Chevron Tattoos

Avril Lavigne

Instagram / @avrillavigne

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:

♎ – the astrological symbol of Libra
? – the alchemy elemental symbol for air
♀ – the planetary symbol of Venus

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.

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Zoë Kravitz

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Zoe Kravitz got these hand-poked protective wrist charms on the backs of both wrists from artist Talia Migliaccio in September 2015. The three larger dots in the center were a pre-existing tattoo. She added a series of dots, chevrons, plus signs, and asterisks in a cross shape.

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Hailey Baldwin

Instagram / @jonboytattoo

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Hailey Baldwin got a tiny tattoo of two chevrons on her pinkie finger from artist Jon Boy at the Revolve Festival in April 2017.

Black Ink Chevron Jon Boy Knuckle Line Drawing Minimalist

Rihanna

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Rihanna expanded her hand tattoo in two sessions in October 2013. First she added these chevrons and lines all over her fingers, hand, and wrist. These lines are still visible through the finished tattoo. (more…)

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Neon Hitch

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Neon Hitch has a variety of tattoos all over the back of her right hand, including a variety of symbols on her fingers. The tattoos use a watered-down in for a henna-like appearance. On her pinkie are chevrons and dots. Her ring finger has a vine as well as her existing knuckle tattoo, which is a much darker color. On her middle finger is an eye, “XXX”, an om symbol, and a star. On her pointer finger is an Egyptian pyramid.

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Grimes

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Grimes has the word “Beautiful” tattooed on the back of her left hand along with many other tattoos including lines on her pinkie, a Greek meander on her index finger, her lucky number 8, an alien head, a chevron line on her wrist, and chains on her wrist. All of her tattoos are homemade and were done by herself or her friends. In an instagram post, she wrote “feeling beautiful despite many imperfections haha, terrible and wonderful memories etched into my skin. Even the most screwed up ones were all done w or by my best friends and they all feel like home.”