The cimaruta is an ancient apotropaic amulet common to the Italian folk magic tradition, used to defend against the evil eye, or malocchio. Our original design is modeled after the earlier forms of the cimaruta: an intricate composition of symbolic protective icons attached to a flowering stem of the herb rue, including a vervain blossom, dagger, crescent moon, snake, mano figa, heart and key. Each of these icons carry a protective quality, as well as having strong associations with the goddesses Diana and Hecate. The pendant is cast in silver, the traditional metal of the Moon, sacred to the Goddess.