually gets Centaurus instead. In either version the arrow is aimed at the heart of the scorpion beside him.
This is the version of you we cut into the ring: the archer, in relief, on a fine band. Not a forecast. A description you can wear.
December 22 – January 19
Capricorn, the sea-goat
Built it while everyone else was talking.
The part people notice after a while
Capricorn plays a long game and does not announce it. They will do the boring, necessary thing for years and then, apparently overnight, arrive. The dryness is humor; the reserve is standards. They take responsibility for people who did not ask them to, and take it seriously. Underneath is a goat that also swims: more feeling and more strangeness than the surface admits. The tell is that they have been quietly building the thing while everyone was talking about it.
Where the figure comes from
When the monster Typhon attacked the gods, Pan dived into the Nile to escape. The half above the water stayed goat; the half beneath turned to fish. Zeus liked the look of it and set the goat-fish in the sky. But the creature is far older than Pan. The Babylonians drew the goat-fish thousands of years earlier as the animal of Ea, god of wisdom and deep water. It is one of the oldest images people have kept.
This is the version of you we cut into the ring: the sea-goat, in relief, on a fine band. Not a forecast. A description you can wear.
January 20 – February 18
Aquarius, the water bearer
Had the opinion first. Left when it got popular.
The part people notice after a while
Aquarius stands slightly outside the room, watching it, and likes it there. They are warm at a distance and awkward up close, loyal to ideas and to a small number of people who understand that. Contrarian on principle; original by nature. They will fight harder for a stranger's cause than for their own comfort. The tell is that they had the strange opinion before it was cool, and they will drop it the day it becomes popular.
Where the figure comes from
Ganymede, a prince of Troy, was so beautiful that Zeus sent an eagle to carry him to Olympus, where he became cupbearer to the gods and poured for them at every feast. The eagle is Aquila, close by in the sky. An older story makes the bearer Deucalion, who survived the great flood, and the Babylonians saw the god Ea pouring the Tigris and the Euphrates out of a vase. Every version is about giving water away.
This is the version of you we cut into the ring: the water bearer, in relief, on a fine band. Not a forecast. A description you can wear.
February 19 – March 20
Pisces, the fishes
Knew what you'd say. Forgave it already.
The part people notice after a while
Pisces absorbs the room, which is why they need to leave it sometimes. They feel other people's weather as their own, and they will drop everything for someone who is drowning. The imagination is enormous and slightly ungoverned; deadlines are a foreign concept. They see the best in people until it is proven otherwise, and then they see it anyway. The tell is that they knew what you were going to say, and they had already forgiven it.
Where the figure comes from
When Typhon came for the gods, Aphrodite and her son Eros leapt into the Euphrates and became fish, or were carried off by two of them, and tied themselves together with a cord so that neither could be lost. The knot in that cord is a real star, Alrescha, where the two ribbons of the constellation meet. Ancient writers said the Syrians would not eat fish because of the story. The Babylonians had drawn the tied fishes centuries before.
This is the version of you we cut into the ring: the fishes, in relief, on a fine band. Not a forecast. A description you can wear.
Why the figure
Before the glyph, before the star map, there was the figure: the ram, the twins, the lion. It is the image the sign was named for, and it is thousands of years old.
A glyph says 'zodiac' from across a room. A figure says 'that's a lion,' and only the people who know will read the rest. Spirit is the version you wear without explaining.
Twelve figures, twelve myths. The ram is a rescue, the crab is a loyalty, the fishes are a knot tied so nobody drifts. Pick yours and read the rest on the zodiac guide.
The figures, worn
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Three across the hand
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Two figures, gold
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Four figures, one stack
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Three figures on chains
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Two figures, silver
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The figure, worn
The set, in your sign
Start with yourself. Ring, bracelet and necklace, all the same figure, made to be worn together or apart. The three read as one idea, and the ring comes off at checkout.
The set, for you
Ring, bracelet and necklace in your sign. The ring is free.
Prefer the product page? Horoscope, Spirit and Constellation collections. The offer applies to any three pieces across any signs.
The twelve figures
Every sign was a picture before it was a symbol. Tap the one you are buying for and every builder below switches to it.
Stack it for them
A Spirit ring is a person. Your figure on one finger, and beside it the people you would name: a partner, the kids, whoever the word family means. Every ring in your size, since you wear them all. Add more if the hand can take it; every third ring comes off.
Stack it for them
Their signs on your hand.
Rings come in US 5 to 12. Three on one finger fit a touch snugger; between sizes, go up.
Prefer the product page? Horoscope, Spirit and Constellation collections. The offer applies to any three pieces across any signs.
On a chain, on a wrist
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The necklace, $64
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The figure at the collarbone
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The bracelet, $54
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In hand
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Worn every day
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The ring, $46
One for everyone who is next
The necklace needs no size, which makes it the one to give. One each, in their figure, and every third one is free.
One for everyone who is next
One necklace each.
Free shipping on every order and sixty days to exchange.
Prefer the product page? Horoscope, Spirit and Constellation collections. The offer applies to any three pieces across any signs.
Questions
What is the Astra Spirit collection?
Astra Spirit is Velvet Moon's zodiac jewelry drawn as the figure of each sign: the ram, the bull, the twins and the rest, cut in relief on an oval or a disc. Every sign, on rings, bracelets and necklaces, in gold or silver.
How is Spirit different from Horoscope and Constellation?
Same signs, three drawings. Horoscope is the glyph, the two-stroke symbol everyone recognizes. Constellation is the actual star map. Spirit is the figure the sign was named for, the oldest of the three pictures and the one that reads as jewelry rather than a symbol.
Can I stack different signs together?
Yes. Most stacks are three different signs: your own, and two people you would name. The rings are fine bands with an oval face, made to sit side by side on one finger or across the hand.
How does buy two, get one free work here?
Add any three pieces from any collection and the lowest-priced one comes off at checkout. Three Spirit rings are $92 instead of $138. The builders on this page add everything to your bag in one tap and show you which piece is free before you do.
What sizes do the rings come in?
US 5 to 12, in every sign. Measure the inside of a ring that already fits: about 15.7 mm is a 5, 16.5 mm a 6, 17.3 mm a 7, 18.1 mm an 8, 18.9 mm a 9, 19.8 mm a 10, 20.6 mm an 11, 21.4 mm a 12. The bracelet and necklace need no size.
Is the finish real gold?
The pieces are solid stainless steel with a bonded PVD finish in gold or silver, so the color is part of the metal rather than a layer over it. Hypoallergenic, nickel free, and made for showers, workouts and sleep.
Twelve figures. One of them is yours.
Rings, bracelets and necklaces in every sign, gold or silver. Free shipping, sixty days to exchange, and the third piece on us.
