tattoo meanings and symbols
tattoo ideas and symbols?
I think to make a small symbol of an anchor on my foot. It has many different meanings for me, but I wonder what the real meaning of an anchor is. Does anyone know what it means?
Tattooing Anchor is a design that has been a mainstay of modern Western tattooing for most of two centuries, and even more ancient symbolic roots going back several millennia. The anchor is a favorite of people who are associated with maritime careers or navy, and is closely identified with seafarers worldwide. Many young sailors got an anchor tattoo after their first Atlantic crossing. The anchor is often incorporated design elements and others is a central design theme of many tattoos military service, particularly among sailors, marine and naval aviators. Other common design elements are sailboats, mermaids and other nautical symbols. In ancient anchor, as fish was a symbol with ties to the early Christian church. An anchor tattoo can be regarded as holding a farm, like an anchor holding a great sailing safe ship in port, against winds and currents that could carry the right path.
