Anyanwu, Ayida-Wedo & the(ir) Seed 

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Generally, a serpent encircling a sphere references union in the inner and outer worlds. This particular circle is a sun, and references Anyanwu; shapeshifter and "sun-woman" in Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed. The rainbow serpent around Anyanwu is Ayida-Wedo; a Haitian archetype of divine feminine energy. Together they represent “continuity and strength, integration and wholeness" (Thalia Took).

Strung cowrie shells and magnolia seed pods reference transformation, new beginnings and inner fortitude and abundance.