| Flower tattoos are becoming very popular particularly | | | | wire then it tends to have a darker meaning. Many |
| among women who often see their tattoo as an | | | | women start with small flower tattoos and then add |
| extra accessory. Many women choose to have a | | | | to their body art over time. Hawaiian flower tattoos |
| tattoo because they think of it as having a piece of | | | | are worn by both women and men they might be a |
| artwork that you can have with you wherever you | | | | yellow Hibiscus or a flowery orchid. The Hibiscus |
| go. Flowers have their own individual meanings and it | | | | flower comes in red or yellow and is often |
| is a good idea to find the meaning behind the flower | | | | accompanied by a rose in body art. Tattoos are |
| that you choose. | | | | extremely popular in Hawaii and it is not unusual to |
| An increasing number of women choose the lotus | | | | see both men and women sporting tattoos. Women |
| flower as a tattoo. The Lotus flower has a long | | | | tend towards the floral designs whereas men seem |
| history and in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions it is | | | | to prefer tribal design tattoos. |
| seen as a sign of waking to a spiritual reality. Most | | | | One of the biggest attractions of flower tattoos is |
| tattoo artists feel that the lotus flower is emblematic | | | | the fact that they tend not to date and will probably |
| of life in general because if starts off in mud and | | | | just as popular in twenty years as they are now. |
| turns into something beautiful. Many people who have | | | | Some women have a floral tattoo around the navel |
| had a rough time of things will sometimes have a | | | | or on the ankle bone. Many women like their tattoos |
| lotus tattoo as a symbol of the fact that they are | | | | custom designed and so they will take an ordinary |
| coming out of the other side of trouble. Lotus | | | | flower and add their own adornments to it so that |
| flowers are also quite important in Japanese | | | | they finish up with a tattoo that is uniquely theirs. |
| symbolism. Japanese tattoo artists will work with | | | | The beauty and delicate nature of cherry blossom |
| lotus flowers, sometimes combining them with koi | | | | makes it a popular choice for many women who |
| fish as the two things are often found together in | | | | want a tattoo. Cherry blossom is heavy with |
| the ponds in front of Japanese temples. | | | | significance in both Chinese and Japanese cultures. |
| Flower tattoos come in all shapes and sizes. Until | | | | The Chinese regard cherry blossom as a symbol of |
| recent years many women who had a flower tattoo | | | | female power and at the same time as a symbol of |
| would have it placed somewhere on the body that | | | | love. In Japan on the other hand the cherry blossom |
| was normally covered by clothing. Nowadays society | | | | signifies the transience of life. It makes sense to try |
| has a far more open attitude to women with | | | | to understand the symbolism behind the tattoo |
| tattoos. A rose can signify eternal love and beauty | | | | before you have it done. |
| but if the rose is black or is entangled with barbed | | | | |