Symbols of Love

Love is in the air... If you are searching for more love in your life or you want to sustain the love you already have...

Visualizing these beautiful symbols of love can help bring more love into your life. Many of the love symbols in this website are universal, while others are from specific regions of our beautiful planet.

Since times eternal people have looked for genuine ways to express their love for one another. Valentine's Day, February 14th, is an annual celebration of love. People express their love for one another on Valentine's Day by giving flowers, red roses, jewellry, and heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. Another way to express your love is in the form of a poem, either your own or one that aptly expresses your feelings for the one you love.

What better way to express your love for someone than to give them a heart (it is as if you are giving them your own heart, something most precious to you).

Inside our website you will find love symbols from Chinese and Japanese cultures as well as love tattoos, peace symbols, and more.

Here are some of the most popular universal love symbols that people use to signify their love to someone special in their lives.

Heart Love Symbol

The heart symbol is an ancient symbol that dates back to the time of the Bible.

The heart has long been used as a symbol referring to the spiritual, emotional, moral and intellectual core of a human being.

As the heart was once widely believed to be the seat of the human mind, the word heart continues to be used poetically to refer to the soul, and stylized depictions of hearts are used as prevalent symbols representing love.

For example: if your soul is pure and good, your heart was filled with love.

The ancient heart symbol is still used today to symbolize love, and it is frequently used on Valentine's day to express one's love for another person.

Magicians and Alchemists used the heart symbol for incantations and rituals related to love, romance and strengthening of relationships.

Cupid Love Symbol

Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid.

Here is some history on this ancient love symbol.

Cupid is known as a mischievous, winged child armed with bow and arrow. The arrow signify desires and emotions of love, and Cupid aims those arrows at Gods and Humans, causing them to fall deeply in love.

Cupid has always played a role in the celebrations of love and lovers.

In ancient Greece Cupid was known as Eros, the young son of Aphrodite who was the goddess of love and beauty.

To the Romans, he was Cupid and his mother was Venus.

Peace & Love Symbol

The peace symbol is the internationally known symbol for 'peace not war'. It was originally designed by Gerald Holtom, a British graphic designer and Christian pacifist, for the British nuclear disarmament movement in 1958.

The peace symbol spread and was adopted by the wider anti-war movement. It became known in the United States in 1958 when Albert Bigelow, a pacifist protester, sailed a small boat fitted with the CND banner into the vicinity of a nuclear test.

Rose Love Symbol

Roses have long been used as symbols in a number of societies. Roses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. "Rose" means pink or red in a variety of languages (such as Romance languages, Greek, and Polish).

The rose was sacred to a number of goddesses (including Isis and Aphrodite), and is often used as a symbol of the Virgin Mary.

The ancient Greeks and Romans identified the rose with their goddesses of love, Aphrodite and Venus. In ancient mythology, in Greece and Rome, the first red roses are said to have grown from the blood of Adonis for the love of Aphrodite (Venus); thus, they have become symbolic of love, and often eternal life. The red rose is an ancient symbol of love, roses in other colors carry different meanings.

Tattoo Heart Symbol

The heart symbol has become synonymous with love and passion around the world.

The heart symbol is closely associated with Valentine's day and romance.

Many people choose the heart symbol for a tattoo dedicating it to someone they love, a mother, girlfriend or someone they have lost.