Create Incredible Sigils for Your Magic

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I love me a good sigil.

I use them quite often, and in a lot of different areas in my practice. They are on the floor under the beds, on the door frames leading into the house, on the underside of my altar, on the light switches, on candles, on stones, in my makeup routine… sigils are everywhere!

There’s so many different ways to creating your own, but first, let’s discuss what a sigil is and why you should be using them (or rather, why I do).

I found this in my BOS from all the way back in 2015!

What is a Sigil?

Google defines sigil as an inscribed or painted symbol considered to have magic power. As a witch, I want to expand this definition a bit further: a sigil is a purposely created symbol of intent, which thereby becomes magick.

Usually, these symbols are untranslatable and indiscernible to anyone but the creator. Unlike symbology in religious art, for example, that speaks to anyone who knows the material, sigils are esoteric– purposely meant to be secretive.

Jan Van Eyck is well known for symbolism. Painting: Arnolfi Portait 1434

Because of their personal attributes, their uses are as widely varied as the witches creating them. From protection, to love, to everything in between, a sigil can stand in for anything you want it to.

I equate it to a candle in practice. The wax itself isn’t magick, but instead a tool and amplifier for my own; while it burns, it’s sending out my intention in the form of flame and energy. However, the caveat is that it stops working once it’s out. A sigil isn’t extinguished until it’s erased, therefore, it’s always working– perfect for magick that needs constant energy!

How I use them

The type of sigils I use are what my son calls “power stamps”.

Like little blasts of magick, each sigil around my house is an anchor for certain intentions. Once they’re in place, they act as subconscious reminders to realign my intentions with those symbols. There is no active participation on my end, it all happens in the nanoseconds it takes my brain to see, recognize, and then interpret the images before it. Since those images have meaning, ones I’ve personally prescribed to them, my brain takes that information and begins the process of adjusting its thinking, perceptions, and mindset to it.

It’s literally subliminal messaging, in my case.

Therefore, while I know there are many witches who burn their sigils to send out the energy, I’ve never had any luck with that practice. However, like with anything on this blog, if you wish to use it that way, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. In fact, I beg you to try as many different and creative techniques with your sigils as you can think of– the more personal you get with them, the more energy and magick they have!

Where I use them

Since my sigils are basically magickal programming, I use them in varying locations.

If it’s a problem with something I need constant reminding of, for example my self-confidence, it’s out in the open where I can constantly see it. I have one in the bathroom, on my light switch, that represents Beauty to remind me that when I look in the mirror not to focus on the negative aspects of my reflection.

credit: Parema Getty Images

The opposite use I have for them is unseen, whereby they amplify the intention of an action. An example of this would be the ones I have under each bed. Dreams, in my belief, aren’t only mediums for spirit and psychic communication, as well as vehicles for inter-dimensional travel, they are also therapeutic expulsions of psychological traumas, thoughts, and issues. When we lay down at night, we always have the intention of sleeping well and waking rested, however, with all the dreams entail, that can sometimes be difficult. The sigils under our beds reinforce in our subconscious that we exist, physically, in a safe space– protected from the energies of whatever may come up in sleep. It reinforces, quite literally, the idea that we want to rest happily– making it easier to detect, while dreaming, instances that would disrupt that.

Specifically, in this instance they are a subliminal trigger to lucidly examine nightmares, unintentional projections, and “visitors” all while remaining asleep.

The Making of the Sigils

How you create your sigils is up to you, and again, I highly encourage you to play around with doing so to make them as personal as possible! I will show you a few examples I’ve used over the years, but let this only serve as a guide for your creativity, not a gospel. I created a PDF for the Wheel of Fortune Template and the Secret Code for you:


The Wheel of Fortune

I can’t remember where I learned this method as it’s been eons, now. However, I have seen it replicated all over the internet, so you might have already seen it. It’s definitely not my original creation, but it is one of the first methods I learned years ago.

In this process you create three circles, and then divvy up spaces to account for the 26 letters. Using a word you’ve ascribed to your intention, we connect the letters until the word is formed. The resulting image, or lines, are now the sigil representing that intention.

