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If you want to symbolize royalty, purity or rebirth, the flower you want to incorporate into your body art design may be the lily.
A highly stylized lily design, the fleur-de-lis, is associated with French royalty specifically and, by extension, France, the French language and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Each birth month has its own flower; a birth flower tattoo can represent yourself or a loved one’s month of birth. January’s flower is the carnation or snow drop, February’s is the primrose or violet, and March’s is the daffodil or jonquil.
April’s is the daisy or sweet pea, May’s is the hawthorn flower or the lily-of-the-valley, while June’s is the honeysuckle or rose.
July’s is the larkspur or water lily, August’s is the gladiolus or poppy, and September’s is the morning glory or aster.
October’s is the marigold or cosmos, November’s is the chrysanthemum (mums), and December’s is the narcissus and the holly.
Other very common flowers used in small floral tattoos for women include the lotus flower, a symbol of enlightenment in Buddhist culture. The lotus also represents gaining strength through surviving a bad circumstance since the beautiful lotus flower grows out of the mud. Orchids are also a symbol of bravery and strength.
A single cherry blossom can make a very pretty small flower tattoo design. Cherry blossoms are an extremely delicate flower that can be shaken apart by the slightest wind. As a tattoo symbol, cherry blossoms can symbolize the ephemeral, short-lived natural of things.
