Nautical Star tattoos the history, meaning and symbolism

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The history, meaning and symbolism of nautical star tattoos is a hotly debated topic.' Today many different groups have adopted the Nautical star tattoo as a symbol for their own movement and they have all ascribed their own meaning and history to the symbol.' Thus has lead to a wide disagreement as the the meaning of the tattoo.

Historically most everyone agrees that Sailors were the first people to get

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nautical star tattoos.' In fact the very word nautical relates back to sailing.' So this connection has been pretty firmly established.' Most people would agree the sailors were a pretty superstitious group historically and sailor lore abounds with superstitious and fantastical stories of life and death and being lost at sea.' Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the north star became the symbol for finding ones way home.' Once you know where the north star is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home.' So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life.' Therefore many sailors would tattoo nautical stars on their forearms as a good luck symbol in hopes of returning home.'

However their modern day meaning is a more debated topic.' Many believe that groups including gay and lesbians, punk rockers and those in the military have adopted the nautical star tattoo as a very important symbol.' The diversity of these three groups has lead many to argue the meaning of their tattoos.

For the military the connection is pretty obviously point back to the early sailors and the symbolism and meaning is the same as the early sailors.' Many military people get a nautical star tattoo as a symbol for finding ones path home safely.' Of course this can also include more symbolically just finding ones way in life.

Here is a quote we found from a member of the armed services and his interpretation of the tattoo:

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