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Thunder

Latest tattoo - the I Ching hexagram for thunder in the upper and lower. Left wrist, easily hidden by a watch.

from Wikipedia:

"the arousing (shock, thunder)"

The inverse is also pretty cool: "keeping still, mountain"

from the I Ching cards:

"intimates ease and development - that feeling of dread leads to happiness - the issue of his dread is that he adopts proper laws for his course. Like a crash of thunder it startles the distant and frightens the near. The superior man is fearful and apprehensive, cultivates his virtue and examines his faults."

the inverse: "denotes stopping or resting - resting when it is time to rest, and acting when it is time to act. When one's movements all take place at the proper time for them, his way of proceeding is brilliant and intelligent."

I had the box added around it to keep it from looking like stitches. It's still red and a little irritated in this photo.

Phoenix and Fire

The Phoenix - a symbol of life, resurrection, and hope. Rising from the ashes of its own funeral pyre, the Phoenix is continually reborn.

Fire is a symbol for change, both destructive and creative. It represents primitive energy, the inner fire of a person's heart.

The Ankh and Water

The Ankh is an Egyptian symbol for life and a tool of the gods. It's also a stylized symbol for humans in general.

Water, another life symbol, is also a symbol for balance as it seeks it's own level. A sometimes placid surface with turbulent depths teeming with mystery.

Stylized Circuit - with Lightening

I designed this circuit as a symbol for technology - it's based on a computer motherboard and the security tags on some consumer products.

It's also a web (spider or Internet, take your pick) - ordered complexity growing from a center.

The lightning bolt in the center - itself a symbol for energy and harnessed elemental forces

Take a look at the original design

It's a little faded here - I think there have been too many sunburns in my past.