Egg Dangle Earrings

  New beginning. Hope. Spark of creation. Fertility. Resurrection. Virility. An infinite circle of Life.  All of these associations spring into mind when we think about the egg and its abundant positive symbolism.  Many ancient legends feature stories where the world has been created from an egg. In Ancient Egypt, the cosmic egg hatched a bird of light. Ancient Greeks and Romans colored eggs and gave them away as gifts, to mark the beginning of the spring.  Goddess Ostara (Eostre) is connected with the eggs as a goddess of spring. All the traditions about the Easter egg hunt or dying eggs in rainbow colors originate from her and her Spring festivities.  There is also hidden symbolism inside every egg, too: the yolk is the solar, male energy, while the white part is the lunar, feminine principle. Thus, every egg is a macrocosm unto itself, a perfect blend of opposites: yin and yang.  Oomancy, or divination by eggs was also widespread in ancient times. The shaman or the druid would drop