When people think of love, they think of many objects and feelings. The feeling of love makes us happy. It makes our day brighter and our lives better overall. People will hope and pray their entire lives that they meet that person that makes them feel that way. They might even get tattoos to express the way the feel about a person. When you find that love, you may want to get a tattoo to represent that feeling. Some of these symbols include cupid, hearts, doves, diamonds and over course, the rose. The rose tattoo represents love that will last forever. But what happens if it doesn’t last forever?

Many times, in our lives, we will fall in love and fall out of love. We might even lose a loved one, God forbid. However, what symbols represent that feeling. The feeling of heartbreak and fading love? The dying rose tattoo is one that we will talk about today.

In this post, we will talk about the rose tattoo and what it symbolizes so we can understand what the dying rose means. We will get into some different variations of the dying rose tattoo and talk about what it means to the people with this symbol inked on their body. By the end of the post we hope you feel more informed about this topic and maybe enough for you to go get your own dying rose tattoo.

Dying Rose Tattoo Meaning

To learn about what the dying rose tattoo means, we first need to understand the symbolism of the rose.

Roses are associated with romance and love. However, they can also be associated with confidentiality or secrets. There is an ancient term that says “sub rosa”. This means under the rose. So, when put into practical use, the Romans would hang a rose from the ceiling and have confidential conversations under. Anything said under that rose was known to be confidential.

Four tarot cards have the rose on them as well. The Strength card, the Magician, the Fool and the Death card all have the image of a rose on them. On the Strength care, the rose symbolizes balance. On the Magician card, the rose means wisdom. On the Fool card, the white rose represents purity.