What is your tattoo, meaning and where is it?

One...middle of my top back just below my shrit line.

Celestial Sun/Moon - it means balance. Balance of all sorts of things; good/bad, positive/negative, choices, dark/light, etc.

I've got six:

1.) Left wrist - Japanese symbol for friendship, that one of my oldest/closest friends did
2.) Right wrist - A sparrow with the word 'believe' under one of it's wings
3.) Left ankle - five cherry blossoms on a vine, for myself and my family
4.) Nape - wings
5.) Right calf - lotus flower
6.) Right calf - above lotus flower, quote "Learn from yesterday, Live for today, Hope for tomorrow"

I've got two:

My first is the Zia(on my foot), which is on the New Mexico state flag: It represents the four seasons, four times of day, four stages of life and the four directions. The circle in the middle means never ending brotherhood and love. I got it because I'm proud of where I'm from, where I am, and who I've become.

And my second is a quote from William Shakespeare's Hamlet; it says: "To thine own self be true". It's taken me a while to figure out that I need to put me first, and be true to who I am.

I have 7 tattoos. My first one is a rose wirh a butterfly on my back just because I liked it. My second one - my sister and I got matching butterfly tattoos on our feet. My third is a swallow (bird of love) on my chest in memory of my daughter who passed away in 2002. My fourth is a chinese symbol for "family" on the back of my neck. My fifth is 3 butterflies and two lillies symbolizing nmy kids and myself and my husband....on my left calf. My sixth is 3 stars on my left wrist for my 3 babies and my final tattoo is also a matching tattoo with my mother and sister....we each got the petunia flower because my mother always called us her little petunias.

My toes look really dirty but its was JUST after I got them and was the ink he kept wipping off.
got at 21, exact footprints of my daughter at birth

I love this. I wanted to do something like this on my shoulder, but I'm afraid I'll look like one of those cars with the flip-flops on them because I already have another on the way and we're planning on having at least one more! haha but this is BEAUTIFUL!

Greek letter Omega against a starburst background on my left shoulder blade. Simply means the end.

Phoenix on my lower back, right hand side (the squishy bit! I'd post a pick but it shows a bit too much buttock ). I suffer (or have suffered) on and off with depression since my mid teens and it's just a reminder that no matter how bad it gets, I will *always* rise from the ashes

I've been planning a second one since my daughter was born 3 years ago but I've yet to hit on the right design (the first one took me 10years - if I'm going to have something etched on my body until the day I die then it's got to be right :happy: )

I have 2. The first one I got when I was 19. It's a haida whale because my name is a haida word. The second one I got a couple of years ago. It's a moth on my thigh and it was kind of an "I'm moving on" thing. I got it shortly after me and my ex broke up. I want more. I don't really have good pics of either one.

I have three.

My first is a cross with a rose, on my left calf. Respectfully gotten as a promise to Jesus Christ!
http://oi41.tinypic.com/30hyp3d.jpg

My second, I got a butterfly with my birth stone color, and my favorite color, which is actually kind of hard to see, in between my shoulder blades. It's a very common tattoo, but I love it. Needs some touch ups though.
http://oi40.tinypic.com/63vtpj.jpg
(Sorry for the little blood.)

My third, I have a breast cancer awareness ribbon above my right inner ankle. Gotten for my grandmother side of the family.. my grandma, and a few of her sisters had survived breast cancer.
http://oi42.tinypic.com/2mzi1ww.jpg

I've got a few ideas for my next tattoos, but if I were to upload all those pictures it would take a little while.


If these pictures don't work, then I'm sorry.. haven't figured this out yet.

I have one on my left forearm. its a handprint. its called the "surviver's mark" (you can find it on facebook and myspace).
I got it because i survived alot so far and im only 27. Ive been through rape, mental and physical abuse, a miscarrage, many heath prob, and now im going through a divorce. (most of that happend at age 19-20)

i dont know how to upload a pic here

On my wrist - Stars in each color of my kids' birthstones


Behind my ear - A Mother's Day gift from my daughter (she got a matching one). It's the Zibu symbol for "nurture".


On my shoulder - A heart and 5 footprints representing my children's journey from my heart, to wherever life takes them.


On my neck/back - A tribute to my big brother who lost his life to Leukemia almost three years ago, and way too many years too soon. He played guitar for most of his life, and I'm certain he is now my guardian angel. I want to embellish it by adding larger angel wings on my shoulder blades/back, but I heard that area hurts like a bi*ch!


I also have the Chinese symbol for "friend" on my foot (a group of us got it), and we don't need to talk about the meaningless "tramp stamp" I got just because I was stupid and thought it was a good idea. NEVER get a tattoo if it doesn't have meaning!

I have One on my foot with my daughter's name and a ladybg..(she is my little ladybug) and on my shoulder I have Stars for family memers and my bestfriend that past away..I am wanting another ..:)

My right ankle, it is 4 puzzle pieces and my daughters name, she has autism. Red, yellow and blue the colors for autism.

My lower back, on the right side, two blue roses shaped to form a heart. No meaning, just turned 18 and wanted a tat. I will eventually cover it up probably.

I also plan on getting one on my left ankle for my son, he has Tourette's syndrome. The tourettes foundation uses a man symbol that is hard to explain exactly but i plan on using them and have them holding up my sons name. Teal, the color they use in the tourettes ribbon.

I have 1/4 sleeve of my version of Alice in Wonderland on my left bicep, I love AIW and it fits for me. When I was 16 we lost our home in a house fire and didn't have insurance. We ended up living in a tiny trailer with my brother and his daughter. It was like I had been thrust into this new world and had to find my way to adapt to it, it took almost a year to get our own home again.

I have a trail going from my elbow to my wrist (wave, not straight down) on my left arm that says "Lord Grant Me Strength" in Gaelic with leopard spots all around it. I've gone through a lot in my life and I wanted that to remind me that God will never give me more than I can handle and that no matter how difficult the situation might be I will always get through it.

I have the Celic knot for motherhood with four flowers around it that are colored in my sons birthstone colors on my left arm by my elbow

I have mirrored images of a shamrock design on both my forearms from wrist to elbow, for my Irish heritage. There is a bit more meaning to that one but it's a tad personal.

I have a design made of of four stars and flowers, it was for a baby we had by miscarriage. The stars represent the month s/he was due and they're colored in the birthstone color that we lost him/her, I have that on by my wrist on my left arm.

I have a small tattoo by my right wrist that when you first look at it it looks like a butterfly but if you look closer it's actually a cats face, for my obsession with cats. They've always been attracted to me even as a child. Strays would show up alllll the time at my house.

I have a tribal/shamrock design on my upper back, I'm getting "mother" in Gaelic tattooed between the points under it. It represents my mother whom I love dearly

Most of my tattoos make up 3/4 of my left sleeve. I have intentions of getting my sleeve finished in the near future and then starting on my right arm.

I have a phoenix on my right hip that symbolized " coming out of the ashes " after recovering from self harm / anorexia. When I hit goal weight, I am getting it retouched and a flower design done around it.