However, dont get up and run out to get a star tattoo design just yet. IN fact if you have not thought about getting one before reading this article then I would suggest you wait at least six months before making the final decision. You should never choose a tattoo because it is popular or hot at the time. Years latter the reasons of what was popular will be gone and you will still have the tattoo. Instead try to find a tattoo design that reveals something about the inner you and something that is meaningful and important. This will ensure you enjoy your tattoo for the rest of your life.

So why are star tattoo designs so amazingly popular? There are probably a wide variety of reasons and here are some of the things that customers have told us.

1. Unisex design- star tattoos are really a unisex design. This means that any type of star tattoo design be it a nautical star, or a starry night tattoo it really doesn't matter stars are such a universal theme that they will fit well for both sexes.

Symbolic Meaning - there are deep meaning behind stars and yet they are sort of up to personal interpretation also.
Numerous Colors - Star tattoo designs can be done in a variety of colors and you are really not limited to anything specific. For example a pink colored star works just as well as a deep blue or a red star tattoo. So you can use a meaningful color scheme that enhances your overall design.
Cheap Designs - another reason they are so popular is star tattoos can often be designed either by hand or even done free hand by the tattoo artist. They are easy to design, change and adapt.
Variety of Sizes - Stars can be done in a wide variety of sizes and tweaked in many different ways to fit the space or location on the body where the person wants the tattoo.
Bold and Strong - Star tattoo designs are often very bold and strong. The thick lines or solid shapes make a bold tattoo that really stands out and can be seen from a distance.

There is also a large variety of different star types to chose from. For example there is the historic nautical star tattoo that was an important good luck symbol to sailors. There are shooting stars, and star and moon clusters just to name a few of the variations. There are really a lot of different options with start between, size, color, location and type of star the tattoo can have a very different and original feeling.