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New Sigil: “I create balance and harmony amid turbulence and chaos”

It’s safe to say that we live in unbalanced and precarious times. We’ve seen the entire world grind to a screeching halt, reminding everyone just how vulnerable we, as a species, really are. Long-neglected inequities and injustices are now plain to see, uncovering deep wounds that can no longer be denied. The next few years will likely be among the most unpredictable, chaotic, and turbulent in modern history.

A sigil is a work of art. It is a statement of intent. This sigil seeks to remind us that if we want lives filled with balance and harmony, we have to create them for ourselves.

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New Sigil: “My true power comes from within”

It’s easy to forget just how powerful we are. Every story you’ve ever heard, every idea that has shaped your thinking, and every innovation that has improved the world came from the same wellspring. It’s inside all of us. Yes, even you.

Your true power glows from within. It always has, and it always will. There’s nothing supernatural about it, because it’s as natural as the blood pumping through your heart. There’s no one you need to pray to in order to access it, and you owe no debt to anyone to use it. It’s yours, and you can use it however you like.

This sigil seeks only to remind you of this simple, obvious truth.

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New Sigil: “I find hope and serenity in the flow of my life”

Existence has a tendency to move at its own pace. It may roll slowly at times, lazily bubbling forward with no great urgency. At other times, it may roil and churn with the ferocity of a whitewater rapid. It’s not something we typically have direct control over, but this doesn’t mean that we can’t seek out moments to enjoy along the way.

This sigil speaks to the value of appreciating those quiet moments that happen as life flows through us.

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New Sigil: “What a Year for a New Year!” 

One of the unsung classics of modern holiday music is Dan Wilson’s indie rock New Year’s anthem “What a Year for a New Year,” which first came to my attention via the 2002 compilation album Maybe This Christmas. It’s kind of an “Auld Lang Syne” for the Gen-X crowd, and it really resonated with me from the first moment I heard it. It’s also a song that has special relevance this year, as we all try to put the dismal time that was 2020 in our collective rearview mirrors.

So here’s a sigil with that in mind.

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New Sigil: “My actions are guided by kindness, compassion, patience, and tolerance “

As we rebuild the world, we’ll have some tough decisions to make. We’ll be tempted to do what’s easy, rather than what’s just. We’ll be urged to aim for a return to the old ways — the dying status quo — rather than building something better in its place. Those inclinations are understandable, but if we want a better world, we can’t settle for simply propping up the ruins of the old one.

At a minimum, we need to inform our future decisions and actions with kindness, compassion, patience, and tolerance. That’s what this sigil speaks to.

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New Sigil: “A Year of Beginnings”

2020 has been a terrible year for almost every human being on the planet. It has been a year of sickness and isolation, anger and fear, and bravery and cowardice. Whole corners of the planet have been burned to ash by furious wildfires, and washed away by raging storms.

It’s time we were done with 2020.

Next year, let’s try starting with something new. A fresh beginning to a new era. Let’s rebuild. Let’s try new ideas. Let’s end the bad-faith posturing of the power mad and the greedy, and start building a society that we actually would like to live in.

It’s a lot to ask, I realize that. But the alternative is a 2020 that never ends. We deserve better.

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“I radiate positivity and healing.”  A request from one of our followers.

To learn more about sigils, including how to quickly and easily make your own, visit our DIY guide here: http://sigildaily.com/activating-rituals/

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Given the state of the global economy, having enough money on hand for the essentials of life is likely to be a true struggle for millions of people. It’s a stressful reality, impacting even the hardest working among us. There’s nothing immoral or selfish about wanting to have enough money to live your life. The purpose of a sigil, after all, is to turn an abstract or unspoken desire into something more tangible. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about private-island money, or pay-the-rent money. Ultimately, it’s speaking to that deep, essential need for the security that money provides.

Here’s a sigil for money that flows right to you. Use it well.

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New sigil: “My job interview will go perfectly.”

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Sigil: “This year’s Samhain celebration will be safe, powerful, and wickedly fun.”

Additional thoughts here: http://sigildaily.com/2018/10/this-years-samhain-celebration-will-be-safe-powerful-and-wickedly-fun/

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Sigil: “Security and prosperity flow to me.”

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"If there is nothing but what we make in this world, brothers ... let us make good." - Beta Ray Bill

Wisdom can come from the most unlikely of places. Take the quote of this sigil, for example. It reminds us that we have the power to create any kind of world we like, and that it can be as good, equitable, and benevolent as we can imagine. Just because happens to come from the fictional horse-headed alien cosmic superhero Beta Ray Bill doesn't make it any less true.

This sigil was commissioned from Etsy-based sigilist Hala, and if you like what you see, it's worth taking a moment to check out her shop. Thanks for the guest post, Hala!

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Open Question: Who Should I Commission A Sigil From?

Every so often, I like to commission a work of sigil art from another sigilist. Usually, I do this by scrolling around through Tumblr and other social media, contacting people whose work catches my eye. In the early days of Sigil Daily, this was easy -- there were like three of us -- but these days there are hundreds of people making sigils for both fun and profit.

So I thought I’d open up the floor to suggestions.

To be clear, this isn’t about “exposure.” These would be proper, paid commissions, with the side benefit exposing the work of these artists to my followers. I charge $10 for an original sigil on SigilDaily.com, and I’d like to keep it in the $10-$20 range. 

