Properties
The cherry belongs to the female gender, it is associated with Venus, the water element. Traditionally it is used to stimulate or attract love, eroticism and for its properties related to divination.
The cherry symbolizes youth, sweetness, fertility, sexuality, innocence, love, passion, happiness, hope, birth, peace and friendship.
The cherry blossom is the emblem par excellence of Chinese and Japanese cultures, where it symbolizes purity, beauty and happiness.
Its geographical origin is not known exactly, it is believed that it comes from the countries surrounding the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. The Greeks called this fruit “kerasos.” Later, the Romans assimilated the name calling it “cerasus”, from which it derives the current name “cherry”.