Tattoo - a modern type of body art, the history of which goes far into the past. At the moment, with the help of tattoo men and the fair sex demonstrate their individuality and uniqueness, trying to make their image more attractive and sexy. As for the choice of sketch, most give preference to plants and animals, inscriptions and amulets, images of famous personalities or characters. However, no less interesting option - tattoo cards, sketches of which can be found in the public domain.
The meaning of playing cards in the tattoo
If we talk about playing cards, they have opposite meanings, many believe that the images of modern cards are taken from the special fortune-telling cards of the Tarot. It would seem that cards are a device for harmless gambling, which both adults and children are addicted to. On the other hand, each symbol and suit hides a special meaning and magic sense, which is not given to everyone.
The meaning of the tattoo with the image of playing cards in the first place depends on the suit and the meaning chosen for the sketch of the future tattoo. By the way, it sounds implausible, but the division by suit has provided us with Christianity. The cards are the main symbol of blasphemy, because they represent disrespect for Jesus Christ and his suffering and death. The reason for this is hidden in the fact that the cards have a direct connection with the Passion of Christ. The pica is a symbol of the black spear that pierced the ribs of Jesus, the cross is a symbol of the cross on which he was crucified, the cherva symbolizes the sponge with vinegar, and the diamonds are the nails that were used to fasten the Savior to the cross.
In this regard, it is important to determine whether such a tattoo will decorate the body or it is better to find a less innocuous option. Of course, many critics over the years have tried to refute this interpretation and prove that it is wrong, and that the cards are a completely safe object and symbol. However, it is impossible to prove otherwise, so in Christian perception, cards are an extremely negative symbol that displays sin in all its manifestations.
Ace Description
The Ace is a one-point card for the game. In the game, it is either a high or low ranking card. In a game such as poker or blackjack, it is possible to choose how an Ace is played. In solitaire, he most often acts as a junior card.
According to existing facts, cards began to be played in the eleventh or twelfth century. And in Asia, known for its excitement, there are even documents that describe the game using paper pictures. And even earlier played with bamboo and other tablets. Over time, the game industry has become popular in India, Persia, Egypt, and from there came to Europe. On Russian soil cards were in the twelfth century. And already in one thousand six hundred and forty-nine years, the government banned them.
However, after a while Peter decided to legalize the card game, as he understood that people are still playing them.
The Christian religion called cards a real blasphemy. So clubs (crosses) supposedly mean the very cross on which Jesus was crucified. Ace cards also have a negative meaning for Christians. Spades, for example, are the spears used to pierce Jesus' body. The diamonds represent the nails in the body of Jesus Christ. Worms symbolize the sponge that was used to drink and wipe all those who were crucified on the cross. And yet, in spite of this, tattoos in the form of an ace are still chosen today.
Tattoo cards for men
As you know, men with tattoos are trying to demonstrate their strength, leadership qualities and courage. Ethnic, Celtic and traditional styles are usually used for cards. The meaning of playing cards on a man's body depends on the suit, as well as the meaning of the card that was used to create the sketch. In ancient times, the tattoo card on the body of a man was a symbol of sin and debauchery, blasphemy and immorality, so it aroused the condemnation of others, not enthusiasm.
Now, however, the attitude to the tattoo is more loyal, so the representative of the stronger sex, depicting on his body drawing with playing cards is not considered an outcast or an atheist. Tattoo cards in today's world is a great way to demonstrate your originality and sense of taste. The ace of spades on a man's body is a symbol of authority, power and leadership qualities, as it is the highest card in the deck (if 36 cards). The joker card (the highest card, beating even the aces) is no less attractive.
Ace of Diamonds on his back. Meaning in Prison.
About this symbol can be heard in the song "Golden domes" by Mikhail Krug. There are the following lines: "There was an ace of diamonds on my back, and became an ace of crosses in my feet." So what does this ace of diamonds mean? There was a flap in the shape of a diamond on the back of the prisoners' robes back in the times of the tsar's prison camps. This was done to make it easier to aim at a prisoner in case of escape.
The ace of diamonds on the back with the meaning described above had certain requirements. First, the flap to be sewn had to be different in color from the rest of the robe. In the Sakhalin convicts it was first yellow (the color of the Cossacks from the Amur River), and then it was made black. In addition to the ace of diamonds on the back, the convict's head was shaved halfway down and the letters on his forehead were burned into the skin ("KAT" - "convict", "hard laborer"). Later, of course, the branding was abandoned, leaving only the patch and the shaved head.
Tattoo cards for girls
Girls also do not want to lag behind fashion and use a tattoo depicting playing cards on their bodies. As you know, girls choose delicate sketches with bright colors and smooth lines to display their femininity, beauty and fragility in the picture. However, tattoo cards are not the most popular solution among girls. Usually they are chosen by bright and unpredictable girls, who apply the image of cards on the neck, hands or fingers.
