Peacock Tattoo Meanings
Peacock tattoo meanings
(at-a-glance):
- Royalty
- Vitality
- Sensuality
- Luxury
- Expansiveness
- Pride
- Nobility
- Generosity
- Immortality
- Longevity
- Love
- Watchfulness
- Sexuality
- Compassion
- Desire
- Beauty
Peacock tattoo meanings commonly deal with the impressively expansive fanning out of the male peacock’s tail feathers. The radiant blue of his body is equally impressive for tattooing.
These striking features make a big statement about the wearer of peacock tattoos.
It says: “I am marvelously unique, and not afraid to show it!”
Themes of nobility and royalty come into play from Chinese symbolism in which the peacock is an emblem of rank and high status. Indeed, peacock feathers were given to recognize impeccable service and honorable rank in positions of military office.
The peacock is a symbol of expansive consciousness in Buddhism. In this light, the bird is a representative of the all-compassionate goddess Kuan-Yin. The “eyes” in the peacock feathers are symbolic of the watchfulness concept - the Watcher in consciousness/meditative terms is the omniscient essence of the soul.
The concept of watching also comes into play in Christian symbolism the “eyes” of peacock tail-feathers represent the eyes of the church/Christ/God watching over the faithful. Esoteric Christianity also views the peacock as an emblem of immortality and resurrection (similar to phoenix symbolism).
In Greek and Roman mythology the peacock is the companion of Hera and Juno (respectively). In this light, peacock tattoo meanings may represent a regal status too, as its symbolic imagery points to the realm of the Empress and High Priestess.
The peacock is also a solar animal and so its character will convey attitudes like: Vitality, radiance, glory, stimulation, life, health, invigoration.
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I am getting a peacock tattoo and I am everything you mentioned, I am the Queen of my house.
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I’ve just decided to get 2 peacock feather tattoos and when doing my research about what the feather actually represents, I stumbled across this site and I just LOVE it! I’ve always had this “thing” with peacock feathers, I think they’re absolutely beautiful. When I get tattoos, I like them to represent something, not just “something beautiful” so after reading everything on here I am soo happy because they will now have a more deeper meaning! Thanks!
I own 72 grown peacocks, 14 different breeds, I also have many baby peacocks. They are so beautiful to watch! Breath taking!
I also have a peacock feather tattoo, I absolutely love the article you wrote on the deeper meanings as well. My husband drew my feather just for me while deployed on his 2nd 12 month deployment to Iraq , so I feel so honored and loved to have it on my body, its a symbol of our bond even when we are apart, I have loved peacocks since i was a small child and when we visited my gma ( who was most like a mother to me all my life) we would go collect feathers for her neighbors who had about a dozen peacocks.. I chose to get my tattoo as a memorial to her as well…she was a true lady, and no one could match her grace or wonderful heart..thank you for posting this once again