The mysteries of the universe form a favorite theme for many tattoo designs. Since ancient times men have used their creativity to make tattoo designs that speak of the warmth of the sun, the coolness of the moon, and the bright shapes of the stars. Ancient tribes have wondered about how the sun gracefully sets giving way to the moon and stars. That sense of wonder and awesome mystery makes up Celestial Tattoos and express the magic of the worlds beyond our own.
Many celestial tattoo design themes play with the drama of opposites such as heat and cold, night and day, and male and female energies. These designs come to us from ancient times when men began wondering what happens if the sun and the moon combine in one place the way they do not in real life. The power of imagination brings the beautiful sun and the moon into play in many amazing tattoo designs. The blue hues of the moon contrast with the orange hues of the sun to make bright splashes of color on the forearm, the legs, or the chest. Many celestial tattoo designs are circular with a crescent moon surrounding the form of the sun. The drama of the sun and the moon combining is really intense, and that dramatic effect is seen is tattoo designs. You can see imaginative tattoos in which a cool moon seems to be sweating as it sticks close by the sun, or the sun and moon face off making angry faces at each other. The celestial beings like the sun, the moon, the stars, and the clouds play, fight, make up, and make love to each other in awesome tattoo designs. Here’s a look at the powerful magic of celestial tattoo designs.
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Sun Moon Arm
Golden stars surround this forearm celestial tattoo showing a puffy cheeked violet sun and a smiling blue crescent moon.
Celestial Geometry
The green faded tower tattoo is overlapped with a rich black outlined geometry theme design in this neck tattoo idea.
Mandala Colors
The circle of peace holds a powerful Mandala spiritual theme tattoo with a nine pointed star framing the design.
Celestial Eye Lock
The eyes without pupils have been inked in a way to make it seem like the sun and the moon are staring at each other in this sun, moon, and stars tattoo design.
Moon Sleeping With Sun
A peaceful large eyed sun looks quite happy cradling a smiling deep blue crescent moon in this colorful celestial tattoo.
Forearm Celestial Design
Get a look at the delicate lines and pale shades of blue and orange that make up this forearm tattoo design.
Angry Sun Celestial Tattoo
The bright red and yellow effect gives an angry fire like look to the sun while the moon grins evilly in this celestial drama theme tattoo.
Celestial Kiss
The complete circular design of this erotic tattoo shows a blue moon surrounded by white stars locking lips with an orange sun.
Cool Celestial Shades
The face of a cool peaceful white bearded hippie with aging wrinkles and sunglasses combines with the fiery sun in this hippie tattoo design.
Moon Bite
The side of the body has been inked with this artistic tattoo showing a snake-like twisted shape biting into a smiling crescent moon.
Celestial Sun Sadfaced
Check out the combination of the orange sun and blue moon in this tattoo at the back of the neck. Three pretty golden stars with tinier black stars border the design.
Sweaty Celestial Tattoo With Star
Inked in black with delicate shades this is a sad-looking sun and a sweaty moon face with a 3 dimensional star on one side of the sun.
Sweaty Celestial Tattoo With Star
Celestial Grin
The fiery orange rays of the sun alternate with a bold tribal motif in black while at the heart of the tattoo you see an angry-looking sun and moon with a combined evil grin.
Celestial True Combination
The black dancing rays of the sun surround this awesome design of a blue moon smiling at a violet space with a yellow star at its center. A tiny golden star is inked near the tip of one of the sun rays.
Celestial Play
The flowy feel of this tattoo gives an effect of the celestial sun and the moon at play. See the dancing spiral shapes that leap out of the design on all sides.
Celestial Clouds
Outlined clouds form the background for this celestial theme tattoo that shows the sun and the moon at play. Check out the curvy webbed style in which the sun’s rays are drawn.
Elemental Tattoo
The elegant circular shape of this design holds within itself a violet moon, a deep night sky, and the powerful tsunami waves.
Stardust Tattoo
The black stars with shades are surrounded by tiny specks of stardust in this awesome star birth theme tattoo on the leg.
Dots Play
Black dots in a pattern that look nearly random make up this permanent ink design on the woman’s back.
Celestial Faceoff Tattoo
See how the crescent blue moon holds the golden flaming sun with blue star patterns framing one side of the design.
Monstrous Celestial
The halves of the scowling sun and moon meet in a mouthful of stone like teeth in this cartoon feel celestial tattoo in the center of the chest.
Monstrous Celestial
Celestials At Birth
See the Mandala tattoo above one nipple and the celestial sun and moon birth theme tattoo above the other nipple in this sexy men’s tattoo design.
Deep Blue Celestials
The deep blue shades give a sad and lonely feel to the angry sun and moon faces in this celestial tattoo design.
Doubly Celestial
The sharp-edged sun and moon designs with angry faces look cool on the legs in this celestial tattoo idea.
Celestial Romance
Check out the way the handsome moon curves into the pretty red lipped sun in this lovers celestial tattoo.
I like Celestial Eye Lock and Celestial Play in this collection.
Love the colours on these, so bright and colourful, nice to have tattoos that sand out.
Awesome celestial tattoo design here. That’s very nice and great looking.
A populer choice for tattoo, Celestial designs. It looks great in its bright colors too.
Nice tattoo designs. Moon Bite is the one which I liked the most from this collection.