The anchor tattoo is very symbolic and his a rich history behind it. The ancient Romans believed the anchor was what secured the ship from being consumed by the ocean. In the early 1900’s American sailors would come back home and get an anchor as a rite of passage. Many people apply this to their life spiritually by looking to the anchor as a symbol of stability. The stormy motif is used to represent the stormy seas of life but that there is also something to help hold everything in place
