Irish Love Knot

You will come across the use of the Irish love knot in a number of ways. It is used to make jewelry as a tattoo design. The love knots have become popular because of the intertwining and never ending patterns, that they incorporate. Apart from the fact, that they are beautiful, there is deep meaning attached to these love knots. There is some sort of magic and mystique, which makes the love knots stand apart from the other Celtic designs. As a matter of fact, the Irish love knot is one of the design, which one can identify very easily and is an intricate part of the Irish culture. One of the reason for this design to have become popular is that it neither has a start nor an end.

If you have to start researching on the Irish love knots, you will see that there are numerous designs along with a number of knot types. The knots are said to have originated in the third or fourth century in the Roman empire as a part of the Irish art culture. Later on this art work came to be used by Christians. They started decorating their manuscripts with Celtic art work. Although the Christians used animals, plants or human form in the art, the Celts stayed away from such art work. They only made use of complicated intricate geometric designs. Often different plaits or braids used to intertwine the design.

Irish Love Knot Meaning

When you have started looking for Celtic knot meanings, you will see that there are many conflicting meanings attached to the love knot. The other name with which the Irish love knots are referred to are eternity knots. It is looked upon as union of two souls, which is aptly described with the use of two interweaving individual strands. When one looks at the design, you will find that it is difficult to decipher, which of the strands turns to which direction. In other words, it means that individuals in love are so totally committed to one another, that it is difficult to separate one from the other.

The other Celtic love knot meaning, which is often, why people choose the design is that it is a symbol of the never ending cycle of life and death. The pattern of the love knot with the intricate and interwoven strands is such that one cannot see the end or the beginning and is like a continuous cycle. There are certain love knot designs, which have specific meaning attached to them.

• The triple drop love knot stands for the trinity of nature, namely earth, water and fire. At the same time, the continuous line in the knot stands for unity, spirit and strength. From the name of the knot, it is apparent that three strands are used to make the knot.
• The round love knot, on the other hand, depicts the orbit of the sun, where the intertwined lines symbolize water, earth and fire. This is the design, which is among the commonly used Celtic love knot tattoo designs.
• Like the round, there is the oval love knot. The other name with which this love knot is referred to is the spiral love knot. This love knot depicts eternity.
• If you want a simple knot for your Irish love knot jewelry, then you may want to consider the square love knot. It is a simple knot, which is made from a single strand, which runs on all four sides of the square. You will see that it is a popular design, which is used in a number of wedding rings. This love knot design stands for loyalty.
• The four love knot is another popular love knot design, that is used to depict the four seasons of the wear. It also means that the seasons are interdependent on one another. Often distinct and interlocking circles are used to make this design. There may be double lines on the edges of the circles, which stand for the love between two people.
• There is also the serpent love knot, which is a representation of eternal life filled with love. It also depicts loyalty towards the person one loves.

One can use the Irish love knot design to either make a tattoo or as a jewelry design. It is important to decide the design well in advance, so that you exactly know what you want. I would like to bring it to your notice that the love knots are intricate and may take longer to design.