Angelina Jolies Tattoos

Angelina Jolie is world-renowned mesmerizing beauty who is known for her amazing talent. She has always been in headlines for several reasons. But do you know that this beautiful star is a tattoo enthusiast and has more than dozens of tattoos on her body! Although many of her tattoos have been either removed or covered up over the years, most of her tats were done during her happy times and represent a diary of her life. So, let’s explore Angelina Jolie’s tattoos and their meanings.

Meaning: Angelina got a 12 inches long and 8 inches wide ‘Bengal Tiger’ tattoo inked on her lower back in 2004. This tattoo is inked by the tattoo artist, ‘Sompong Kanphai’ who blessed this tattoo with an ancient hymn. Angelina’s ‘Khmer’ tattoo is also inked by him. ‘The Bengal Tiger’ tattoo was done to commemorate her Cambodian citizenship. This tattoo was done in a traditional Thai Style in which a manual needle was used.

Earlier, She had an ‘ancient dragon with a window’ tattoo which is now modified with the ‘Bengal Tiger’ tattoo. The tattoo of the window symbolizes her search for being somewhere else. Later, she got it modified with the tail of the tiger as she believed that she has already found the place where she would like to be.

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Meaning: Earlier, Angelina had the Japanese word ‘Death’ inked on her left shoulder as a ‘reminder to live for herself’ which is now got covered by the ‘Khmer Script’ tattoo. She got ‘Khmer Script’ prayer inked for her son Maddox Chivan whom she adopted in 2002. She got this tattoo inked to protect her son from bad luck. In English, this tattoo means,

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.”

Meaning: Angelina got a large ‘cross’ tattoo to cover her previous ‘dragon with blue tongue’ tattoo which she got while on a trip to Amsterdam. It was a funky looking tattoo of a dragon with a blue tongue and she got this tattoo when she wasn’t in her senses and she soon regretted it. The tattoo was soon covered with a cross tattoo. Along with the cross tattoo, she got inked the phrase ‘Quod Me Nutrit Me Destruit.’

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She got this cross tattoo just a day before marrying Johnny Lee Miller in 1995. After getting this tattoo, she made a public statement and said,

Meaning: To cover the blue tongue dragon tattoo, Angelina got a large black cross with a Latin saying besides it. The saying ‘Quod Me Nutrit Me Destruit’ is inked with the cross which translates to

Meaning: The Roman numerals XIII (13) and a V MCMXL are inked on Angelina’s left forearm. Both the tattoos were inked separately, the number XIII was inked to show her disbelief in superstition and the date May 13, 1940, was tattooed in 2009. It was the day when ‘Winston Churchill’ gave the famous speech,

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Meaning: This is another cover-up tattoo that was inked to cover a matching ‘abstract’ tattoo which Angelina got when she was with her ex-husband Billy Bob. The word ‘determination’ in Arabic script is inked on her right forearm and according to Jolie it means ‘strength of will.’

Meaning: Earlier, Angelina Jolie had a dragon tattoo with her ex-husband Billy Bob’s name inked on her left arm.  The Billy Bob tattoo was lasered off in 2003 when they officially got divorced. After removing her ex-husband’s name removed, she made a public statement. She said,

I’ll never be stupid enough to have a man’s name tattooed on me again. It took 5 visits to the tattoo removal clinic to erase the dragon and you can still see it a bit.”

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Angelina had a dragon tattoo with her ex-husband Billy Bob’s name on it which she had got it removed with laser treatment

Meaning: This tattoo is inked about the subtitle of Tennessee Williams’ 1941 play ‘Stairs to the Roof.’ In an interview, Angelina made a statement regarding this tattoo. She said,

I don’t think I know one person who I think can be completely who they are, every second of the day, who feels completely free… So it’s kind of a prayer for everybody to find their happiness, to break out… Anything that makes us comfortable, those things are cages around us.”

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She got this tattoo inked in the presence of her mother who died in January 2007, after battling for almost 8 years with ovarian and breast cancer.

