Meaning of the Starfish Tattoo

The starfish is an invertebrate, starfish-shaped marine animal. starIts image symbolizes strength, patience, sensitivity, longevity, renewal, sensory perception, and versatility. Its image symbolizes strength, patience, sensitivity, longevity, renewal, sensory perception, and versatility.

Its body is rigid and its arms are hollow, very easily broken by impacts. Despite this fact, the star can regenerate and grow again, and for this reason it symbolizes healing and renewal.

Its connection with seawater symbolizes purification and cleansing. Its physical characteristics along with its habits in the water represent emotion, sensory perception, and intuition.

Within Christianity, the starfish is also called ?Stella Maris? and it represents Virgin Mary, a symbol of salvation and divine love in difficult and turbulent times.

In Egyptian mythology, the star is associated with the goddess Isis, of the poor and slaves. According to legend, offering a starfish symbolizes abundance and renewal.

In Roman mythology, the goddess Venus sometimes appears with a star in her hand, symbolizing love, sensitivity, and emotion.

In shamanism, it relates to flexibility, intuition, instincts, power to strengthen, regenerate, and move forward in life.