Finding Your Witch Name.
Many pagans take a ‘witch’ name when becoming a Wiccan, pagan or witch. Some say witches have been doing this for hundreds of years, others disagree. I personally wasn’t there back then (and I’m thankful I wasn’t because could you imagine the wrinkles!), so I cannot say whether this is true or not. But while I know new names for a new path is fun, I strongly believe that these names hold a lot of power, and completely endorse their use.
While most people grant themselves a public witch name to make their new path “Facebook official”, this should be chosen with care, since it would be something everyone on your path would know you as.
In many modern groups, covens and even in solitary practice, when you self-dedicate or are initiated, you are given or take on a secret soul name; a name you only use in ritual. This name encapsulates your true self, and should be chosen with the utmost discretion, not just because it sounds cool; remember, names have power.
Your name is a method of identifying you. You know what coffee is; you know the details of the smell, the taste, the texture, what the beans look like, and more. The word ‘coffee’ is an identifier for the item; just how your chosen name is an identifier for you, a name for the intimate details of you. Names also work with the Law of Attraction, so it’s important to choose a positive name that will attract the qualities you want to attract. If you choose a name like, “lost boy John”, then you will forever be lost.
A witch’s name is not just made up, it’s discovered. When you were born, the Divine gave you a name, but that name has been covered up for years, so it might take some time to uncover it. Be patient.
So how to you find your name? It’s simple, yet complicated. You start by removing all the things that don’t belong to you, like past hurts, fears, desires, labels, etc. Everything that detracts from your true self. What are you really like on the inside? Are you a warm animal lover who would bleed for those without a voice, but you can’t be that person because you have bad animal allergies? Then remove the allergies and that’s who you are. Similarly, if you were to remove your fears and desires mandated by society, who are you? As you can see, by finding your name you’re also discovering your true self, which is key to the journey ahead.
Most people try to do rituals to discover their name, but I would suggest to discover it the long way around, as you don’t want to lose any of the benefits of revealing your truest self.
Every day, meditate, remove some of the fears, write it all down in a journal, communicate with your spirit guides, connect with the Divine through personal divination. You will find it, but you have to be patient.
You need to pay attention to everything around you, as the Divine will send signs for you. Sometimes it might be a strange plant or flower, or an animal crossing the street, or even a little girl with curly hair dancing her way to school. If something stands out to you, make note of it; write it down.
The important part is not to stress about it. Let it come to you and try not to force it. It’s really worth the time discovering your name.
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It took me a very long time to find my name. I wanted it to have the same personal number as my given name. Took almost 2 years before I figure out my name. I would get so frustrated sometimes. I am glad now I didn’t rush into it. BTW…Wanda is my given name. I was destined from birth to follow this path. I go by both names because they both work for me
Just remember that your wiccan name is a name between you and the Goddess. Other mean witches can do you harm if they know this name..
There are very few people who know my wiccan name. I have 3 very close people who know my wiccan name. Everyone else calls me Wanda. You know…like the witch LOL
luna i want to rename myself, but it would be for all to use. I’m having trouble bc i don’t want to give others power over me. but i can’t bring myself to not use a very meaningful name…
Hey, what’s wrong with your name? I don’t know about you guys, but I have a real name (my legal name), a name I use in this industry (Luna) and my spiritual name, one which no one on this earth knows. That last name was a name given to me by my guides, and I believe that is what you guys are searching for. Names can get you in trouble. We see it on a daily basis in real life (esp in a sweet piece of gossip), but it’s up to you to really make that decision on whether you want a witch name.
Have you ever took and broke your Wiccan name down using numerology it will show you just how weak or strong your True Wiccan name really is ?
I have had my name for 12 years, it came to me when I was 13 in a dream. I never realized what it meant to me until I read this.
