Q&A: What are some creative ideas for a tattoo to represent my parents?

What are some creative ideas for a tattoo to represent my parents?
I want to get a tattoo in honor of my parents but I don’t know what. I’m really interested in getting something more symbolic than actual words. If you know of any good artwork or symbols please share icon smile Q&A: What are some creative ideas for a tattoo to represent my parents? thanks!

Suggestion by Kevlar1er
Ask them what their interests are. What are their zodiac signs,chinese zodiac as well. Their birth month flowers. Their portraits even. Hope this gets you brainstorming of ideas that mean something to you for your future tatts.

Suggestion by Big red
I have a tattoo of a seahorse with a deep red rose entwined in its tail for my parents. My dad was a fisherman many years ago, and he always used to bring me home the dried seahorses that came up tangled in the nets that he couldnt get out in time to save. My mom used to spend a lot of time caring for her rose bushes and our favourite one was a lovely deep red rose called ‘Mr Lincoln’. I just combined my strongest childhood memories of my parents to make one gorgeous tat.
Does anything from your parents stand out in your mind?

Suggestion by vidabella
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What kind of symbols would reflect chinese culture?
any kind of symbols would be great
i need the reasons why too.

Suggestion by Naruto
You could do the chinese zodiac characters. Especially the cat, because in the legend the rat told the cat that the great banquet was the day after what it really was, so the cat went missing in the zodiac. Google it for more information.

Suggestion by i.Imagine
the chinese dragon

What do you think? Answer below!

What is the total social and numeric order of the number 3?
in other words, what are the significant applications, if any, that comes blasting through your minds, when you think of this extraordinary number[3] example-symbols-key phases,ect…

Suggestion by jjsocrates
Huh? There are none. The only thing mystical about the number 3 is that it takes 3 points to define a plane. This is why a three-legged stool or chair is not wobbly but a four-legged one is.

Suggestion by wushuboy001
I think of that show 3′s company. Where this guy was living with two hot chicks, but couldn’t do anything with them because he had to pretend to be gay in order to live with them. hahaha irony.

Suggestion by quantumkev
I think of the fact that almost every religion in the world has had a triad to symbolize the various aspects of its godhead – Christians have the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Egyptians had Horus, Isis, and Osiris. The Native Americans (Lakota Sioux) have The Great Spirit, White Buffalo Cow Woman, and Wanble Galeshka (the spotted eagle). It also makes me think about Hermes Trismegistus, a mythological figure known for the quote “as above, so below”. He was known as “thrice the greatest”. It also makes me think of the foundational elements of a human family – mother, father, child. I feel as though it has deep religious/spiritual sybolism, and it has always been one of my favorite numbers.

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4 Responses to Q&A: What are some creative ideas for a tattoo to represent my parents?

  1. unknown February 28, 2013 at 8:32 am #

    I got one with my parents anniversary date and over it is two flags of their origin with a bit of little designs to make it not look dull.

  2. sherryn February 28, 2013 at 8:42 am #

    Put two of them together & you get an 8 or two oo’s that are connected in the middle! Put em the other way & they look like butterflies! Other than that, 3 sides make a triangle. Other than that, I haven’t a CLU! :o )

  3. kokopelli February 28, 2013 at 8:47 am #

    The third dimension – we do things in threes so they will manifest in our physical realm.It’s roots stem from the meaning of multiplicity. Creative power; growth. Three is a moving forward of energy, overcoming duality, expression, manifestation and synthesis. Three is the first number to which the meaning “all” was given. It is The Triad, being the number of the whole as it contains the beginning, a middle and an end.The power of three is universal and is the tripartide nature of the world as heaven, earth, and waters. It is human as body, soul and spirit. Notice the distinction that soul and spirit are not the same. They are not. Three is birth, life, death. It is the beginning, middle and end. Three is a complete cycle unto itself. It is past, present, future.
    The symbol of three is the triangle. Three interwoven circles or triangles can represent the indissoluble unity of the three persons of the trinity. Others symbols using three are: trident, fleur-de-lis, trefoil, trisula, thunderbolt, and trigrams.
    The astral or emotional body stays connected to the physically body for three days after death. There is scientific evidence that the brain, even when all other systems are failing takes three days to register complete shutdown.
    There are 3 phases to the moon. Lunar animals are often depcited as 3 legged. Three is the heavenly number, representing soul, as four represents body. Together the two equal seven (3+4=7 ) and form the sacred hebdomad. The 3×4=12 representing the signs of the Zodiac and months of the year. Pythagorean three means completion.
    There are three wishes, genies have three wishes, three leprecons, three prince or princesses, three witches, three weird sisters among others.
    Cultural References
    Africa Ashanti: the moon goddess is three people, two black, and one white. Arabian, Pre-Islamic: the Manant is a threefold goddess representing the 3 Holy Virgins, Al-Itab, Al-Uzza, and Al-Manat. They are depicted as aniconic stelae, stones or pillars, or as pillars surmounted by doves.
    Buddhist: tradition the theme of 3 is represented by, The Tri-ratna, The Three Precious Jewels, and the Buddha, Dharma, Sangha. Chinese: Sanctity; the auspicious number; the first odd, yang number….The moon toad, or bird, is three-legged.
    Celtic: Bridgit is threefold; there are the Three Blessed Ladies and innumerable Triads, often a threefold aspect of the same divinity. Christianity: Three represents the Trinity, the soul, the union of body and soul in human in the church. There were three gifts of the Magi to Christ as God-King-Sacrifice; three figures of transformation, temptations, denials by Peter (one of the 12 Apostles— 12=3 (1+2=3). There were 3 crosses at Calvary, He died on The Hills, there were 3 days to the death process for Christ, and there were 3 appearances after his death. There were 3 Marys, and there are 3 qualities or theological virtutes being Faith, Hope, Love or more commonly known as Charity. The number 3 gives to the meaning the embracing Godhead – Father, Mother, Son/Daughter. Egyptian: Hermetic tradition, Thoth is the Thrice Great, ‘Trismegistus’. The Supreme Power.
    The opening line of the Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean
    The Trinity in Christian numerology is very important and naturally linked with the most holy, perfect and the best. The number 3 has been linked with the superlative before Christianity, and is translated by the Greeks as superlatively great, and the Latin as happiest. God is related to the number 3 as having a surface and being real (manifested) or ‘touchable’, this becomes further defined with the number 4 and the addition of a fourth point which creates a solidity. Completeness is symbolized by 3 (as well as 7 and 9) but for different reasonsCharacter traits: Enjoys being the center of attention, tends to show off and loves to be admired, but is quite often more sensitive then the exterior suggests. Has a tendency to expend energies wastefully in too many directions. With a love of pleasure also may be wasteful with money.Negative tendencies: vain, gossipy and superficial.

  4. Peter D February 28, 2013 at 9:36 am #

    I think this video explains it all:

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