Cat's Hands-ome Tattoos

I met Cat earlier this week at <a href="http://www.borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_582">Borders</a>, which has been the go-to locale for inkspotting during a very sparse winter.<br /><br />He has fifteen tattoos, but we discussed the two I noticed, on the tops of his hands:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpUXhPb7xMvHu_MJYkhUTnjJXIpWeh22486NX95ty1FsGOOGzkB0R5KnJ76UTJ4pftFaRGCqw-C9F6HHxptiOTIzgDW1i0gkZgh0RiLrBXg0x6OR59gpdG9cTjyQ7dgYupZsvbZwey6E/s1600/Cats+hands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpUXhPb7xMvHu_MJYkhUTnjJXIpWeh22486NX95ty1FsGOOGzkB0R5KnJ76UTJ4pftFaRGCqw-C9F6HHxptiOTIzgDW1i0gkZgh0RiLrBXg0x6OR59gpdG9cTjyQ7dgYupZsvbZwey6E/s400/Cats+hands.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The tattoos are variations on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_mythology">Celtic</a> pagan designs that he modified to make his own.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECP9fDUv3xNWDwLpjXirsA-eAX8o8BlhpR7-7-v1puJAkZUOPPHZ5rEhT03GglwYJ0ckKc0ayvGugRv8sB1x3ywbc5XoFuqSni4dt9MC-MhQnkpHeqwAxEXjexHssbDZRqw7qS0l6JL0/s1600/Cats+right+hand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECP9fDUv3xNWDwLpjXirsA-eAX8o8BlhpR7-7-v1puJAkZUOPPHZ5rEhT03GglwYJ0ckKc0ayvGugRv8sB1x3ywbc5XoFuqSni4dt9MC-MhQnkpHeqwAxEXjexHssbDZRqw7qS0l6JL0/s400/Cats+right+hand.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />The right hand represents the chalice of the goddess, who represents expressiveness and creativity. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca">Wiccan</a> principles acknowledge that the goddess is the source of all expression.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ookHdxsf3Gli9dmAelIeoMWnfyAWnoKvBqVb2StWY3LgXlEooD3EhZvLSVGC_8B5JC9hmcf3EOqUNmjr-MUfXQXZmNXhzh-31fSI_zO_j7Ow5pA6e4-JQ8HLQUCbQW_kZ2est3Mrkm4/s1600/Cats+left+hand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ookHdxsf3Gli9dmAelIeoMWnfyAWnoKvBqVb2StWY3LgXlEooD3EhZvLSVGC_8B5JC9hmcf3EOqUNmjr-MUfXQXZmNXhzh-31fSI_zO_j7Ow5pA6e4-JQ8HLQUCbQW_kZ2est3Mrkm4/s400/Cats+left+hand.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br />Cat's other hand is decorated with a Celtic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triquetra">triquetra</a>. The three markings around the design are letters drawn in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theban_alphabet">Theban</a> script, each corresponding to the first initials of his three children.<br /><br />Cat says that these, as well as his other tattoos, were inked by <a href="http://villagemoontattoos.com/section/147434_Neo.html">Neo</a> at <a href="http://villagemoontattoos.com/home.html">Village Moon Tattoos</a> in Jackson Heights, in the borough of Queens.<br /><br />Readers interested in these tattoos may also be interested in checking out our old friend Livia Indica's site <a href="http://neopaganink.blogspot.com/">NeoPagan Ink</a>.<br /><br />Thanks kindly to Cat for sharing his tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Cat's Hands-ome Tattoos

I met Cat earlier this week at Borders , which has been the go-to locale for inkspotting during a very sparse winter. He has fifteen tattoos...

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