Journal Of A Trans Pagan Witch

This is my finished miniature oracle deck! It’s made purely from sigils, and that was a very purposeful decision. I wanted something small and easily referenced; just one card to pull every morning to see what the day will bring, or if pulled upside down, what it will be missing. It can tell me what sigil to wear that day or what to be on the lookout for. So it’s nothing fancy, just a fun idea I had and went for it.

Sigilwork is by far my favourite way to do magick other than kitchen witchcraft and it brings me a lot of joy. I didn’t use any of my personal sigils on these cards just because I wanted something I could throw together within the last two days, but in the future I plan to remake this deck or make a normal sized one complete with all personalised sigils.

I absolutely love art and I always have so that will be a joy to do. and if any of y’all have been considering making your own oracle decks or means of divination, I say go for it! I had a great time and I feel like I’ve made something that i’ll get some true use out of and something that i’m proud of.

But yeah! I just wanted to share it and since I didn’t use any of my personal sigils, i’m not afraid to share the full pictures of each card. the backs are nothing special, just some swirls to represent each card’s energy. Let me know what you think and I might be occasionally sharing what card I pull each day.

Blessed be!!

But I promise you, nature is not as far away from you as it may feel.

I’ve felt that too. Some days I desperately want to go outside, to be surrounded by trees and dirt and wind, but I’m limited by my own circumstances. So I’ve had to learn how to find the natural world in smaller, softer ways.

Sometimes I sit on my porch, lie on a blanket, and just stare at the sky. I thank it for being there. I watch the clouds move. I let the air touch me.

Sometimes I look out my window and see birds, and immediately think of Hera.

Some days I’m too sick to get out of bed, so I get a glass of water, swirl it around, and listen to it. And yes, maybe it sounds silly, but I hear the ocean in it. That water still belongs to the natural world. It still came from somewhere ancient.

If you can’t go to the woods, you can watch a nature documentary and thank Pan or Artemis or any deity you associate with the wild.

If you can’t walk barefoot in the grass, you can touch a houseplant.

If you can’t sit under the moon, you can look at a photo of her.

If all you can do today is breathe, then breathe with the earth. That counts too.

Nature is not only found in forests, mountains, rivers, and beautiful places far away from you.

It is in your tap water. It is in the birds outside your window. It is in the weeds growing through concrete. It is in the sky above your home. It is in your own body, your breath, your hunger, your tiredness, your heartbeat.

Please don’t feel discouraged if your connection looks small right now.

Small is still sacred.

I mean the weeds growing through concrete, the fungus that grows on the rotten shed, the nettles that always seem to return and the scary, spindly cellar spider in the corner of the bathroom.

Nature is not always pretty or magical - the pigeons and seagulls you swat at are nature too, the wasps and flies that hover by your meals are animals too, store-bought strawberries and the leaves that fall from your neighbour's tree are not all that different from the Giant Sequoias and it's seeds.

Hey everyone! Welcome to my second sigil post. If you haven't seen my first one, check it out Here

Placement

Sow them onto bags/clothing/pillow case/blankets

Place them under your pillow

Draw them (with skin safe materials) on yourself

Draw them onto/engrave them into your tools (self care tools, accessibility tools, witchcraft tools, ect)

Draw into your nail polish, and maybe paint over it if needed/wanted

Tape them onto your devices

Draw them on tests or important papers

Draw them on the bottom or inside of your shoes

Place inside your wallet, pockets, or bags

Paint them onto mugs and food containers

Hide them in paintings and artworks

Trace them into your skin with your skin care/makeup

Literally put them anywhere!

Activation

Leave them in sunlight

Leave them in moonlight

Set them on fire

Put them next to incense

Put them under a candle (without burning)

Dip moon water on them

Dip storm water on them

Dip river water on them

Dip any magical water on them (ex: the ones listed above)

Putting them on electronics (con: they charge and die with the electronic you’ve tied them to)

Using your own energy

Drawing it in the dirt

Drawing it into a pot and adding a plant (note: if the plant gets sick, the rune/sigil won’t work as well)

Place pebbles/stones/crystals in the shape of the rune/sigil

Place flower petals in the shape of the rune/sigil

Asking the sigil to help you out/fulfill its purpose

And so much more!

The basic idea of this is to be creative! Do what works for you. These are just the things that I could come up with when I sat down and really thought about. Imagine what you could come up with that would be practice specific to you! Don't forget to personalize your magic, guys

I hope this helped y'all!