09/23/2025
I was blessed to be able to travel to Sicily with my Sisters from
I’ve always been drawn to volcanos and lava stone and used to use it in my jewelry making.
We got to visit Mt Etna and it was a very powerful and magical place. I brought back a Trinacria (the symbol of Sicily, found everywhere including on the flag). She’s made from lava stone and will hang her on my door for protection.
She has the head of Medusa (sometimes a woman with wings, ears of wheat—for fertility and abundance, or serpents), for protection.
The three bent legs coming from the head represent the holy trinity and the three points of the island:
• Capo Peloro (Messina, northeast)
• Capo Passero (Syracuse, southeast)
• Capo Lilibeo (Marsala, west)
The spiral of legs also reflects movement, cycles and eternal return — of life, death, and rebirth. Volcanos destruct but also are fertile grounds for rebirth.
The symbol has been used since ancient Greek times and is still on the Sicilian flag today.
Energetically, the Trinacria reminds us:
Everything is always moving, shifting, evolving. The number three itself is sacred in many traditions: body–mind–spirit, maiden–mother–crone, creation–preservation–destruction.
She represents transformation through facing fear and shadows. By meeting what terrifies us, we gain strength and protection. There is nothing more powerful than facing our fears and our own darkness.
So, when we connect with this land in Sicily — on Etna especially — we are in the middle of this spiral of energies: protection, transformation, cycles, rebirth and renewal. You can literally feel it in your bones.
