I love roses. The problem is, they have thorns. One day I was thinking of how a rose's thorns can hurt, but a rose is still a beautiful flower, and I also thought of how life can hurt but also is still great.
People don't hesitate to pick a rose despite the fact that the thorns can prick them, just as they should not be afraid to take risks because they might be hurt.
People don't hesitate to pick a rose despite the fact that the thorns can prick them, just as they should not be afraid to take risks because they might be hurt.
A Rose
by Elizabeth
A lovely rose with petals soft
A scent so sweet and light
So beautiful a flower
With colors shining bright.
But something not so savory
About the fragrant rose -
The thorns, so sharp upon the stem,
That sharpen as it grows.
Yet still lovely is the flower
Despite the thorns that prick
Just as life and love are sweet
They too have thorns that stick.
But do not fear to live or love,
Life's not exempt from pain -
So pick a rose, you may get hurt,
But you will also gain!
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Taurus The meaning of sign TAURUS
The second sign of the zodiac
Your element: earth
Your ruling planet : Venus
The tarot card corresponding to your sign : the emperor
Your lucky color : green
Your stone : emerald
Your earth, the element of your sign, is an earth that sows seed. This is an agrarian soil of nature where gain is realized, felt, and experienced sensually. It is this soil that you impregnate with everything that is to be a Taurus. You love nature where you find an exaultation of the senses. Your well-developed senses love the perfume of flowers. You have a natural ability to communicate with animals. You love to experience, first hand, all that nature has to offer.
Your earthy nature makes for a very sensual, physical, carnal being. No platonic lovers for you! However, you need lots of stability. You run the risk of experiencing great pain if this stability does not exist or is in question. You take your time before making any decisions and you rarely change your mind. You work with tenacity and patience, but you are often not rewarded as much as you deserve to be. The fact is that, contrary to the other signs, you don't know how to put yourself first.
Your qualities are not always recognized at face value. In love, for example, you give a great deal of yourself, but others just seem to take this for granted and do not appreciate your efforts. During physical activities it is the same. You always accomplish everything you do, but you do it discreetly, so that you are not rewarded the responsibility or success that you should have.
During your relationships, friendship or love, you are completly faithful. If you give your affection and your commitment, if is for ever. You give a great deal of youself and you are very disappointed at any kind of deception, and completely disarmed before mistakes and failures.
Venus brings you much sensuality and charm. You have a magnetism that endowes you with a gift for Love. However, you are not frivolous. Just the opposite! Your need for stability and security makes you prefer longlasting relationships.
Your faults often stem from your character. Your steadfastness may become inactivity. You have trouble adapting to new situations, crossing into unchartered waters, making quick decisions. Having several things on the go at once makes you nervous.
Your connection with other signs:
You have more chance of getting along with other steadfast signs. For example, Aries, Virgo and other Tauruses. You should however be on guard against anyone with air and water signs, particularly Geminis and Scorpios, who do attract you.
This brief but frank analysis will help you make appropriate decisions in your life. Study it well so that you can take full advantage and maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses.
Those who succeed, no matter the situation, are those who consciously or unconsciously take maximum advantage of their trump cards, their successes, their strengths, and know when to exert self-control in moments of weakness.
aries The meaning of sign ARIES
The first sign of the zodiac
Your element : fire
Your ruling planet : Mars
The tarot card corresponding to your sign : the emperor
Your lucky color : red
Your stone : ruby
Your sign is dominated by fire and the planet Mars, which indicates a passionate nature. Fire is also associated with springtime, which brings new life after the cold of winter, and this fire is unstoppable and unquenchable. It would be useless to attempt to extinguish this fire since it would go against nature. There are positive and negative aspects for you here.
From fire you have a contageous enthusiasm when everything is going well. But when things are not going as you had hoped, you may find youself sinking to low depths. You tend to be impulsive and rash. You have a habit of not thinking things through before you act, speak, behave, or make decisions.
