We don’t always feel like seeing butterflies and rainbows. Sometimes we feel a bit darker Sometimes it is just one of those days and sometimes we need reminders of those bad days, so we can appreciate the good days more. When getting a tattoo to represent your feelings, you see a lot of positive imagery out there. Things that represent traits that you aspire to invoke or try to work into your life. Those other times we might want that darker tattoo and that is where the skull and snake tattoo comes in.

Both images, to the unknowing, represent the darker side of the world. Things that make you think of death or things that are scary. Both the skull and the snake have those things going for them. However, you might be surprised if I tell you that not everything about the skull and snake is negative or evil.

In this post, we are going to talk about the combination of the skull and snake tattoo and what it means to the people that have this tattoo. In many cases, these images might represent the darker parts of this world, but we will talk about what each symbol represents and by the end of this post, we hope you have a better understanding about the skull and snake tattoo and what it means.

Before we get into all that, let us take a look at some examples of these tattoos to give you a better idea of the imagery.

Skull and Snake Tattoo Meaning

The skull and snake tattoo have a lot of meaning for those that wear it but let us investigate what each image represents on their own.

First you have the skull. Many will look at the image of a skull and assume the worst. In fact, many people get the skull tattoo to represent death and horror. We have seen skulls in movies and books our whole life and it generally revolves around scary things.

Some people will tell you that their skull tattoo represents something completely different. Many believe the skull represents our mortality. It is a realization that we have a finite amount of time on this earth and we should take this time to make sure we spend our time wisely and appreciate what we have and who loves us.