There are many signs associated with wedding symbols. Some of them are widely known. For example, if you purchase smooth rings without stones, then family life will go smoothly and you will not have to overcome obstacles in the form of stones on the road.
There are lesser-known signs that arouse active interest in certain life situations. Such situations include replacing wedding symbols with new decorations. In this publication we will look at whether it is possible to change the engagement ring to a new one after the wedding and the algorithm of actions.
Yes or no?
If we talk directly about signs and superstitions, then changing such an important symbol of marriage is not recommended under fear of separation, problems and even death. But any traditions are created by people, and therefore inevitably change over time. Advice! You shouldn’t go to the other extreme and change your decorations every year.
If you want new interesting accessories, you can buy them to wear separately, and not as an important sign of marriage. The reasons why spouses needed new rings can be different:
- Sometimes joints thicken with age , and not every alloy allows you to expand the size of the product. For example, titanium or even soft metal with engraving is not capable of this;
- Another common reason is loss or irreversible damage to jewelry , when it will have to be replaced in any case;
- No less often, a situation occurs when the newlyweds simply did not have the money for suitable decorations before the celebration itself , for example, both were students, and after a few years, the couple can already afford a suitable luxurious symbol of love. Why not make your dream come true in this case?
A significant difference is made between the rings that are put on each other's fingers in the registry office, and those that are used in the church during a wedding. In the second case, the situation is more serious, and the idea of frivolously changing your wedding decoration for something else just because you don’t like the decor is unlikely to meet with approval even from the most liberal priest.
However, options are possible here too. If you suddenly become allergic to gold or silver, then, of course, the church will not force you to risk your health.
What to do if you lose your engagement ring after the wedding?
People tend to experience weight changes throughout the year. Most people gain a few pounds during the winter months and lose weight during the summer months. As you lose weight, your fingers become thinner and the ring may slip off your finger unnoticed. If you discover that your marriage symbol is missing, first do some deep cleaning at home.
Perhaps you will find a ring that has rolled somewhere. Ask your husband to check the drains of all the sinks in the house. Quite often, professional plumbers, when repairing a bathroom sink or a kitchen sink, find rings that their owners thought were lost.
If the loss is confirmed, then you should not panic and think about the bad, so as not to attract negativity into your life. Indeed, according to existing signs, the loss of a wedding symbol does not bode well. This could be a sign of possible betrayal, impending divorce, and even death.
But astrologers believe that the loss of any significant thing protects a person from a more terrible event. For example, a serious illness. They advise purchasing a new ring, but it is advisable that it be something different from the lost jewelry, or even better, buy a new pair of rings. After all, wedding rings are a symbol of mutual love and marriage.
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After a secular wedding
So, if you haven’t gotten married, then the ring, although it remains an important symbol, is not shrouded in sacredness. The attitude towards the signs of the second spouse should be taken into account, and if it is quite serious, then it is probably better to choose something as suitable as possible before the wedding in order to avoid conflicts.
In other cases, you may well interpret the change of decorations not as something frightening, but, on the contrary, as confirmation that the family is prosperous and can afford previously unavailable joys.
Very often, young newlyweds choose fashionable rings with an abundance of decor, engraving, perhaps even an unusual shape in the form of a snake, scorpion or bird's foot. At 20 years old, such an accessory looks charming, but on the hand of an older person it can look overly pretentious.
In both cases, a new ring, for example, on a ten-year wedding anniversary, is interpreted rather as a positive sign. Your relationship, previously bright and innocent, has moved to a new level, become deeper, firmer and at the same time calmer, more mature.
How to put on new wedding bands correctly?
When you decide to buy new rings, perform the same ritual as at the wedding. As psychologists say, by exchanging rings again, the spouses seem to open a new page in their Love story.
In honor of the purchase of new engagement rings, you can organize a mini-celebration. Invite your friends and have a wedding party. Place the rings on each other's fingers while listening to the music played during the wedding ceremony and repeat your vows. Resourceful spouses can add new promises to their vows.
