Nautical Star Meaning - The history of nautical stars goes all the way back to the early sailors.  They would get nautical stars as a symbol of good luck.  The nautical star is the same as the North Star.  Of course we all know by now that the North star is used throughout sailing to navigate the ship back home.  Therefore the nautical star has become a symbol for finding ones way through life.

Shooting Star Meaning - Shooting stars are also a very popular and highly symbolic tattoo design.  The shooting star burns brightly and then fades quickly.  It has become a symbol for living life to its fullest.  The shooting star says live life hard and quick a sort of symbol for the Latin saying carpe diem.

Moon And Stars - Moon and star clusters are also a very popular choice for a star tattoo.  They don't have a specific symbolic meaning behind them other than just representing the beauty of the night sky.

Star Clusters - Star clusters have recently become the tattoo of choice for many women.  They also do not have a symbolic meaning behind them other than just showing the beauty of stars at night.  However, they make a great tattoo design since they can fit just about any location on the body and they look great.

Locations For Men - Men tend to most often get nautical or shooting star tattoo designs.  They often get them on their forearm, calf, and shoulder areas.   One popular design is to get a nautical star on each elbow or other similar location where two will work together to create a pattern.

Locations For Women - Women typically like to get shooting star designs or the moon and star and star clusters.  These can be done on the foot, around the ankle or wrist and even the hip or rib cage area.