Pleiades in Tattoo?
While watching White Rabbit on DVD I noticed that when John rescues Jack from his fall over the cliff and he and John are laying on the ground together looking a bit like the Gemini twins. In the same episode there was also a discussion between Kate and Claire about astrology where Claire asked Kate if she was a Gemini. When I saw the tattoo on Jack's left forearm I dropped the Gemini conjecture and I came here to look up any possible information on the forearm tattoo.
I found the much better image of the tattoo and noticed that there were six stars visible in the tattoo, but after blowing up the image I saw what looks to be a seventh star just peeking out of his sleeve. Could these stars represent the Pleiades, a constellation of significance in ancient Egyptian mythology? I haven't had time to do much research on them but apparently they are highly significant to the ancient Egyptians. They present one of the trials the soul must pass to enter paradise and may also be associated with birth and midwives. I talked to a friend about my discovery and she said the the Pleiades were also used as a test of vision in ancient times, people with good vision can see more stars in the constellation. She also said that the Pleiades were significant in Greek legends as well as other ancient cultures.
I haven't gone any deeper into their possible significance and am not 100% sure the stars in the tattoo are the Pleiades, but the symbolism seems too good to be nothing more than just another coincidence. I'm still quite unsure about the rest of tattoo but I think it might be time to move some of the information on this discussion page into the article itself to help generate more interest and have more eyeballs looking at it.--OolonColluphid 16:22, 17 July 2007 (PDT)
Jack's Tattoo
Today, while watching Man of Science, Man of Faith, during Jack's speech in the caves, he lifted up his arm and I saw different tattoo. Should it be included in the article? ODK Talk Sandbox 18:40, 21 September 2006 (PDT)
Was it the same arm or in the same spot?--Tricksterson 10:58, 23 September 2006 (PDT)
- No he has one under his arm as well as on his shoulder area.--CaptainInsano 10:59, 23 September 2006 (PDT)
- These tattoos also appear in two scenes during A Tale of Two Cities. Cbodine 14:23, 21 October 2006 (PDT)
- Are we putting these in the main article? I think we should, in a subsection. -- Contrib¯ _Santa_ ¯ Talk 20:22, 13 March 2007 (PDT)
- In "Par avion" the tattoo can be seen when he is playing ball with Tom, someone could post an image or explanation on it... Leshnah--Leshnah 16:46, 15 March 2007 (PDT)
- In "One of Us" this tatoo is also visible (really) in the end when Jack gives the stuff to Juliet at the beach.
Here's a link to a photo from "Men's Journal" magazine. Cbodine 11:13, 12 May 2007 (PDT)
Translation in Stranger in a Strange Land
In the episode Stranger in a Strange Land, Isabelle gives the translation as something to the effect of "he walks among us but he is not one of us". Have they changed the characters on his arm, or is this a purposeful mistranslation? --Bantab 20:40, 21 February 2007 (PST)
Tattoo timeline
Did anyone catch at the end whether it was Jack's current tattoo or just part of it? And was it implied in "Count to Five" that the 5 on his tattoo is a result of the story he told? --Jackdavinci 11:17, 22 February 2007 (PST)
Jack's red tattoo
I've just started to watch all the episodes over again...
In episode 3x13, a lot of us Lost-fans noticed a "red-ish" tattoo just above Jack's elbow. Yesterday when I watched ep 1x01 I saw something really great.
After Jack has helped all the people from the crash and he goes to a remote area, he takes of his shirt to treat his own wound. Jack raises is left arm over his head and *bang*, you get a pretty good shot of his tattoo. Time mark: 09:34 on a R2 DVD. So far, this is (probably) the best shot yet of this "red-ish" tattoo... --Kinetix
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And in ep 1x20, the tattoo is visible again. As Jack starts is bloodtransfusion, there's a shot of the tattoo where it is semi visible. --Kinetix 10:19, 28 March 2007 (PDT)
I'm really surprised it stayed so well unknown for such a long period of time. Thanks for catching the old ones, as I was wondering if it was something he received post-otherville. Hooper talk contribs email 10:21, 28 March 2007 (PDT)