As is well known, the owl is the most powerless nocturnal bird that watches with its huge eyes everything that happens. And it is that the owl is a solitary and very mysterious animal that hides millions of connotations and meanings. In this sense, we are talking about a bird that enchants many people, since it is a mixture of beauty and mystery at the same time; in fact, it is an animal figure that many people tattoo, since it has a very aesthetic shape and contour. Thus, the owl is a very recurrent tattoo but at the same time very original, since you can change and personify the model, style, colors, etc.

All in all, a tattoo that marks a strong identity and to which you can give your personal touch, always taking into account the connotation that you can and want to give it.

Instructions

1. First of all, you must keep in mind the meaning of the owl as a bird in general. And it is that the owl is a nocturnal and solitary bird; With a large head and well-marked eyes, owls are a great hunter and predator, with a lynx vision.
2. In this sense, the first meaning we can give to owl tattoos is that of watchman and guardian. Therefore, it would have a connotation of protection, both from your person to others and from other people to you. In this sense, it would be like a figure that is always present and that both day and night accompanies you and watches over you.
3. Similarly, if you add the name of a family member or close friend, it can mean deep and eternal accompaniment next to an important person. Thus, it symbolizes how this member is always with you and you with him or her; since the earliest times the owl has been an animal that has accompanied great people. In fact, as it is said the owl was the animal that accompanied Athena, the great goddess of wisdom.
4. Secondly, the owl can also have a connotation of wisdom and intelligence. Birds in general, and owls in particular, are determined as creatures with a lot of intuition and intelligence by many Eastern and Western cultures. Thus, if one of your main potentialities is intuition and so you want to capture it in your tattoo, the owl is an ideal figure. Similarly, if you want to endow your tattoo with psychic and intelligent symbolism, turn to the owl as well.
5. In line with the above connotation, the owl tattoo is linked to truth, to absolute knowledge. Thus, it is also linked to deep knowledge, to the taste for truly knowing people, their true interior. Therefore, if you are a person who values very much the contact and discovery of people in their purest state, the owl is a good tattoo for you.
6. On the other hand, the tattoo of an owl can also acquire a more mystical and spiritual connotation. And it is that as is well known, owls have always been the companions of witches, that is, of what communicates the earthly world with the spiritual world.
7. In this sense, they would be like messengers between both worlds, animals that know well both the earthly and carnal as well as the most mystical. Thus, all the above meanings could be related, understanding the tattoo of the owl as that of a figure that watches, that protects, that knows both souls and people. Therefore, if you wish, the owl can also acquire a more magical meaning in your tattoo.
8. Finally, if you are a rather dark person and you like solitude, the owl tattoo can also symbolize this aspect. And it is that as already said before, the owl is a nocturnal animal, which lives at night; he watches everything with his big eyes and is always attentive, but at the same time he does not relate to other birds. His mysterious character is maintained by always making life at night, alone, individually. Thus, it is one of the most protective but solitary birds in turn. Therefore, if you want to capture this pleasure by being alone and calm, the owl can be your ideal figure to tattoo.

What You Need

•  Idea about the tattoo.
•  Sketch or indicative drawing on your owl.
•  Appointment with the tattoo artist.
•  Clear ideas.
•  Creativity.

Councils

• Keep in mind, that your tattoo can be designed as you wish. In this sense, you can choose the shape, size, colors, the introduction of a name, an initial, etc. All in all, a tattoo made to measure to clearly capture what you want.