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The beautiful blooms, heart-shaped leaves and sweet fragrance of the Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) symbolises many things. Its appearance signifies the arrival of Spring, fresh starts and renewal. But blooming for only two weeks, it is fleeting in its nature.
It symbolises confidence while each of its colours means something different; violet for spirituality, blue for happiness and tranquility, white for purity and innocence, magenta for love and passion, and lilac for a first love. The Celts believed it to have magical powers, for the Victorians it represented a lost or old love while the Russians hold it over a newborn to bring lasting wisdom.
To me it is all of those things, and more.
The colour lilac is perfectly situated between pink and blue that I like to think of it as the meeting point between femininity and masculinity. It represents someone who is their own individual, who is not constrained by their anatomy and allows themself the freedom to be as feminine or masculine as they wish to be. Someone who strives for a life of peace and passion, and treats everyone with the same amount of respect and empathy regardless of the labels they may carry.
A well-balanced and self-aware human.
The Lilac 