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🌙 Sigil Creation Masterpost ⭐

***Warning: This is a very long post***

So I just sent in my application for a new apartment today, and I realized an hour before work that I never did any type of magick to make sure the application got approved! With basically no time left before I had to leave for work, I was panicking because my likelihood of being approved is pretty if-y. Then, it dawned on me: I could make a sigil. 

Today reminded me of how much I love sigils. They’re really one of the quickest and easiest types of magick, yet they yield some of the most incredible results if utilized effectively. I realized, though, that I don’t have a post about them anywhere on this blog! So here goes. 

What is a sigil? 

A sigil is essentially an energy that has been converted into a drawing. You begin with an intention (ie: “My application is approved”, “I receive a large sum of money this week”, “I am safe and protected”, etc.). Then, you use your subconscious mind to shape that intention into a symbol. The symbol can take on any shape, any size, any color, any complexity or simplicity. Once you have crafted the sigil, it contains the energy of your intention. It can then be carried, burned, inscribed, worn, or any number of other actions which allow the sigil to attract your desire to you. 

How does it work? 

Everything in the universe is energy, in all planes of existence. The lower you descend through these planes, though, the more dense this energy becomes. In our physical world, energy is so dense that it presents the illusion of matter, of physical substance. 

Your conscious mind operates in this physical world, where energy is very concrete. This part of you is rational, cognizant, and usually in control of your actions. This is the part of your mind that moves through the world on a day-to-day basis and allows you to function as a member of society. Because this part of your mind is so caught up in your physical existence, though, it isn’t really able to perceive metaphysical energy. It buys into the illusion of physical substance, of matter, and prevents you from completely connecting energetically with everything around you.

Your soul, on the other hand, is a part of you that operates in higher dimensions where energy is very fluid. It completely disregards the illusion of physical substance and recognizes that everything around you truly is just energy. This is the part of you that creates art, that can feel love, that crafts your intuition, and that can manipulate the energies of the world around you.

Your subconscious is a special part of you, though, because it exists somewhere in between, mediating between your conscious mind and your soul and linking the two together. Your subconscious mind is therefore able to translate your thoughts and intentions back and forth between matter and energy, allowing you - among many other things - to perform magick.

In the case of sigils, your conscious mind creates an intention. Let’s say, “I need a new apartment.” You then take that intention and translate it into the language of energy using any number of techniques that harness your creative subconscious. When the process is finished, you have a unique symbol which represents that intention and contains its unique essence. You have essentially ‘converted’ your desire into a magickal energy. 

How do I make a sigil? 

There actually is no right or wrong way to create a sigil. When you are sitting in class or at work, bored out of your mind, and you start to doodle in the corner of a piece of a paper - you are creating a sigil. Your subconscious is taking an energy that your soul perceives somewhere and is expressing it in the form of a drawing. The process is as natural to us as breathing, really. Because everyone’s mind is unique, though, it will take some trial and error to figure out which method works best for you. 

1) Some people enjoy a very raw method. 

This involves a lot of practice with meditative states of mind. Essentially, you begin by breaking out a pen and paper. Stare at the blank paper in front of you, and hold your intention in your mind. Mull it over in your head. Truly try to visualize yourself accomplishing this goal. Then, when you feel that the intention is secure in your mind, pick up the paper and just begin to draw. Create squiggles or broad strokes, straight lines or nonsensical swirls. Do not think about your actions: just allow the pen to glide across the paper wherever it wants to go. 

Eventually, you’ll reach a point where the drawing feels ‘complete’. Once you reach this point, put the pen down and examine the drawing. Study each individual part. See what pieces you like and what pieces feel a bit off. Then, pick the pen back up, and re-draw your sigil. This time, though, tweak it to be slightly more pleasing. Fix the details that feel off. Repeat this process of redrawing and refining it until the whole thing feels ‘right’. The final product is your sigil. 

2) Some people prefer a more structured method. 

With the previous method, you are essentially plucking the sigil straight out of your subconscious with no assistance. For some people (including myself) this method can be effective but VERY time-consuming. I also have ADHD, and so it can often be difficult to invent a sigil from scratch - especially if I’m under stress or pressure. 

Therefore, I personally prefer this structured method. I know I’ve heard of this before from some source or other, but I’m unsure who originally invented it. I do know, though, that it is discussed extensively in The Chaos Protocols by Gordon White, which is where I was recently reminded of it. That’s a phenomenal book, btw, if any of you are interested in exploring practical chaos magick. 

