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Angelina Jolie is arguably the most popular tattooed female celebrity in the world today, This gifted actress and humanitarian, who is blessed with sunning good looks and great heritage, has at the least, more than a dozen tattoos and shows no signs of slowing down.

Her choice of tattoos reflect her personality, exotic, sensual with a small hint of danger. Angelina has been known to have a tattoo for the man she loves, but as soon as he exits stage left, she has no hesitation in having it lasered off or covered over.

Angelina has turned the tribal dragon into one of the most popular tattoos for women worldwide.

Here’s an overview with pictures of Angelina Jolie’s tattoos:

The Gothic letter tattoo between Angelina’s shoulder blades that says “Know Your Rights”, is taken from the title of a song from one of her favourite bands, The Clash and also reflects on The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The tattoo on her left shoulder blade was, just like the tiger tattoo, done by tattoo artist Noo (aka Sompong) Kanhphaiin in a hotel in Pathum Thani, 16 miles north of Bangkok. It is a Buddhist Pali incantation written in Khmer script, the language of Cambodia. It is there to protect her and her adopted Cambodian son Maddox from bad luck.

Here’s a rough translation:

May your enemies run far away from you.
If you acquire riches, may they remain yours always.
Your beauty will be that of Apsara.
Wherever you may go, many will attend, serve and protect you, surrounding you on all sides.

This Arabic script tattoo on Angelina Jolie’s right arm means “Strength of Will”. It covers up the abstract lines tattoo she had done together with her ex Billy Bob Thornton.

This tattoo on Jolie’s left arm are the words of Tennessee Williams:

“A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages.“

Angelina Jolie had this tattoo done in the presence of her mother.

These numbers are the geographical coordinates (longitudes and latitudes) from the locations where her children first entered her life.

1. N11° 33′ 00″ E104° 51′ 00″ : the place in Cambodia where Angelina Jolie’s eldest son Maddox was born.
2. N09° 02′ 00″ E038° 45′ 00″ : the place in Ethiopia were her daughter Zahara was born.
3. S22° 40′ 26″ E014° 31′ 40″ : the place in Namibia (Swakopmund) where Angelina gave birth to her biological daughter with Brad Pitt, Shiloh (Hebrew for “the peaceful one”), was born.
4. N10° 46′ 00″ E106° 41′ 40″ : the place in Vietnam where Angelina’s son Pax Thien was born.

The coordinates tattoo covers the place where the dragon tattoo and name of her ex husband Billy Bob used to be before they got lasered off. You can still see the dragon a bit.

This 12-inch long, 8-inch wide Bengal tiger tattoo on her lower back is Angelina Jolie’s latest. It was done in Bangkok on July 8, 2004, during a 2 hour session by tattoo artist Sompong Kanhphai who also blessed it by chanting an ancient hymn. Sompong also did her Khmer tattoo. She had the tiger tattoo done to celebrate her Cambodian citizenship.

The tiger tattoo was done in the traditional Thai tattoo style with a manual needle. The tiger’s tail covers her blue window tattoo.

2 Responses to “Angelina Jolie Tattoos”

1. jeff (theanjelinajolie.com) says:

   February 3, 2009 at 12:06 am

   All tattoos very nice and great.

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2. Tyler says:

   March 25, 2009 at 9:13 am

   Where can I find more pics, lol?

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