Idk whether this is the kind of question you ask on here but I was wondering
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There is no one explanation really. Some stories suggest it’s modelled after the shapely behind of a woman. Two buttocks descending into the point of the vulva.
Other stories point out that the seedpod of a plant that used to be employed as a contraceptive drug looks like a heart. So an association with sex led to an association with love.
The same shape shows up even earlier with an association to fertility rather than love. Often intended to depict plant leaves rather than a human heart (as the seat of emotions).
At any rate, there isn’t one correct answer. Just a bunch of theories.
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