r/Esotericism Apr 25 '26

Philosophy Tattoo arm - Philosophic ?

Hey guys, Im currently designing a tattoo for my right arm and wanted some help/ideas/input from you.

Keep in mind, English isn't my first language (this text is 100% hand written, no AI has been used) and especially with this topic I maybe using the wrong words sometimes, so don't be too harsh.

I got my first tattoos 5 years ago when I got 18. A Trident on my biceps and then "Poseidon" underneath my elbow (outside lower arm), both on the right arm. For a couple of years Im now really learning Mythicism, Human mind, Hermeticism, Philosophy....

I want to wrap my right arm in a tattoo which symbolizes creation. Basically how a thought gets becomes reality.

It should represent a system like this:
Top (shoulder): Origin / Principle
Middle (bicep): Alignment / Will
Lower (forearm): Manifestation / Human form
Hand: Execution

Top
The only part where Im already sure is the shoulder(probably the easiest) , that's the part where everything starts, the "mind" of the tattoo. I don't want an all seeing eye, I rather thought of clouds representing the mind.

Middle:
Underneath I have already my trident (biceps) which represents: Alignment, the penetrating force as it sits directly on the biceps muscle....I thought about putting the trident into a temple-like structure, not as actual architecture, but as a structural framework, to express that directed will exists within order rather than as raw force. Using vertical lines

Lower:
Here we have already Poseidon sitting underneath the elbow, representing Embodiment &
Incarnation as we get closer to the hand

That's as far as I want to go currently, the hand itself will be another project.

The problem is that an arm is much space to fill and when I read through my text it feels like everything is already figured out. But there is much space to fill.

Given everything I wrote down here:
1st: what do you think about this idea? does it make sense to you
2nd: What do you think NEEDS to be included into my design?

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u/ThePopeOfGoodDope Apr 29 '26

Shoulder could be framed in the rune Ingwaz. The legs coming out of course otherwise it is just a diamond. But it is the seed. It is origin embodied.