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Love Symbols on Valentines Day

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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by KissMeGoodnight.com : 2006

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