A Social Justice Sigil
I’ve seen a lot of sigils over the last few years dedicated to marginalized communities, justice, for the support of protesters and more, but what I haven’t found is a general sigil for all social justice topics. So I have created one, combining two methods:
1. the one where you take the letters of a word or phrase, delete double letters and form a pattern with the letters.
2. Laura Tempest Zakroff’s method which is based on using universal and often ancient shapes, symbols or signs which have specific meanings, for instance in folklore. I can recommend Laura’s book »Sigil Witchery – A Witch’s Guide to Crafting Magickal Symbols«, if you are interested in that.
Here is what went into the sigil:
The phrase Social Justice
A Hexagon, which can stand for a community (like the hexagon shape found in the honeycombs of bees)
A pentagram, as a sign of protection
A scale, a symbol for justice
An arrow pointing upward (combined with the scale), for necessary steps of action
Waves, a symbol for transformation, flow and change
Dots, as signs for seeds, which symbolize growth
You can download the sigil for free in my Deviantart gallery, in high resolution for prints. There are two files available:
JPG
PNG with transparent background
Feel free to use it in any way, but not commercially. If you want to use this sigil, please credit me (Andrea Grünbaum) as the artist. Thanks! If you want to link to my online spaces, here is my linktree: https://linktr.ee/siochanta
I can also recommend some sigils by Laura Tempest Zakroff:
The Aequitas Sigil
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tempest/2023/06/the-aequitas-sigil-we-call-upon-justice-herself.html
Celebrating Queer Magic with Sigils
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tempest/2023/06/celebrating-queer-magic-with-sigils.html
The Responsible Power & Accountability Sigil
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tempest/2023/02/the-responsible-power-accountability-sigil.html
A Sigil for Reproductive Rights
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tempest/2022/05/sigil-for-reproductive-rights.html
The Refugee Safeguard Sigil
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tempest/2021/08/the-refugee-safeguard-sigil.html
The Living Democracy Sigil
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tempest/2021/01/the-living-democracy-sigil.html
And you can find more sigils in Laura’s blog on Patheos Pagan.