Phoenix's Sleeve is Out of This World

Back on August, I met a man named Phoenix in Penn Station who shared the sleeve on his right arm.<br /> <br /> The work starts near his shoulder, with a traditional-style pin-up girl straddling a rocket in an outer space motif:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYN_qrq96DEOq2Do-uWKFvLE8G7UDj4mv-PMpRK69t1DWHlpG7rqDtV4NQZmZAF7LyD3a9HHTh5gWTmGJI5pJulo1ytLoSeBXTTyH0kBVnVobC-kneGa76wBKH_EE5-3pS6amJb2FRlCQ/s1600/Astrological.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYN_qrq96DEOq2Do-uWKFvLE8G7UDj4mv-PMpRK69t1DWHlpG7rqDtV4NQZmZAF7LyD3a9HHTh5gWTmGJI5pJulo1ytLoSeBXTTyH0kBVnVobC-kneGa76wBKH_EE5-3pS6amJb2FRlCQ/s400/Astrological.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><br /> The cat perched on the rocket in front of the woman represents Phoenix's love of animals.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOPqhyIMm1fevXmMNrbKyFkG0Wt30z1hK61b-WxG4LYvuBcUSgh6hAZN6LfowuRc3mhyphenhyphenu-flaiKdzbfc8kfM42pIYC186_G2ACKK2w_h0iztsW9PPBA4Fzt62k-OtJHzAZ3fY2il_FH8/s1600/Astrological+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOPqhyIMm1fevXmMNrbKyFkG0Wt30z1hK61b-WxG4LYvuBcUSgh6hAZN6LfowuRc3mhyphenhyphenu-flaiKdzbfc8kfM42pIYC186_G2ACKK2w_h0iztsW9PPBA4Fzt62k-OtJHzAZ3fY2il_FH8/s400/Astrological+detail.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br /> The centerpiece of the sleeve, however, is lower on the arm and represents his love of astrology:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgpEwPMIPpsZh9E7TVvSbsPCvmGmr5Nnbz99vH9hg62scJmOvk3_5XBDf04P3CKbVfap8Yj0u0fNPOni9gIGNL0nvRxqmJEIdw8OAUZHrlk9G-PSysawWyNmOt1Rmc1CMRDUmRTJaKrM/s1600/atro+chart+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgpEwPMIPpsZh9E7TVvSbsPCvmGmr5Nnbz99vH9hg62scJmOvk3_5XBDf04P3CKbVfap8Yj0u0fNPOni9gIGNL0nvRxqmJEIdw8OAUZHrlk9G-PSysawWyNmOt1Rmc1CMRDUmRTJaKrM/s400/atro+chart+1.jpg" width="103" /></a></div><br /> <br /> From a practical purpose, he had his natal astrological chart wrapping around his limb. In theory, he told me, anyone who knows astrology could come up and read his arm and gain insight into his astrological makeup.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eEIOsh_ktDblUxVZ4TpuBP0qyISD88w1MYkPrNNTszzBbifuGf9XQh1RUa622K73JudoQJSZUdWzwGiqmtBvWD6ZmHNEFxgYDIGas5Oy4n__kD6e6djqpoyWLVvMO-rRT2TTZVzhpIs/s1600/astro+chart+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eEIOsh_ktDblUxVZ4TpuBP0qyISD88w1MYkPrNNTszzBbifuGf9XQh1RUa622K73JudoQJSZUdWzwGiqmtBvWD6ZmHNEFxgYDIGas5Oy4n__kD6e6djqpoyWLVvMO-rRT2TTZVzhpIs/s400/astro+chart+2.jpg" width="172" /></a></div><br /> Phoenix was born with the Sun in Aries rising in Leo and with his moon in Gemini.<br /> <br /> This work was done by Lou at Third Eye Tattoo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, about six years ago. Lou's handiwork has been featured many times over the years here on the site and can be seen here.<br /> <br /> Thanks to Phoenix for sharing his spectacular sleeve with us here on Tattoosday!<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><br /> </div>

Phoenix's Sleeve is Out of This World

Back on August, I met a man named Phoenix in Penn Station who shared the sleeve on his right arm. The work starts near his shoulder, with ...

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Katie's Astrological Ink: Cancer, with Aries Rising

One of the unexpected joys in inkspotting is approaching someone about a tattoo and having them reveal one that is so much better than the piece you approached them about. It's like receiving a bonus for being curious.<br /><br />Such was the case with Katie, who I spotted in Penn Station when I noticed a tattoo on her ankle.<br /><br />When I asked her about it, she laughed and said it wasn't even close to being her favorite tattoo and she took off her jacket to reveal, on her upper left arm, one of her eight tattoos:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymng9CEnFPI3gqNjmitJ1Dd_nEF7UK-6G1fPYILcVWByilUI_L1W6TgqmNWPt62mTfa57qznb6DvFsDYwKZX8yLrnox_mHtuRDm0Z8VbPj8KphdYlDw0E2946S9OF-sPEYp9NcWwkXs8/s1600/can+aries+collage+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymng9CEnFPI3gqNjmitJ1Dd_nEF7UK-6G1fPYILcVWByilUI_L1W6TgqmNWPt62mTfa57qznb6DvFsDYwKZX8yLrnox_mHtuRDm0Z8VbPj8KphdYlDw0E2946S9OF-sPEYp9NcWwkXs8/s640/can+aries+collage+wm.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br />This is an astrological tattoo and features the signs for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_%28astrology%29">Cancer</a> (the crab) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aries_%28astrology%29">Aries</a> (the ram). Katie explained that she is a Cancer, with Aries rising.<br /><br />What this means, astrologically, could take pages and pages of analysis, but Katie explained that the two personalities are both strong and that they traditionally don't get along, which is why she has this relationship depicted as the two symbolic creatures battling in a stormy landscape. It is one interpretation of an astrological description that lends itself to her personality. <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071129201932AAaUnaz">Here's</a> another.<br /><br />Of course, as a Cancer myself, I cannot help but love this tattoo, especially my old friend the crab:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAVYM2HryngNLD3IqbHuLarX4QOEbWrnG7DikJh-6pcBF3r-1Bj9juG5-ptxvoFanrEiY7c8efif68x9fJtb4kgQDgWLVJKqIqFsbqSAib8UPrNVzfSzyfiFOGAa_aBuQuyXvoUGCghM/s1600/crab+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAVYM2HryngNLD3IqbHuLarX4QOEbWrnG7DikJh-6pcBF3r-1Bj9juG5-ptxvoFanrEiY7c8efif68x9fJtb4kgQDgWLVJKqIqFsbqSAib8UPrNVzfSzyfiFOGAa_aBuQuyXvoUGCghM/s400/crab+wm.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br />Katie credited the artist <a href="http://www.silkcitytattoo.com/christian-masot/">Christian Masot</a> at <a href="http://www.silkcitytattoo.com/index.html">Silk City Tattoo</a> in Hawthorne, New Jersey, for this tattoo. She estimated it took about seven hours total in three sittings to create the finished product. Work from Silk City has appeared on Tattoosday several times before (see <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Silk%20City%20Tattoo">this tag</a>), but this is the first piece we've seen by Christian.<br /><br />Thanks to Katie for sharing this awesome tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Katie's Astrological Ink: Cancer, with Aries Rising

One of the unexpected joys in inkspotting is approaching someone about a tattoo and having them reveal one that is so much better than the p...

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