How the heart became a symbol of love and romance. History tells a tale of rituals, relics – and even dark magic, Michelle Spear writes. Friday 14 February 2025 14:20 GMT. Comments.

No one knows where the heart symbol comes from. But we do know it's been in use since the time of the Romans. One theory is that it was simply a guess of what the human heart actually looked like.

It is also a key colour heart to use if you are trying to be a nice person but don't want to give off any mixed messages.. The blue heart emoji first came out in 2010 and was added to Emoji 1.0 in ...