The Flower of the Rose Cross
The Symbolism of the Rose's Three Tiers of Petals
The 1st tier consisting of Three Petals, are the 3 Mother Letters of the Hebrew Alphabet and are associated with the 3 Primary Elements. The Petals are also the 3 Primary Colors.
“Mother Letters”
Aleph - א - Air - Yellow
Mem - מ - Water - Blue
Shin - ש - Fire - Red
Moving out to the 2nd tier of Seven Petals, we have the 7 ”Double Letters”, which represent the 7 Stars that move in more than one direction.
Bet - ב - Mercury - ☿
Dalet - ד - Venus - ♀
Gimel - ג - Moon - ☽
Kaph - כ -Jupiter - ♃,
Peh - פ - Mars - ♂
Resh - ר - Sun - ☉
Tav - ת - Saturn - ♄
The 3rd tier which consists of Twelve Petals, are the 12 “Single Letters” representing the 12 constellations of the fixed Stars known as the Zodiacs. ,
Hei - ה - Aries - ♈︎
Vav - ו - Taurus - ♉︎
Zayin - ז - Gemini - ♊︎
Chet - ח - Cancer - ♋︎
Tet - ט - Leo - ♌︎
Yod - י - Virgo - ♍︎
Lamed - ל - Libra - ♎︎
Nun - נ - Scorpio - ♏︎
Samekh - ס - Sagittarius - ♐︎
Ayin - ע - Capricorn - ♑︎
Tzaddi - צ - Aquarius - ♒︎
Qoph - ק - Pisces - ♓︎
