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Symbols for every wish

Pick what you’re wishing for, then where in the world you’d like the symbol to come from. Every card shows its earliest record.

136 symbols from around the world
Britain & Ireland · For courageTriskeleNewgrange, about 3200 BCPendant from £28 · story card £8 Sample price
North Africa · For calm & sleepEgyptian headrest with BesBes and Taweret on beds and headrests, 18th dynasty (about 1550–1292 BC)Story card from £2.99 Sample price
South Asia · For study & examsSaraswatiRiver goddess in the RigvedaStory card from £2.99 Sample price
North Africa · For childrenTaweretEgyptian amulet, 664–332 BCStory card from £2.99 Sample price
North Africa · For good healthEye of HorusWedjat amulets, The MetPendant from £28 · story card £8 Sample price
West Asia & Middle East · For a fresh startArmenian eternity sign (Arevakhach)Armenian steles, 1st century BCStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For prosperity & businessPixiuNamed in Sima Qian’s ShijiStory card from £2.99 Sample price
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Roman Empire & Europe · Against the darkSATOR squarePompeii graffito, before AD 62Pendant from £28 · story card £8 Sample price
East Asia · For good healthFive-colour thread (Changming lü)Ying Shao’s Fengsu Tongyi, Eastern HanStory card from £2.99 Sample price
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Roman Empire · Against the darkABRACADABRA triangleSerenus Sammonicus, Liber Medicinalis, ch. 52 — 2nd–early 3rd c. ADPendant from £28 · story card £8 Sample price
Western & Southern Europe · For safe travelsSt ChristopherPatron saint of travellersStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For a happy homeMandarin ducksJin-dynasty Gujin ZhuStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For good healthThe gourdHou Hanshu story of the herbalistPendant from £28 · story card £8 Sample price
Britain & Ireland · For a happy homeCeltic knotGospel books, from about the 7th centuryPendant from £28 · story card £8 Sample price
East Asia · For your careerMonkey on a horseTang gilt bronze, Dingzhou MuseumStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For calm & sleepBaku, the dream-eaterBai Juyi’s preface on the tapir screenStory card from £2.99 Sample price
East Asia · For loveThe red thread of Yue LaoTang-dynasty tale, 9th centuryStory card from £2.99 Sample price
Northern Europe · For courageMjölnir (Thor’s hammer)About 1,000 Viking-Age hammer pendantsStory card from £2.99 Sample price

We describe what each symbol has meant and how people used it, with sources. We don’t promise what it will do.