Basically, this method allows you to tap into your creative subconscious while still giving your conscious mind enough of a task to keep it preoccupied. 

Begin by writing out your intention. This should be a complete sentence written in the present tense and in active voice. I have a new apartment. Large sums of money come to me. I am safe and protected. 

After writing down a phrase you feel comfortable with, cross out all of the vowels. Then cross out all of the multiple copies of letters. You will use what is left - a string of consonants - to create your sigil.

Ex: (Intention) I AM SAFE AND PROTECTED

(Remove vowels) M SF ND PRTCTD

(Remove double consonants) M SF ND PRTC

The final string of consonants to be used is then: M S F N D P R T C 

Once you have your string of consonants, begin arranging them into different shapes. Feel free to invert them, flip them upside down, stretch and contort them, overlap them, or whatever feels right. For your first draft, just try to figure out where each of the letters goes relative to the others. Create a diagram where every letter is used. Don’t worry, this first draft won’t be pretty, and it won’t feel complete. Just try to make it satisfying to you in that every letter is where it should be. 

Then, in your second draft, redraw the sigil. Stylize it this time, however. Allow the concrete shape of the letters to fall away, and tweak the details to make it feel pleasing. If a line would feel better as a curve, change it. If this piece should be longer, change it. If this part would be better with three dots and an arrow above it, change it. Keep refining it with however many drafts it takes until the sigil feels ‘right’. 

3) Some people prefer something different altogether.

There are an infinite number of other ways to create sigils. These are just two of the most popular that I’ve encountered. Some other very notable mentions include: 

Using a Sigil Wheel - Create a circle that is subdivided into 26 sections; label each section with a letter. Then, create an intention phrase. Once you have your phrase, take a pen and place the tip on the section of your sigil wheel that corresponds with the first letter of your phrase. Then, trace a pattern across the wheel from letter to letter, following the order of letters in your intention phrase. The final assortment of lines serves as your sigil. 

Using Kamea - Kamea (defined very loosely) is a Middle Eastern type of planetary magick. Basically, the belief is that every planet in our solar system has a spirit - a consciousness - attached to it, which can be appealed to for specific blessings. A ‘kamea’ is a unique square grid of numbers that is specifically designed to tap into the energy of each planet’s consciousness. Using different methods, a sigil can be crafted by using the numbers on the kamea, allowing you to tap into the energy of that spirit for help. I’m unsure of the methodology, but I’ve also heard of kamea’s being created for specific elemental energies as well as deities. 

Using Runes and Bind Runes - I have not used this process myself because I haven’t worked extensively with Germanic and Nordic magickal systems. However, I do know that this is a very popular type of sigil magick, especially on tumblr. Runes are a type of language originating in Germanic and Nordic cultures several thousand years ago. They are one part literary system, one part magickal system. I don’t know the full mythology, but I know that in some beliefs, the runes were created by Odin after receiving inspiration from the source of all things. Each rune is a vastly complex magickal energy which represents an energy current in nature. These runes can be utilized individually or in conjunction with each other (known as a bind rune) for a plethora of purposes, including in sigil magick. 

How do I activate and use a sigil? 

The final important step in sigil creation is activation. Once you have translated your intention into a magickal symbol, you have to imbue it with a magickal charge so that it can begin attracting your intention to you. There are literally dozens and dozens of different ways to activate a sigil. Whichever one you use will depend on personal taste more than anything else. 

Meditating with the sigil and charging it with your energy the old-fashioned, chaos magick way

Leaving it out in the sunlight or moonlight 

Letting it sit near some plants

Imbuing it with crystal or herb energy

Passing the sigil through smoke

Focusing on the sigil during orgasm

Literally any other method you can think of - there is no wrong way. 

After the sigil has been activated, it is now charged and ready to do your bidding. This is where different schools of thought begin to break away from each other. No one can completely agree on the BEST way to use a sigil, so experiment, and see what works for you! 

Some people believe you have to burn/rip up/destroy the sigil after activating it, which will release its energy and allow your intention to manifest. 

Some people believe you have to hold onto the sigil and feed your energy into it until your intention manifests.

Some people believe you have to put the sigil somewhere that you can see it everyday, but in order for it to manifest, you have to wait until - one day - you forget what the sigil was even originally for. This belief suggests that, once you have forgotten the sigil’s purpose, its energy has left the piece of paper and is now actively manifesting in the real world. 

Like I said, see what works best for you, because there really is no wrong way to perform this kind of magick. Make it personal to you! Give it your own style. And have fun with it, because this is definitely one of the types of magick that really allows you to express your creativity. 

