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Sigil tattoos?
updated 1 year, 9 months ago
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Hi I’m studying for a tattoo apprenticeship rn so I have some experience.
There isn’t much difference except in application obv. But you should be careful about the sigils specific symbols. Certain symbols in the tattoo space have been seriously appropriated by spiritual people who had no idea at best, white supremacist neo-nazi odinists at worst.
Things like Nordic runes (life, othala, jera) and symbols like the valknut are both used as tattoos by us and white supremacists.
Take care, be specific, and find a female/queer/disabled friendly tattoo place/artist if you can (men have a tendency to be heavy handed and change bits of the design as they’re working on you)
If you want to look more carefully into hate symbols I’d recommend [this database ](https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbols/search)
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I’ve got one myself, in fact it was my first tattoo. Got it when I was 16. I’d say it’s not too different than just writing one down or painting or whatever, besides the blood and the pain that naturally comes from a tattoo. I’d say the biggest thing, as with any marking or spell or whatever you’ll have to focus an energy into it and probably occasionally do it again to like reinvigorate the sigil/s and the meaning.
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That’s what I did. I think the biggest thing is making absolutely sure it’s right before going forward. I left a printout of my sigil up where I could see it for a year before I finally went and got it done. During the tattoo process I just zoned out and chatted. I had a years worth of thought and intent slammed into this design, and the artist I chose took my drawing and brought it to life with added shading and small details. I’m never unhappy with my sigil and it’s very visible on my forearm.
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