Valentine’s Day reminisces the halcyon being in love for their valentine, exchanging thoughts of being in love exchanging smiles, cards, roses, and gifts. Valentine’s Day is a real story that depicts the essence of love, care, sacrifice, and commitment. SAANSMART is an online platform for providing you with the best spiritual products and creates awareness of wellness during Valentine’s Day. The gemstones and candles imbued original with serenity and tranquillity lighting you to buy the product to make your life beautiful with a sound body and soothing mind.
The Roman Empire ruled by Emperor Claudius II Gothicus in the third century was very obstinate in recruiting soldiers in many wars. He was very stubborn in not giving the soldiers leave, believing that the family life shall make them a coward. All were angry with the Roman emperor. None stood against his tyranny. A Christian priest took a step to secretly send the soldiers from the war against the emperor’s orders.
Emperor Claudius found the discreet exit of his soldiers from the war and imprisoned Valentine to an ordered death sentence. He fell in love with a blind girl who was jailer’s daughter. On the eve of his execution, Valentine wrote a sonnet with ink squeezed from the violets. It is believed that his sonnet signed ‘Your Valentine’ made the blind woman see the world before his execution by Emperor Claudius.
Saint Valentine’s love for his beloved blind woman and his sacrifice is remembered globally after his name as Valentine’s Day. He gave his life for the young couples who were bonded in love forever. His sacrifice is remembered and he became the epitome of self-sacrifice for the love. He was granted sainthood by the Catholic Church and created the feast in his honour on February 14 by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496. English bard Geoffrey Chaucer, father of English Literature was the first to depict St. Valentine’s Day as the day for the celebration of romance in his poem ‘Parliament of Foules’ in 1375.
The day became associated with romantic love in the 14th and 15th centuries with lovebirds of early spring. 18th Century saw Valentine’s Day symbols used with a heart-shaped outline, dove, and a winged cupid. The naked cherub launching arrows of love is Cupid portrayed on Valentine’s card. Cupid is the Roman god of love having his Greek equivalent in Eros. Eros is a handsome immortal having golden arrows to incite love. He found his space in Valentine’s card from a mischievous child to a symbol of love.
Since being granted sainthood, 14th February is celebrated as Valentine’s Day to celebrate the love by exchanging gifts and cards. The couples in love go for a candlelight dinner, sharing thoughts of love in making the day beautiful to get edged in their memories. Anyone being in love celebrates the occasion by spending quality time the whole day with their loved ones.
Most couples spend their beautiful time away from the crowd to talk at length, spending quality time. The moments should be filled with merriment and gaiety, exchanging smiles and laughter. Exchanging gifts has become the norm with a lovely lunch or dinner. There is the customary exchange of cards, flowers or chocolate as the harbinger of Love.
Scented candles with an ignitable wick embedded in wax have become the toast of the valentine gift and a decorative item for candlelight dinner. They are increasingly ordered online for their aesthetic value and fragrance. They provide a romantic ambience, soothing the occasion with serenity, and creating a welcoming space perfumed around. SAANSMART provides you with a wide range of candle with Pillar candles, glass candles, vortexes, cauldron, bouquet or column-shaped candles, even those in copper tumblers and beautifully tempting embellished bowls.
Gifts having the crystal of rose quartz can ameliorate the unconditional love. The stones teach the true essence of love and purify to open the heart at all levels – working on the heart chakra. Rose quartz brings in self-love, supporting emotional, and relationship healing. SAANSMART provides you with a gift for love like rose quartz in the form of a bracelet, healing pencil, crystal tree, and pendant.
Blog by Saans Mart Content Development Team
Writer: Orbindu Ganga
Chief Editor & Content moderator: Dr Pallavi Kwatra (Drpallavikwatra.com)