Any suggestions of sigilists to check out? If so, leave them as a comment/reblog. If possible, post a link to their shop, Etsy page, or other place where I can contact them and make an order. If you’re the sigilist in question, don’t be shy!

Best wishes,

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Q&A: Why Isn't My Sigil Working?

“I’m very new to sigils, but after reading Frater UD’s Practical Sigil Magick I recently decided to make my first sigil. It said “MY WILL IS TO WIN THE TOP PRIZE ON A SCRATCHCARD TOMORROW.” I did everything the way the book explained, drawing and redrawing the letters until they looked strange, unique and magical. Then, I activated the sigil, ripping it up under running water.

“Today I purchased two scratchcards one in the morning, and one in the afternoon. I didn’t win a penny. I’m confused, because so many sources say sigil magick really works and fast and is the only magick most people get results.

“Did I do something wrong? Do you have any ideas why it didn’t work?”

-Anonymous

Let’s start with the traditional mystic’s answer to this question: If you believed it would work, why did you stop at three scratchcards? Why not help the “magick” along by buying more until you got the result you wanted? You asked for something terribly unlikely — winning the lottery — and yet you only gave it a mere three chances to happen. That’s almost the same as not buying a scratchcard at all, and hoping someone will just hand you the winning ticket.

That’s a nice, simple answer, isn’t it? It even has the ring of wisdom to it. But it’s not a satisfying answer.

So, let’s get real. It didn’t work because that’s not really what sigil magick is for. Sigil magic is more about focusing your intent than it is about shaping the world around you. Remove the occult trappings from sigil magick — the 18th century idea of the “will” being able to control all, or the arcane rituals for breathing life into a symbol — and what you’re left with is art, passion, and a statement of intent.

Those statements can be powerful. They can — and do — steer the course of entire lives. In the case of sigil magick, things that seem far too perfect to be coincidence often happen, but WHY and HOW they happen is an open question. Is it something truly supernatural? Or is it a tool for channeling the power of the subconscious mind, subtly steering the user toward uncanny connections, discovering the hidden obvious, or even providing a token of confidence to move in a new direction?

I come at sigilcraft from a chaos magick perspective. That tradition holds the view that belief is a tool. Maybe there are powerful arcane forces shaping the world, just beyond our view. Maybe not. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter. If believing in something — anything — creates real results, then it doesn’t really matter if it’s “magick” or “positive thinking.”

Do you want real results from your sigils? Here’s my advice: Forget the scratchcard.

Unless you just have some fetish for scraping silvery glue off cardboard with your spare change, it’s not the actual, real thing you want. It’s a means to an end, right? You want to have some money, I’d guess. Ultimately, it’s not even the money you want, but what that money would allow you to have or do.

It’s a lot harder to get the result you want if you try to force it to go through a single channel — like, say, only via a scratchcard — and on a specific schedule of “tomorrow.” Consider how many things you directly control or strongly influence that couldn’t happen on that schedule. I can’t even get my friends to agree on a place to meet for coffee with a week’s notice.

So if you really want to give this sigil magick thing a shot, I’d say dig down to the root of what you actually want. Be specific. Focus in on it. See it in your mind’s eye. Then write out that desire, make a fresh sigil for it, and activate it. Don’t get tripped up in the details of how you active it. Then, shake it all off. Finally, give it a little time. It’s a big ask for the world to change itself around you (or for you to change how you experience the world), and a little patience seems reasonable.

Will it work? Prepare to be surprised. In my experience, however, it’s also not much for generating the kind of instant, obvious effects you probably expect. It’s a subtle thing, almost imperceptible at first. But it builds. As I wrote in the Sigil Daily guide:

Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride: In the coming days, you’ll start to see little things that are eerily evocative of the sigil you activated. Don’t deny these. Don’t dismiss them, even if they seem minor. This is the process starting to work, bit by bit, to bring your intention into reality. The more open you are to these changes, the faster the magick will come into effect.

It’s important, however, to note that your decisions play a hugely important part in how effective the sigil will be. If your sigil is about meeting a new romantic partner, for instance, you might want to think about going out to a place where that could plausibly happen. Staying inside your home, with curtains drawn and lights out, not answering the door, is actively working against the thing you want. Don’t count on the sigil to do the work for you. You’ve already bought the ticket, now you have to take the ride.

I hope this helps. If you want some additional insight, check out the Sigil Daily page on sigil creation and activation here.

Best wishes,

Sigil Daily

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Sigil - “Experience is the prophecy of the wise.”

A bit of modern update to Alphonse de Lamartine’s famous quote, “Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.”

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Sigil: I organize and manifest my plans easily

A request from a follower.

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Sigil: “My heart will stop aching.”

A request from one of our followers. We all know that intense feeling of heartbreak and pain. It seems to bubble up from an endless well, so cold to the touch that it burns. It’s a wound you can’t touch, and at time it seems like the ache will never fade. But it does. Numb at first. Then roaring back to life when even accidentally touched. Eventually, it becomes a dull bruise, reminding you to step gingerly around it.

And then, when you least expect it, the pain is replaced by something else. The memory of that pain will always be there -- it’s a scar, and a part of you -- but it’s no longer the burning thing it was. That’s healing, and while it always seems to take far longer than it should, it does happen.

Sometimes you may need a little help -- someone to talk to, someone to reset the break, someone to help you stitch the wound -- but as long as you’re still breathing in and out, you can heal.