Valentines Day Article : Significance of 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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