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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.

11 symbols from Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean · For courageThe jaguar of the Mexica warriorsCodex Mendoza, about 1541, Bodleian Library, OxfordStory card from £2.99 Sample price
Latin America & Caribbean · Against envyAzabache fistSpanish jet fist, about 1620–30Pendant from £28 · story card £8 Sample price
Latin America & Caribbean · For a happy homeMapuche silver (trapelakucha and trarilonko)Mapuche dowry silver, 18th–19th centuryStory card from £2.99 Sample price
Latin America & Caribbean · For your careerEkekoAlasitas fair, La Paz, UNESCO 2017Story card from £2.99 Sample price
Latin America & Caribbean · For good people around youBonfim ribbonSalvador, Brazil, about 1809Story card from £2.99 Sample price
Latin America & Caribbean · For childrenTsikuri (god’s eye)Lumholtz, Unknown Mexico, 1902 (god’s eyes in the western Sierra Madre)Story card from £2.99 Sample price
Latin America & Caribbean · Against envyOjo de venadoToluca market, 1958 (Hearst Museum)Story card from £2.99 Sample price
Latin America & Caribbean · For study & examsAlasitas miniature diplomaAlasitas fair, La Paz; UNESCO list 2017Story card from £2.99 Sample price
Latin America & Caribbean · For good healthMilagrosMedieval Spanish votive customPendant from £28 · story card £8 Sample price
No early record
Latin America & Caribbean · For a new jobSan CayetanoNo early recordStory card from £2.99 Sample price
No early record
Latin America & Caribbean · For calm & sleepWorry dollsNo early recordStory 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.