Design Gallery
Below are some symbols with their meanings from different cultures and faiths. Because different cultures used the symbols in different ways, some symbols may have very opposite meanings. We have listed as much variety as we could find from history (biblical times, prehistoric, cultural, religious, etc.), regardless of their positive or negative meanings. Symbols can be great for incorporating meaning into your henna and other body art designs. The beauty of symbols is that you can make them work for you as you see best and take the meanings you like and discard others.
More will be added periodically. If you find a symbol you feel we should add please let us know. Enjoy!
Plants & Fruits
DAISY: innocence & youth |
VIOLET: humility |
ROSE: hope, love, beauty, joy |
LOTUS FLOWER: birth, rebirth, a new beginning |
ORCHID: perfection
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PANSY: thoughtfulness, remembrance, love
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CROCUS: Abundance |
IRIS: symbol of royalty
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APPLE: fruit of salvation, liberality, felicity, peace |
PALM TREE: prosperity and beauty
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ORANGE TREE: purity, chastity, generosity |
POMEGRANATE: fertility, immortality and resurrection |
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OAK TREE: strength, endurance and adversity |
CEDAR TREE: incorruptibility
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CLOVER: trinity |
LAUREL TREE: eternity |
FIG TREE: fruitfulness & good works |
IVY: immortality
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CHERRIES: sweet character & good works |
Animals
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BEAR: Respect, Strength, cunning
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BEE: Diligence, productivity, hard work, sweetness of character, spiritual riches |
BLACKBIRD: temptation
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BUTTERFLY: soul, life cycle. Two butterflies symbolize a happy marriage. |
CAMEL: stamina, humility, patience, perseverence
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CAT: laziness, contempt, liberty, vigilance, forecast, courage
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DOG: loyalty, fidelity, Courage, vigilance |
DOLPHIN:security, joy, swiftness, diligence, love, salvation, charity |
DONKEY: measure of wealth, patience, humility
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DOVE: peace, gentleness, faithfulness
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EAGLE: rebirth, resurrection, highest inspiration, strength, bravery, alertness, protection |
FROG: life's worldly pleasures, fertility, healing, prosperity
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GRASSHOPPER: Noble, home-bred, a symbol of the unbeliever
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HAWK: endurance
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HIPPOPOTAMUS: creative power
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HORSE: A symbol of strength and prevailing spirit of the people.
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LEOPARD: peace
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LION: royalty, bravery, bravery, strength, ferocity, valour |
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LIZARD: old age and wisdom, soul's search for awareness, death & resurrection
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OWL: wisdom
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PEACOCK: immortality, beauty, power, knowledge
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ROBIN: courage
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ROOSTER: passion
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SCALLOP SHELL: A symbol of pilgrimage, because it was often worn by returning crusaders from the holy land. |
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SCORPION: A symbol of treachery because of it's deadly tail. |
SNAKE:a symbol of evil, wisdom, renewal, rebirth, female energy, lifeforce, temptation, distruction |
SPARROW: freedom and humility
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SPIDER: wisdom, evil force, good luck, bringer of joys from heaven
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SWAN: Poetic harmony, learning, lover, light, love, grace, sincerity, perfection, hypocrite (black flesh under white plumage) |
TURTLE: chastity
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WOLF: fearlessness |
BAT: good fortune | COW: emlightenment, reincarnation | DRAGON: power, evil, valiant defender of treasure; valour and protection | ANT: great labor, wisdom |
BEAVER: perseverence |
Misc.
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SKULL AND CROSSBONES: death
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BEEHIVE: unity
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THE CRESCENT: peace, victory |
THE SUN: justice
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FLAMES: hell, martyrdom or torture, fire used as purification & renewal, sacrifice |
ANCHOR: soul, hope and steadfastness. |
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THE KNOT: life. The idea that life in the human family goes on and on from one generation to the next without end. |
FEATHERS: peace |
SPIRAL: eternity, fertility, continual change, evolution
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