PHILOSOPHY
To me, life is a journey through worlds not yet seen.
What landscapes will we meet, which roads will we choose, where will they lead?
The path is different for each of us.
Jyotish, handed down from ancient India,
is a wisdom that reads our nature and the flow of our lives
from the arrangement of the stars at the moment we are born.
For me, the stars are something like a map of the world,
a way of knowing where I stand and what I might become.
And a gem is a small torch, carried as you walk with that map in your hand.
A little light with which to illuminate the road ahead, by your own hand.
There are moments in life when we cannot see ahead.
When we leap into a new world.
When we face a decision that matters.
When we want to go on, trusting the road we chose.
At such moments, glance down, and there is the gem you chose.
Its glow reminds you of the courage and hope within you.
I believe there are moments when a gem can do that.
And above all, what matters is the meeting with a gem.
Out of stones that each have their own character, the one your heart is drawn to, somehow.
The instant you see it, your heart stirs.
I take Jyotish's wisdom as a clue, but in the end I choose with my own sensibility.
I want to give that meeting a form, as jewelry.
For those who walk their lives by their own will:
a light that is yours alone, to keep you company on the way.
MEGUMI HARUNA
THE FIVE ESSENCES
The symbol of MEGUMI HARUNA is a star with five points.
Born from the letters of the brand name,
its form holds five wishes
I have cherished through my making.
To harmonize.
To believe in possibility.
To remember courage and hope.
To know oneself.
And to create beauty from tradition and sensibility.
Every one of them lives within each of us.
Like five lights overlapping,
our many experiences and feelings layer upon one another
and make the person we are today.
01
Harmony — Finding your own rhythm
Each of us has a rhythm of our own.
When the heart leaps.
When we sit quietly with ourselves.
When something new stirs us.
Nature, the stars, and we ourselves
each have a cycle of our own.
Listening closely to that flow,
we find the rhythm that feels right for us.
Harmony begins with being yourself.
02
Possibility — Believing in your own
Within us
there is a self we have yet to meet.
The character we were born with,
the talents still growing.
Life holds many doors,
and beyond them lie views we have never seen.
To believe in your possibility
is a small courage that opens those doors.
I want to stay a little excited about the person I will become.
03
Protection — Remembering courage and hope
When we put on a gem we treasure,
our hearts sometimes grow strangely strong.
When your eyes fall on your fingertips.
When a gem catches the light and sparkles.
That small glimmer
reminds us of the courage and hope within.
A small talisman, along life's journey,
to bring you back to yourself whenever you need.
04
Self-understanding — Knowing yourself
The more we know ourselves,
the freer life becomes.
What we are good at, what draws us in,
how we like to make our choices.
Jyotish is one map
for looking at such a self.
With the arrangement of the stars as a clue,
we begin to notice the many possibilities within.
And which road to walk is yours to decide.
The stars are the map.
The gem is the torch.
The one who walks is you.
05
Tradition & Beauty — Turning tradition and sensibility into beautiful work
A gem holds a beauty nurtured by long time.
Colors that change with the angle of the light.
A small universe opening deep within the stone.
Wisdom handed down through the ages,
and the skill artisans have kept polishing.
To that, I add the sensibility of who I am now.
Facing each material,
I give form to the moment the heart stirs.
And the pieces that are born
go on to spin new stories within someone's life.
Five wishes, overlapping,
become a single light.
A light of your own, for your life.