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The date of origin of the anchor tattoo is unknown because of the difficulty to track tattoos ,however it is known that it was used mostly in the west coast once it began to increase in popularity in the 1900s. The very first appearances of the anchor as a symbol came around the time of creation of the christian religion. People would use the anchor to show a hidden cross, signifying that they were christian while hiding from persecutors. It was also a sign to show a persons faith towards his religion, showing that no matter how much they would try to be swayed by others, the faith in their religion would not move, like an anchor in the sea. During the beginning phases of which the anchor tattoo began to increase in popularity, the usual people with anchor tattoos were those that had worked as sailors or other jobs that were related to the use of an anchor. Some of these workers had the tattoo because of their devotion to their job, others were retired sailors or retired workers in a relevant field that had these tattoos to show their longing for the job they once had. Now, however, the demographic has greatly changed. People now have it for a variety of reasons other than the reasons of these workers.Some have it for the sole purpose of its aesthetics. Much of the time,however, the anchor tattoo serves to represent an aspect of a persons life which that person chooses to show, whether it's good or bad.

Symbolic meanings
Passing decades seem to fade away the original meaning of the anchor tattoo and new meanings have come to replace it. Some people use this tattoo as a sign of friendship.An aspiring rapper has come to think of the meaning of the tattoo in terms of friendship as showing that friends hold each other down when bad things happen. Another instance is that the tattoo personifies the anchor as one of the friends and the ship as another, showing that no matter how hard the waves may pull at the ship, the anchor will always be there to hold it back from doing something that may hurt the ship. This tattoo is very popular with friends all over the world.
 * Friendship

The tattoo is also used by couples in order to show their unwavering loyalty to both the people around them and to their loved one. Some couples will get matching anchor tattoos for this purpose. Some may be devoted enough to have the face of their boyfriend/girlfriend on the tattoo, but usually this is less common because of the great pain it takes to put an entire face on a tattoo. Usually they will just put a name on the inside of the anchor. The relationship between family members can often be overbearing, but sometimes family members can be very close together. Family members can get tattoos with other members of their family to show that their family is stable and that they have someone to lean on. In cases where a person does not particularly like their family, they can think of a friend as their family. It is not uncommon that these friends get tattoos which show that they have gone past friends and now they feel as if they are family.
 * Relationships
 * Family