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”, Aleph - א, Mem - מ, Shin - ש, the 3 primary elements: air, water, and fire.

Moving out to the 2nd tier of Seven Petals, we have the 7 ”Double Letters”, Bet - ב, Dalet - ד, Gimel - ג, Kaph - כ, Peh - פ, Resh - ר, Tav - ת, which represent the 7 Stars that move in more than one direction. Mercury - ☿, Venus - ♀, Moon - ☽, Jupiter - ♃, Mars - ♂, Sun - ☉, and Saturn - ♄.

The 3rd tier of Twelve Petals, are the 12 “Single Letters” Hei - ה, Vav - ו, Zayin - ז, Chet - ח, Tet - ט, Yod - י, Lamed - ל, Nun - נ, Samekh - ס, Ayin - ע, Tzaddi - צ, Qoph - ק, representing the 12 constellations of fixed Stars, also known as the zodiacs. Aries - ♈︎, Taurus - ♉︎, Gemini - ♊︎, Cancer - ♋︎, Leo - ♌︎, Virgo - ♍︎, Libra - ♎︎, Scorpio - ♏︎, Sagittarius - ♐︎, Capricorn - ♑︎, Aquarius - ♒︎, Pisces - ♓︎.