Butterfly Tattoos

Butterfly tattoos might be small or large in size with varied color scheme, ranging from two tones to multicolored. Because of their overwhelmingly feminine nature, butterfly tattoos are most commonly found on the bodies of women. This shows the major growth of women in the tattoo industry as a whole. The popular places to get a butterfly tattoo are on the lower back, on the shoulder, and on the ankle.

The butterfly tattoo has different symbolism associated with it. The meaning of butterfly has been commonly known as freedom, change, and growth. The butterfly lives in several different stages. A butterfly starts its life as an egg and enter in the world as a caterpillar where it lives a constrained life through its time spent in the cocoon. Finally it becomes a butterfly with symmetrical, colorful wings and flutters away as this beautiful, new creature.

The change from the caterpillar into a butterfly is certainly a huge step in the right direction with its newfound ability to suddenly fly freely, as opposed to creep along as a caterpillar. This process may lead to many ancient cultures to regard the butterfly as a symbol of the impermanence and instability of earthly life.

Ancient cultures believe that the process of change from a caterpillar to a butterfly was the similar process of a soul's journey from an earthly body to a heavenly body. In fact the ancient Greeks use butterfly as the symbol of human soul or psyche.

Because the butterfly can be destroyed by as little force as rain and wind, it is one of the most fragile creatures around. Knowing that they are a frail creature, people should treat them gently. In Japan, women are sometimes called butterflies to remind men of women's delicate nature.

It is easy to instantly see the beauty that a butterfly tattoo holds and the deeper meaning and significance of a butterfly and its life process make for a very popular tattoo design for women.

One of the most popular place to get the tattoos on the lower back part of the body. Lower back butterfly tattoos are usually larger and more stylized butterfly designs stretched across the lower back. The butterfly image is very symmetrical, so the middle can easily be lined up with the spine, the wings extending on either side.

Here you can find the collection of butterfly tattoo designs and pictures.

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