In this guide to the best star tattoo designs I like to tell you something about the mythology of stars and why they are one of the most popular choices for tattoos.

 

If star tattoo design is your choice then you have chosen wisely as this design looks fantastic as a single star on the shoulder or arm for example, or when combined with other tattoo designs.

 

The most popular place to put your star tattoo is on the feet, ankles, wrist, and just about anywhere else. And as I said previously, stars can be mixed with other designs such as, butterflies and fairies, tribal or dragons, love hearts and the moon.

 

The star tattoo design has often replaced the cross in remembrance for someone who has passed on.

 

Star tattoo designs also look great in full arm or back tattoos. If you are looking for ideas how about the Milky Way, with stand-out planets like Earth, Venus and Jupiter.

 

Another example involved the biblical story of the 3 wise men following the guiding star. Try to imagine a full back tattoo design in all it’s glorious colors, and I think you will agree it was fantastic. What I would like to do now is turn your attention to some of the myths associated with stars.

 

Stars have fascinated people throughout the ages, especially before television, computer games, and pollution dulled the view above us.Although the stars have many mythological stories, they pale in signifigance to those of the sun and moon.

 

In ancient times many stories came about to explain their luminous existence. One of my favourite myths is that the sun and moon are the parents of all the stars, and because the sun uses a lot of energy he needs to eat all the time, so he will consume some of the stars, and that is why stars disappear quickly so not to be eaten at sunrise.

 

The moon, on the other hand, while the sun sleeps, plays happily with her children across the night sky.

 

My earlier reference to the Milky Way has also a story to tell in mythology, and that is it has been seen as a road between two worlds, a path taken by the souls of the dead on their journey to heaven.

 

I hope this guide to star tattoo designs has been of some benefit to you. If you like to see more about stars or other popular tattoo designs, then check-out my site at A Guide to Tattoo Designs.