Happiness and Healing of Flower Tattoos

While the flower is beautiful and certainly makes for a stunning tattoo, nearly every flower has its own history and symbolism. Representing nature, life, birth and fertility, each culture has chosen a flower to represent their people and have given it certain attributes.

For example, the rose in the West is particularly popular, while the lotus in the East is equally revered. The color of a flower can also have significance, with white most often associate with innocence and red for passion or lust.

A flower can be a decoration, ward of bad spirits, bring happiness in times of sadness or even offer healing with medicinal properties. Some flowers, like the iris, can be associated with religion or god, while others mean death or sleep, like the poppy.

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