Witchy jewellery is jewellery that carries a witch's own things: the pentagram she draws, the stone she keeps, the animal that keeps her company, a sprig from her garden and the book she writes in. Most people start with a pentagram necklace. Choose it by its shape, its size and its chain, then add one piece from another part of that kit at your ear, your hand or your hair, rather than a second star.
The first page of Google for witchy jewellery is mostly shops selling sterling pentacles and marketplaces selling everything at once. This guide is narrower: what each of our pentagram pieces is made of and how big it is, as its listing prints it, and what to wear beside it. What each sign means, and which way up it goes, lives in our guide to occult clothing symbols.
Key Takeaways
- Witchy jewellery is a kit, not one symbol: a sign (the pentagram), a stone, a familiar, something from the garden and the spellbook.
- The familiar belongs in that kit as much as the star does. Records of English and Scottish witch trials describe familiars as small animals such as cats, birds and toads, and magicians were believed to lock them inside rings and stones and sell them as charms.
- Choose a pentagram necklace by four things: whether the star is circled, how big the pendant is (from 25 mm to 52.5 mm on ours), how long the chain is, and which metal the listing names.
- Wear one pentagram at a time, and let your second piece come from another part of the kit.
- Everything here costs $19.99 to $33.06. The listings name zinc alloy, stainless steel, copper or acrylic, and none of them names sterling silver.
What counts as witchy jewellery?
Witchy jewellery is any piece that carries something from a witch's world: a sign she draws, a stone, an animal, a plant or a book. Occult jewellery is the narrower word for the signs alone. Gothic jewellery overlaps with both, but it leans towards crosses, skulls and bats, which our skull and bat jewellery guide covers.
The animal deserves more credit than it gets. Most of what is known about familiars, the spirits said to serve a witch, comes from the transcripts of English and Scottish witch trials of the 16th and 17th centuries. Wikipedia's account of familiars lists the forms they most often took as small animals: cats, rats, dogs, ferrets, birds, frogs, toads and hares. It also records a belief that magicians locked familiars in bottles, rings and stones, and sometimes sold them as charms.
So a cat or a crow on a chain is not a softer stand-in for the star. It has its own place in the story. Our witchy outfit guide counts every piece of jewellery as one detail and keeps the details in one family. For a witch, the five parts of the kit are that family.
How do you choose a pentagram necklace?
Look at four things: whether the star sits inside a circle, how big the pendant is, how long the chain is, and which metal the listing names. Every pentagram necklace and pair of pentagram earrings below hangs point up in its photos, except the one we flag as turned over.
The circle changes the look more than you might expect. A star inside a ring reads as a solid disc from across a room, while an open star reads as a line drawing. Which name belongs to which, pentagram or pentacle, is settled in our symbols guide.
On metal, most of these are zinc alloy, and one pentagram pendant is stainless steel. If your skin reacts to some jewellery, our guide to goth rings, necklaces and earrings explains what to look for in a listing before you buy.
A small, plain star
The Gothic Pentacle Pendant Necklace is a circle and star drawn as if from thorned twigs, 3 cm across, on a rope chain. It is zinc alloy and costs $19.99, and it is the quietest pentagram we carry.
The Pentagram Duo Necklace is Y-shaped: one small circled star sits where the chain meets, and a second hangs at the end of a drop below it. The pendant measures 25 by 20 mm and the 55 cm chain has a 5 cm extension, which lets you move the pair up or down your neckline. It is zinc alloy, $19.99.
A star with a stone
If you want the stone and the sign in one piece, start with the Gemstone Pentagram Necklace. Its 4 cm round pendant is silver-plated zinc alloy, and in its photos a purple crystal point hangs below the star. You choose the chain: 45 cm at $19.99 or 70 cm at $30.78.
The Pentagram Stone Pendant Necklace is the only one here in stainless steel: a pentagram set with a coloured stone, 52.5 mm high, 36.4 mm wide, 3.7 mm thick and 28.9 g. Red is $30.44, and blue or green is $33.06.
A star at the throat
The Gothic Pentagram Choker is two narrow black straps in PU leather, joined at the front by a tab that holds a circled star, with iron alloy fittings. It costs $19.99. The listing prints no length, so measure your neck first; our guide to goth chokers and collars shows how.
If the moon is your second sign, the Triple Moon Pentagram Necklace hangs a circled star inside a filigree crescent, 4.5 by 4.5 cm on a 60 cm chain, for $19.99.
A star turned over
One piece reverses the star. The Goat Pentagram Necklace sets a goat's head inside an inverted star, in zinc alloy, at $19.99 in silver or $30.98 in black. It says something different from every other piece on this page, so read the section on the goat-headed star in our symbols guide before you buy it, and wear it on its own.
Pentagram necklaces side by side
| Necklace | Pendant, as listed | Chain, as listed | Metal, as listed | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gothic Pentacle Pendant | 3 cm | rope chain | zinc alloy | $19.99 |
| Pentagram Duo | 25 x 20 mm | 55 cm plus 5 cm | zinc alloy | $19.99 |
| Gemstone Pentagram | 4 cm, round | 45 or 70 cm | zinc alloy, silver plated | $19.99 or $30.78 |
| Pentagram Stone Pendant | 52.5 x 36.4 mm, 28.9 g | not printed | stainless steel | $30.44 or $33.06 |
| Triple Moon Pentagram | 4.5 x 4.5 cm | 60 cm | alloy | $19.99 |
| Gothic Pentagram Choker | circled star on two straps | not printed | PU leather, iron alloy | $19.99 |
Pentagram rings and earrings
A star on your hand or at your ear does the same job as a pendant, so treat it as your one pentagram for the day and leave your neck to another part of the kit.
