Cloud tattoos designs come in many forms, which is why they are a part of so many great tattoo designs. There are multiple styles of clouds that you can choose from these days, which is why cloud tattoos have become so popular. They come with a lot of great meanings that people like to use and, on top of that, can actually add additional meanings to larger designs. On this page we will take a look at some popular cloud tattoo designs and some of the meanings that you can use if you decide to get one of them.

In Greco-Roman mythology, clouds are considered homesteads of the gods. This is why you see a lot of cloud tattoo designs with gods as the main feature surrounded by dark or light clouds. You will see that all of the gods used in these designs bring with them many meanings of their own, and the clouds help to bring those meanings home.

Clouds always clung to Mount Olympus, home of the gods, and so therefore they became synonymous with divine dwelling places. That divinity has always been attached to clouds in a way since gods often lived above them. Often people will get their god tattoos designs with the gods standing or hovering above the clouds.

In Chinese symbolism, clouds represent transition and transformation. Clouds seen in ancient Chinese art often point to the process of transformation from primitive/banal to ascended/spiritual. Even if you don’t get a Chinese tattoo, you can use these same meanings in your design. For example, you might want to just get a bunch of clouds on your arm, in which case you can use the “transformation” meaning even though you’re not really using the clouds as Chinese symbolism. Of course, it works even better if you are planning on getting a Chinese tattoo of some kind.

Hindu and Tibetan perspectives about clouds reveal concepts of transition too – but in more of a temporary way. In this view, clouds are symbolic of impermanence. This is a great cloud tattoo meaning to use if you are either transitioning away from sometime (bad or good) or transitioning into something new in your life. There isn’t a specific design style for Hindu and Tibetan cloud tattoos, so you can easily include these meanings in your tat.