It's a gorgeous design, and perfect for use in tattooing -- clean lines, clear shapes, excellent white space.
In general, bigger tattoos look better than small ones, thicker lines age better than thinner ones, less fine detail means fewer details to be lost to age and changes of skin tone and such.
If you're seriously thinking about a tattoo, don't let the pain of getting tattooed be your primary motivator as far as where you place the image. Tattooing can hurt pretty badly sometimes, I won't lie, but it is temporary pain, whereas the image you have tattooed into your skin is permanent... as tattoo hounds say, "short is the pain, long is the ornament." Since you're not going to get out of it with a painless tattoo *anyhow*, no matter where you have it placed, you may as well put it where it pleases you best.
Tattoos over major energetic centres of the body -- the spine, the solar plexus, the sacrum, the breastbone, etc. -- are often very interesting experiences. Not necessarily more painful, but more prone to do interesting things to your head. I had a fascinating out-of-body experience while being tattooed over my spine, and I have other friends who've reported visions, spiritual epiphanies, etc. while being tattooed in those sorts of places. Just something to think about as you consider, since the "heart" side of this appears to be significant to you.
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In general, bigger tattoos look better than small ones, thicker lines age better than thinner ones, less fine detail means fewer details to be lost to age and changes of skin tone and such.
If you're seriously thinking about a tattoo, don't let the pain of getting tattooed be your primary motivator as far as where you place the image. Tattooing can hurt pretty badly sometimes, I won't lie, but it is temporary pain, whereas the image you have tattooed into your skin is permanent... as tattoo hounds say, "short is the pain, long is the ornament." Since you're not going to get out of it with a painless tattoo *anyhow*, no matter where you have it placed, you may as well put it where it pleases you best.
Tattoos over major energetic centres of the body -- the spine, the solar plexus, the sacrum, the breastbone, etc. -- are often very interesting experiences. Not necessarily more painful, but more prone to do interesting things to your head. I had a fascinating out-of-body experience while being tattooed over my spine, and I have other friends who've reported visions, spiritual epiphanies, etc. while being tattooed in those sorts of places. Just something to think about as you consider, since the "heart" side of this appears to be significant to you.