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Wishing upon a star is no longer necessary when you are wearing fashionable and trendy Star Tattoos. Celestial bodies have always captured human attraction, but particularly the sparking points we can observe in the firmament. Perhaps the reason of using the term “star” in relation to individuals who become celebrities, including but not limited to the film industry.
   
In the early 1990s, the boom in tattoos was led by the shapes of a single sun or moon, often combined as a single unit, representing the eternal love between these bodies of the universe. Star Tattoos are a versatile alternative with many different positive meaning. Stars are symbols of many religions, nationalities, and metaphysical beliefs.

Star Tattoos also have the personal interpretation of people having this image tattooed, including the expectation of social brilliance or wanting their wishes to somehow come true. Stars are both powerful and popular images, which allow the development of astounding designs incorporating colors, especially shiny pigments or temporal cosmetics to make them glow.

Like that occurs with other tattoo designs, stars are also related to old-time tattoo wearing of sailors and fishermen. In fact, Nautical Star Tattoos are commonly seen today, sometimes accompanied by the sun, the moon or both and some others as a depiction of the Northern Star, symbols of guidance and protection in the dark

However, there is a fact about Nautical Stars Tattoos that you should consider. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a nautical star tattooed anywhere on the body was a symbol to denote homosexuality, often hidden on the wrist by day and revealing it to the world by night at gay clubs and bars. Even today, intolerance to gay lifestyle is not widely accepted.

Another point of consideration is the choice of Star Tattoos worn by Wiccans. Pagan beliefs are everyday more commonly accepted, there are different types of stars associated to witchcraft practices or just magic elements, including the pentacle, a five-pointed star obtained from a pentagram, used first in ancient Greece and Babylonia.

Although the pentagram by itself represents the five wounds of Jesus, and it is also associated to Venus, the Greek and Roman Goddess of Love, when one of the star’s point is downwards and two upwards, represent the Devil and is associated with Satanism and obscure evil practices. Make sure that your tattoo represents the pentacle you want, when it comes to your choice for Star tattoos.

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