Swimming Upstream Lotus Flower Koi Fish Tattoo

Our koi fish tattoo also incorporates lotus flowers.

Swimming upstream lotus flower koi fish tattoo. Koi tattoos placed with lotus flowers symbolize purity and rebirth. It took 3 sittings of 8 hours each. The meaning behind which direction the koi is swimming beliefs about the meaning and direction a koi fish is swimming vary greatly. Clear outlines precise dashes and exquisite shading are inked so artfully to present an incredible koi with lotus tattoo.

The tattoo was done by federico ferroni of south beach tattoo. The lotus is a beautiful flower that grows out of muddy ponds so just as the koi started as a little fish and grew into a strong dragon the lotus starts out in a dirty pond but still becomes beautiful. A lotus is a remarkable symbol of east and in this case this flower complements the signification of this design. Amazing koi fish thigh tattoo with lotus this thigh fish ink displays a black and white koi fish surrounded by a pink and blue lotus the tattoo is placed on the hip and the part of the side.

Koi fish and lotus flower tattoo meaning lotus flowers are famous for their beauty which is made all the more impressive by the fact that they bloom out of muddy ponds. In general these focus on the koi s ability to swim upstream and even up waterfalls leading to associations with courage ambition and perseverance. Some theories of what it means are actually contradictory. In a koi fish tattoo the black and white sides are meant to represent a male and female koi swimming together as a convergence of two opposite energies coming together as one.

This is most commonly seen in the pisces zodiac symbol. Tattoo koi fish lotus flower meaning. Bringing the lotus and the koi together symbolises beauty that comes out of hard circumstances and further represent pain struggle and growth. Ogon a metallic koi represents wealth.

Furthermore a circular movement of the fish is used to depict the belief that everything in life is connected. A koi fish tattoo with running water symbolizes courage the ability to attain goals and to overcome life s difficulties. When the fish is depicted to be swimming upstream it can symbolize that the person who has got the tattoo is still struggling with his problem. Whether a koi in a tattoo is swimming upstream or downstream can impact its meaning.

Koi fish tattoo meanings having a rich cultural history koi fish have amassed a number of symbolic meanings and associations. Two koi fish placed in a circular shape represent yin yang a chinese philosophy that. A half sleeve of a koi fish swimming upstream a hanya mask underneath surrounded by the essence of water and lotus flowers. Lotus flowers are often symbols of transformation perseverance through difficulty and inner strength beauty.

Such powerful symbolism for your tattoo idea isn t it.