Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Nautical And Shooting Star Tattoos

By Darren Hartley


Symbols of unforgettability and love are nautical star tattoos. They represent a person who dreams and follow these dreams through. It is also regarded as something to let people around know a person relies only on the stars to guide him in a specific path he has chosen to tread in his life. The earliest known tattoos of this type were inked on sailors who relied on the stars never to go astray on their seafaring voyages.

Different subcultures relate to guiding nautical star tattoos in different ways. They are worn on the elbow or part of a sleeve tattoo, in the punk subculture, to connote the true north or the uniqueness of one's own individuality. They were worn on the wrist, particularly by lesbians, covered by a watch or bracelet during the daytime but shown off during the night time, during the tumultuous days of the homosexual culture.

Guidance, good fortune, protection, security and direction are among the common meanings associated with nautical star tattoos. When they are worn by sailors, they become expressions of anxiousness for a safe trip to wherever they are supposed to go.

Entering the earth's atmosphere in the form of a meteor is a shooting star. Because of this, shooting star tattoos became regarded as symbolisms for wishes that become realities, success that is non-lasting and good luck. Normally portrayed as a big star with smaller stars on its trail, often referred to as a stardust, a shooting star represented in a tattoo design is seen as a great way of showing off a subtle imagery while remaining to cover a larger area of the body.

Shooting stars tend to be associated with moments in time that left lasting impressions on a person. It could be a short romance, a special event, a person, a job, any incident that changed a person's life drastically. This could be the underlying reasons for a person to opt for shooting stars tattoos.

A representation of the hopes of a person to be in the center stage, in one point in his life, or his goals and aspirations of reaching the heavens by becoming the phenomenon he can be, even on a fleeting basis, may be the symbolisms a shooting star carries. Not a lot of men wear shooting star tattoos because they are not considered very male defining designs. Meanwhile women normally choose to wear them on the arm, leg, foot wrist, side or lower back.




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