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A butterfly’s intricate, colorful wings can be designed to incorporate almost any color and symbol you can imagine.
Names can be incorporated into the shapes on a butterfly’s wing, although this may be difficult to read if the small butterfly tattoo is very tiny.
Butterflies can fly anywhere they want to go, making them a symbol of freedom. The butterfly is a symbol for the human soul in some world mythologies, including Celtic mythology.
In Japanese culture, the caterpillar’s ability to transform itself into a butterfly makes the butterfly a powerful symbol of new beginnings that is used to celebrate weddings and commemorate anniversaries.
When paired with a skull design, a butterfly represents rebirth or new life after death.
The color of a small butterfly tattoo can influence its meaning. Blue butterflies symbolize good luck. Yellow butterflies represent happiness, contentment and a soul that is resting in peace. White butterflies are a symbol of purity and, in some Christian circles, also a symbol of salvation.
A butterfly tattooed over your heart means that your heart has undergone a transformation, i.e. a change of heart.
Delicate and airy, beautiful butterflies are a symbol of both internal and external beauty, representing a beautiful body and beautiful soul. A butterfly’s lightness on its feet can also mean that the person with the butterfly tattoo feels light, free and playful.
Monarch butterflies specifically represent royalty, letting the world know that you feel like a princess or a queen.
