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🔯 Sigil Making

Turn an intention into a symbol, charge it, and let it go.

A sigil is a symbol you design to hold one specific intention. The modern method comes largely from the British artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare, in the early 1900s.

The idea: your conscious mind is full of doubts ("that'll never work"). By turning your intention into a symbol that no longer looks like words, you slip it past the doubting part of you, so it can work quietly underneath.

Making, charging and releasing a sigil

Writing your intentionStep 1: say exactly what you meanEvery sigil starts with a clear sentence: specific, positive, and in the present tense, as if it's already true.Read more →The letter methodStep 2: boil it down to its lettersCross out every repeated letter in your sentence (and the vowels, if you like), then weave what's left into one symbol.Read more →Automatic drawingLet the symbol find youHold your intention in mind and draw freely for a few minutes. Somewhere in the scribbles, your sigil appears.Read more →Charging your sigilStep 3: give it energyOnce it's drawn, a sigil is charged: filled with focused energy by gazing at it, breathing on it, moonlight, candlelight or fire.Read more →Releasing your sigilStep 4: let it go and forget itAfter charging, destroy or hide the sigil and try to forget about it. Letting go keeps your doubting mind from getting in the way.Read more →Sigil timingChoosing the momentMatch your sigil to the moon (new for beginnings, full for power, waning for release) or to the day of the week.Read more →

A note on ethics

Sigils are for shaping your own life: your confidence, your habits, your healing, your goals. Moon & Moss doesn't help with sigils meant to harm or control another person.

Sigil work is a focused intention practice, not a guarantee of any outcome. If you burn a sigil, use a fireproof dish, keep water close, and never leave flame unattended.

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