In general, you make and act on decisions quickly. When you are right, it is very positive, but when you are wrong you can cause yourself a lot of problems trying to rectify things. On the other hand, those close to you can count on you, at times too much, as you are apt to be easily enthused about things or people who are not always worth the effort. When you do anything it is never in half measure. Your character is such that you always go the extra mile.
Since you do not always think things through, you can be frequently disappointed. This is why, more than any other sign, you need to heed good advice and ascertain your position. On an emotional level, the double action of Mars and the sun cause you to be of a passionate nature. When it comes to romance your relationships are never cool or calm. Your character is such that you must give your all and there are no compromises.
You cannot stand deception or pretention. Obstacles that arise in your emotional life cause you pain and suffering , for you give from the depth of your being, and are hurt when this is not returned. From Mars, you have inherited a combative nature when you sense that you can win, but you also know when to let go if you think the obstacles are too great and appear insurmountable. Your faults often stem from your character.
Your trusting nature, your openness and your enthusiasm can at times appear sincere, even naive. Your possessive temperament can lead you into situations that become exaggerated and painful. As a result, you may not be aware of the snares and pitfalls that await you. You have a tendency to want to persist in the errors of your ways. Your impetuosity and your energy may at times turn into wrath and fury. If you are not able to deal with these excesses of negative energy in an acceptable way, you run the risk of creating serious internal conflict, which will prevent you turning around the critical events in your life.
In your immediate circle, you take on all moral transgressions as if they were your own . You have a strong tendancy to take a lot on yourself. When you realize you have been deceived, you are shocked and immediately break ties, but then come to regret the hasty decision.
In your relationship to other signs you are often attracted by the spiritual and free-spirited and Equilebrium. You are also attracted to mystery and those who exhibit eccentricities, which are the opposite of your own character. You can agree with another Aries as long as all goes well, but at the first sign of trouble, watch out for sparks flying!
This succinct profile will serve you well in making certain judgements in your life. You should become well versed in its content to take maxium advantage of its strengths, and to minimise its weaknesses.
It should also be stated that those who succeed, no matter the situation, are those who consciously or unconsciously take maximum advantage of their trump cards, their successes, their strengths, and know when to excert self-control in moments of weakness.
Gemini The meaning of sign GEMINI
Third sign of the zodiac.
Your element : air
Your ruling planet : Mercury
The corresponding tarot card to your sign : the lover
Your lucky color : Gray
Your gemstone : Aquamarine
Your sign is the only double sign in the zodiac and because of that, it is fascinating.
This double aspect is both a source of benefit and of conflict. Yes, you can both like and hate at the same time, be both excited and bored. In short, you are full of contradictions. These create numerous tensions and are the source of many conflicts with your surroundings.
Your personality is thus subject to assault by many sensations, sometimes leading to delicate situations, especially in the area of feelings, (which are difficult for you to handle). How many times have you not been driven past enthusiasm to exhaustion, from an exaggerated life-style to the temptation to leave everything behind ? Your air element makes life difficult for you. You have a tendency to create complications because you have needs beyond those which others can satisfy. And you are not content with half-measures, or mediocrities.
You have a vivid imagination which you want to make into reality, sometimes even though this is not possible. In this sense you are often disappointed by life, disappointed by others. In the domain of action, you either want to let go completely, or, you want to do one thousand things at a the same time. You start projects that you don't finish or that are impracticable.
On the other hand, you will take risks to alleviate boredom and this could be very profitable. But you can sometimes waste chances and it is solely because of yourself.
Yet, with your planet in Mercury, you inherited charm and the capacity for action. (But also for often wasted chances). Your relations with others are often difficult, leading to few long term relationships! Yet you have great potential and qualities that you may waste uselessly.
Your main fault is a lack of constancy and combativeness. Sometimes when your difficulties are real, you can get yourself easily out of it when you decide to take things in hand and not change your view. You usually come through these situations well even though you have to fight against yourself.
With other signs:
You have a certain tendency to search for your exact opposite, like Taurus or Aries. These signs can be positive signs for you if your ascendants agree with this ; (it is necessary to remember the importance that the ascendant plays in human relations). You can match well with Aquarius, whose quietness can be beneficial to you.
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