Every December, when the nights grow long and the sky feels impossibly wide, I find myself reaching for the same rosary: the blue aurora borealis one.
There’s something about those 8 mm Czech crystals catching the Christmas-tree lights or the flicker of the Advent wreath that feels like holding a little piece of heaven. The way the beads shift from deep sapphire to soft turquoise to flashes of violet reminds me of the night sky over Bethlehem the moment the angels sang.
This year I wanted to share that feeling with you — especially as we step into Advent 2025 together.
The Joyful Mysteries are the traditional mysteries for Advent, and a blue rosary has always felt like the perfect companion. Blue, after all, is Mary’s color — the color of her mantle, the color of trust, the color of the dawn that is about to break.
Here’s how I pray the Joyful Mysteries with my blue aurora rosary (and how you can too):
1. The Annunciation – “Be it done unto me…”
Hold the crucifix and imagine Mary looking up from her prayer as Gabriel’s light fills the room. Let the first blue bead remind you that heaven is never farther away than a humble yes.
2. The Visitation – Mary hurries to Elizabeth
As you move through the first decade, picture Mary’s joyful haste. The aurora coating on these beads catches light the way her heart must have leapt when the child in Elizabeth’s womb recognized the Child in hers.
3. The Nativity – The Word becomes flesh
On the third decade, let the deep indigo flashes in the beads become the midnight sky over the stable. Every sparkle is a star singing Gloria.
4. The Presentation – Simeon’s song
The soft turquoise shimmer feels like the Temple light falling on the infant Jesus as Simeon proclaims Him “a light to the Gentiles.”
5. The Finding in the Temple – “Did you not know…?”
When you reach the final decade, let the violet fire in the beads echo Mary’s mixture of sorrow and relief — and the first glimpse of the mission her Son must accomplish.
I pray one decade each night of Advent by the crèche. By Christmas Eve I’ve walked with Mary from the Annunciation to the Temple, and the blue rosary has become its own little galaxy of grace.
Practical tips for praying with a crystal rosary
- Hold it near candlelight or your Christmas tree — the aurora borealis coating was made for this season.
- Keep it in its little organza bag on your nightstand; the bag becomes its own tiny tabernacle.
- If you’re giving one as a gift, slip the Joyful Mysteries guide inside the box — it turns the rosary into a complete Advent companion.
Whether this is your first Advent with a new rosary or your twentieth Christmas praying the same familiar beads, may the light that flashed across the sky two thousand years ago flash again in your hands this December.
Because every bead is a prayer.
And every prayer is a star.
With love from my workshop to your heart,
Danielle
The Rosary Box
P.S. Only a handful of blue aurora rosaries are left for Christmas delivery. Order by December 10 → Shop Blue Aurora Rosary