Eight Pointed Star Round Coin Purse
$100.00
Eight Pointed Star Round Coin Purse is a beautifully handwoven tribute to the sacred power and profound symbolism of the eight-pointed star in Native American tradition. Meticulously crafted from seed beads and Nymo thread with leather lining in a bold, fiery palette of red, yellow, orange, crimson, black, and silver, this 4 × 4-inch piece with zipper closure honors the morning star as a timeless emblem of life’s four sacred stages, the four cardinal directions, and the hard-won wisdom of a life fully and purposefully lived.
Description
Eight Pointed Star Round Coin Purse is a striking and deeply meaningful expression of Indigenous artistry and sacred celestial symbolism. Measuring 4 × 4 inches and finished with a zipper closure and soft leather lining secured with e-glue for everyday durability and practicality, tiny seed beads are meticulously woven with Nymo thread in a bold, fiery palette of red, yellow, orange, crimson, black, and silver. The eight-pointed star design radiates from the center of the round form with breathtaking clarity and ceremonial power — the blazing reds and crimsons burning with the sacred energy of courage and spiritual vitality, the warm yellows and oranges exploding outward with the joyful, unstoppable brilliance of the morning sun, and the cool silver and deep black anchoring the design with the luminous, reflective quality of starlight against the vast darkness of the night sky.
In Indigenous tradition, the eight-pointed star carries one of the most powerful and layered of all sacred stories. It is the story of an old medicine man whose wisdom and experience were so vast, so hard-earned through a lifetime of living on the Earth, that upon his death he became the morning star itself — ascending to the sky as a permanent celestial presence of enduring power and light. So great was the knowledge he carried that the eight-pointed star is understood to hold more power than even the sun or the moon, for it is born not of nature alone, but of a life fully and purposefully lived.
The eight points of the star hold a profound and complete vision of human existence. Four points represent the stages of life — infancy, youth, maturity, and old age — the sacred arc of every soul’s journey from first breath to final passage. Four points represent the cardinal directions — North, South, East, and West — the four quarters of the world that orient and ground us, reminding us of our place within the vast, interconnected whole of creation. Together these eight points form a symbol of wholeness, wisdom, and the deep continuity between a life lived on the Earth and the eternal light that life becomes.
The round form of this coin purse mirrors the sacred wholeness at the heart of that symbolism — a complete, unbroken circle from which the star radiates in all directions at once, perfectly centered and perfectly whole. The bold, fiery palette carries the full intensity of the morning star’s sacred presence — blazing with the concentrated light of a celestial body that has witnessed everything, endured everything, and emerged from the journey of a lifetime burning more brightly than the sun itself.
Eight Pointed Star Round Coin Purse brings these layered meanings together in a beautifully functional and deeply personal form — a handcrafted tribute to wisdom, wholeness, and the enduring light of a life transformed into something eternal.
Details
- Colors: Red, yellow, orange, crimson, black, silver
- Materials: Seed beads, Nymo thread, zipper, leather lining, e-glue
- Size: 4 × 4 inches
Care Instructions: Wipe with damp cloth and keep dry. Even though the Nymo thread has a nylon base and is very strong, pulling hard and yanking on the coin purse can tear the thread so please be kind to it when you use it.
