Triangle tattoos – this is the interpretation of tattoos

Tattoos have been a trend for some time now, but they have also established themselves as sign of belonging to some urban tribe, community or group of people who share some affinity. They are also worn as a sign of generational identification.

There are tribal, tumberos, sailors, typographic and others of simple realistic or abstract beauty. But they all have some kind of symbolic representation, which otherwise culturalat least it is personal, for those who choose it.

In most of the countries of the world At least 38% of residents admit to having a tattoo. Dalia Research, a German research agency, conducted an online survey of more than 9,000 people in 19 countries. The result was that the countries at the top of the ranking world of tattoo This is Italy, followed in order by Sweden, the United States, Argentina, Australia and Spain.

In Argentina, 43% of respondents say they have a tattoo. And obviously the 2022 World Cup won by the national football team meant that thousands of women and men got tattoos of some image of Leo Messi. A phenomenon that, on a smaller scale, has also occurred in other countries around the world.

In the tattoo universe, geometric shapes are usually adopted for their effect degree of abstractionbut that doesn’t free them from having psychological meaning, as Video Lab points out

The circle is perfection, the finite, the infinite. A square represents stability, solidity and security. The triangle evokes growth, foundation, vitality and power.

How to interpret triangle tattoos

Beyond psychology, in the field of tattooing, some representations acquire their own cultural connotations. We see how to interpret the various types of triangles that designers propose depending on variables such as position, orientation, size and who is wearing it.

The first thing to say is this The triangle has represented the Holy Trinity since ancient times. (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and, with the eye inside, symbolizes the eye of God (Divine Providence), meaning that the religious sense prevails in this figure of the triangle.

For numerology the triangle is powerful because it synthesizes the One (the origin and strength) with the Two (duality or parity), forming a number of sspiritual and metaphysical wisdom. It also represents enlightenment, balance, harmony and integration.

We have already said that some tattoos are a sign of identification with some urban tribe. AND The triangle is the shape adopted by hipsters, underlines in an article the digital media El Español.

This alternative culture shows a special interest in vintage and independent. For them the triangle is an emblem of brotherhood in their interests.

Ideas that dominate in a triangle

When formed by three intersecting lines, the triangle is related to ideas composed of three terms. For example:

• Time: a person’s past, present and future.
• Life: creation, preservation and death (or childhood, maturity and old age).
• Spirit: thought, feeling and emotion.
• Person: Mind body and soul.
• Edit: waxing moon, full moon and waning moon.
• Family: mother, father, son (or three brothers or three friends or three wishes).
• Nature: water, earth and air (this interpretation derives from prehistory).

For the Greeks the triangle was sacred and connoted a door to higher knowledge. The Norse wore their signet rings with three intertwined triangles, a symbol called Valknut (knot of death) which protected them in wars.

The El Español portal He adds that if the tattooed triangle points upwards it indicates the sun, the masculine, the phallic, the father and an active character.

On the other hand, if the triangle is oriented downwards It has to do with femininity, the mother, the passive and the lunar.

The triangle tattoo is usually one of the most chosen precisely because of the multiplicity of meanings it evokes.