You have two options here, to either create from the center or end at the center. To me, when and if I use this method, I choose depending on what I want the sigil to accomplish. If it’s attracting something, I create from the center. If it’s repelling something, I end in the center.

In Practice

If you have it accessible, creating your sigil on tracing paper means you can have a master copy of the circles– saving trees, ink, and your sanity!!

Once you have your circles ready, it’s time to create the sigil. Again, even here there’s many ways to do this. I’ll give you three examples.

  1. Create a Power Word that describes the purpose of the sigil
  2. Write a Sentence and redact all duplicate letters
  3. Write a Power Word and redact all the vowels and duplicate letters

Whichever method you choose, you’ll then begin with the first letter and draw lines to each subsequent letter.

courage sigil

Once the word has been formed on the circle, you have your sigil. It won’t be pretty, necessarily, but it will be powerful. You can either keep it as is, use it as base for more flourishing, or simplify it by deleting lines. However you choose to create is the right way!


The “What’s It Mean” Method

This method is my favorite and own personal creation. I’m going to try to explain how it works, but bear in mind that my brain is messy– so it might not make as much sense as I hope it to.

I am fascinated with Renaissance Art, particularly that of Leonardo Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Botticelli and Jan van Eyck. What has always resonated with me is their inclusion of hidden symbology

I even created a sigil for my physical insecurities this way! It’s the one that now resides on the light switch in my bathroom!

When creating these sigils, I always use abstract ideas to create something powerful. In the above case, I wanted something to represent beauty. Likewise, in my bedroom, I have a small little sigil on the lightswitch which I created to mean happy bedtime.

They’re unique to me, and only me, and will never be reproduced by anyone else unless they’re seen. This to me is more magickal than any other method because it’s mine. I can be as simple, or as dramatic, as I like– and it’s still extremely potent because it was not only created with my intention, it is symbolic of it.


The Starry Night Method

Even though I named this version after one my favorite paintings, I rarely ever use it. However, for you, it might become your go-to, so that’s why I’ve included it.

Using astrological symbols, such as the planet signs or zodiac, and a power word, the two are combined to create a unique marking with intense energy.

For example, if I were to want more communication, I’d choose Mercury and the power word: Speak.

After that, I simply use another method (like Wheel of Fortune or “What it Means”) to change “speak” into a symbol and place it directly over, or incorporated with the sign of Mercury.

Of course, even if using the same word, everyone’s would look different because everyone will want different flair and such. As long as it resonates with you, it’s perfect.


The Number Method (with Circles and Dots)

The next two methods aren’t ones I’ve ever used for sigils, but I did used to use them in school to pass along secret notes to my friends! But, how awesome is it to think those notes were symbols of power by themselves? Meant to encourage friendship and bonds, even our silly little codes back then could have easily passed for sigils!

This method is super simple: choose a number from 3 through 9. Create a box where each number has its own column, then insert the alphabet into those columns. Either using your whole word, or just the consonants, find each letter and transcribe the number for it separately.

My word, in this example is Grow.

Now, you can either just use the numbers as a sigil, or if you’re like me and want something extra, make odd numbers circles and even numbers dots! The number references how many.

Even though I don’t use this method, I think I might be incorporating it in the near future. The resulting Circle and Dots symbols remind me very much of Doctor Who and I love that!


The Secret Code Method

Just like the above method, I don’t use this one. But, again, I used it to pass notes along in school. When you have a habit of losing things, keeping secrets invisible to snooping is imperative!

I used to use what is called the Pigpen Spy Code, and I think it’d be super cool to use with sigils.

Create a board like below, with two boxes consisting of four lines and two crosses. Then place the alphabet into the open spaces between the lines.

Each letter is represented by the lines that touch it, as seen in my example with the word Magick.

You can either keep it flat in the same format as we write words, as I’ve done, or combine it somehow to make a glorious symbol all your own! Either way, I think like the number method, this one will start getting some use in my practice!


Which method is your favorite? Would you like to see a post on all the places I use my sigils? Where do you use yours?

Until next time, my friends…

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