So you are in Bangkok, Thailand for travelling, working, etc. and you’re interested to get a Sak Yant Tattoo. But there are so many designs are lots variations posted in the internet. What studio should you choose or what monastery should you go to get the tattoo.
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Before I explain the meaning of Hah Taew Sak Yant for you, I would like to explain what Sak Yant is. Sak Yant is a traditional Thai tattoo that has a cultural and spiritiual significance in it, Sak Yant is originally tattooed in a monastery by bamboo handpoke method and they are associated to positive attributes such as Luck, Charm, Safety, etc. However, at my studio No More Ink Tattoo, Bangkok. We only make Sak Yant by machine for the sharp lines and details and we do not do any rituals with our Sak Yant tattoo. We only tattoo for body art purposes.
Now you have the basic understanding about Sak Yant, I would like to introduce you to a very popular Sak Yant that has been well known around the world, even hollywood celebrities come to tattoo this Sak Yant, its called Hah Taew Sak Yant (5 line Sak Yant)
Hah Taew Sak Yant by Poon, No More Ink Tattoo, Bangkok, Thailand
Hah Taew Sak Yant is well believed for its spiritual power of protecting good people, if you are not behaving well or being a good person Hah Taew won’t protect you.
There are many variations of Hah Taew Sak Yant and each line has its meaning:
- Line 1: Helps with effects from bad fengshui, turn bad effects into good effects
- Line 2: Supports your luck when you have bad luck or situations in Thai fortune telling
- Line 3: Protects you from dark magic, hex, ghost, or dark objects
- Line 4: line of luck and success, whatever we do will be successful or prosper
- Line 5: line of Charisma, you are treated with kind by people you meet or surround you
Variations of Hah Taew Sak Yant
They are many variations in Hah Taew Sak Yant, depending on each monastry and each are called by different names. If you would like the standard Hah Taew Sak Yant, you can get it at my studio No More Ink Tattoo, Bangkok, Thailand. Book a free Sak Yant tattoo consultation with us.
(left) Partially Gao Yod Tattoo
(right) Chart Petch Sak Yant
Effects of Hah Taew Sak Yant Tattoo
Hah Taew Sak Yant is considered a very spiritual tattoo with many positive effects, it’s an all rounder Sak Yant that you can get.
Hah Taew Sak Yant Wrapped around Forearm
Prohibitions for male in Hah Taew Sak Yant
- You must not harm or abuse your parents physically or verbally, hurting your parents or make you parents feel bad verbally is a MUST NOT.
- You must not have an affair with other women especially women who already have a husband. But if the woman already broke up or divorce her husband that’s ok. Or you have intercourse with a woman that you found out she has a husband that is ok either.
- Do not disrecpect the master who made a Sak Yant ritual for you.
Prohibitions for female in Hah Taew Sak Yant
- Do not harm or abuse your parents physically or verbally, if you don’t follow this rule, you’re Sak Yant will not protect you.
Chanting for Han Taew Sak Yant
NA-MO-PUT-TOE SO-PA-KA-WA I-TI-PI NA-MO BUN-YA-RIT
I-TI-PI-SO PA-KA-WA SU-KA-TO AA-RA-HANG-SO-PI-TI-II
นะโมพุทธโธ โสภะคะวา อิติปิ นะโม บุญฤทธิ์ อิติปิโส ภะคะวา สุคะโต อะระหัง โสปิติอิ
It is believed to chant this for luck, protection from bad things and situations, protections from ghost dark magic, fixing fengshui, turn bad into good, supporting your career, having good luck, and successful if someone want to do bad things to you they will not succeed.
(left) Hah Taew Sak Yant
(middle) Gao Yod Sak Yant
(right) Chart Petch Sak Yant
This article my majority are researched and translated from https://www.thairath.co.th/horoscope/belief/2694713 for you to read in English
The information above if Thai traditional beliefs in Hah Taew Sak Yant, I believe people who act good, speak good, and think good will always have a good life and if you have a good Sak Yant tattoo is even better.
There are many Sak Yant tattoos on the internet that have the wrong design, even the scripts are purposely changed to make the people who copy the Sak Yant have the wrong one, lots of people get the wrong Sak Yant by tattoo artists who copy from the internet. If you are looking for a studio in Bangkok, Thailand that can do Sak Yant tattoo by machine and for sure has a correct version of Hah Taew Sak Yant. Welcome to my studio No More Ink Tattoo, Bangkok, Thailand. Book for your free Sak Yant consultation by visiting us, send us a booking form, or contact us vis Instagram Account ID: nomoreinktattoo or Whatsapp (+66)994352525.
Sarika Hah Taew Sak Yant
If you have any questions, I would be happy to answer you. If I don’t know the answer, I will find out the answer and answer you later.
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