Aster flower tattoos are very cute and beautiful tattoos and aster as a symbol can have different meanings. For example – at ancient Greeks aster flower was devoted to goddess Aphrodite and was a symbol of love.
From the Greek language “Aster” can be translated as “Star”. The small tattoo of white aster means: “I love you more than you love me!”
Here you can find ideas pictures and images of male and female aster flower tattoos made on different parts of the body: arm, shoulder, thigh, leg, sleeve, back, foot, forearm, hip and so on.
Aster flower tattoo is a symbol of star and means love
An ancient Greek legend says that the aster grew from a mote that has fallen from a star. Already in Ancient Greece people knew about the constellation of Maiden which associates with Aphrodite – the goddess of love. Another legend says that aster flower grew from the space dust when the Maiden cried looking down from the sky.
One more legend says, that if to go at night to the field where asters grow and stay among them listening attentively, you can hear an easy whisper that means the conversation between them and their sisters-stars.
There exists another legend about two Taoist monks, who decided to reach the stars.
They had a very long way through the prickly wood, the thickets of juniper and difficult mountain tracks, till they reached the top of the Altai highest mountain. When they did this, they found out that the stars did not become closer and we’re still very high. So they had to go back without food and water in torn clothes and bodies in the blood.
When they were almost out of power, they finally came down from the mountains on a fine meadow where wonderful flowers grew. And they realized that they made such a long and difficult way dreaming to see the beauty of stars, but the stars all that time grew on earth. They took some flowers to their monastery and began to plant them and named them “asters” which means “stars” in the Latin language.
According to these myths and legends, we can say that aster flower tattoos have the meaning of love and are connected with stars. So they can be made not only by girls and women but also by men on any part of the body.
More meanings of aster flower as a symbol
In China, small and simple aster flower tattoos can be a symbol of beauty, accuracy, elegance, charm, and modesty.
In Hungary aster is usually called “the autumn rose”, so here the aster floral tattoo can have the meaning autumn and melancholy.
In floral language, aster is a symbol of memoirs, refinement, grace, and love. They were put in tombs of French Soldiers, symbolizing the grief and memory of victims. There exist about 600 types of asters, the most popular grade is Monte Casino.
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