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Lilies are my absolute favorite flower.  I am not sure there is a kind that I don’t adore.  The Lily of the Valley is my birth flower and for everyone else born in May.  They symbolize modesty and devotion.  The symbolism of the lily is enriched by the color.  Pink lilies symbolize opulence.

Lilies are also the 30th wedding anniversary flower.  The Chinese use the lily in weddings as they are associated with a century of love.  They also are considered good luck.

In Greek mythology it is believed the lily was created from Hera’s (wife of Zeus) milk and are associated with rebirth and motherhood.

Assyrians and Babylonians associated lilies with the goddess of fertility, Ishtar.

Christians associated lilies, especially Madonna lilies, with the Virgin Mary

Symmetry is another manifestation of the balance of Yin and Yang, of the unimpeded flow of ch'i.

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