Talk:Derek Hale/@comment-68.232.67.225-20110828031805/@comment-Redleigh86-20110901012034

lmao! His tattoo does NOT mean love. The pre-Celtic symbol on his back is a triskele, or triskelion. It represents the stages of life, and the Celtic material existence (sky, earth, water). His version - with the continuous lines - can also represent reincarnation.

I don't know where you got that it means love - a quick google search led me to dozens of pages with basically the same definition I just listed, but none of them say "it means love."

Since it's not a real tattoo, but added to Tyler for Derek's character, it likely means something important within the mythology of the show. They're likely interpreting it as it's known in Celtic pagan culture (seeing as it's most present and well-known there) - I'm thinking it'll have something to do with magic and the forces of nature, or reincarnation.