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Sun
 Sun Tattoos
& Designs - The Sun as a tattoo
design is a reflection of the Sun's profound symbolic nature in most
cultures around the world. The sun was worshipped as a personified,
life-giving deity in Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and almost
every other major civilizations of history. The Sun or Sun figure
was almost always the predominant figure within the pantheon of
those spiritual belief systems.
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Nearly every culture has a
creation myth that explains how the sun came into being, and often
times an accompanying apocalypse myth that details the end of the
world, as we know it, when the sun is destroyed or devoured in some
manner. Many cultures have myths that explain the rising and the
setting of the sun, and this repeating cycle of light and dark has
come to symbolize life and death, regeneration and reincarnation. |
 The most common symbol of the sun is a circle with the sun's rays
emanating from the perimeter. A dot or point in the center of a
circle symbolizes the blending of male and female forces. The sun is
usually seen as a masculine symbol and the moon and the earth as
feminine symbols, hence you will often the Sun symbolically paired
with the Moon or the Earth. For many millennia the Sun was believed
to be at the center of the Universe, around which all other heavenly
bodies radiated. The Sun was a symbol of both royal and divine
powers, adopted by both secular and religious authorities.
 As a
tattoo design and symbol, a Sun represents fertility, vitality,
passion, courage and eternally renewed youth, light and knowledge.
When looking at some of the popular tattoo designs, note the
following, in various cultures in the history of man, the Sun was
represented by the following; an Eagle, an Eagle with a Serpent, a
Winged Serpent (Dragon), a Falcon (Egyptian God Horus), Phoenix,
Swan, Lion, Ram, Cock or Bull. The Sun could be further represented
by the Heart symbol, A Rosette or Rose, the Lotus, the Sunflower and
the Chrysanthemum. An examination of the most popular tattoo designs
will show an amazing correlation with the above mentioned symbols.
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