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Lili Reinhart has a tattoo on the left side of her rib cage featuring the alchemy symbol for earth (?), which is an upside down triangle with a horizontal line through it. She was born on September 13, 1996, so her zodiac sign is Virgo which is an earth sign.
Maya Ahmad has three Rune Alphabet letters inked on her left wrist:
ᚠ (Fehu) – the symbol of wealth and abundance
ᛝ (Ingwaz) – the symbol for fertility
– and the Earth symbol.
Avril Lavigne’s days of itty-bitty tattoos are officially over. In October 2017 she tattooed a collection of astrological symbols so big that they take up her whole forearm. The symbols are:
Taken together all three symbols represent Avril’s September 27th birthday — Libra is her star sign, air is the element associated with Libra, and Venus is the ruling planet for Libra.
The Venus symbol is of course also used as a symbol for women, but that does not seem to be why Avril chose it.
The double chevrons « » are known as guillemets and are used as quotation marks in some languages. These symbols have also caught on in tattoo culture with the supposed meaning “create your own reality.” It is claimed to be a viking symbol, however there is no documentation of this usage. We believe that Avril is simply using them as quotes around the other symbols.
In February 2015, Lynn Gunn got a matching triangle tattoo with PVRIS’ touring drummer Justin Nace and their merch girl Drew Elizabeth Wille. Lynn and Justin both got the tattoo on their left thumb while Drew’s is on her wrist.
The inverted triangle with a line through it is the elemental symbol for “Earth,” which is one of the four basic elements in alchemy along with air, fire, and water.
This design of two triangles which is tattooed on Florence Welch’s left middle finger knuckle is also the logo for her album How Big How Blue How Beautiful and has appeared on the album art for a few different singles and remixes. The triangles symbolize two of the four basic elements in alchemy. The upright triangle with a line through it represents air, while the upside-down triangle represents water. (more…)
This design of a triangle with a line through it is best known as the alchemical symbol for “air,” however JoJo’s finger tattoo seems to have a different personal meaning. JoJo had this tattoo on her index finger done in July 2014 at the same time as another triangle on her opposite ring finger. Both symbols come from an obscure a set of glyphs created by designer/illustrator duo Nathan Strandberd and Katie Kirk, according to which this triangle with a line means “transcend.”
