October Tattoos of the Month
However, the Phoenix is a bird. And as birds can fly and travel through the element of Air, they have been, since ancient times, Symbolic representations of mind and Spirit. Therefore, when the Phoenix "gives up" its old and completed self, it does so because it is ready to be transformed and reborn unto a much higher realm. The Phoenix Symbolizes the ultimate Act of Creative Destruction, Sacrifice, and rebirth within the sublime realm of mind and Spirit.