The Popularity And Meaning Of Flower Tattoos

Today, tattoos are very popular among women and one of the more popular designs for women are flower designs. Flower design tattoos come in a wide variety of flowers and colors ad can take on a specific meaning to the person applying and receiving the tattoo.

Flowers generally evoke feelings of tenderness when one looks upon it. They are connected with nature and bring to mind beautiful feelings and thoughts. Each color of the flower tattoo can have its own special meaning. Therefore, a white color flower can symbolize purity and a red colored flower can signify a burning passion. Also, each type of flower can mean a specific thing and have a special meaning to the wearer.

The most commonly used flower design for tattoo is the rose. The meaning of the rose as tattoo is love. In the past the roses were tattooed to persons sentenced to death. Today it is different. The symbolism for the rose is passion, love, and purity. The rose is a flower given to the ones who we love as a symbol of our passion and purity.

In the eastern regions, the rose is not used as a flower which symbolizes such feelings. Instead, tattoos with design of a lotus were used for this purpose. But the meaning of the lotus is not only love and purity. The lotus symbolizes a lot of other things such as beauty, peace, goodness and fortune. And because of this the lotus tattoo is very popular.

Other flowers which are very popular for applying as tattoo are the acacia. This flower means love and friendship. There is also a flower called bells of Ireland. This flower is popular in Ireland and the meaning when applied is good luck. The tulip symbolizes the perfect lover. So, if you have seen somebody tattooed with tulip flower he thinks of himself as a perfect lover.

There are flower design tattoos and for those who think that are shy – the violet flower. The persons with violet flowers want taking things slow. Iris symbolizes wisdom and virtue and magnolias mean that the person who wears them has a love for nature.

Flower designs of tattoos are used a lot these days and this trend will continue in the future. So, when you choose a flower tattoo, it. has a lot to say to others. However, one can simply choose to wear a flower tattoo because it symbolizes beauty to them. Most of us have a favorite flower, and the wearing of it in the form of a tattoo might simply mean that we enjoy looking upon the beauty of it.

Police Investigate Tattoo Shop Murder (KLAS Las Vegas)

Metro Police are hunting for the person who shot a man to death Thursday night. It happened just after 11 p.m. at a tattoo shop on Eastern near Flamingo.

Police seek suspect who killed man in tattoo shop (Las Vegas Sun)

Fri, Sep 5, 2008 (4:21 p.m.) Metro Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who killed a man in a tattoo parlor at Flamingo Road and Eastern Avenue.

Tattoo parlor shooting was case of mistaken identity (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)

The man slain when he tried to burn down the shop mistakenly thought the tattoo shop owner was romantically involved with his estranged wife.

St. Bernard Mauls Evansville Child (FOX 7 WTVW Evansville)

One, possibly two St. Bernard's attacked a 5-year-old boy in Evansville Thursday afternoon. It happened in the 1300 block of Washington Avenue behind a tattoo shop.

Clients have roots at Compton hair salon (Los Angeles Times)

Adults who came to Pueblos Unidos for haircuts as children still patronize the shop, with new generations in tow. Shortly before 5 a.m. on a recent Saturday, Josie Reynaga welcomes three generations of the Castaneda family into her Pueblos Unidos hair salon in Compton, where half a dozen stylists await the groggy clients with curling irons and cans of Aqua Net at the ready. ...