What does it mean if someone has a tattoo of a nautical star?

Question

or nautical starS? What does that star mean? What if they have tattoos of swallows? I think that is what those birds are called. Usually they get them about the shoulders, but i see the stars around the arms usually. i want to get some stars, but i dont want to if they mean something specific. thanks!

Answer 1

"The nautical star is a very old modern tattoo, going back at least a century or more. Back in the days of yore, before modern navigation, sailors would navigate in part by the stars in the night skies, in particular the North Star in the Northern Hemisphere, and various other constellations of stars in the night sky. In the Southern Hemisphere, sailors had to use different stars and the Southern Cross became quite well-known. Sailors would then tattoo nautical stars on them because they relied on the stars to take them home, and being superstitious, they hoped their star tattoos would get them home safely as well.

Compass stars are also popular for this reason. The nautical stars were originally used by sailors to help guide their way as they sailed through the night. They relied upon the stars to protect them and bring them home safely.

A lot of soldiers get nautical stars for the same reason...protection. It is a symbol of protection and guidance. It was a very popular tattoo among sailors.

So a case could be made that the nautical star tattoo, or a tattoo of any star for that matter, would be a symbol of guidance. Now as time has passed the nautical stars represent the direction of one's life, for those of us who are not sailors but still need guidance.

Some say that if the nautical star is pointed upwards they have a higher outlook on life and so on. "

The meaning of the Nautical star is to create your own path, but use the stars as a guide when you are lost or scared.

Answer 2

Hey Me.....Nowaday's if you see someone with a Nautical Star ...nine times out of ten....it means they like stars....The same thing with swallows.
There was a time that tattoos....had literal meanings and someone versed in those meanings could actually read your tatts (like reading gang graffiti) and tell a lot of things about you (what your profession was, where you had traveled). Those days are gone. Most people that you see with traditional tattoos get them because they feel drawn to the tattoo by its colors or the way it looks....Not because it means that they have traveled around the world on a garbage scow twice...... So if you feel drawn to Nautical Stars be all means get one.....It does have a meaning but that meaning has all but been lost ......

I hope this helps ya

Answer 3

Go here to read what a tattoo of the nautical star means: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_nautical_star_tattoos_symbolize

I have never seen anyone with a tattoo of a pigeon. Hell I don't even know anyone who likes them birds. Maybe you mean a dove??
If you do, A dove means peace. In any case whatever tattoo you decide to get it can mean whatever you want it to mean. It's on your body!

Answer 4

That they were in the Navy????