Citrine was used by the Celts as protection from others evil, bad, nasty thoughts about them.
Tag: celtic beliefs (page 1 of 2)
The Celts observed 17 cycles in the visible moon. On the first day of a new moon, the Celts believed (believe) that extraordinary things were likely to occur. They also thought 17 generations was as far back as collective memory could reach. Thus, the collective memory was on the order of 400 years.
Twenty-seven is the sacred number 9 times three…..making 27 three times as consequential to the Celts as 9. Obviously, given the potency of the number 27, it made good sense to the Celts to surround themselves with units comprised of 27 elements. Thus, the basic Celtic military unit had 27 members and a Celtic Chieftain had 27 members in the royal court.
