Five-Leaf Botanical Medallion | Ancient Herbal Talisman

The five-leaf botanical form appears across herbal traditions as the mark of plants with medicinal or sacred significance — the hemp leaf in its five-pointed form, the cinquefoil in medieval heraldry, the five-petaled rose that appears on the floor plans of Gothic cathedrals. Five is the number of the human body — four limbs and a head, four fingers and an opposable thumb — and the five-fold botanical form has been read across traditions as the plant that speaks directly to the condition of being human.

In alchemical botany, plants were classified by their planetary correspondences and their leaf structure was considered one of the signatures by which the plant declared its nature. The five-leaf form declared kinship with Venus, the planet of the body, of beauty, of the principle that makes the material world worth inhabiting.

925 sterling silver base. Available in White Gold Plated, Yellow Gold Plated, and Rose Gold Plated finishes. Suspended on a matching chain.