Tattoo Ideas

Cross Tattoos
Butterfly Tattoos
Skull Tattoos
Angel Tattoos

With so many Celtic designs to choose from, your only challenge will be deciding which ones are right for your needs.   But if you put careful time and consideration into it, you can get the best Celtic tattoo designs for your needs.   Celtic tattoos are considered diverse and very creative.   There is a great number of options for you to choose from so Celtic designs can vary greatly from person to person.

Here are some examples of Celtic tattoo designs that you might want to consider:

•    Celtic cross tattoo designs
•    Celtic knot tattoos
•    Celtic hearts
•    Celtic manuscript
•    Celtic high cross
•    Celtic firemen’s cross
•    Celtic floral cross
•    Celtic flaming cross
•    Celtic animal cross
•    Celtic Claddagh
•    Celtic lower back tattoos

For centuries now the Celtic cross has been giving people comfort and a connection to their heritage.  This is why the Celtic cross is such a popular choice in body art such as tattoo designs.   The intricacies that make up Celtic artwork have often been referred to as “the work of angels”.

Quite often these tattoos are meant to help the person deal with the emotion of the wearer.   They are often religious in nature but not always.  The Celtic cross is one of the strongest Celtic symbols which is often used in tattoo designs.   But it’s important to know that the Celtic cross, as well as many other Celtic symbols, is not easy to do.  To have a successful Celtic design, you need a skilled and qualified artist to do it.

There are also many different reasons behind common Celtic symbols that are used in Celtic tattoo designs.
You can use these examples as ideas:

•    Butterfly- rebirth/transformation
•    Balance- balance of the 4 elements
•    Cat- guardians of the gate of the Otherworld
•    Fire from dragon- cleansing
•    Dog- healer of the soul and the body
•    Freedom- loosen the ties of earthly matters
•    Horse/dolphin- prosperity

These are a few Celtic tattoo designs and this is what their meanings are.   Celtic tattoos are inspired by the ancient Celtic manuscripts and were very colorful.  Today, Celtic tattoo designs may be colorful or black and white/grey.

Some are very complex and others are very simple.  The overall style you want will help determine this in your design.   Most Celtic tattoos have special meaning to the wearer as shown in the examples above but there are some cases where people get a Celtic tattoo just because they enjoy the way it looks.

One thing that you need to be cautious of when it comes to Celtic tattoo designs is Celtic knots and the meaning behind them.   There are many sites that offer these popular knots and the meanings behind them could be listed incorrectly.   Also, some Celtic knots may not even have any meaning at all.   If you just like the Celtic knot, there’s nothing wrong with choosing this tattoo design.  Be careful of believing that your Celtic knot may mean one thing when it really means something different.