Love
Symbols on Valentines Day
- by KissMeGoodnight.com
Symbols are used to convey an idea or feeling.
And lovers all over the world make use of myriad signs
and love symbols to express true love and overflowing affection
for their sweetheart on the very special occasion of Valentine’s
Day!
Some of the special and most popular symbols representing
love and passion and used as tokens by young couples to convey
their feelings on Valentine’s Day are listed below:
Rose: The queen of flowers is the traditional Valentine’s
Day flower and has been the choice of lovers for several years
to convey their truest emotions of love and passion. Rose is
the universal symbol of love and beauty. Different colors of
roses symbolize different meanings. Red rose is the best-known
symbol of strong love and passion. Red roses simply say ‘I
LOVE YOU’. White rose represents true love, purity of mind
and peace. Yellow and pink roses stand for friendship. While
black rose symbolizes painful moments of hatred and deceit
in love. Red rose was the sacred flower to Venus, the Roman
Goddess of love and beauty.
Cupid: Cupid is the Roman god of Love originally represented
by a winged, young man with a bow and arrow but over the ages
the young man got transformed into an angel-faced kid with
wings and a bow and arrow. According to the Romans he was the
mischievous cherubic son of Venus the Goddess of love and Beauty.
In ancient Greece, he was known as Eros, the son of Aphrodite.
It is believed that Cupid is always ready with his bow and
arrow to strike the hearts of young boys and girls. The one
who is hit by Cupid’s arrow falls in love deeply. Cupid is
the most famous symbol for playful, passionate and tender love.
Love
Knots: In the olden days the orthodox Muslim households
did not allow the young girls to talk to the strangers. As
a result, the young ladies used to weave messages for their
lovers in the knots of a carpet. This idea influenced the western
world and today lovers often send love messages through love
knots on Valentine’s Day.
Ribbons
and Laces: In the ancient days when the knights used
to go for a battle, they carried the ribbons or lace given
to them by their ladylove as tokens of sweet memory. Thus ribbons
and laces are associated with romance from the ancient times
and are considered to be a symbol of Valentines Day.
Love
Birds and Dove: It was believed that the sweet, little
blue colored birds popularly known as love birds found their
soul mates on 14th February. It is said that the lovebirds
can’t live without their mates. Dove is chosen as the lovebird
because according to Christian belief this bird represents
purity, innocence and submission. Thus these birds have become
the symbol of sacred love on Valentines Day.
Hearts/Arrows: Giving someone his or her heart means giving
one’s whole being. As blood is important for life, in the same
way love is necessary for a lover. The heart is the source
of a man’s emotion. So the heart stands for love. A heart pierced
with Cupid’s arrow represents a lover’s heart and thus it has
become a common love symbol on Valentines Day. The heart and
arrow also symbolize the merging of the man and woman into
a single being, representing the pinnacle of love and desire.
Clasped
Hands: hands signify the custom of a man asking for
a lady’s hand in marriage. Thus, a women’s hand depicts “Femininity”.
Clasping hands symbols depicting the hand of a man and woman
signifies the close bonding between two lovers. It is a symbol
of love and bonding used frequently on Valentines Day cards
and messages.
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KissMeGoodnight.com
: 2006
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