Angelina Jolie and her 'addiction' to tattoos with meaning
Each tattoo means something: a special moment in our life, a memory that we want to be indelible or the name of a person who has marked us. And Angelina Jolie knows that very well. The American actress is a true fan of tattoos and she wears them very proud on any red carpet or event she is invited to. For this reason, the artist has more than twenty impressions on her skin, which are part of her, her character and the way she sees her life; all of them have an important sentimental load. Angelina is one of the actresses with the most tattoos on her skin, something that has not prevented her from accessing any role in the film mecca.
It was in 2017 when Angelina caused a real sensation in a campaign for the Guerlain cosmetics brand. The artist decided to participate in the advertisement since her mother was a big fan of some powders from the well-known brand and, in addition, she donated everything she earned to solidarity actions. The ad, which was shot during her visit to Cambodia while shooting the movie First They Killed My Father, revealed all of her tattoos and showed how important they are to her. From that moment, people began to be interested in each of her tattoos and, also, in the different meanings of her.
A tattoo honoring Winston Churchill
In that commercial we could see and know a little more about her, and above all, what her tattoos told us. On her right forearm, Angelina has the word determination written in Arabic and, on the left, near her wrist, the artist wears the letter H. She made this tattoo in honor of her brother. Closer to her elbow, Jolie wears the Roman numerals XIII V MCMX, which have several meanings:
The first of them is that the actress is not superstitious, so she does not mind wearing 13 on her skin. In addition, the figures that complete it refer to May 13, 1940, date on which at that time the Prime Minister of England, Winston Churchill, pronounced: "I have nothing more to offer than blood, effort, tears and sweat." .
The coordinates of her children and her ex?
The tattoo on her left arm is one of the most important for her: the coordinates in which each of her six children were born. Some media have also pointed out that the last one refers to the coordinates of the place where her ex-husband, also actor Brad Pitt, was born.
Angelina is a strong defender of Human Rights, as she has been demonstrating throughout her career, that is why, on the lower part of her neck, the phrase Know your rights is tattooed. In addition, this is also the name of one of the songs of her favorite group, The Clash.
Buddhist-inspired tattoos
A Pali Buddhist incantation is tattooed under her left shoulder, which she herself said keeps her protected and invokes her good luck and health. These are five lines of ancient Khmer script, the official language of the Kingdom of Cambodia. In addition, they are made by the well-known tattoo master and former Buddhist monk, Ajarn Noo, using an ancient technique that uses steel bars with surgical needles. The actress is very close to Cambodia, so much so that in addition to being the place where she adopted her first child, Maddox, she also has Cambodian and American nationality.
In the center of her back, the artist wears the image of a Buddhist temple, which represents a reminder that one should be compassionate with oneself and with others. Different Buddhist mantras are engraved on the right side of the temple, and at the base there are grids that evoke the four continents and the four elements of the Earth. Just below the grids is the largest tattoo that the actress has, which occupies almost the entire lower back and was made to commemorate her Cambodian citizenship in 2004. It is a Bengal tiger for whose elaboration, the tattoo artist had to spend more than two hours. It is handmade and has a Thai style.
Phrase tattoos with meaning
Also, the actress has a prayer tattooed: A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages, which means a prayer for the wild heart, kept in cages. Thus, Angelina invites everyone to feel comfortable with themselves and to be free, regardless of the cages that surround us.
On the hip area, it is printed Quod me Nutrit Me destruit, which served to cover a dragon of which she was not very proud. And its meaning is What nourishes, destroys me.
