When looking for strong symbols to have tattoo on your body, the lightning bolt comes to mind. This force of nature is ever present in our everyday life but also extremely terrifying. To be touched by a lightning bolt meant you were most likely going to be dealing with a serious injury or death. To see a lightning bolt in the sky makes you realize how small you are in the grand scheme of the world. Nature is a very powerful force and it’s not to be tested.

Many people in the world respect nature, as they should. They also choose to get tattoos in honor of these natural occurrences. You might see wave tattoos or volcano tattoos. You might even see images of flooding or tornados, but the lighting bolt might be one of the fiercest occurrences in the world. Because of this, people get tattoos of lightning bolts. They might not always be for the same reason, but you better believe they understand the power associated with the lightning bolt.

We will go over they symbolism of the lightning bolt tattoo and what it might mean to the person with the tattoo. Depending on how the lightning bolt is depicted will dictate the meaning behind the image. We will talk about some of these variations for those thinking of getting their own lightning bolt tattoos. We hope to help inform you on the subject, so you feel better when you get your own tattoo.

About the Lightning Bolt

Lightning happens when imbalances between storm clouds and the ground cause electrical discharges. Most of the lightning happening out there happens in the clouds and not striking the ground.

When you see a storm, you are seeing particles colliding. These particles are that of snow, ice and rain and it increases the imbalance between the ground and the clouds. Everything on the ground becomes positively charged which creates the creates the imbalance between the negatively charged clouds.