wearing a ring
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with the square pointing at my fingernail.
It has been a long tradition in my lodge and has been passed down to me and i will pass it to every MM i raise when im in the east. we wear our rings with the compass points inward. So the G is right side up. This is becuase once a long while ago a master presented his friend and now brother with his ring and hoped that it would forever remind him of his final reception by the lodge during the first part of the MM degree
Masonic Oak
New Member
Heres what I was taught.
Facing down to remind me, facing up to remind you.
I wear mine with top of the Square facing down, ever to remind me
Sometimes, I will place the top of the Square facing up. It all depends on my mood
Facing down to remind me, facing up to remind you.
I wear mine with top of the Square facing down, ever to remind me
Sometimes, I will place the top of the Square facing up. It all depends on my mood
rustybones49801
A Rough Ashlar
Square facing me.
Ashlar2006
Masonic Mafia
I wear it with the points of the compasses facing away from me . Purely for aesthetic purposes only . Supposed to be the other way till I'm a PM but my OCD will not let me(LOL) .
Correct way to wear a Masonic ring
I have worked from Maine to California. I have visited lodges in 11 states, Washington DC, and three foreign countries. Up north, you usually see the ring with the points facing up. In the South, you usually see the ring with the points facing down. Some states, you may see it either way.
Here is the correct way to wear a masonic ring:
-Wear it with pride! For being part of the world's oldest and most respected fraternity.
-Wear it with love! For the children in our hospitals, for the widows in our masonic homes.
-Wear it with honor! Remembering at all times, that we are to square our actions, and circumscribe our passions. The lessons we are taught in the lodge, honesty, forthrightness, rectitude of conduct, etc. are to be carried with us, every time we are in the world.
-Wear it with rememberance! Remembering the Masons who were killed in the Holocaust, the masons who are buried at Omaha beach, the Masons who are risking their lives every day in Iraq and Afghanistan. Remember also, the masons who pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, so that we could have a nation.
But getting back to your question, of the direction of the ring. In the final analysis, the direction of the ring really does not matter. What matters, is the direction of the man who wears the ring.
I have worked from Maine to California. I have visited lodges in 11 states, Washington DC, and three foreign countries. Up north, you usually see the ring with the points facing up. In the South, you usually see the ring with the points facing down. Some states, you may see it either way.
Here is the correct way to wear a masonic ring:
-Wear it with pride! For being part of the world's oldest and most respected fraternity.
-Wear it with love! For the children in our hospitals, for the widows in our masonic homes.
-Wear it with honor! Remembering at all times, that we are to square our actions, and circumscribe our passions. The lessons we are taught in the lodge, honesty, forthrightness, rectitude of conduct, etc. are to be carried with us, every time we are in the world.
-Wear it with rememberance! Remembering the Masons who were killed in the Holocaust, the masons who are buried at Omaha beach, the Masons who are risking their lives every day in Iraq and Afghanistan. Remember also, the masons who pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, so that we could have a nation.
But getting back to your question, of the direction of the ring. In the final analysis, the direction of the ring really does not matter. What matters, is the direction of the man who wears the ring.
I like that. Mind if I use that/
I just heard this and found it a bit humorous.
"The common way to wear a Masonic ring is on at least one of the fingers
or thumbs of either the wearer's left or right hands with the square and
compasses pointing either towards or away from the wearer at his option.
There is no rule against wearing such as a toe ring."
"The common way to wear a Masonic ring is on at least one of the fingers
or thumbs of either the wearer's left or right hands with the square and
compasses pointing either towards or away from the wearer at his option.
There is no rule against wearing such as a toe ring."
juniordeacon85
NC MASON
i wear mine with the points of the compass facing me to remind me..........
and keep me in due bounds..............
and keep me in due bounds..............
I like that. When I get around to getting a ring, I plan to wear it with the square pointing away from me, so that when I extend my hand to greet someone, the Square & Compasses are right-side-up to the point of view of the person I'm greeting.