Brightest blessings, and best of luck 🕉

Drawing Sigils: My Way

Dedicated to the anon who asked, thank you~ <3

 My sigils are basically just a variant of the Witch’s Sigil Wheel. I’ve just added my own flare to it. If you don’t know what that is, it’s this thing, you kind find pictures of it on google pretty easy.

The first thing you’re gonna want to do is come up with your phrase. This will set the sigils intention. We’re gonna use the phrase “The Earth keeps me safe” for this example. Once you’ve got that figured out, pick out the words that are most important to you. We’re going to use “Earth” and “Safe” as our keywords.

(note: traditionally letters that are doubled are taken out, and only single appearing letters make the points.)

Next thing you’re gonna do, is draw lines from one letter to the next. You’ll be making separate lines for each word. Feel free to curve some of these lines, but i think it looks like a mountain or a crystal so we’re gonna keep it c:

And then the next word.

This is really starting to look like a crystal in my eyes! Now it’s time to add some flare. One thing I like to do is add circles around letters that have multiple points on them. And I add crossing lines to any other line that doesn’t have an angle or connection.

To really long lines, I like to add another line parallel to it.

The last part, make it personal! Add some sort of your own flare to it.

I played around with the crystal idea that I was getting, and added things to make it look sparkling and an arrow in the middle to represent protection. 

Lastly I like to keep my sigils in circles, but feel free to skip this step and call it done! Here’s what I came up with!

If you make one, please reblog with a picture! I’d love to see ^u^ Hopefully this helps.

All the main holidays for ya witchy soul~ each have different goals and activities. Celebrating these holidays can give you an extra kick in all sorts of different spellwork ✨ which is your favorite? (Mines Samhain cause it’s the one holiday where I feel most comfortable being myself)

WITCHY DESIGNS STORE: https://www.redbubble.com/people/lavendulamoon?asc=u

“I Can See It All”

Draw this sigil on yourself to grant yourself enhanced perception of things. If you sleep with this in or under your pillow you may have prophetic dreams.

“Luck Is On My Side”

Carry this with you to, well, have luck on your side!

“Chill The Fuck Out”

I’ll be honest, I originally made this sigil as a joke, but it probably could be useful anyway. Carry this with you or burn it with your loose incense when you need to take a moment to chill the fuck out. Or draw it on a picture of somebody that needs to chill the fuck out.

“Have Nightmares Of Me”

Made for my own use, but am happy to share with all of you.

Draw this on a picture of your target and keep it in a dark place. When you feel enough is enough, crumple or rip up the picture/paper and flush it down the toilet. Or if you’re doing it all digitally (as I will be) just delete the file. Charge it every Saturday.

Making a sigil out of this intention 🙈🙈

me, a witch: may i offer you a good vibe in this trying time?

🔮🌸Quartz🌸🔮

Clear Quartz 🌸

. Clear quartz is one of the most useful items used in Witchcraft, its an easily obtained stone and is very cost effective! The great thing about clear quartz is that its an amazing all purpose stone that can be used for almost anything.

. Quartz helps enhance psychic ability and boosts energy. With that being said it also absorbs negative energy so its important to cleanse clear quartz after use.

Rose Quartz 🌹

. Just like clear quartz it boosts energy and stores energy but its also used for self love, emotional healing and to boost your self-esteem.

. Its another popular stone that is used in the craft and again a small tumbled piece is very cost effective. I take one around with me in my bag all the time but also remember to cleanse this one regularly 😊

Smoky Quartz 🔮

. My personal favourite out of them all is smoky quartz. Its grey/brown in colour and is mostly used for grounding. Its a crystal that is great for keeping you on track with your goals and intentions.

. Great for manifestation work and clarity when obstacles are put in your way.

Tourmalinated Quartz ⚡

. Contains healing properties of both clear quartz and black tourmaline. The mix of both these two minerals creates a powerful healing energy that works together to restore harmony and tranquility.

Cleansing your Quartz🌙

Some of the methods I use are;

. Moonlight

. Incense Smoke

. Salt

. Salt water

. Candle light

🌜Always check which Crystals are safe to put in water/salt water and salt! 🌛

Witchcraft is a Skill: Reminders

🔮That means it requires work and effort to get good at it.

🔮Just like you wouldn’t expect yourself to become a master violin player or a master chef in a short period of time, don’t expect to be immediately amazing at witchcraft.

