How to Choose Sak Yant Design
Guidelines for Picking your Sak Yant Design
Choose Sak Yant Design that fit's your needs
Letting the Monk or Sak Yant Master choose your Sak Yant Design is one of the biggest myths out there. You choose your Sak Yant Design and the following guide will help you in this decisions.
First let’s clear up 2 myths to make the decision easier…
The Master chooses your design: This is not really the case. The purpose of a Sak Yant is to change a personal trait or life circumstance. There isn’t a Sak Yant Master or Monk who would think that after talking with you for 10-15 minutes – that they would know more about your life and what you need more than you do yourself.
Much better to show up for an appointment with a decent idea of what you desire. This is easily done from so much information available now online with regards to designs and meanings – you do not want to turn up to any master and show you have done no research or involved no thought in this process.
Sak Yant vs Bamboo Tattoos: Sak Yants are spiritual talismans tattooed onto your body by a holy man using ancient magic scripts, following a traditional ritual and charged with blessings after completion. A Bamboo Tattoo is a marketing gimmick by tattoo shops who do artistic replicas of the design that usually contains gibberish text, has no ritual or blessing and therefore no magic or spiritual significance.
In this article, we will explore what a Sak Yant tattoo is (compared to a Fake ‘Bamboo tattoo’ promoted by normal tattoo parlors), its history, meaning, and how to get one.
How to Choose Sak Yant Designs
Why do you want a Sak Yant Tattoo?
The primary purpose for a Sak Yant is as a magical aid to assist you in making your life better by changing a personality trait, or for protection against negative influence of situations life throws at you. You can really, only get a Sak yant for you, and not on behalf of other people you might wish to also have these qualities.
You may desire peace in your home, so to acheive this you will need to yourself have inner peace and calm which can influence others. Or maybe you want financial success at work, or safety in your travels, Courage, Luck, Bravery. Essentially a quality that will help with a specific problem you are having.
Another but less significant reason is as a display or sign of your respect for Thai culture and enjoyment of your time while you are in Thailand. For some people it is the symbolism of the Sak Yant as it relates to Thailand or Buddhism that has its appeal. Although you do not need to be a Buddhist to have a Sak Yant
If you were to turn up to a Sak Yant Master and be completely unaware of what the Sak Yant is, or why you want one, there is a chance that they will send you away to come back when you are more prepared.
The 3 Parts that make a Real Sak Yant Tattoo
1) The Sak Yant Tattoo Design
The essence of a Sak Yant tattoo lies in its design, each carrying unique meaning. Designs can be adjusted to include Kata (mantras) and Blessing elements. There are numerous designs from various Sak Yant lineages.
2) The Sak Yant Tattoo Khata
The Sak Yant master recites prayers while creating the design, filling it with intention. The Kata includes the text around the Sak Yant, often misrepresented online and corrected by the master to ensure only qualified practitioners can create them.
3) The Sak Yant Tattoo Ritual
A Sak Yant begins with an offering to honor the Master and Tradition. The final blessing, tailored to intentions, is given by an authentic Sak Yant Master trained in magical arts. Without this ritual, it is not a true Sak Yant.
The 3 aspects that make a Sak Yant is the design (or image), the magical text (or Khata) around it and the final blessing to charge the tattoo with magical power. It is important to note that almost all Masters when they release their designs online, will create it with meaningless text.
This is done to 1st prevent anyone not trained in magical arts (say like a tattoo Artist) from meddling in Spiritual practice they don’t understand or are qualified to do. The 2nd reason is because they know, the magical text is changed freehand by a Master to reflect the purpose and intention of the Sak Yant.
Many times (except with the 3 master Yants and some related to Buddha) you can select the image or overall design that you like and have the magical text changed to reflect a personal intention or desire. This is why it is important for you to know why you are getting a Sak Yant
Sak Yant Tattoo Protection Against
Dangers
Illness
Unwanted Spirits
Bad Luck
Physical Harm
Black Magic
Spells & Curses
Sak Yant Tattoo Personal Qualities
Invincibility
Good fortune and Luck
Avoid bad Habits
Attraction and Charisma
Power and Authority
Overcome Opponents
Comparison and Kindness
Getting Your First Sak Yant Tattoo Design
Typically your first Sak Yant Design will be one of Master Yant’s. These come (being master Yants) with a wide range of blessings that cover 95% of peoples desires .. are the
1) Paed Tidt (8 Direction)
2) Hah Taew (Five Line)
3) Gao Yord (Buddha Peaks)
Other, more complex and complicated Sak Yant designs such as animals and sacred geometry are seen as talismans for more specific issues. If you are a westerner who is looking for your first Sak Yant, 95% of the time it will be one of these 3 Sak Yant Tattoo designs. Because the purpose and meaning of these Sak Yant Tattoo’s are universal and all encompassing. Take the MMPI Online
How to Pick your Sak Yant Design - Putting it all together
The variety of personalization available with a Real Sak Yant Master and an authentic Sak Yant are wide and varied. There are many online resources that will have images of Sak Yant designs along with their base meaning. (Check our own below). Using this to get an idea of what design you wish is a helpful start.
The bottomline, is that you should choose or at least have input with the Sak Yant design, after some research of which designs cover what you desire. If you like the design the choice is easy, if you like another design, usually the magical text can be changed to represent what you want using the design you like.
When trying to decide what Sak Yant Design to choose it helps to have some knowledge of the designs and options available.
You can use our Online Design and cost book to find a design, it’s basic meaning and how much time it will cost.
Once you find a design you like, if the meaning attributed to it is ok with you – decision made. If you want to change the meaning that might also be possible.
