What is the significance of rose tattoos?

Roses have always been very popular in the European tattoo culture and are still one of the most stitched motifs ever. They come in countless designs, colors and styles. The meaning can be very different. First, roses are beautiful flowers, often with bold color and lush blooms. They smell wonderful and everyone likes to look at them. But if you touch them, you can easily get pricked by the thorns. This contrast between beautiful and prickly can also be transferred to the meaning. In many cultures, roses are symbolic of love and death. That's why many people get a rose tattoo as a reminder of a deceased loved one. The meaning of your rose tattoo, of course, you determine yourself and it can also be interpreted differently or interpret. For example, a rose can also be worn as a promise of undying love or stand for purity, passion or innocence. And also about the color you can bring other meanings into the tattoo.

But not only in the color are these symbolic meanings. A rose with thorns stands for the negative sides of life, with which you often have to fight and where you can then also lose blood, as with the thorns of a rose. And a rosebud stands for purity, innocence and beauty.

Often the rose is also combined with other motifs to further emphasize the meaning, for example with a banner in which a name is written or with a year. Usually a rose motif is engraved rather small. For larger areas, it is more suitable to tattoo several roses. Due to the size and uniformity, you can place and adjust roses on almost any part of the body, but this hardly makes the decision easier ;) Ultimately, however, you should give your tattoos their own personal meaning and a rose can also be worn simply as a beautiful and aesthetic motif.