Star tattoos are supposed to be common tattoo designs for both genders. If you are doing your first tattoo design, don’t hesitate to make a star tattoo, as it is a small and easy design. Start with a simple black star and go on.

Actually, the star is a significant icon in many religions. People used to watch at the sky and guess many things. Stars are universal symbols and have their unique meaning for each individual. Thus you can include your familiar meaning to your tattoo, and make it be the symbol of your dreams etc.

In fact, shooting stars are meteors, which enter our atmosphere. There is a concept, that if you catch a glimpse of a shooting star and keep a dream it definitely comes true. They are also the symbol of success and good luck.

Shooting stars are mainly common among girls, who apply on their arms, leg, foot, wrist or on the lower back.

These stars are a masculine tattoo design. This five-pointed star is a stunning tattoo and creates a 3D illusion. In the past, the nautical star tattoos were used by sailors, who had them as a symbol of protection and guidance. They used the North Star for navigation, which used to make the sailors come back home safely.

While, nowadays, people make these star designs for other reasons:

1. They are a light in the darkness, and guide you when you get lost in your life.
2. They are widely used among the national minorities. They apply the star on their wrist as a sign of their disposition.
3. Irish people apply them as a symbol for good health.

The symbol of life is the six-pointed star in a blue color. It is often worn by emergency medical stuff. The snake twined around a stick represents medicine and healing. Each of the 6 points has a meaning, as it is shown in this picture:

The meanings of the combination in star tattoos are numerous, but the most common once which come with the stars are:
1.The moon and sun
2.Planets
3.A heart
4.Skulls
5.Clouds
6.Flowers

Nowadays, tribal star tattoos are not so much common styles, as they used to be in the past. Meanwhile, girls prefer having at least one star tattoo on their lower back, as it looks amazing and feminine.

Another meaningful and religious star tattoo is the pentagram.
A five-pointed star has lots of meanings. Like:
1.Protection against evil
2.It is the symbol of femininity
3.It is the symbol of 5 elements: light, air, fire, wind and water.
4. The pentagram star symbolizes the 5 senses. It was also the symbol of the 5 cross wounds of Christ.
5. Pythagoreans used the star for a mathematical perfection.
6. Egyptians used it as the celestial sky on their graves.

Nevertheless, the star tattoo designs cannot be excessive as they have lots of meanings, and you can choose any of them to make your tattoo unique and meaningful for your life.