Emily writes,
I’m a physics major that’s going into planetary science and I’ve always been in love with the planets and stars. I actually have two science tattoos. One is the astronomical symbol for Jupiter, my favorite planet, and one of its biggest moons Io. The other one is my favorite constellation, Orion. I chose both of these because I’ve been fascinated by the universe and all it holds since I was really little.
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"Celebrated curiosity monger"
Carl Zimmer writes about science regularly for the New York Times and magazines such as Discover, where he is a contributing editor and columnist.
He is the author of twelve books, the most recent of which is Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed. His website is carlzimmer.com and his address is blog at carlzimmer dot com .
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August 11th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Shouldn’t Orien’s belt have been where Emily’s belt would be? (And what happens when she’s in the Southern Hemisphere? Does she have to walk on her hands?)
May 21st, 2009 at 8:09 pm
That was a really cool idea. A kind of a tattoo with a very small risk of ever regretting to have done
Good luck with the physics, an excellent field to study 
May 26th, 2009 at 2:08 am
I have orions belt in freckles and moles on my chest, but its upside down.
Love those stars
December 11th, 2011 at 12:59 am
I have the whole constellation of Orion on my left arm but its freckles. Its really cool because I’m taking an Astronomy class and we just studied the constellation Orion. Some of the interesting facts I learned was that Orion was called the white tiger by the Chinese and thats been my favorite animal since I was a little kid; And the fact that the scorpion Scorpio killed Orion makes it even cooler because I’m a Scorpio. It’s a pretty cool but weird coincidence