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FEATURE
FEATURE | By Dan Miller
no hate. Try to live a life with love in your heart.”
The tattoo on Valentina’s left thigh is not from the
movie Pirates of the Caribbean, as some suggest when they
see it; it’s inspired by her astrological sign.
“I am on the Pisces-Aquarius Cusp,” says Valentina,
who was born on February 18. “I got this huge tattoo
which represents the line between—I think everything
has symbolism. Before I got it I looked up the
symbolism. It has the ocean and it comes from mystery
and the subconscious and spirituality. I got that for
water and the Kraken—the deepest creature in the sea—
the octopus is the guardian of the line between that and
the end.”
Valentina continues, “The ship that I have represents
man and creation and trying to discover where we
came from, where it all started, how we’re trying to
understand things. To me it represents the two—
spirituality and humanity—and then the line between
that is the guardian, the Kraken.
“We can only understand so much. It’s a choice to try
to find a better understanding of things but we never
will. It has Neptune on the ship for the symbolism of the
planet. To me it has to do a lot with Pisces, my sign. But
I was so young when I got this, too. Now I’m not very to
the core with that. It was just an idea I had and I liked
the symbolism of all of that.”
“THE SHIP THAT I HAVE REPRESENTS
MAN AND CREATION AND TRYING TO
DISCOVER WHERE WE CAME FROM,
WHERE IT ALL STARTED, HOW WE’RE
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THINGS.”
—GINA VALENTINA, 2017 BEST NEW STARLET NOMINEE
There is even more to the tattoo, she reveals.
“Secretly, the octopus has 8 tentacles and
8 is my favorite number. It’s also the infinity
number.”
Rising performer Honey Gold, who made her
porn debut in a BurningAngel scene earlier this
year, says there are a couple meanings behind
the baby owl on her left shoulder.
“Have you heard about how little baby owls
will fall out of the nest or get kicked out of the
nest? And they either survive or die? That’s
what happens to little baby owls,” Gold says.
“And I got this because an owl doesn’t only
represent wisdom but the fact that I kind of
relate to the whole concept of being kicked out
of the nest or falling out of the nest in regards
to my family. And I got this as a reminder to
constantly push myself and fight to survive.”
Her first tattoo, on her right forearm, is a
“compass rose” because Gold believes “for some
reason I feel like I never know where I’m going
but I always end up right where I’m supposed
to be.”
Meanwhile, the lotus medallion on Gold’s
right shoulder is also special to her.
“Everyone knows that a lotus grows in mud;
it doesn’t grow in beautiful circumstances and
this relates a lot to my past because I didn’t
have the best upbringing but I feel I’m still able
to thrive into something beautiful despite my
background and my circumstances,” Gold says.
Amia Miley, who was named Vixen Angel
Clockwise from top left, Gia Paige, Gina Valentina, Luna Lovely (photos
by Jeff Koga), Kleio Valentien, (photo courtesy Andre Madness)
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