Scorpion tattoo designs

Scorpion tattoo designs are known for their attractiveness and greatness. Of course, it is mandatory for one to think a lot before the application of such tattoo design, because it is not at all wide spread.

Among all variety of the tattoos which are found today, perhaps, the most widespread are tattoos symbols. The tattoo a scorpion includes much symbolism, mentioning religion, questions of morals, a sign and belief. There is a set of the interpretation of a symbol of a scorpion which appeared as in the most ancient times, and relatively recently.

Symbolics of a scorpion in the history of the different people

The first images of a scorpion reached us since Ancient Egypt – there it read as a sacred animal, a sign of the patroness of souls of the dead — the goddess Selket. It was represented often on charms, and was considered that the scorpion is a defender from the evil from the other world.

Aboriginals of North America also believed in communication of scorpions with a next world in which they were judges of affairs of the person during lifetime, and solved that it is worthy in death as well.

The African tribes saw a symbol of eagerness to fight and lethality in a scorpion, the animalistic spirit of a scorpion patronized soldiers and those who wanted to execute the revenge.

In culture of Japan the scorpion (or "sasor"), strangely enough, means marital fidelity and love, and in China symbolizes justice and high moral.

Meaning of a tattoo scorpion

Many people don't pay attention to value of a tattoo with a scorpion, doing it only because it is their zodiac sign though if not to press in the most ancient history, the tattoo in the form of a scorpion can bear very modern designation, especially for men. Such tattoo is done very often in armies of the CIS countries: the scorpion represented with the closed or open claws and the raised sting designates respectively that the person didn't accept or took part in military operations. If the scorpion is represented in a sight cross hairs, so that on whom the headdress is made served in a hot spot. In the form of a scorpion serves in army of Great Britain and the French legion of a tattoo as the proof of bravery of the serviceman, such headdress it is necessary to deserve by all means before drawing. The tattoo a scorpion made on a neck in Europe or the States can designate equally as the member of a gang, and simply the supporter of any informal movement. But you shouldn't be afraid of "criminal" bent of such tattoo — in the CIS countries, in customs of Wednesday of underworld and prisoners on a zone, the image of a scorpion doesn't bear special semantic loading.

Style of tattoos

Most often usual and army tattoos become on a shoulder or a breast, the scorpion appears very precisely and in details, usually such tattoos do color with the prevailing tones red or orange – flowers of aggression. The scorpion on a tattoo is sometimes represented is very stylized, without going deep into his frightening details – such option perfectly will suit the girls who were born under this zodiac sign. For girls of a tattoo the scorpion bears designation of independence, gravity in the relations, most often the fair sex does such tattoos on a shovel or on an anklebone.

Scorpion tattoo designs can be really attractive if done correctly.