While I love this for random sigil generations. I would love to see this updated to be used with proper sigil generation. something that allows you to put the intent in then shows the breakdown and then display choices of different sigils that could be made with the intent. this would help many neopagans and Wiccans who are new to sigiles as well as others. If you dont know how sigils are made in the witchy world i'm happy to send you a basic guide.
Hi there! I didn't write this, however i believe i can be of help.
First of all, i am not a witchcraft practitioner so i wont claim to represent them, their opinions or knowledge, however i did investigate about sigils out of curiosity/worldbuilding reasons.
As far as i know neopaganism is inspired by a lot of cultures so looking for staves/runes/sigilla in general may lead you to the meaning behind a few symbols.
There are a few methods of sigil creation but most of them have what's called an intent. Intent is in very simple words the desire that lead you to create a sigil. A few notable methods are using a pattern such as a magic square or witch circle to create a path, combining symbols (what this gen does) and chaos magic where you would use a fountain pen or similar writting device where the resulting symbol isn't really methodic and the "style" matters as it's a result of your intent.
As for this generator i could identify a few notable symbols:
- Curves and patterns from the zodiac and the lesser key of solomon
- The symbols for planets and greek gods usually related to alchemy
- a circle with a cross inside (usually means earth from what i could gather)
- a circle with a * inside (wheel of time)
- Quarter moons, used to represent lunar phases when inside a circle but also to represent the horned god or a trinity godess (usually mother crane and maiden)
- Cross with arrows (means travel)
- * with arrows means chaos
- Circle with dot inside (peace)
- Triforce (From zelda, in that game it stands for the trinity of courage, wisdom and power)
- The number 2
- a lightning like sign (either harry potter or Eihwaz or Sowulo rune)
- Elemental symbols from alchemy
The way i would implement this into a program is probably adding an option to force exclusion/inclusion from symbols and grouping symbols into themes and motiffs that can overlap, such as nature, change, etc. that way you choose one or more themes and the sigil is composed from symbols in that category