Sagittarius Tattoo Design Ideas

Posted on September 25, 2009
Filed Under Before You Decide, Tattoo Meanings

When choosing a tattoo many people are guided by their zodiac signs, and in this article we will try to find out what tattoo design would suit a Sagittarius, a person born in a period from November 23 to December 20.

A Sagittarius is an independent, honest and active person, good at philosophy and teaching. With a patron planet the Jupiter, the sign is compared to a centaur, a creature from Greek mythology that has qualities of both a human being and a horse. A Sagittarius combines human wisdom and horse strength having inquisitive mind as well as being in a good physical form.

The Greeks connected the Sagittarius constellation with a centaur Cheiron, who was killed by Heracles with a poisoned arrow. After that Zeus placed Cheiron in the sky, where he resides up to now with his arrow directed towards Scorpio. The Babylonians also associated the constellation with a houseman as early as in the 11th century.

That’s why a Sagittarius tattoo is the one depicting a centaur archer with a bent bow ready to hit any goal from love to carrier. Or just the arrow in its flight is shown.

Sometimes you can come across such an image of Sagittarius as a centaur with 2 faces, one looking forward and the other looking back, just like the Roman God Janus. It’s connected with the fact that the Sun is situated in the constellation in winter. So Sagittarius also symbolizes the beginning of a new year looking simultaneously in the past and in the future.

Among flora and fauna representatives gillyflower, jasmine, and beasts go together with Sagittarius.

It should be also mentioned that every tattoo has its influence, weaker or stronger, depending on the part of body it is tattooed on. A Sagittarius should have their tattoo done on thighs, buttock or coccyx. When a tattoo in its “right” place it will have a positive influence, in other cases its effect is unpredictable.