30 beautiful rose tattoos
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The meaning of rose tattoo nowadays is known to be the most deep and different. From all the other flowers that are depicted on the body the rose is known to be the most beautiful and popular in the tattoo art. In the period of its long history the rose became the most widely used symbol in tattoo, acknowledged not only by women, but also by men.
Generally the rose is known to be the symbol of love, beauty, youth, sacredness and resurrection. It comprises many existing positive traits and attributes. In the West rose together with lilac occupy the place similar to lotus in the East and are known to be the sacred flowers, close by their symbolic meaning. In burials rose is known to show the eternity of life, endless joy and remembrance. Sometimes rose was used to symbolize the silence and mystery.
The rose leaves symbolize joy, the thorns – sorrow and the flower itself – the glory. The golden rose is known to be the emblem of the Pope and means perfection. The red rose means love, passion, desire and everything finished. The white rose as a flower of light means devotedness, purity, virginity, spiritual development. The blue rose became the symbol of something that cannot be achieved and the yellow rose always goes along with sorrow and parting.
In the alchemy the rose is known to be the symbol of wit, absence of desires and resurrection of sacred things after the death of mortal things. In Chinese culture it is famous for its smell and is known to be the symbol of greatness. In Ancient Egypt the roses were connected with the goddess Isis as a symbol of the pure love, free from everything mortal. In Greek and Roman culture the rose was the emblem of Aphrodite and also the symbol of love that overcomes practically everything.
Also the rose often serves the source of the inspiration. In Persian mystic there is a story of the nightingale that fell in love with rose, sang to it and met death by its thorns.
Such terms as eternity of death and resurrection are highly connected with rose tattoos. In the Ancient Rome the dying rose was the emblem of the shadow kingdom and the symbol of quickness of life.
Rose also gets deserved places in the official mascots and heraldic of many countries. In connection with the cross the rose could be met in the symbolic of the Templars and masons. Its thorns are also usually connected with sin. In Christianity the rose means mercy and ability to forgive everything.