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Tattoo Location Association Lotus flower64 Variable Enlightenment, rising from amidst hardships Semicolon Commonly, the wrist Commitment to life, fighting against depression and suicidal ideation Triquetra/Trinity knot Variable Connectedness with the elements around us: earth, sea and sky. Can also mean eternity or connectedness with God. “Om” (sacred syllable)65 Variable Hindu religion: God or universe; For some, peace, good karma, tranquility A wave Variable Strength, fighting against fate Anchor66 Variable Hope, salvation, and eternity Cobweb (black and white)67 Commonly, the elbow Long prison sentences Tear drop68 Underneath eye Filled in tear: committed murder; if only outline: attempted murder Five-point crown69,70 Variable Latin Kings gang (Hispanic gang originally based in Chicago) Three dots Lateral to eye corner or on hands “mi vida loca (my crazy life)” and “Los Vatos Locos (The Crazy Dudes)”; associated with the gang lifestyle Five dots71 Outer surface of hand, between thumb and index finger Time spent in prison MS-1372 Visible areas: face, hand, neck Mara Salvatrucha gang Cards (playing cards) Variable Association with gambling, such as gambling with life, popular in Russian prisons ACAB Knuckles Willingness to go to prison for one's gang; “all cops are bastards” Three dots Between thumb and index finger Death to police Question mark Second phalanx of ring finger Bisexuality Four dots On one finger of either hand Lesbian orientation Watch with no minute hands Hands Doing time in prison Stars Shoulder Rank in gang Stars Knees “The bearer will bow down to no man.” Cross Chest Highest rank in Russian gang EWMN Variable, commonly knuckles “Evil, wicked, mean, nasty”;animosity to authority and police Black hand with “M” in the middle Variable Mexican Mafia, North and South Dragons and Japanese flowers Tattoo encompassing large areas of the body in the shape of armor suits Yazuka body suits, associated with Polynesian tradition “Tongan Crisps” with hands underneath the words Variable Tongan Crisps Polynesian gang Swastika with 14 Variable White supremacists and Nazi lowriders Pyramid with a center eye73 Variable Dead Man incorporated, in support of the Illuminati or New World Order against religion and government
