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| Rose Tattoos |
Roses have long being associated with various emotions and relationships, red roses symbolize love, yellow roses symbolize friendship, pink ones stand for admiration and the fictional black rose stands for hatred, sadness and tragic romances and blue ones for the unattainable and impossible. Now it is not necessary that a rose tattoo is only for females, an increasing number of men opt to get one done and they look beautiful and masculine at the same time. There have been various interpretations throughout history for what a rose stands for and the variations in its hues.
In the ancient times, Christians associated roses with the Virgin Mary. The ancient Romans and Greeks, roses represented love and beauty and also associated it with their goddess Aphrodite. Ancient Egyptians used roses to worship their goddess Isis - the perfect wife and mother. A red rose now present at funerals represent the blood of Jesus Christ. Since a red rose is associated with Jesus Christ as well as Mary, you will often see Celtic crosses with a red English rose entwined across it with thorns. A red one can also represent martyrdom, spiritual growth and unconscious beauty.
Men can get their rose designs done on their shoulders, upper arms, sides, etc. They can be combined with guns, tribal designs, skulls, daggers, crosses and in combination with your beloved's name. Celebrities love getting them done up and some of them are Ricky Martin, Mary J Blige, Lady Gaga, Slash, Cher and Heather Locklear amongst others. Even the number of roses is significant - one means complete devotion, two roses entwined mean "marry me", six represent a need to be loved, eleven is an assurance that the recipient is loved as well as cherished and thirteen indicate a secret admirer. A rose with eight petals signify regeneration, a rose without any thorns indicates love at first site, a thorny rose can represent masculinity and also the balance between nature. Hence, they are quite apt for men. The leaves on a rose represent hope and a full blown rose on top of two rose buds is a combination that means is a sign of secrecy.
So as described above, a rose can have various interpretations and colours and that is why it is such a popular tattoo design. They are beautiful to look at, and when done by a good artist can look completely real on the skin. Men don't necessarily have to get a rose design to show the world they have a softer side, they combined with other wicked designs like thorns, skulls and weapons ooze sex appeal. Men with these tattoos are completely confidant of their sexuality.