What are there four of?

satai

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I'm trying to create a new tattoo for myself - I don't expect my sibs to join in (though one of them does have a tat, and the other is planning on getting one) but I want it to honor the four of us.

One born in winter, one spring, one summer, one fall


So, what are their four of (and only four of - not four or more, just four)?

I've got: seasons, tarot card suits, playing card suits, horsemen of the apocolype, beatles (not really what I was looking for, but hey, good thinking on my bud's part, right?), four leaves on a four leaf clover (esp. cute for its resemblance to the shamrock, an universal symbol of our birthplace, Ireland), four provinances (another Irish referance - Ireland's counties are divided into four provinances)....

Help us out?

If I get the tat, there are pics in it for you guys! (Awesome bribe, right?)

American refs are equally appreciated; we were all born as recognised citizens of both the US and the ROI, but it's harder (at least for me!) to think of American icons in terms of fours.
 

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The first thing that comes to mind is the Celtic Wheel of the Seasons.

I can't find any pics, but it's a Celtic knot cirlce made of interwoven tree branches, the foliage in each quarter represents each season (buds, leaves, red leaves and bare).
 

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went looking for images of the wheel of the seasons - i couldn't find any either...
but i found some really neat ones of the elements!
these are from candles
i think this is a print
this explains the elements
this one has writing readable from multiple angles - an 'ambigram'
this is a painting
this one is really pretty, but might be hard to render as a tat
there were lots more!
 
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