On Wednesday July 29th, at 8:18am EST, we’ll welcome the Jupiter cazimi. The Sun and Jupiter met at 6° Leo, bringing a flash of brilliant heat to Jupiter, burning away a layer of experience, renewing the the planet of spirituality and possibility.
Cazimi is an astrology term derived from an Arabic word, which means “in the heart of.” Any time a planet conjoins the Sun, it travels through the heart-space of our bright star, and undergo a dazzling rebirth. This cazimi happens as Jupiter is in the early degrees of Leo—he just entered this sign on June 30th, 2026. We’re still waiting, collectively, to see what he brings to us, but we can expect a glowing magnification of self-expression, creativity, and heart-centered spiritual seeking, for the next year.
A Jupiter cazimi is a great time to do a little magic, and my favorite Jupiterian kind of spell-work is sigil shoaling. This article will teach you the step by step process of creating a sigil shoal, which you can think of as a kind of handful of wishes or manifestations thrown out into the void, tethered to Jupiter’s expansive energy.
Jupiter governs themes of belief, spirituality, possibility, curiosity, cultural exploration, and justice. By equal turns wise and foolish, permissive and holier-than-thou, Jupiter can bring our minds and hearts to new realms, but we always need to tread lightly where he’s concerned. Mythically, Jupiter had very little self control in the realms of partying and chasing nymphs/maidens/turning said femmes into animals to capture (oh, Jove), all while being the “king of the Olympians.” As a result, Jupiter in our charts speaks to both the sovereign divine within, and our tendency to go to excess.
Magically speaking, the one day a year that Jupiter has his meetup with the Sun, we can renew our orientation to what is possible. Jupiter is often over-hyped, especially online, as we’re all looking for the magic solution to life’s many problems.
I would like to suggest that we take more a more responsible stance in our relationship with the planets. Rather than waiting for them to drop special surprises on us, we can mindfully, intentionally work with them, to facilitate a burst of newness in our lives.
Jupiter’s cazimi day is a perfect day for sigil shoaling, a chaos magic technique that sets many little intentions and desires off into the astral at once. This technique mirrors Jupiter’s themes of multiplicity, abundance, and the uncontrolled results of excess.
Sigil shoaling is a technique that derives from chaos magic, a branch of magic that shirks traditional rules and mechanisms, and instead relies on the energy of the magician as an individual, working in energetic resonance with their chosen materials. It’s a form of manifestation, if you will, one that flouts particular techniques like those outlined in traditional astrological magic.
The idea is that we create a group of sigils, which are symbols or images that are infused with your magical intention, and set them into the astral plane all at the same time, like a little school or shoal of fish swimming together in the open sea. Each sigil in the shoal has an equal opportunity to express its intent in the world, and is only reliant on the activation of one magical cue in particular, the activation of the “leader” sigil.
When sigil shoaling, we create a set of intentions, perhaps between 10-13, though you can create fewer if you like. It’s like making a bunch of small manifestations at once, rather than one simple wish or goal. The sigils are designed individually. We then create one additional sigil for something we know will absolutely come true very soon, something like “I go for a walk tomorrow,” or “I drink tea tomorrow.” Something you know you’ll actually do within a set period of time. This action in the future activates the set of sigils in the shoal, turning them “on” and awakening your spell.
After creating my sigil shoal, I tended to it on a weekly basis, on Jupiter’s day, preferably in Jupiter’s hour, but we can’t always get to the altar in time—work as you must for your own schedule. I’m going to outline the steps of sigil shoaling here, and hope this serves as a helpful guide in the future for your workings.
As I mentioned before, I started my shoal for this particular set of sigils on the cazimi day of Sun-Jupiter. You can look for connections like that between the Sun and your chosen planet to launch a set of spells for growth and manifestation, as the Sun is so much about visibility, expansion of one’s reputation, and has connections to Apollo, our god of divination.
Similarly, waiting for a fortuitous transit, like the Sun connecting with your Venus or Jupiter, may be a lovely time to do this kind of working. However, as this is a chaos magic technique, you can do it whenever you please :)
Materials:
Pad for writing + writing implement
Plain paper for drawing sigils, you can use thick stock paper if you want a sturdy sigil
Scissors
Candle
A plate, platter, or altar space where you’ll be able to lay out your sigils
Your preferred anointing oils/tinctures/materials (not required but nice to have)
Any other offerings attuned to the planets in question
Actions:
Get out your writing paper and write 10 - 13 statements which you’re going to turn into sigils. I would recommend writing general affirmative statements like, “My work inspires many,” or “My clientele grows daily,” or “I attract those who most resonate with my perspective.” You can combine those statements with more specific statements around whatever you’re trying to attract, and throw in a couple “nice to have” statements like, “I banish all fear.”
After you’ve written all your desired statements, pick your “leader” statement, your “I drink tea tomorrow,” or “I pet my dog tomorrow” - something you know you *will* do, which will activate the sigil shoal.
When you have your statements, spend time crafting sigils for each of them. They can be intuitively drawn symbols, or you can scroll down for a more in-depth explainer on sigil-making (which is how I create mine).
Draw your sigils on your plain paper, and feel free to write your little affirmative statements beneath the sigil so you stay clear on which sigil is which. If you need to, cut the paper so that each sigil is on its own little card, or piece of paper.
Shuffle the sigils like you’re shuffling a deck of cards, or mush them around until you feel like they are complete, shuffling can be considered done.
Placing the cards face down in a pile, flip over each one individually, and let your eyes move across the sigil in its entirety. Trace the lines it makes, spend time with each in contemplation. You are “turning on” the sigils here, giving them an energetic link from you, to them.
Once you’ve moved through your whole pile, the sigils are active! Notice that they may feel like they’re gently buzzing, or humming :)
At your altar, arrange the sigils around your candle, and lay out any other offerings you’re making at this time. If you’re anointing your sigils with an oil or herb product, do so now, holding the intention that you’re activating and awakening the energy stored in these symbols.
If you’d like to carve symbols into your candle, do so now. I always like to cleanse my candles in incense before using them in ritual, and this would be the time to do that. When your candle is ready, light it, and imagine all the energy you’ve created pouring into the candle, and that energy bouncing back to the sigils, empowering them to do your bidding in the astral.
If you feel called to read a poem that resonates with your vision, or read your own prayer or poem, or one of the Orphic Hymns, this is the time to do so.
That’s it! Your intentions are now set.
Tomorrow, make sure you do the action that you’ve tethered to your leader sigil—drink your tea, pet your pup, whatever it is make sure you do it!
Tend to the sigils as you see fit, on a weekly basis or even monthly if that’s more comfortable. And keep your heart and mind open for affirmations that your messages have been received.
There is no one way to make a sigil, but here’s the technique I favor.
Draw a nine-boxed table, like you’re going to play tic-tac-toe, and number randomly 1 - 9.
Write your affirmative statement below, keep it short, and go through, crossing out any repeating letters.
Now refer to the Pythagorean number table, and draw lines that connect the numbers based on the letters in your statement.
Once you’re done, you’ll have a shape! Feel free to fine-tune it or add detail to it that feels most magical.
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