The Silver Pentagram Stone Ring sets a cubic zirconia in a pentagram, with leaves along an open, adjustable band 4.5 mm wide. The clear stone is $19.99 and the black is $31.35. The Pentagram Black Stone Ring is narrower, a 3.5 mm copper band with a small star and a black stone, at $19.99. Its listing gives no ring size and does not say it adjusts, so ask before you order.
For a ring that says witch without a star, the Go Riding Witch Broom Ring wraps the finger with a black witch's hat at one end and a silver broom at the other. It is adjustable zinc alloy, $19.99.
For your ears, the Pentagram Dangle Earrings are silver-tone circled stars, 4.2 cm across, on drop hooks, in zinc alloy for $19.99. The Large Black Pentagram Earrings are black acrylic stars with zinc alloy fittings, 60 mm across, also $19.99; at that size they are the statement, so keep everything else small. The Mystical Stone Earrings set a circled star between two crescents, with a round purple stone hanging below, in zinc alloy for $19.99.
What to wear with a pentagram necklace
Wear one piece from another part of the kit, somewhere else on your body. A star on the hand and a familiar at the throat looks like one witch's choice, while two stars and a moon at the throat looks like a pile. How many pieces a day can take is in the witchy outfit guide; below is which ones.
A stone
The Angel's Labra Pendant is a single piece of labradorite, about 2.5 to 3.5 cm long, in yellow or blue, and the listing says each one has its own pattern and colour. Labradorite is a feldspar first identified in Labrador, Canada, and it can show an iridescent effect called labradorescence. It costs $19.99. Wear it at the throat and move your star to a ring.
A familiar
The Black Cat Charm Pendant is an oval picture pendant: a black cat on a branch under a crescent moon, against a purple and green sky, in zinc alloy for $19.99. The Gothic Crow Forest Pendant frames a crow perched on a grave cross among bare trees inside black filigree, also zinc alloy and $19.99.
Something from the garden
The Life Tree Pendant Necklace is a tree inside a knotwork circle, 40 by 36 mm, in stainless steel, for $19.99. Its round outline sits well beside a circled star on a ring or an ear.
The Fae Garden Pendant Necklace is softer: a chain of white pearl beads with a green knotted centrepiece and strands that hang and move, $24.99. It comes from our Fae Garden collection, the woodland end of our range.
The spellbook
A grimoire is a book of magic: instructions for spells, charms and divination, and for making talismans and amulets. The Witches' Grimoire Necklace takes its name, not its shape, from one. Rows of deep green beads and silver chains fall in waves across the chest, hung with silver daggers, for $27.99. It fills a neckline on its own, so wear your star at your ear.
For a Victorian witch
If your witch lives closer to the mourning parlour than to the woods, the Raven's Omen Choker is black guipure lace with a bronze filigree frame around a dark, obsidian-style centrepiece and a single teardrop bead, $29.99. Add the Pentagram Dangle Earrings and the outfit stays witchy. More lace and velvet in that register sits in our Vamp Romantic collection.
Witchy accessories: pins and hair clips
Pins and hair clips carry the same signs as jewellery without touching your neck or ears, so they are the easiest witchy accessories to add to a jacket, a bag or a plain black day.
The Rituals Black Magic Pins come in eleven designs in zinc alloy, each $19.99. Among them are tarot cards, a spell book, a crystal ball, a pentacle, a triple moon, a witch kitty, a coffin and a Ouija design. The Pentagram Pin, Hand Design, $19.99, is a black hand with a star on the palm, in zinc alloy with a push-on butterfly back.
The Silver Gothic Hair Clips are a pair of silver-coloured acrylic clips shaped like bare branches, about 5.5 by 2.35 cm, for $19.99. One branch in half-up hair is a garden piece you can wear with any star.
Will witchy jewellery fit?
Jewellery carries no dress size, but rings, chains and chokers still have to fit. Chain lengths are in the table above; here is what the rings and chokers print.
- Rings: the Witch Broom Ring and the Silver Pentagram Stone Ring adjust. The Pentagram Black Stone Ring prints no size, so ask before ordering.
- Chokers: the Gothic Pentagram Choker and the Raven's Omen Choker print no length, so measure your neck and ask before you buy.
Where do you find witchy jewellery in sterling silver?
Not here. Everything in this guide is costume-priced, from $19.99 to $33.06, and no listing names sterling silver. For a pentacle you mean to wear for decades, our comparison of goth jewellery brands covers makers who work in sterling and by hand. For the clothes to go with it, our guide to witchy clothing brands sets seven labels side by side, and more of our necklaces are in the gothic jewellery collection.
Frequently asked questions
What is witchy jewellery?
Witchy jewellery carries the things of a witch's world: a sign such as the pentagram, a stone such as labradorite, a familiar animal such as a cat or a crow, a plant, or a spellbook. Occult jewellery means the signs alone, and gothic jewellery leans towards crosses, skulls and bats.
What should I wear with a pentagram necklace?
One piece from another part of the kit, worn somewhere else: a cat or crow pendant or a stone pendant with the star moved to your ear, or branch hair clips. Avoid a second star at the throat, because two signs side by side compete instead of reading as one choice.
What is a witch's familiar?
In the records of 16th and 17th century English and Scottish witch trials, a familiar was a spirit believed to serve a witch, usually in the form of a small animal such as a cat, a bird, a toad or a hare. Some magicians were said to keep them in rings and stones and sell them as charms.
What metal is witchy jewellery made of here?
Mostly zinc alloy. The Pentagram Stone Pendant and the Life Tree Pendant are stainless steel, the Pentagram Black Stone Ring is copper, the large black earrings are acrylic, and the Gothic Pentagram Choker is PU leather. No listing in this guide names sterling silver.
Start with one star and one familiar, and add the rest of the kit one piece at a time.
