The name of rose flower comes back again and again in love. Rose is the most popular flower in civilization. Poets have repeatedly returned to the simile of the rose to describe his desired female form. There has been no less controversy about roses in history. If there are roses, there are thorns – if you accept this adage, you will see that there have been incidents using the rose as a symbol, sometimes for jokes, sometimes for serious love, and sometimes for sex. February 7 is Rose Day. A special day of the week of love. A rose-story can be seen in this vacation.
In ancient Greece and Rome, roses were thought to be associated with Aphrodite or Venus, the goddess of love. The relationship between roses and love seems to have been imagined ever since. (The accompanying image is a 1688 painting of Venus with Roses by the English painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

In the early days of Christianity, the rose was associated with Mary, the mother of Jesus. From 'rose' comes the Christian rosary 'rosary'. (The companion image is 'The Feast of the Rosary' by German painter Albrecht Dürer, 1506. Here Mary is seen distributing a crown made of roses.

In Islam, the rose is repeatedly presented as a symbol of beauty. Basrai rose has been mentioned many times in the story of 'Arabya Rajni'. The presence of roses in the lyrics of ghazals is inevitable. And rosewater or perfume made from roses is inevitably a contribution of Islamic culture.

Not that the rose has always been such an overt symbol or character. Behind the rose there is a secret society. Sometimes the war happened with the image of rose on the flag. As a result, the symbologists believe that roses should never be taken lightly.

A large part of the world believes that Magdalen is the holiest woman. The special symbol of 'rose and cross' is used to denote him and Jesus Christ together.

The rose is also seen as a symbol of occult knowledge by a section of occult cults in the West. They want to see the rose through layer after layer of petals to reach the heart, as knowledge is revealed by removing one veil after another.

Rose is seen by many as a symbol of lust and sexuality. The red rose color describes lust and the shape of the rose symbolizes the vagina. However, linguists say that the use of the rose as a sex symbol was originally in oral tradition. Later he was brought up in literature or painting.

The special symbol used to indicate direction on a map or compass, looks like a star, but is called the 'compass rose'. According to experts, most sailors and explorers of the Age of Geographical Discovery were members of the Rosicrucians or their subsidiary secret societies. Hence the rose takes place in the naval symbol.

English poet, dramatist William Shakespeare's poems and plays repeatedly mention roses. Many are drawn to the Rosicrucians by sayings such as 'by whatever name the rose is called, her fragrance will spread', or by the similes of roses scattered across the lines of his written quatrains. According to Dan Brown, many consider Shakespeare to be a Magdalen worshiper. But it seems that in Shakespeare's works the rose sometimes carries beautiful, sometimes lustful and sometimes mystical connotations. And besides, the first part of Shakespeare's life was spent during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of the Tudor dynasty. The symbol of the Tudors was the red rose.

The 'War of the Roses' had been going on for a long time in England. The war, which lasted for more than thirty-two years between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians, was a battle between the two aristocratic groups of the country, both sides bearing the symbol of the rose on their flags. The Yorkist flag had a white rose and the Lancastrian flag had a red rose. The war ended with a marriage between the two sides. The Tudors emerge as a new dynasty. Then the royal symbol consisted of the rose but the white part was placed inside the red rose.

Even today, roses are equally attractive to poets-writers-composers-painters. One can remember that British music personality Sir Elton John recorded his famous song 'Candle in the Wind' in 1974. The song was written by himself and another music personality Bernie Taupin. Elton changed the lyrics of the song and performed it at Princess Diana's funeral. There he begins the song with the address “Goodbye England's Rose”. Beauty, love, passion, majesty and sorrow were simultaneously ignited in Elton John's voice, playing the piano. What can be the biggest achievement of roses? (Princess Diana and Elton John respectively in the company photo.

Source: Anandabazar