The Oriental rugs do not only show a great imitation to the natural beauty or a nice color combination, those rugs do also include a deep hidden meaning in their patterns, for example the circle represents the endless live without start or end; to express the idea of water or the shadow of light the zigzag is often used, the pattern of the two triangles in a reverse order which looks like the hourglass is used to represent the water and fire, however a tortuous line express the idea of the continuous life.
The tree is used to symbol the idea of religion, it stands for force and generosity, the palm means to be blessed or benedict, the lotus represent the new light of life or the everlasting. All the design of rug is set to symbol the eternity , the Oriental rugs that come from Muslim countries often include some verses extracted from the holy Koran, and are usually knotted into rugs specified for mosques. The Oriental rugs often bear lines of poet expressing well known wises or proverbs very popular also signatures can be found into those rugs.
To incorporate symbol into rugs The Oriental imagination is not only limited to the geometrical figures we can find many ideas of life expressed using the animals pictures such as the idea of power which is expressed by the images of the lion hunting a deer, the idea of smartness is represented by the fox, the freedom is often represents using birds and an open sky.