As for the signs, they say: you should not wear a ring over wedding gloves (if the bride has any), otherwise the lovers will face a quick divorce. On the wedding day, the bride should not wear other jewelry on her right hand.
After the wedding
If the rings lay on the altar and participated in the sacrament of wedding, then the situation changes somewhat.
In the Orthodox tradition, it is believed that such jewelry carries protection and divine blessing for the family, as well as a promise of fidelity and love of the spouses in the face of God.
Such a ring, of course, cannot be replaced simply on a whim, but only out of dire necessity:
- if the ring is lost;
- spoiled;
- an allergy to metal was discovered.
There can be no problems with increasing or decreasing the size. Wedding rings are necessarily made of gold and silver, which can be easily adjusted in any jewelry workshop.
Advice! Before changing your decoration, be sure to consult with your priest. He will tell you how to do everything right from a religious point of view.
What are the cases and what to do?
Did you rush and buy an unsuccessful model, or did you gain weight and the ring began to put pressure? Quite common situations. The jewelry workshop will help you adjust the size/decor of the product without compromising quality. If the product has become pretty boring after 10-15-20 years, you can add a pattern to it, or buy a bracelet with a similar inlay to go with it. A radical option is to purchase a new product and wear it paired with your first engagement ring.
If lost or stolen
It's worth waiting a couple of days or doing some general cleaning. Perhaps an important symbol has simply disappeared somewhere.
If the loss is confirmed, then in such a case it is permissible to replace even wedding rings . In this case, you can give it back to the priest, explaining the situation, and the decoration will be placed on the altar again. Sometimes in such a case two rings are bought at once, and the remaining pair from the lost one is donated to the church for good deeds.
As for secular wedding rings, the situation is simpler. If you definitely want a one-to-one copy of the previous jewelry, then use the help of a good jeweler and create a custom-made ring. A true professional will cope even in the absence of photographs, simply by clearly working out the sketch with you.
Another option is to use the trouble that has happened as an opportunity to update the ring to one more suitable for your current relationship - delicate or, on the contrary, elegant.
What about wedding rings?
As a rule, modern couples who combine a civil marriage with a church marriage use the same wedding rings for the wedding ceremony. But it happens that secular “wedding rings” do not comply with church canons (huge stones, provocative designs like snakes and skulls). Then special rings are purchased for the wedding (either ordinary, classical design, or with church symbols and prayers).
Superstitions threaten severe punishments for the loss of wedding rings, and changing them at your own whim is completely prohibited. However, even the Orthodox Church is very tolerant in this matter. Modern Christian clergy urge not to consider even the loss of a pectoral cross a tragedy, let alone rings? By the way, contrary to popular belief, a church marriage can be dissolved, and there are many objective reasons for this: from adultery to a change of religion.
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Is it possible to film?
According to signs, this is not recommended, especially if the marriage is a wedding, because the ring is a symbol of your love.
But it should be remembered that precious metals do not survive close contact with acids and alkalis, including those contained in ordinary cleaning products, and do not become stronger from impacts and salt water. Therefore, it is best to wash dishes with gloves, so you will not harm either the skin of your hands or the precious metal.
If the jewelry has a complex protruding decor, then leaving it on your hand during dangerous production is contrary to safety precautions.
Ultimately, everyone determines their own priorities, but it is better to always choose a middle ground , for example, temporarily removing the ring while swimming in the Black Sea or going to the pool.
Is it possible to change wedding rings according to signs?
Popular wisdom prohibits twisting, removing, dropping, and even more so changing wedding rings, allowing you only to admire them, and then in solitude - just in case, from the evil eye. Ask 5 friends who believe in omens, and you will hear 5 different reasons why you should not change your wedding ring. Quarrels, separation, ruin, betrayal and even the death of one of the spouses - this is an incomplete list of horrors that, according to signs, await if the main symbol of marriage is replaced.
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Let's have a battle between signs and common sense:
- You can’t take off your wedding ring, you’ll lose family happiness... // Doctors assure you that you need to remove all jewelry at least at night, to restore normal blood flow. Jewelers beg you not to make delicate gold your partner in fitness, cleaning, or rough physical labor.
