Star Tattoos


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Star tattoos

If you are looking for some unique tattoo designs, you might like the various star tattoos that are available. They come in so many great styles and colors that you won't have to worry about your star shaped tattoo design looking like someone else's.

Star tattoos are universal and they never seem to go out of style. They are proudly displaced by both men and women. They can be small and delicate on the ankle or very colorful and wide across the back. The most popular location for women to put star tattoos is along the lower back area.

Stars are considered to be a symbol of luck and good fortune. They are light in the darkness. If you are interested in numerology, pay close attention to the number of points in the various star tattoos.

Star of David tattoo

Many of the different star tattoos have a cultural or religious background associated with them. One of the most popular is the Star of David, the symbol of the Jewish Community and named after Kind David of ancient Israel. The Star of David is a 6-pointed star.

 

Shooting stars are popular as a tattoo design. Shooting star tattoos represent the wishes that we have for our future. A person displaying a shooting star tattoo is generally a very optimistic person with big plans for their future.

Nautical star tattoos

Nautical star tattoos are often the most detailed type of star tattoos out there. The nautical star is a 5-pointed star and a symbol for good luck and hope of returning home. It is common for military men and women to get nautical star tattoos to display their faith in their country. Nautical star tattoos are also popular amongst punk rockers.


Pentagram tattoo

Another 5-pointed star is the pentagram. The pentagram is one of the oldest symbols in the world en has been used since 4000 BC. The pentagram has been the symbol of many things. It has an association with the planet Venus and is therefore used as a feminine symbol. It also has associations with occultism, and freemasonry. In Christianity the pentagram has been used to symbolize the five wounds of Jesus. It is also a symbol for Satan, Satanists use the pentagram with 2 points up.

Celtic star tattoos are very popular as well. One of the reasons star tattoos are so popular is that they can symbolize so many different things to different people. While our worlds are so different from each other, people all over the world experience the stars in the sky.



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