The tattoo has firmly entered human life, becoming one of the most vivid ways of self-expression. But not all tattoos are done for demonstration purposes. Some of them have a sacred and mystical meaning. These tattoos include the image of a keyhole.
Purposes of tattooing
Often, tattoos are applied for the purpose of later showing them to others and as a way to express your "I", to show it to the world. As a rule, these are bright and large tattoos with an exaggeratedly enhanced meaning - sharply aggressive or passively cute.
But there are tattoos that carry hidden meanings. It is they who are applied to those parts of the body that are covered by clothes, or they are made dull, monochromatic and small in size. These are amulet tattoos and beacon tattoos. They are designed to protect their owner from trouble, attract good luck, or remind him of certain periods and fateful moments in his life.
The keyhole tattoo does not belong to amulets, since absolutely no mystical meanings are associated with it. It is also quite difficult to attribute it to beacons. Rather, it carries the meaning that the bearer himself puts into it.
Keyhole tattoo meanings
This drawing belongs to the modern and has no long history. Therefore, no mystical overtones are hidden in this tattoo, and it also has no cultural, racial prejudices and is universal - both girls and men can wear it. Its shape, size and color scheme also depend only on the wishes of the owner.
Since this drawing does not have any ancient symbolism, the modern generation has endowed it with its own meanings. And these meanings are simple and accessible to all.
"Keyhole" can symbolize the entrustment of the "key" from your heart to another person, close and beloved.
In addition, such a tattoo may signal that it is not so easy to find a "key" to its wearer, that he is a closed and complex person, and he needs a special approach. It can also indicate that the inner world of the "keyhole" carrier is closed from the people around him, whom he does not consider close.
If a well and a key from it are located nearby, the drawing can be interpreted as a closed system. That is, its owner hints at his self-sufficiency, that both the question and the answer are always in the person himself, that it is senseless and useless to look for them outside.
If this drawing is applied as a beacon, it usually means the presence of some kind of secret in the life of its owner. He reminds of the need to preserve it and protect it with silence.
In exceptional cases, the "keyhole" can be interpreted as freedom and power.
