Deciding to get a tattoo opens the door
for you to explore the deeper meaning of symbols, the cryptic language of your
spirit. Tattoos are a meaningful form of self-expression and even more so when
they are consciously inked. They not only transform your skin but also
your consciousness. Your ink may even represent something from another lifetime
that has come through for review. The Maori, along with other Polynesian
groups, believe that a person's spiritual efficacy, or life force, is displayed
through their tattoo.
When you consciously tattoo, you are
establishing that the intention, emotion, and image exist on all levels of
consciousness without judgement. The tattoo symbolically marks the place on
your body where you are able to hold space and be honest about who you are.
Tattoo images penetrate deep within the
depths of our psyche. They symbolically link into the incredibly wise, yet
playful aspect of our being. The Shamanic ancestral roots of tattooing remind
us to connect with the profound, self-activating, healing abilities (on all
levels) of our consciousness.
My most recent tattoos nudged my inner alchemist
forward. I found myself relating to the symbols of the elements that represent
the threads of wisdom in my spirit.
Being an astrologer the symbols I chose or should I say chose me, are now respectfully inked on
my upper left arm.
The upper arm is where we hold our
strength and the left side asks me to be in touch with what I intuitively know
to be my truth. The alchemy symbols for
the Sun (gold), Jupiter (tin), the Moon (silver), Venus (copper), and Neptune, my
ruling planet (platinum) now form an empowering matrix on my body.
The three-leafed fern on my left wrist
symbolically represents to me, the triple Moon, goddess symbol. The fern’s meaning
is sincerity, discretion, and working your magick. Like the Moon, the fern is elemental with the
ebbs and flow of what anchors you to your depths of consciousness, the vault of
knowledge within ourselves.
I allowed myself to connect into the
deeper meaning of the nature of these symbols since for me, personally,
represent the crossing of yet another threshold. A much-welcomed new beginning which
I choose to see as an opportunity for yet another life adventure. Tattoos
signify a metaphoric death and rebirth within yourself.
Tattoos ask us to see the language of
someone’s soul and the freedom of their voice without judgement. They are a revelation and proclamation of one’s
true self, the archetype and shadow, the power and vulnerabilities, and the
honesty of authenticity.
For
further insights on the deeper meaning of tattoos, I invite you to read Conscious Ink: The Hidden Meaning of
Tattoos
Namaste”
