Simple Sigils

A humble mark of a Word,
bearing its weight
and conveying its spirit,
the Sigil shines in simplicity.

In its ease so traced in spell
or etched in wax or stone,
its sacred geometry directs and inspires.

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Sigil Wheel

The sigil wheel layout is based on numerology with the letters of the alphabet placed around the periphery and grouped according to their numerical equivalence. This balances the weight of each letter, making one letter no more important than another. This arrangement also allows for transcribing number sequences into sigils.

To create the sigil, the word or number must first be reduced so that each letter or number appears only once. The first and last characters are kept in place as these are the anchors of the sequence (if they are the same, the next to last letter is generally kept). The letters or numbers in between are then traversed from left to right, eliminating any duplicates as they are encountered.

As an example, the word confidence is reduced as such:

Since the last E is retained, the internal E is removed as a duplicate. Also, the second occurrences of C and N are removed. This reduces the word to confide.

It is not necessary for the final sequence to be intelligible, and in most cases it won't be.

Now to draw the sigil, make a mark that indicates it is the starting point (shown below as a solid circle) on the first letter or number, then draw a continuous line to each character in the sequence. When the last character is reached, make another mark to indicate it is the endpoint (shown as a hollow circle).

The final sigil for confidence will look like:

The line transition at each letter is shown here with a relatively smooth curve. It can be drawn with sharp points or with even bigger curves, depending on the personal aesthetics of the sigil's creator. Also, an outlining circle may be included if so desired.

Sigil Square

The sigil square creates a more compact sigil by adding the step of converting the letters of a word to their number equivalent before reducing to the final representation.

Building upon the previous example of the word confidence:

Confidence becomes the number sequence 3656945535. As with words, the first and last numbers are retained, and any internal repeating numbers are removed.

Drawing the sigil follows the same process but is overlayed on the sigil square. The resulting sigil looks like:

Note: The sigil wheel's number circle can be used similarly.