White Rose - for New Beginnings

Rosa spp.Rosa is the Latin meaning for “a flower”.

Gender: Feminine
Element: Water
Planet: Venus
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 As we begin February, the white rose, symbolic for new beginnings, is a lovely harbinger! We’re watching a new month and a new week unfold, and this is the first day of Black History Month. Depending on the ground hog’s discovery  tomorrow, we may  soon be celebrating another new beginning - the arrival of  spring

Traditionally, the white rose stands for purity and innocence. According to one Christian legend, at one time all roses were red. The Virgin Mary, the most pure and innocent of all, washed her veil and draped it on a red rose bath  to  dry. When she  removed it, all of the roses on the  bush  had turned pure white.

Another legend states as Aphrodite rose out of  the ocean, the sea foam around her turned into thousands of white roses. From this story’s original white roses, red  roses were created. There are several versions of the red rose obtaining its color and fragrance. I’ll add more detail when we honor the red rose! 

That associations with purity  and innocence have remained, and 'new beginnings' and 'ever lasting love' have  been added.