DIY | Jewellery with Zodiac Signs

Today, we’re showing you how to create your own jewellery inspired by zodiac constellations.

The zodiac constellations represent the twelve groups of stars that stretch across the night sky. Start by identifying which constellation belongs to your zodiac sign, then pick out the brightest stars in that pattern. Each constellation contains many stars, so you’ll often find slightly different versions of the same zodiac layout.

Both the size of the coins and the size of the crystals determine which stars you can include and how many will fit on each coin.

All the crystals used in this project are crystals for encasing, meaning they are applied with an adhesive that melts when heated with a hotfix applicator. This method doesn’t work on non‑porous surfaces, which is why the crystals are glued onto the coins instead.

Zodiac constellation “Cancer”

Here you can see what the Cancer constellation looks like.

To create the constallation Cancer, you'll need the following materials:

1 stk. gilded sterling coin, 15mm
4 stk. hotfix glass rhinestones, mixed colours
1 stk. locking tweezers
+ Jewellery adhesive, GS Hypo cement (You should not use Loctite adhesive because it discolours easily.)

I’ve chosen to work with four stars from the Cancer constellation.

Step one: Mark the coin where you want to place the crystals. For this example, I used a fine‑tipped magic marker to make small, precise dots.

Step two: Apply a small amount of adhesive to the coin, then use your tweezers to place the first crystal.

Step three: Repeat the same method with the remaining crystals.

With just a few simple steps, you’ve now created the zodiac constellation of your choice. Your finished coin can be used either as a necklace or as a pair of earrings.

If you’d like to use the zodiac coin as a necklace, I recommend attaching a 5 mm jumpring to the coin, pairing it with a 50 cm cable chain, and finishing the chain in the neck area with a 4 mm jumpring.

WARNING: To prevent discolouration of the components used in this tutorial, we recommend using the special hotfix adhesive Hypo Cement, available from Smyks.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, we’d love to hear from you in the comment field below.