🔮Some people have innate abilities that help them learn skills faster, but that doesn’t make them any better than someone who takes longer to learn. And even those with innate abilities have their weak spots and struggles.

🔮The more you practice and study, the better you will get at it. Just go at your own pace, be proud of your progress, and focus on improving your weak spots.

🔮Don’t beat yourself up if you can’t practice as frequently as you’d like. Do what you can and do your best.

🔮Sometimes witchcraft is difficult. That’s normal. Overcoming these challenges instead of quitting will improve your craft. Embrace challenges.

🔮If something in your craft isn’t working, try something new.

🔮There is always, always something new to learn. Never lose that initial spark or excitement that made you practice witchcraft in the first place. If you find yourself getting bored, try to specialize in a certain area. Research lore. Develop your own UPG.

Kitchen Witch Types

Are there different kinds of kitchen witch?

Haute Cuisine Witch: Master of the highest types of cuisine. Uses ingredients you've never heard of, but now can't live without. Can flambe in their sleep. Black truffles. Boxed pasta is an insult to their honor.

Baking Witch: Can make anything from muffins to creme brulee from scratch. Sacrifice to the Gods before making croissants. Flour in their hair. 90 aprons. Makes THE best ganache. Doesn't own self-rising flour. Can whip up dough to proof faster than you can blink. Surprisingly string from all that kneading.

Comfort Food Witch: What most people think when they hear kitchen witch. Wand is a wooden spoon. Pie on the window sill. Makes extras to nibble while cooking. Hufflepuff. Try the mac & cheese. Creative, but there are some recipes you don't mess with. 10 aprons, only wears one. Salt over the left shoulder. Familiar gets people food. Family recipes are hereditary witchcraft.

Ale Witch: The Original Witch (tm). Has a pointed hat for shits and giggles. Wears cute scarves and kerchiefs to keep their hair out of the brew. Honors and thanks the yeast before pitching. Brews intentions into their beers. Their cauldron is their steel brew kettle; their wand is their steel spoon. Crossover between a kitchen witch and an alchemist. Sage can't purify the bacteria out of my fermentor, Sabrina!

If I were an archeologist I'd use as many cursed artifacts as possible and watch the curses fight each other to see whatever the hell happens just for funsies.

Full moon dates for 2020 🌕

January 10th

February 9th

March 9th

April 8th

May 7th

June 5th

July 5th

August 3rd

September 2nd

October 1st

October 31st

November 30th

December 30th

it’s ok to disappear for a lil while and get your shit together.

odd little spells and charms

- light an incense related to success or money drawing and pass your resume through it’s smoke to promote job success (be sure to be actively searching for work). leave on your altar and let the incense burn out

- whistle for a breeze on a hot or stuffy day

- twirl your index finger, visualizing the minute hand of a clock moving quickly as you do so to promote time going by quickly, then snap your fingers and visualize the minute hand moving ever so quickly. for better effectiveness try not to keep track of time.

- charge a face mask under moonlight and then use it the next day for glamour magick. try a rose face mask for a loving aura, etc

- if you work retail or any other business that requires or promotes surveys, buy a green marker, charge it, and use it whenever you need to circle the survey on a customer’s receipt to promote positive surveys in your name (be sure to write your name as well)

- write a wish on a bay leaf and safely burn it 

- utilize dry and fallen candle wax on the table you’ve managed to get off by poking a small hole enough to fit a ribbon through it and then drawing a sigil on it, best if the sigil is related to the color. You can hang these around your room and charge them as well.

- hold a pair of sunglasses in your hand and affirm, “no one shall bother me when i put these on, and i will not be noticed” and then obviously put them on. good if you do not want to be bothered as you walk, on the train, etc.

- a simple glamour for an intimidating gaze: visualize a black aura around your eyes, and feel your gaze getting stronger and stronger. believe that you have a sharp and intimidating gaze. this is good to help you stand your ground during arguments, etc.

EVEN MORE SPREADS!!!

~ tarot spread intended for self reflection ~

Essentials for every witch’s garden 😊 xoxo Caris Selene

Dream Journal Template

You’ve probably heard of a dream journal and that you should probably keep one. If you are able to, it is indeed a great idea. Not only is it a great first step for lucid dreaming, but it is also a great way to find any patterns between certain dreams and certain happenings in your life. However, if you have a hard time remembering your dreams or don’t know where to begin in documenting them, feel free to use my template! You can find the PDF (along with some of my other resources) here!

Hermes worshippers/devotees truly just: reblogs picture of road and tags it with Hermes