Gingovostomatitis is an autoimmune disorder where the body overreacts to the presence of tartar in the mouth, creating excessive inflammation, pain, and lesions. There is no cure, but there are treatments, and once it develops symptoms need to be managed. This sigil seeks to boost medical treatment and help manage symptoms to prevent or reduce flare-ups.

NOTE: Chronic conditions are CHRONIC. No sigil will cure a chronic condition, so keep that in mind when using this sigil. Instead of curing, the goal is to help foster higher quality of life through managing symptoms, increasing accessibility of medical care and other therapies, and increasing the efficacy of proper medical treatment.

Proper medical and dental care is essential to effectively treating gingovostomatitis, so this sigil pairs well with the Sigil Supporting Access to Medical Care, especially if you are having difficulties accessing needed medical and/or dental care.

Intentions and Symbology of the Gingovostomatitis Management Sigil

I have created this sigil because one of my cats has developed gingovostomatitis, but it can also occur in humans, and so I suspect other mammals as well. The fact that I created this to help my cat can be seen in the overall shape of the sigil, but the intentions are applicable to gingovostomatitis in humans or other animals as well.

Wards Against Overreaction to Tartar

The primary trigger for gingovostomatitis is the presence of tartar in the mouth, so the first intention is to reduce the immune system’s response to that tartar. This is symbolized by the multiple circles in the sigil, providing a protective barrier.

Lower Oral Inflammation

During a flare-up, the gums become very inflamed, and this inflammation can spread to other parts of the mouth, and even down the throat. This intention targets the inflammation directly, to help reduce the severity and length of a flare-up. It is symbolized by the downward-facing push dagger shape in the center of the sigil, relaxing out into crescents that end in warding circles.

Reduced Pain

Flare-ups can also be incredibly painful, the the point of it being difficult to eat. This intention is symbolized by the spiraling open heart/ downward arrow in the center of the sigil.

Wards Against Lesions and Bleeding

This intention addresses the lesions and bleeding that can occur with flare-ups, helping to reduce the severity and length of flare-ups. This is symbolized by the circle within a circle at either end of the crescents that creates multiple layers of protection, and in the crescent moon cupped to gently support the sigil at the bottom and create a relaxed smile of relief.

Healthy Blood Circulation

This intention encourages healthy blood circulation at all times, to help reduce the likelihood of having a flare-up. This is symbolized in the circle at the top of the sigil, allowing a flow of energy in a continual cycle.

Encourage Healthy Immune Response

The best prevention for flare-ups is healthy immune response. This is symbolized by the pentagram, representing balance, wisdom, and power, to be able to effectively engage the immune system when needed, without overdoing it.

How to Use the Gingovostomatitis Management Sigil

You can use this sigil in any way that is in line with its intent and makes sense for your practice.  Some ideas are to:

• inscribe it on a candle
• print it or draw it on a piece of paper and place it on your altar or somewhere you see regularly
• put a copy in your wallet
• use it as the wallpaper, login background, or screen saver on your phone, tablet, or computer
• make something crafty and include the sigil in your creation
• use it as a focus for meditation
• draw it on the body using salted water, anointing oil, an herb blend, makeup, body paint, henna, markers, temporary tattoo pens, etc.
• print it onto temporary tattoo paper and apply it to your body
• and so on

Your rendering of the sigil does not need to be perfect.  Intent is what matters, so do not worry if you cannot draw it “perfectly”.  As long as all the elements are there, you are good.

Like any sigil, it will be most effective when it is used in conjunction with real-world actions.  Be sure to do what you can physically to treat this condition, and be sure to follow your doctor’s (or vet’s) instructions.  The sigil alone is not going to fix everything, but it can give a powerful boost to the actions you take, and hopefully help you achieve a higher quality of life.

Please read On the Care and Use of Sigils for more information about how to use sigils.

Tattoos and Body Art of the Gingovostomatitis Management Sigil

If you want to get a tattoo of any of my sigils, you do not need to ask me for personal permission.  Permission is granted.  However, I do recommend that you carefully consider whether or not the sigil in question is actually something you need working on you constantly for the rest of your life.  If the answer is no, temporary body art is probably the better way to go, even if you recreate it on a frequent or semi-regular basis.

I also strongly recommend using a temporary body art method to test-drive any sigil before getting it permanently inked.  This can let you test the impact of the sigil, including how placement changes the effects.  This isn’t just some cool design that you like.  It is a piece of magic and will have impact beyond aesthetics.

If you do decide getting a tattoo of one of my sigils is the way to go, I would love it if you showed me how it turned out!  You can send me a message through my website or social media.  If you post the photo to the internet, please tag me on social media so I can see.

Print-on-Demand Purchase of the Gingovostomatitis Management Sigil

I have set up the Gingovostomatitis Management Sigil print-on-demand in my RedBubble shop, so it can be more convenient to use for those who do not have the time/skills/energy to redraw or recreate the sigil. I have set the items in the shop to 0% commission, so the prices you see are the base prices. Due to my own health problems, I am incapable of doing order fulfillment or running a business, and as a spoonie witch I want the convenience of purchasing for myself as well.

Print-on-demand is provided purely as a convenience, not as a business endeavor. That means I am unlikely to rush to meet any requests for available items or sigils, and I have no control over RedBubble’s order fulfilment processes. I have not purchased or tested the vast majority of products available from RedBubble, but I have set them up in ways that I hope will be issue-free.

Sharing the Gingovostomatitis Management Sigil

The sigil graphic does contain enough text to help clarify it when it is shared out in the wilds of the internet, but best practice is to include a link back to this article.  That way others who see it can find out exactly what it is intended to do, in detail.  Sigils are most effective when the user understands the symbology and knows exactly what they were created to do, and that is also the only way they can be certain this sigil is right for them and their situation.

This sigil is Creative Commons licensed:

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as they credit Sidney Eileen and license their new creations under the identical terms.

Want to Make Your Own Sigils?

I use the method described in the excellent book Sigil Witchery, by Laura Tempest Zakroff.  You do not need to consider yourself an artist to make your own sigils.

Want More Sigils?

Go to my Sigil Magic page to find all of the sigils I have created and shared publicly.