Forearm cross tattoos
The forearm cross tattoos are very popular nowadays - it is a really wide spread tattoo design that is considered to be rather universal. The most popular cross tattoo design is the Latin cross that gives an idea of Christian religion. Not everybody, who applies such kind of tattoos, keep the religious understanding of the cross. Someone has his own meaning in the cross symbol.
This symbol has more ancient history than everybody thinks. The first cross emerged not with Christianity. It was a very popular symbol in pagan tribes in ancient times. Forearm cross tattoos, as a rule, may reside on the male body (on the shoulder, on the back or so on). Girls, for exmaple prefer more neat and small tattoos with the depiction of such symbols. Crosses can be usually seen on woman’s foot, ankle, arm, belly or waist.
Maybe many people will learn some new thing by knowing that the cross is not only a symbol of christian religion. It was also used by tribes for different kinds of rituals. So forearm cross tattoo designs meant the following: masculine and famine beginning, the lunar good, the four directions. Celtic cross, for example, is considered to be a very popular and demanded depiction for tattoos. The celtic cross is known as the simple cross rounded with a circle - the symbol of the Sun. Such cross is depcited with Irish knots. The same cross tattoos are looking very good and beautiful and are usually made in black, blue and green color.
The Christian cross as a forearm tattoo design is known to be the symbol of crucifiction of Jesus Christ by Roman people.