- You can’t twist the ring on your finger - you’ll get divorced... // The desire to twist the ring can be a nervous habit, but more often it speaks of the discomfort that the ring causes. Perhaps it has become too big (small) for you, or you purchased a model with an uncomfortable fit. If you haven’t bought rings yet, try on comfort fit models so as not to notice them on your finger.
- You should not drop a ring, especially during registration or wedding... // Jewelers completely share this postulate. But not because a fall will lead to a quick divorce, but because this way the jewelry can get defects, and the stones in it can get chipped, because even diamonds can’t withstand sharp blows.
- You can’t change wedding rings - change your spouse... // Marriage and the ring should be a joy. It is wrong to experience discomfort from both one and the other.
Superstitions contradict common sense. Have you noticed that gypsies wear a wedding ring on a chain? And all because they get married very early, and with age the rings become small, but they cannot change their wedding rings - and they have to wear them instead of a pendant. Traditions!
Signs and superstitions
- A ring that falls in a church or registry office warns of possible separation or even death. To avoid problems, you should immediately thread a regular thread into it, which must be burned after the wedding;
- You should not accept engagement rings or, especially, wedding rings as gifts from relatives, especially if their love story does not seem inspiring to you;
- Some signs go further and do not recommend accepting a gift under any circumstances - you will take away happiness from the previous owners;
- Sleek wedding jewelry promises a smooth relationship. Any roughness on the surface of the decoration will invariably lead to conflicts;
- A lost ring is a threat to marriage. Various superstitions speak of both infidelity or divorce and death;
- But finding such a ring is a good sign, meaning a quick marriage.
The opinion of the priests
In general, clergy do not endow the ring with magical properties, and certainly do not consider it some kind of talisman for family life. If a couple gets married, then their marriage is made in heaven. And they wear rings or not, change them or not, does not play any role. Another thing is why a person may refuse to wear a ring. Maybe he has a hobby on the side? Then, of course, this is not welcome. A person needs to repent of his sin.
The fall is also considered to be the case when a person decided to purchase an engagement ring as a luxury item. For example, in my youth I bought a modest piece of jewelry. Over time, the family became rich, and the couple wanted more expensive jewelry. Such motivation is condemned by the clergy.
But if an allergic reaction occurs, if the ring is lost, if it is uncomfortable to wear, then there is nothing reprehensible in the spouses replacing the jewelry.
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Recommendations from psychologists and astrologers
If you have lost a ring, then you should not read many articles about possible negative consequences. By such actions you only attract negativity into your life and ruin your mood.
It is better to remember the positive aspects of loss.
Thus, astrology believes that any missing significant thing simply protects us from more terrible troubles - it is better to lose even your most favorite jewelry than to get seriously ill. However, it is recommended to select a new ring that is not too similar to the old one. Let it be at least somewhat different.
Psychologists call the second undeniable advantage. This is an opportunity to purchase a new beautiful piece of jewelry that emphasizes the status and wealth of the family , which will have a beneficial effect on the emotional and psychological state.
Advice! If the problem is not a loss, but that you don’t like the ring and want something new, then you should discuss this issue with your loved one and jointly decide what to do.
Alternative ring options
Finally, about what you can replace wedding rings with if you are superstitious and afraid of losing them. Options for the bravest:
- get a wedding ring tattoo;
- implant the jewelry into your finger, under the skin.
Wedding rings-tattoos
These decisions need to be made carefully , because getting rid of such jewelry is not so easy, although it is quite possible.
A wedding ring implanted under the skin will not be lost. Another alternative option for brave couples is a tattoo on the ring finger.
What do signs say about replacing wedding rings with new ones?
You can find information that folk wisdom and signs are against changing wedding rings. This is not entirely true: it is not recommended to change wedding rings. And those that were used only for secular weddings in the registry office are quite acceptable.
Ardent opponents of changing engagement rings are just various esotericists. They claim that over the years of wearing, wedding rings acquire a special energy that helps a family remain a family. But we are sure that any person who has been married for many years understands that family is not about decorations at all, but about much deeper feelings and motives.
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