Shooting Star Tattoos

The meanings behind shooting star tattoos are many and varied. Shooting star tattoos make beautiful images, especially for women. They are incredibly popular among women all over the world, and if you are out and about during the warmer months of the year in any country you are more than likely to see a few great shooting star tattoos.

Apart from making great-looking tattoos, shooting star tattoos are doubly popular because stars hold so much significance and meaning. The hardest part about choosing a shooting star tattoo for yourself is working through all the possible meanings of the stars and star-patterns you can choose from! Stars are wraped up in horoscopes and astrology, so people usuall spend some time researching the meanings they want represented by their own unique tattoo before picking a shooting star tattoo. If you browse online galleries you will find some excellent shooting star tattoos to get started with.

Shooting star tattoos are great because they allow so much rooom for adjusting and creating an image that is unique - you can change around the arrangement of stars, there is so much choice with colors, the pattern of the shooting star trail can be anything or hold any image you like. The place on the body you decide to put the shooting star tattoo makes a big difference to the effect is has on the beholder.

Types of Shooting Stars

The stars you use hcan have many different astrological meanings, and the color can also change the significance. Even the number of points on a star give the image different meaning in different cultures. The four-point star was very popular with native Americans, who gave it great significance. A four-point star can also represent a cross.

A five-point star is the most popular in shooting star tattoos, and can have very different meanings for different people. An upside down five-point star can signify the devil, so pay attention to how your shooting stars will appear on your body.

The six-piont star, or the Star of David, has strong religious connotations. And the seven-point star is believed to represent the perfected man. The seven-point star is also known as the fairy star, and is often shown in shooting star tattoos in conjunction with elves and fairies. A very popular tattoo style for women. While the eight-point star was the emblem of the Knights of Saint John, and was very popular during the crusades. The nine-point star had signifcance in Norse mythology - beliving to unite the nine worlds.

So you can see that attention to every details is necessary when choosing your own personal shooting star tattoo.