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Tattoo meaning – an article that can not be exhaustive because there are so many meanings from what we engrave on our body that there are intentions to exalt the beauty and complexity of our soul and our to be by words, as a last word in the world before accepting once and for all that we do not count for anyone as we count for ourselves!
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Meaning tattoo to express our unique identity, our complex personality and our belonging to something bigger than ourselves
Why do we want to belong to something bigger than us? Because we are born alone and we die alone. This idea scares us and makes us more vulnerable. On the other hand, we are social beings because we are many to live together on Earth. It’s normal to have to live with others who, in a way, look like us. We all belong to the human species while keeping our unique identity characterized by unique appearance and prints.
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We are unique and at the same time we are all or almost all the same. It’s hard to be able to live peacefully in such a contradiction. It is even more difficult to be able to understand that we are alone, surrounded by our entire lives around the family and the people we rely on. It’s finally very hard to live with the idea that we are unique without being really because no one is aware and everyone cares, except if we have a unique talent that can special us to make visible in this world and for the world.
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Some then leave traces before leaving the world. They express their talent as much as they can: by drawing, by words, by voice, by music, by their ideas, by their beliefs, by their belonging to something very symbolic to which many individuals come together and attach.
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Individuals who need to come together and live together around a territory, an idea, a cause, etc., have something in common. The community that brings them together is this thing that all of them have in common. The community itself has its identity, its belief, its vision, its motto, its will, its action, etc.
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Meaning tattoo and belonging to an individual and common belief at the same time
When this community is virtual, when we can not belong to it in a physical way, nothing prevents us from expressing our virtual belonging and showing the world what we believe in ourselves and tell the world , by the tattoo meaning in this case, what we position ourselves behind or what we base ourselves on, if you prefer.
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Tattooing can express our love, our fear, our belonging to an idea, a belief, a community, to ourselves if we embrace the idea with ease that we are unique and alone. Hence this wealth of images or combinations of words that we engrave on our body. Let’s explore a few and especially the meaning tattoo!
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There is tattoo meaning with the four cardinal points. It is a marine tattoo that symbolizes the journey to the unknown. The cardinal points express the will to find our way in the unknown, to find ourselves. Our soul is the unknown, our life is unknown to us. We can not know what we are and what we want to be only gradually, throughout our lives. People who choose this tattoo are people who are willing to go far to find out who they really are.
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The hamsa tattoo that many mark on the skin is a tattoo symbolizing protection. We all need to be protected because we are only vulnerable branches. Life can easily break us in two and end our aspirations and desires. The human being has a life force that can be extremely ephemeral at the same time. The belief, even the certainty, that we are somehow protected can make us safer in ourselves.
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Barbed wire is a tattoo with a connection to ex-con artists. The number of spades represents the number of years spent in prison. But this tattoo has another meaning too. Prison can have many meanings. One can feel imprisoned without being held in jail for real. Addiction is a prison too. Those who have emerged from an addiction may want to burn the perseverance through which they escaped. The barbed wire is a mark of strength.
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The sunflower is a sign of admiration. An admiration for love, for life, for nature, for the source of light that makes life possible.
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The owl is the symbol of darkness, which is a negative symbolism, but over time it has taken on a positive meaning as well. The owl represents spirituality, the supernatural.
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The tattoo meaning of the panther is to keep spirituality. People wearing the tattoo of the black panther are highly intuitive and artistic people.
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The raven signifies the eternal duality of evil and good. The bee, it means organization and cleanliness, that of the soul and respect for the environment.
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Arrows – a delicate tattoo, almost ideal. The arrows marked on the body express the will to protect. People choosing them are protective people. They send a message of safety and strength with this tattoo to those who are sensitive while warning them that sensitivity is a weakness that can hurt others. It’s a bit of a contradiction at first glance, but you have to keep in mind that some sensitive people, when they are weak, are inclined to do harm to protect themselves in a certain way.
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The semicolon is a very interesting tatouge. As a punctuation, the semicolon means the decision of the author not to end his sentence. As all the authors of our own novel, which is of course our life, we are, in any case, the only ones who can make this decision – to put or not to end our lives. Believers know that only God can make this decision. This tattoo then is often chosen by those who do not believe in God.
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The tattooed triangle has an ancient symbolism. The triangle in ancient Greece has always expressed the door to the afterlife. The symbolism is deep and complex and those who choose this tattoo are people who believe in the life beyond, in the second chance. They are spiritual and optimistic people.
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Let’s smile to death so she does not scare us! The skull of the day of death that Mexicans celebrate on November 1st is a tattoo that some people mark on their bodies to show the world that they do not fear death while respecting life.
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