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A tattoo is one of the oldest ways to "modify" the body. It is believed that drawings on the body began to be applied in the Neolithic era. In addition to this, Egyptian mummies were found dating back to approximately 2000 BC, the skin of which was covered with all sorts of patterns and ornaments. With the advent of Christianity tattooing came under a ban and was eradicated as an element of pagan rituals, so until the 18th century there was not a single tattooed person in Europe. However, the art was revived thanks to sailors. In 1769, James Cook, who returned from his expedition, brought an outlandish man from Tahiti to the old world. The Polynesian, who was known in his homeland as the Great Omai, was covered from head to toe with drawings. His body became the first tattoo gallery, admired by all members of the nobility and nobility.
Sailors who sailed to the shores of Tahiti under Cook's command saw the local natives putting pigment on their skin and eagerly adopted this tradition. They painted only certain designs on their bodies to protect them in long campaigns and naval battles. Not only that, if you know the meaning of certain symbols, you can determine where this person has been and what merits he can boast of.
The greatest number of tattooed sailors was in the United States. The highest concentration of them in the Navy came during World War II. The reason for such a large number of people with pigment under their skin is simple and somewhat reminiscent of the situation with bomber jackets and airplane fuselages. The command looked the other way, because all these young guys could have been killed the next day. If they feel more confident that they will put this or that drawing on their body, let them do it! Besides, tattoos, as cynical as they may sound, made it much easier to identify a dead sailor's body. Given that the bodies were often mutilated by fire or nibbled by fish, such a clue for pathologists was never superfluous.
For a Polynesian, the tattoo is like the book of life, it tells others how many enemies he has defeated and how rich he is (https://prikol.bigmir.net).
The story is almost the same with sailors as it is with Polynesians. If you can read these tattoos, you can learn a lot about his battle adventures (https://pennipete.wordpress.com)
The most popular symbol among sailors is the anchor. Originally in the Navy, it was thought to help resist storms, but over time this tattoo has become a sign of belonging to the Navy in principle (https://thebrigade.com)
A tattoo with an eagle over an anchor or over a sinking ship is called a "sailor's grave. This symbol is supposed to protect its wearer from shipwreck. The image of an eagle for a sea wolf carries the same meaning. In addition to its "protective" meaning, the eagle, like the anchor, is a symbol of the U.S. Navy (https://thebrigade.com)
A sailfish could only have been drawn on the body of a person who had passed the most dangerous part of the sea route in the world, namely the rounding of Cape Horn (https://selvedgeyard.com).
Three-masted sailing ships were most often stuffed. The three masts symbolized for the sailor the holy trinity: God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit. They were to protect the sea wolf in his wanderings (https://fottus.com)
The swallow, more rarely the sparrow, meant for the sailor a safe return to his native shores. This is due to the fact that swallows do not fly far from the coast (https://thebrigade.com)
"Rock of Ages" - images of this kind on the body of sailors were supposed to instill confidence in him. His faith is as strong as a rock, which means that God is with him and he keeps the sailor safe (https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com).
It is also believed that in the event of a shipwreck, the bearer of a tattoo with a cross has less chance of being eaten by a shark. In case the sailor dies, those who find him will know that he is a Christian and will bury him appropriately (https://www.tattoosnob.com)
The mermaid is a traditional character in maritime tattoos. It does not carry any particular meaning (https://thebrigade.com)
Gradually the place of the mythical mermaids was taken by images of women, sometimes quite explicit - after all, sailors, unlike members of other branches of the armed forces, could for months or even years, not see women at all! (https://selvedgeyard.com)
The portrait of the sailor's girl was meant to hasten the sailor's return from a voyage (https://thebrigade.com).
The "Hold" on the phalanges of the right hand and the "Fast" on the phalanges of the left hand were supposed to give the arms of a sea-wolf strength to hold on to the mooring ropes more firmly and to prevent him from falling overboard (https://rhinoden.rangerup.com).
While dolphin tattoos are now considered the destiny of the fairer sex, sailors believed such imagery brought good luck and helped them escape shipwreck (https://tattooideas247.com).
Shark tattoos were, accordingly, supposed to save one from a shark attack. It hardly worked, but sailors with such tattoos believed in it (https://hubpages.com)
After a sailor first crossed the equator, he had the right to get a tattoo of a sea turtle (https://www.tattoopinners.com)
Instead of a turtle, a sailor who crossed the equator and passed through the "court of Neptune" could boldly make an image of this god of the seas on his body (https://designoftattoos.com).
Many sailors who went on a voyage to Asia returned from it with a tattoo of a dragon. Having such a tattoo was very honorable (https://selvedgeyard.com).
The rose of the wind or compass is another common tattoo among sailors. Such images were supposed to ensure a safe return home (https://oddstuffmagazine.com)
"The guiding star, in fact, has the same significance for a sea wolf as a compass. After all, the right course, and therefore the sailor's life, depends on them (https://www.tattoostime.com)
Among the most unusual images on the body of a naval officer can safely include a rooster and a pig. It is not known exactly why, but it was believed that those who put these images on their feet could avoid shipwreck (https://www.misleddit.com)
Silhouettes or full-fledged images of the ships on which they had served were another favorite subject among sailors (https://www.tattoostime.com).
