Butterfly Tattoo – A Symbolic Beauty

Butterfly tattoos are some of the most popular tattoos, and they have to be, because of both the butterfly's beauty and its meaning. No one can argue with the grace of a butterfly as it flies by on a calm summer day. However, butterflies have also become symbolic of a person's soul, making the tattooing of a butterfly tattoo take on increased meaning.

The ancient Greeks believed that a butterfly emerges from its cocoon every time a new soul is born. The Irish think that butterflies are the souls of those that have passed away. The German mythology somewhat combines the two butterfly beliefs, stating that those that have passed come back to life as children that take on the image of butterflies to give children to those who aren't able to bear them.

It is typically thought that when a woman gets a tattoo depicting a butterfly, she is expressing her free spirit, just like a butterfly's flight. Girls blossom into women just the same way caterpillars transform into butterflies. Both are then creating a new life within themselves. Because of this, it is thought that having a butterfly design tattooed on your body symbolizes the release of excess energy and the bringing of new and fresh supplies.

Tattoos that include butterflies are thought to have different meanings when tattooed on different body parts. Being tattooed with a butterfly on the shoulder blade represents a dreamer. Unconditional love for living things is represented by a butterfly image tattooed on the chest. On the lower back, a butterfly on a tattoo symbolizes one's ability to be stable, survive, self-preserve, prosper, and trust. A woman who gets tattooed with a butterfly below her abdomen is representing that she is still pure – this tattooing tradition came from an old ritual of tattooing virgins out of respect to the gods. Getting a tattoo of a butterfly in the same area came to symbolize a return to innocence and purity.

 

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