{"product_id":"open-hand-african-opal-pig-zodiac-necklace","title":"The Open Hand — African Opal Pig Zodiac Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Chinese character for home is a roof with a pig underneath it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJia — home, family, household. Written as a roof, and under the roof, a pig.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot a hearth. Not a person. Not an ancestor. A pig, because a pig meant the household had more food than it needed today and could afford to keep some of it walking around until later. That is what security looked like, and the writing system fixed it in place before anyone thought to be embarrassed about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pig comes twelfth. Last of the twelve, which people occasionally read as an insult and which is the opposite. The cycle ends on the animal that means there is enough, and then it starts again at the rat's midnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Chinese character for home is a roof with a pig underneath it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHai, the twelfth earthly branch, is the double hour from nine until eleven at night. The end of the day, and the last hour before the whole thing begins again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pig has wings, and I nearly took them off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI left them because the joke is old and it is not really a joke here. The sign is about receiving something — and receiving is the part most people are worse at than working. A pig with wings is a fair drawing of how unlikely that feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eye is a single red stone. Black circle, gold animal, one small warm point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe metal is solid 925 sterling silver. The gold is a plated finish over that silver and the dark sections are a black finish over the same silver — plating is a surface, it wears with time, the silver underneath does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePosted to you tracked. 5–10 days to the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wing is the work. Every row of feathers is cut separately and it sits proud of the body, so there is no flat surface to rest a tool on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMaterials\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural African opal — 4 mm round\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNano garnet and nano black accent stones — laboratory-made, not mined\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e925 sterling silver, gold plated, with a black finish on the dark sections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePendant 25.49 mm across, on a box chain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFree UK delivery · 5–10 days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarried for centuries as the sign of plenty, and of being willing to accept it. Some people feel something when they put a sign on. Some don't. Either way it is an old idea and it is accurately made.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asi8","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49044069712042,"sku":"ASI8-OPA-027","price":189.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/3313\/2970\/files\/27-1-opal_e9d0c8ba-e768-42fb-b475-afa9f41edf03.jpg?v=1789065792","url":"https:\/\/asieight.com\/products\/open-hand-african-opal-pig-zodiac-necklace","provider":"Asi8","version":"1.0","type":"link"}