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Heart Wrist Tattoos

 

The heart today is generally accepted as the center of feelings. However, many ancient civilizations regarded the heart as the center of intellect and intuition but modern cultures generally associate the head with thinking. Heart tattoos with names were very popular during the Second World War, they served as a connection to their loved ones that accompanied them on their journeys to far-off places, and also served as a constant reminder of what they were fighting for. Christians believed that the heart was the center of feelings and emotions, particularly the word we call "love" today. In Islam, the heart is seen as the spiritual centre of a human being.



Heart tattoo designs have been a popular wrist tattoo choice since many years and are a classic wrist tattoo design style. The original heart tattoo symbol is a universal symbol of the feminine, often used to replace the word "love". It has also come to symbolize togetherness as in "unity of heart" and love of the romantic type.

It was also believed that because the heart is the first organ to be developed within a mother’s womb, and as it also the firstorgan to die when someone passes away, "to love with one’s whole heart" often meant until one’s last, dying breath. Add the word "MOM" or "DAD" to a heart wrist tattoo and you have created a wrist tattoo icon. The heart is the eternal symbol of love, romance, and the very life force within all of human kind. Getting to the "heart of the matter" suggests that the heart rules the source of truth and love.

It was also a common belief that dreams come from the heart. A dream of a heart can stand for happiness or pain, but it can also symbolize dignity or division between two people. Friendship, courage, alliance, romantic bonds, passion and different emotional expressions are also embodied in this symbol.

While more than likely the number of all heart symbols are almost uncountable, there are a few heart tattoo designs that stand above in popularity than the rest:

• A Heart, Pierced with an Arrow: The arrow is a symbol of directed energy, flow and penetration. When paired with a heart, it represents the not-unpleasant sting of love. Cupid and Eros shoots an arrow into a heart, causing the person to fall passionately in love. It shows that love can be both pleasurable and painful, but is as necessary part of life as the air we breath.
• Heart with Dagger: At the same time it may represent betrayal or also bravery. This was one of the most common tattoo among soldiers.
• Flowers and Hearts: Hearts and flowers are an understandable combination, both being a symbol of love. Read more about Flower Wrist Tattoos.
• Stars and Hearts: A symbol of happiness and favorable opportunities. Read more about Star Wrist Tattoos.
• The Claddagh Heart: The Claddagh is one of the most meaningful symbols of all tattoo designs. It originated from Ireland, and is about 500 years old. The Claddagh heart is a composition of a heart, a hand on both side of it, and a crown on the top of the heart. The meaning of this symbol comes from the elements that it contains: hands represent friendship; the heart symbolizes love; and the crown loyalty. Women in Ireland would wear the Claddagh ring on their right hand with the heart facing outward when they were available, then turn the ring inward when they became engaged. A Claddagh heart tattoo on the left wrist means that one is happily married. Read more about Celtic Wrist Tattoos.
• Heart with Wings: A heart tattoo with wings can have a number of meanings: love "flown away", or a loved one has passed away or even that one is a "free spirit".
• The Tribal Heart: a heart tattoo containing no names and done in black tribal lines is and was always considered classy and remains a timeless piece of art as a tattoo symbol. Read more about the Tribal Wrist Tattoos.
• Heart-shaped Flag of a Country: A popular choice, which shows truly a great love of a country.
• The Sacred Heart: The sacred heart is usually symbolized as a flaming heart surrounded by thorns. This is one of the most common religious tattoos and it means one’s devotion to Jesus Christ. This is a true Christian symbol that stands for the heart of Jesus and his heavenly love for humanity. Those who desire to live in unity with this tattoo icon are most likely going to be purified, inflamed and transformed by its divine fire. Read more about Flame Wrist Tattoos.
• Hands Holding a Heart: This wrist tattoo design represents love of one’s mother or father.
• The Golden Heart: This heart tattoo design symbolizes self- or God-consciousness, and certain awareness that you are at one with all things.
• The Celtic Heart: Also called the "love knot tattoo", the Celtic heart tattoo stands for a souls coming together with harmony. Read more about Celtic Wrist Tattoos.
• The Heart Lock Tattoo: The heart and lock tattooed together stands for the love that last till eternity. One of the most popular ways to show one’s love to his or her partner is by having a matching tattoo: one has the lock, the other one the key tattooed on his or her wrist.
• The Black Heart: This wrist tattoo design is most commonly used to illustrate the never lasting, deep pain of grief or morning.
• The Broken Heart: A wrist tattoo design with several meanings. It symbolizes the loss of a loved, unreturned love and it also stands for rejected love.
• The Bleeding Heart: Has the same meaning as broken heart tattoos.

No matter whatever way you look at this wrist tattoo design, the heart is an ancient symbol that has meant for centuries many things to many people. Denying the power it represents in our lives is just completely irrational. As heart wrist tattoos hold very personal meanings for their owners one by one, they are a timeless piece of art and will never become outdated.

So, are you still thinking of getting a heart wrist tattoo but can't find "the one" you are looking for? Wrist-Tattoo.com can help! We have reviewed a lot of the web’s tattoo design collections and can tell that the ones below are by far the best ones. Whether you are looking for heart wrist tattoo designs or other styles, these collections will help you find the tattoo you want for the rest of your life.

 

 

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