Meaning: Angelina got rune style ‘H’ tattoo which is a tribute to her brother, James Haven. Some also speculated that the tattoo was for her ex-boyfriend Timothy Hutton. Still, no public confirmation regarding this tattoo has been made by Jolie.

Meaning: Another letter ‘M’ is inked on the palm of Angelina’s hand and is a tribute to her mother Marcheline Bertrand,  who died in January 2007, after battling with breast and ovarian cancer for almost eight years.

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Meaning: Whiskey Bravo represents Brad Pitt’s initials. Both Angelina and Brad Pitt are licensed pilots and Whiskey Bravo are Brad Pitt’s initials in the aviation alphabet.

Meaning: This is a Buddhist Yant tattoo which is done by the Thai monk, Ajarn Noo Kanpai who especially flew from Bangkok to Cambodia to tattoo Angelia. Angelina was there in Cambodia for the shoot of her film. This tattoo describes the powerful virtues of Buddha that bring good luck, wealth, progress, and success in a career. This also wards off evil spirits and protects during the bad times of life.

Meaning: The Thai monk Ajarn Noo Kanpai especially flew from Bangkok to Cambodia to ink this tattoo on Angelina’s back. This tattoo consists of two Yants with the magical texts the meaning of which is only known to Ajarn Noo. Not only this, but he had also inked a Buddhist symbol on the stomach of Brad Pitt using the same ink. These Buddhist tattoos on Angelina and Brad were inked to symbolically bind them as husband and wife. However, the couple got separated in September 2016.

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Meaning: Tribal pattern tattoos have different meanings in different cultures. Generally, they are inked about family, respective cultures, and traditions. Just above her tribal pattern tattoo on her lower back, she had a dragon tattoo which she had got covered with the ‘Bengal tiger’ tattoo.

Meaning: She got this matching tattoo inked with her ex-husband Johnny Lee Miller. After their split in 1999, she had got this tattoo removed.

Meaning: As per the media reports, Angelina got a tattoo about her ex-husband Brad Pitt, but no information regarding this tattoo is available.Angelina Jolie’s tattoos are almost as famous as the movies she’s starred in, so naturally, fans are beginning to wonder if the humanitarian will get the one she has for estranged hubby Brad Pitt removed.

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The 41-year-old is no stranger to ink removal. She once had an Asian dragon with the name of her second husband Billy Bob Thornton above it, but got it erased after the pair broke up in 2002. “I’ll never be stupid enough to have a man’s name tattooed on me again, ” she said at the time.

Ironically, the location of the Billy Bob tattoo now features the ink dedicated to Brad, which lists the geographical coordinates of his birthplace, Shawnee, OK. At least Angie kept her promise to never have his name inked on her body!

The brunette beauty has a giant Bengal tiger on her lower back, which she got done in Bangkok in 2004 to celebrate her Cambodian citizenship. The tattoo artist, who used a manual needle, allegedly blessed the ink by chanting an ancient hymn.

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On her left shoulder blade, the actress has a Buddhist Pali incantation written in Khmer script, which was also done in Thailand. She originally got it to protect herself and adopted son Maddox from bad luck. The translation reportedly reads:

At the nape of her neck are the words Know Your Rights, which is the title of a song by The Clash, one of her favorite bands.

The Oscar winner has seven geographical coordinates on her upper left arm representing where each of her six children were born, as well as one for estranged husband Brad Pitt. The order goes:

Angelina Jolie Tattoos

On the inside of her right arm, the brunette beauty has the word Determination written in Arabic. It covers up ink she got with her ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton.

Angelina got the large cross on her pelvis done in 1995. It was all symbolic, and it was a good thing, nothing dark, she's revealed of the tat. Next to it is the Latin phrase, Quod me nutrit me destruit, which means, What nourishes me, destroys me.

On the inside of her left arm is the quote, A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages, which is the subtitle of Tennessee Williams' play

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Also on her left arm, the 41-year-old has the Roman numeral for 13. She allegedly got it done to show that she doesn't believe in superstitions. Later on, she had the numbers V MCMXL added, which translate to the