Ophelia's Grave | Candle No. 12

If Millais’ Ophelia could rise from the riverbank, this would be the drowned maiden's first chapter.

Ophelia’s Grave begins with dewy flower petals glistening at dawn over still water. Earthy petrichor trails beneath, like wet soil on bare feet, while wildflowers bloom in an overgrown garden at the edge of memory. At its soul, eucalyptus leaves and moss paint life into carved stone, clean, mineral, and strangely alive, like an underwater cathedral.

This is a candle of girlhood’s ghost, of ivy climbing over the ruins and reclaiming them. Light it for quiet strength, for the moment before you surface, for the ache of surrender turning into a seed of something new.

• Constellation: Andromeda – bound but luminous, she reminds us that even stories written as sacrifices can become legends of survival.
• Soundtrack: ivy – a song of roots & ruin, of something forbidden growing anyway. The ache of what could have been & the beauty of what still blooms.
• Gemstone: Moss Agate – said to hold nature’s patience, moss trapped in stone, life inside stillness, & the garden inside the grave.
• Goddess: Persephone – Queen of spring & shadow, she teaches us that descent isn’t the end, but a rite of passage. She holds the underworld & the arboretum in her palm.

• Engraved 8 oz. matte sage green glass vessel (reusable)
• Luxury coconut apricot beeswax blend (soy-free & naturally air-purifying)
• 55+ hour burn time
• Hand-poured and lovingly packaged in Magnolia, TX
• Free of phthalates, parabens, carcinogens, and toxins
• Eco-friendly, clean-burning, wooden wicks made from FSC Certified Wood, hand-crafted in the USA
• Prop 65 compliant and rigorously tested against ASTM F-2417 candle and fire safety standards.

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