Hand Tattoos

22. ‘Triangle’ Tattoo

Tattoo: The upper part of his left hand contains a tattoo design on it that comprises a triangle being cut by two lines and an arrowhead on the top of the two lines.

Meaning: The tattoo design on his hand is the Sigil of Lucifer, which is a design created for magical purposes and is known as the signature of Lucifer.

23. ‘L’ Tattoo

Tattoo: There is a large “L” tattooed in a very intricate font on the upper side of Brian’s right hand.

Meaning: The singer got this tattoo to show his love towards, and to honor his pet cat, Lily White who died in 2016.

24. ‘Love’ Tattoo

Tattoo: The side of his right hand contains the word, “LOVE” tattooed on it. There are also two dots and another double cross tattooed near the word.

Meaning: Manson got this tattoo as a tribute to the character of Buffalo Bill from the movie, The Silence of the Lambs.

25. ‘Solve Coagula’ Tattoo

Tattoo: The sides of his palms contain letters tattooed on it. His right one contains the letters that form the word, “SOLVE” and his left one contains the letters that form the word, “COAGULA”

Meaning: The words come together to form the sentence, “SOLVE COAGULA” which comes from alchemic reference, “Solve et Coagula” that means to dissolve and join together, just like he did to form his unique name, Marilyn Manson by dissolving together a sex symbol and a serial killer.

26. ‘Finger’ Tattoos

Tattoo: All fingers of the singer contain alchemic symbols tattooed on them.

Meaning: Starting on his right hand’s index finger, and moving towards his pinkie, the symbols represent, “Cinnabar, Arsenic, Black Sulphur, and Crocus Veveri”. The symbols on his left hand, starting from his index finger and moving towards the pinkie represent, “Mercury, Earth, Jupiter, and Phosphorus”. Alchemy is a branch of philosophy with the goal to create the philosopher’s stone which can turn metals into gold and also form the elixir of life.