Good Luck Sculpture: SKELETON KEY

~ An Irish Blessing ~

"May your pockets be heavy

And your heart be light.

May Luck pursue you

Each morning and night."

We all wonder at times if we can improve our luck.

Luck is certainly the most common belief of mankind. Good luck, good fortune, chance, success have been desired by humans since the beginning of time. Luck can de defined as fortuity gained as a result of chance; it is taking advantage of any fortunate opportunity that might increase the quality of life. 

I recently added to my eclectic family this one-of-a-kind Good Luck sculpture with a Skeleton Key image, available in my Etsy shop. She's made with a wire armature, up-cycled paper, fabric & plaster.

The Skeleton Key as a good luck charm:

"The most common use for a skeleton key (or 'passkey') as a talisman relates to opening doors and gateways. Such a key provides the freeing force of passing through a period of change from old situations into new ones with ease.

Greco-Roman people believed it represented the Key of Life with the power of unlocking the doors through which prayers reached the Gods. The skeleton key was worn as an amulet to promote reflection of things from the past and vision of things to come.

Romans attached special significance to keys made of silver, the metal sacred to the Goddess Diana, protector of doorways and thresholds and the special guardian of mothers-to-be. They also used them as symbol of Janus, the God of doorways who kept out unfavorable energy from the home. The greeks used them as symbol of the Goddess Hecate who unlocked the mysteries of magic. 

In Europe, a skeleton key given as a gift between lovers is considered a symbol of unlocking the door to the heart. It is believed that the giver will be lucky in love. Luck in love is echoed among the Japanese: three keys tied together are regarded as a powerful lucky charm. They enable the wearer to “unlock” doors to health, wealth and love.

According to the Gypsies of eastern Europe, a skeleton key attached to a metal ring will ensure a good night's sleep and prevent nightmares if it is hung upside down over the head.

The effective way to use a skeleton key as a talisman is to charge it with positive energy to symbolically unlock the doors of opportunity and success will come."

(from “Your Lucky Book – an encyclopedia of all things Good Luck” by Jim Rose & Bébé Aschard-Rose/Olympian Publishing).

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This sculpture is signed, dated and coded. 

Let good luck come to you...