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Ring

The Ring in The Modern Lenormand Oracle is a symbol of engagement, marriage, the membership of an organisation or vast enterprise, the family and ancestors and wealth.

A signet ring reveals your family; a birthstone ring, the month you were born. Rings can be worn purely for fashionable purposes too.

Clearly, if you are asking about the future of your relationship over the next 12 months, you are being told about a proposal.

Rings and Romance

Most commonly a ring shows romantic commitment. You are betrothed or are spoken for. The ring finger (the fourth finger of the left hand) is where the ring is worn, as a vein from it was believed to lead to the heart. This was the vena amoris, or vein of love.

More rings can be added as tokens of affection. Acrostic rings spell out messages like ‘Dearest’ for example.

Commitment 

Most of all, a ring shows commitment. You mean it. This is serious. This is who (and what) you are.

If you wear your grandmother’s emerald and diamond wedding ring, it is because you are proud of her. She is part of you. Anybody who wants to get close to you, has to see the ring and has to understand why you wear it. A gay pride ring is self-explanatory.

So, this is personal. An eternity ring is about a ‘forever’ marriage.

Muslims wear an aqiq ring to imitate Muhammad. American athletes wear sports rings. If they win the Super Bowl, they get the jewellery.

You have to respect and understand the bling or you will never be close to that man. Also in America, the class ring shows a graduate. Another commitment. Another statement about oneself.

Precious and Valuable

All rings are precious and valuable, whatever they are made of. They are associated with the zodiac signs of Taurus and Scorpio in astrology; the Second House of values and the Eighth House of financial, sexual and family relationships.

Rings hold value for the person who wears them; they can be priceless; they represent something which is not for sale. One has to be at the very worst levels of poverty to take such a ring to a pawn shop.

The signet ring of the Pope is the Ring of the Fisherman. Not for sale.

Lord of the Rings

Rings carry tremendous emotional power and weight. Tolkien made it a central plot element; the One Ring or Ruling Ring is well-known.
It is magical and grants invisibility. It was then transformed into the Ring of Power. Frodo must destroy it to save Middle-earth.

When you draw this card from The Modern Lenormand Oracle you are being shown a potent symbol, both historically and in literature.

Questions and Answers

The obvious answer to many questions with this card, is ‘A serious commitment. A powerful statement. Something so precious it is priceless.’

Something to be kept close, insured, protected and perhaps locked in a safe. Something that is worn by us until death and may even go with us.

If you are asking about a business offer when you have not received a reply, you are being told – they will commit. However it may be a proposal that takes time. One has to be sure, to offer a ring, and ready.