Official Pagan Tartan Keyring
In 2019, Steffy VonScott, the Presiding Officer at Scottish Pagan Federation and Gemini Aspects made commissioned the pagan tartan under the Scottish Register of Tartans Act (2008) which gained great support from The Scottish Federation of Tartans.
The Creative Lead Designer for the tartan was Edinburgh-based Tom Lanting of Gemini Aspect, who with his husband, Ian Robertson have been outfitters and respected members of the Pagan community in Scotland.
Lanting was especially interested that the new tartan’s symbolism honored both ancestry and the common roots which drawn us all together.
Thus, blue was chosen to represent the Picts and the white was for their priesthood, the early druids.
The yellow and white lines around the blue draw links to the past, present, and future of all Pagans, together with the yellow representative of the sun and white for the moon, themes shared by many Pagans in their practice.
The five elements of earth, air, fire, water, and spirit are also represented by their traditional colors.
Following public consultation with the Pagan community via social media, the specific shade of blue was decided upon and the SPF’s purple and green colors were also added.
The symbolism was then extended further with the additional green representing nature, the land, and the natural world, whilst the purple represented Scottish heather, alongside its even deeper symbolism within magic, wise women, and folk healers, while combined both colors represent Scotland’s national flower: the thistle.
The final shade of blue, which completes the tartan and ties all these elements together, represents Scotland’s lochs, rivers, and watercourses, many of whom were, in ancient times, worshipped as Goddesses.
In 2019, Steffy VonScott, the Presiding Officer at Scottish Pagan Federation and Gemini Aspects made commissioned the pagan tartan under the Scottish Register of Tartans Act (2008) which gained great support from The Scottish Federation of Tartans.
The Creative Lead Designer for the tartan was Edinburgh-based Tom Lanting of Gemini Aspect, who with his husband, Ian Robertson have been outfitters and respected members of the Pagan community in Scotland.
Lanting was especially interested that the new tartan’s symbolism honored both ancestry and the common roots which drawn us all together.
Thus, blue was chosen to represent the Picts and the white was for their priesthood, the early druids.
The yellow and white lines around the blue draw links to the past, present, and future of all Pagans, together with the yellow representative of the sun and white for the moon, themes shared by many Pagans in their practice.
The five elements of earth, air, fire, water, and spirit are also represented by their traditional colors.
Following public consultation with the Pagan community via social media, the specific shade of blue was decided upon and the SPF’s purple and green colors were also added.
The symbolism was then extended further with the additional green representing nature, the land, and the natural world, whilst the purple represented Scottish heather, alongside its even deeper symbolism within magic, wise women, and folk healers, while combined both colors represent Scotland’s national flower: the thistle.
The final shade of blue, which completes the tartan and ties all these elements together, represents Scotland’s lochs, rivers, and watercourses, many of whom were, in ancient times, worshipped as Goddesses.
In 2019, Steffy VonScott, the Presiding Officer at Scottish Pagan Federation and Gemini Aspects made commissioned the pagan tartan under the Scottish Register of Tartans Act (2008) which gained great support from The Scottish Federation of Tartans.
The Creative Lead Designer for the tartan was Edinburgh-based Tom Lanting of Gemini Aspect, who with his husband, Ian Robertson have been outfitters and respected members of the Pagan community in Scotland.
Lanting was especially interested that the new tartan’s symbolism honored both ancestry and the common roots which drawn us all together.
Thus, blue was chosen to represent the Picts and the white was for their priesthood, the early druids.
The yellow and white lines around the blue draw links to the past, present, and future of all Pagans, together with the yellow representative of the sun and white for the moon, themes shared by many Pagans in their practice.
The five elements of earth, air, fire, water, and spirit are also represented by their traditional colors.
Following public consultation with the Pagan community via social media, the specific shade of blue was decided upon and the SPF’s purple and green colors were also added.
The symbolism was then extended further with the additional green representing nature, the land, and the natural world, whilst the purple represented Scottish heather, alongside its even deeper symbolism within magic, wise women, and folk healers, while combined both colors represent Scotland’s national flower: the thistle.
The final shade of blue, which completes the tartan and ties all these elements together, represents Scotland’s lochs, rivers, and watercourses, many of whom were, in ancient times, worshipped as Goddesses.