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Significance of Nautical Star Tattoos

Historically most everyone agrees that Sailors were the first people to get star tattoos, this giving significance of nautical star tattoos. Pictures of nautical star tattoos along with shooting star and tribal star tattoos are one of the most popular tattoo designs. In time, nautical star tattoos have also gained a different significance. In the forties and the fifties, gays and lesbians were wearing these tattoos to recognize each other. Tracing back the nautical star tattoo history and the significance one may find a convincing legacy of the early sailors who used to get their hand tattooed by this popular symbol in an attempt to please the lady luck and to have a smooth sailing not only in the sea but also in life. But beyond that, many soldiers get nautical tattoos or star tattoos as a symbol of protection and security.

These stars are often referred to as compass stars also, which were similar to the nautical star in that sailors used them to help guide their way in the night. These stars were first tattooed on sailors because they used the stars to find their way. Nautical stars have a long history in the world of tattoo designs dating all the way back to the early sailors, hence the name , nautical star tattoos.

There has been much controversy and heated discussion regarding the meaning nautical star tattoo and significance of nautical star tattoos and design, the history, meaning and symbolism of these tattoos has been open to many interpretations. Historically most everyone agrees that sailors were the first people to get such star tattoos.

Lesbians usually wear these tattoos on the inside of their wrists, the tattoos have become more visible in this group and they are often presented as a sign of solidarity with the lesbians from different ages that were oppressed for their sexual preferences. Nautical star tattoos also appear on the elbows of punk fans that consider this tattoo to indicate the north as a symbol of home, a concept that is closely related to the North Star that guided the sailors home.

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