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When one decides to get a tattoo done, the most important thing he has to consider is its significance. Since it is a permanent ornament on the body of the person who wears it, the choice of a proper tattoo is necessary. Tattoo making was started by the Ainu tribe of Japan and has gone through a long process after that. Cross tattoo, being one of the tattoos in vogue at present, provides people with a wide variety of choice.
Cross, which has a symbolic meaning as being the religious symbol of Christians all over the world; is attached with the sentiments that have flown through the generations. Being precise, the cross stands for the suffering Jesus Christ went through because of Pontius Pilate and the roman soldiers. Thus, today the cross stands as the mark of his sacrifice for the human race and his love for life. The cross tattoos have played a very great role in the propagation of Christianity through the sailors and the traders who sailed across the oceans making the culture reach new lands. These tattoos which once were just the mark of man’s belief in the almighty, now have taken over a new role.
Keeping in mind the religious perspective of the ‘Cross’, the cross tattoo in its simplest form symbolizes strength and life, also refers to the unification of heaven and earth. In another school, the vertical bar is compared to the father who is the symbol of strength in the family, while the horizontal bar compared to the mother, who is understanding and behaves as the binding force that supports life. Both the bars meet at the right place providing spiritual and physical balance.
Some of the main kinds of cross tattoos are as follows. The cross of Christianity is the simplest one, representing the painful crucifixion of Jesus Christ. There is a cross named the ‘Jerusalem Cross’, that symbolizes the victory in crusades and the recapture of Jerusalem in the struggle against the various cultures that tried to push back the growth of Christianity. The ‘Celtic cross’, the symbol of ethnic communities of France, mainly the followers of the anti Christian philosopher Alan De Benoist is also one of the most widely used tattoo forms. The form of inverted cross tattoo is also used at present to represent Satanism and mock Christ.
Whatever the form of the cross tattoos, its true that each one has its own hidden meaning which not many of the people are aware of.