For some, the tattoo was a way to record the names of brothers-in-arms who were unlucky enough to return home alive (https://memorial-tattoo.tattooimages.biz).
Often the sailors tattooed each other themselves. The technique used was hand poking, which means the pigment was injected under the skin with a needle by hand, without the use of automation (https://www.tattoolous.com).
After receiving a shore leave, sailors were not only going to bars and brothels, but also to tattoo parlors, which incidentally have been around since the 19th century in the U.S. (https://www.pinterest.com).
Sailors loved and appreciated their tattoos. The photo shows a chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy. The photo was taken during World War II (https://40.media.tumblr.com)
Unfortunately, because of the conditions under which most sailors had to tattoo each other, the images are poorly preserved. Now sometimes even veterans themselves do not know what they once had depicted on this or that place (https://pixgood.com).
There is no such thing as a maritime tattoo in the Navy anymore. Sailors of the new generation often join the Navy with their own body pigment baggage. Or they tattoo whatever they want, disregarding centuries-old traditions. Now even officers can catch the "blue disease" and get a tattoo. Let's say, in honor of the 25th anniversary of service in the Navy (https://www.everytattoo.com).
You will not see such guys in the US Navy any more - since 2006 the US Navy officers are prohibited to cover their bodies with tattoos by more than 25 percent (https://www.pinterest.com)
The ban covers tattoos on the face, head and neck. In addition, images must not offend other sailors and officers in the Navy (https://naamapalmu.com)
All service members with "bad" tattoos should either have them removed at their own expense or pack up and go home (https://www.livescience.com)
The U.S. Navy may have lost its traditional art of body painting, but it has spawned an entire style in the civilian tattoo industry, now called sailor tattoo or old school tattoo (https://www.pinterest.com)
Tattoo cards in prisons
As you know, in prison, many ordinary and completely harmless tattoos have drastically different meanings, and they are mostly negative. As for the cards, they are used in the zone quite often, with their meaning depending on the suit and the meaning of the card. The cross is the suit for thieves in the law, and the spade is the symbol of thieves in authority. The diamonds are the gamblers, gamblers and cheaters. But the hearts suit has a special and most negative meaning, because in prison this symbol is applied to the body of people with a non-traditional orientation or the so-called "downcast".
Tattoo with the image of playing cards is popular not only in men's, but also in women's prisons. In principle, the meaning here is not much different, so the diamonds are also a symbol of cheaters, a cross and a spade - only for thieves, but the hearts are the reflection of those convicted of lechery (pedophilia).
The meaning of aces with different suits today
Of course, nowadays no one stitches a diamond on the clothes of prisoners. However, there are still tattoos of card aces in prisons, and each one has its own specific meaning.
Let's try to understand the meaning of tattoos with playing cards. It turns out that there are three versions of the origin of the cards. The first of them has Chinese roots. Although even today it has few supporters.
So in the eighth century, the Chinese used different sticks for games, and later strips of paper, on which they put different symbols. They were also used as money and because they had three suits at once - 1 coin, 2 coins, as well as many coins. The inhabitants of India on these cards and even depicted the god Shiva.
The second version of the origin of playing cards has Egyptian roots. According to her, once upon a time, the Egyptian priests all their knowledge recorded on special tablets, which are also depicted in the form of cards.
However, the main is considered the European version. According to it, the game cards appeared in Europe around the fourteenth century. In one thousand three hundred and sixty-seventh year in Bern, the game of cards was banned. A decade later you could see even monks playing cards.
In the year one thousand three hundred and ninety-two, the jester of a seriously ill king of France drew a deck of cards to amuse him.
It differed from the modern one only in that it had thirty-two cards. So there were no ladies. Their presence was superfluous.
Location and sketches of tattoo cards
Tattoos depicting playing cards are especially popular among people who love gambling. To attract good luck and fortune, men put the image of cards on their hand, with the sketch consisting of several cards, as if thrown into the game. If the tattoo of the card is not used as a symbol of good luck, and simply a decoration, then you can place it on any part of the body. For example, the fair sex prefer to place the image on the neck, shoulder blade or stomach, in more rare cases on the ribs or hands. As for men, they prefer big drawings, which are located on the collarbone, chest, shoulder or back. In general, the choice of place for a tattoo depends on pain sensations, personal preferences of the customer and the size of the sketch.
Tattoo cards are usually used to demonstrate their power and strength, leadership qualities and authority in society. In this case, the tattoos are performed in an aggressive manner, complementing them with skulls or blood splatter. Also in demand is the image of cards, seemingly drowning in flames. No less popular is the combination of cards with symbols of mortal sins or the devil himself. As for the girls, they use softer and gentler additions, such as berries, flowers, silhouette of a loved one. If we talk about styles, it is better to give preference to one of the following application techniques:
- New skool or old skool.
- Graffiti.
- Realism.
- Poker combinations.
- Ace of Spades.
- The queen of hearts is a female version.
- Cards with dice.
- Combination of cards with a bowling ball (usually choose a black ball with the number 8).
- Cards and chips - poker theme.
- Joker.
