Sigils: a symbolic language of your inner world

Nicole
Nov 28, 2025
4 min read

I’ve always thought in symbols. Often, long before I had the right words for a situation, I had images. Signs. Patterns. Archetypes that threaded through my life like tiny way finders. Some people see just an old fairy tale, a tarot card, or an astrological glyph — I see a psychological echo, a map of the human experience encoded in imagery older than any language.

This fascination has been with me for as long as I can remember. Not necessarily from some esoteric romanticizing, but from a deep curiosity about why certain metaphors touch us so profoundly. Why we find comfort in myths. Why a symbol we can hardly put into words can reveal more about us than an entire questionnaire. Even the way I live and weave magic has always been rooted in understanding patterns, reading between the lines — which inevitably means working with symbolism.

And the deeper I went into psychological training, the clearer it became: magic and psychology often speak the same language — just in different dialects. Both help me make inner patterns visible and give expression to what’s hidden.

Right here, in this space between intuition and science, between inner world and everyday life, begins the theme of this article. Because there is a form of magic where symbols feel like soft energy currents moving through the soul. Signs that live somewhere between asphalt and intuition — and work precisely there. Sigils are such symbols: small, consciously crafted codes that say more than any sentence we could form. They are like mini-portals into the subconscious — clear, distilled, powerful.

What Are Sigils?

A sigil is a consciously and magically created symbol that not only expresses a personal intention but compresses it. It’s less a sentence and more an energetic imprint. And yes — it has its roots in chaos magick, but modern urban mystics use sigils equally as psychological and spiritual tools: a fusion of artistry, focus, and a little rebellion against linear life.

Sigil magic belongs to the tradition of sympathetic or analogical magic. The theory behind it assumes that things sharing external resemblance also share an “inner correspondence” — a kind of sympathetic resonance.

Why Sigils Work — Focus, Intention & Self-Leadership

Sigils work because they help your brain create clarity and make intentions visible.

Focus: Symbols concentrate attention and make it easier for your brain to align with a clear intention.
Unconscious processing: By translating your intention into a form, you give your inner system a “shortcut” for behavior and mindset.
Embodiment: The act of drawing is physical and sensory — your hands translate thoughts into movement, strengthening your connection to the intention.
Ritual: Repeated actions and symbolic sequences structure your day and anchor intentions into your daily life.

In short: a sympathetic spell — and therefore a sigil spell — is a simple way to weave the power of your psyche into a ritual. Especially because during the process of activating and charging the sigil, the symbol and its power sink deeply into the unconscious.

How to Create a Sigil (The Urban Mystic Way)

Now onto the practical part. There are various ways to work with sigils. I’ll show you the method I use most often — the one that has felt most aligned for me over the years. If you know another way that works for you: perfect. So, let’s begin.

The Three Phases of Sigil Work

Construction
Charging
Releasing

1. Construction

Choose Your Sigil Type

Destructible sigils:Activated through destruction, e.g., burning.
Temporary sigils:Fade over time — drawn on skin, carved into candles, etc.
Permanent sigils:For long-term use — jewelry, artwork, or hidden in your home.

Formulate Your Intention

Write your intention as a clear, positive statement. Not: “I want less anxiety. ”But: “I move through my daily life with calm and confidence.” or quick and dirty: “I feel safe.” Think of it like an affirmation — just more precise.

Extract the Essence

Now remove repeated letters and reduce the sentence to its core — like an emotional distillate.

Your sentence:“Ich fühle mich sicher.”(“I feel safe.”)

Remove duplicate letters:→ ichfülemsr

Remove vowels:→ chflmsr

This is your symbolic essence.

Build Your Symbol

Now you have the essence — and several ways to shape it:

Option A: Classic: Combine the leftover letters into an abstract symbol. The letters don’t have to be recognizable or in order.

Option B: Sigil Wheel (Sigil Alphabet Wheel): There are many wheels online. Glide your pen over the wheel and intuitively connect lines. The results often look archaic, minimalistic, elegant.

Option C: Freeform Sketching: Draw freely — shapes that express strength, softness, boundaries, movement — whatever matches your intention.

2. Charge — Charging the Sigil

Once your symbol is ready, this is the moment it becomes a sigil. Charging means connecting intention, nervous system, and intuition.

This can happen through:

Meditation, visualization, or light trance — presence over pressure
Breath — deep, deliberate, centered
Touch — tracing the lines with your finger
Ritual — candle, music, silence, whatever fits
The final stroke — the moment you finish the drawing and feel: “Yes. This is it.”

Charging isn’t forceful. It’s a becoming-still — a deep merging with your intention.

Goal: A sigil works once it reaches the unconscious. The faster it sinks beneath conscious awareness, the clearer and quicker it unfolds its effect.

3. Release — Let the Sigil Go

In English we speak of: Charge & Release.Charge — and then: release.

Release means:

You hand it over.
You trust.
You don’t keep obsessively thinking about it.
You let the sigil sink like a seed into the subconscious.

Some people burn the sigil after charging. Others stick it to doors, draw it on mirrors, or keep it in a journal. There’s no right or wrong — only what feels aligned. In my experience, a sigil works more freely when I don’t have it constantly in sight. Letting go becomes easier that way.

Closing Thought

Sigils are a tool — quiet, powerful, direct. A small signal between your conscious intention and your inner focus. In a world that constantly overwhelms us, sigils can be a beautiful way to reconnect intention and inner leadership. A small symbol, a clear focus, an act of self-guidance. I use sigils to protect my home, strengthen my energy, align with goals — or simply to remind myself who I choose to be.