Lovely to know that this article has helped you!
where do I find ways to learn Wicca? I have thought about this for years, and have decided this is what I want
Hi Cathie, sorry this is so late, but this notification went to my junk! You can learn magick right here on Luna’s Grimoire… Just click the “School of Magick” link at the top of the page! And it’s FREE! Happy learning 🙂
My mother is of Wicca. As a child (5 yrs old) learned I have abilities that at the time where unknown to me. As a teenager I walked my mothers dark path and used my gift and caused harm. I never used my gifts again. I was still able (and I am still able) to see, feel, smell, and read people and events. Tarot cards were the only thing few people knew I could do. In February of this year I had some life changing events and was down a path… I have opened my self and my abilities and have grown and continue to grow. But I still do not know my name. I have lived life before and continue to be shown that I am of a strong, loving, healing background and yet also fierce when needed. I am a Pagan. Is this why my name has not come? Because my bloodline is of Wiccan?
Perhaps you aren’t supposed to have a name. I have a name, a public one, and the private one just doesn’t feel right yet. Not everyone is “named” but I don’t mind personally, because it’s just another label on me. As far as I’m concerned, I don’t need another label 🙂
I am just beginning my journey here, and has been talking with Hecate, today a bird hit my front door and did not recover, is this a sign? Also your Wiccan name is it one or two names.
Thanks
Blessed be Spoiled Clover. Your Wiccan name can be as short or as long as you wish. Most of us have two: one public and one private. You do not tell anyone your private name. No one.
As far as Hecate goes, understand that she is a goddess of death and destruction, and should be revered as such. Personally, I’m not one for pantheons, since I try to just live my life in nature, astral beings and such. I don’t believe in invoking gods and goddesses to do my bidding, etc. I speak to the goddess, Gaia (the earth), when in times of great need. But I rely on my intuition for everything else really. What I’m trying to say is I’m not quite the person to pose that question to, since I don’t contact the pantheon gods for anything really. You should ask that in the forum though. It would make a good discussion.
Merry part and brightest blessings on your path.
Thank you for answering me. I have never had a bird fly directly into my door, just found it intersecting .
It is interesting, which is why you should ask someone in the forum 🙂
Can I have a Wiccan name through numerology?
You most certainly can! There is no wrong or right way to doing this.. as long as you can find a name, the method is regardless 🙂
i am a white witch and a wicca but i think i let them in but i cant see my own spirit guide can some one help me see my spirit guide
i’m a certified psychic mystic, I predicted a citys largest coal mine cavein, and various other MANY events in past 34 yrs. member of AMORC order.i don’t have inclination to be wiccan,though once a NAME was written by my HAND onto a wicca catalog, when I was about to write my OWN first NAME, instead when I looked DOWN at what was written was a DIFFERENT name, which I took to mean IS my Mystical NAME, as I was about to order a wicca book named THE MAGIKAL NAME when this experience happened, YET I do not know what to DO with the MAGIKAL name, as I didn’t order the book at the time, and when I wrote to massachuttes, to the wicca catalog, of what HAPPENED as I was writing my birth FIRSt name, AND SAW A DIFFERENT NAMEMY HAND HAD WRITTEN,the CATALOG S BOOK CALLED the magical name, WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THIS OCCURED OVER 15YRS AGO. my BIRTH ASTRO WHEEL HAS NO PLANETS INTO THE WHEELS 12TH HOUSE, NO. I HAVE NEPTUNE INTO MY NATAL WHEELS 1ST hOUSE (SPACE) WITH LIBRA THEREIN. MAKING ME MYSTICAL,i refuse to be a chcannel for disembodied souls,even though my having all these abilities, I don’t wish to bother with departed souls,,Once about yr of 1981, I went to a large Stone library NEXT DOOR TO THE MASONIC ORDER ON VINE ST. OF SCRANTON PA, TO FIND THE BOOK BY AUTHOR BRAD STEIGER,NAMED –“GODS OF AQUARIUS” the clerk gal told me those books are downstairs down the spiral stairway, I walked down and stood there, and said out loud to MYSELF-“NOW I wonder where that book could be” and SUDDENLY THE VERY BOOK I had came for -FELL TO THE FLOOR for me, I picked it up and it was THE GODS Of aquarius. though I have other truly powerful experiences, like in school, age about 12, I sat up front listening to OUR new school teacher TELL US HER name, and suddenly I heard IN MY HEAD or around ME, a male commanging voice state to me; “HER BEADS WILL BURST”, I looked over at her, and they did, all 3 rows of the teachers beads burst UPWARDS, some fell, as SHE clasped HER hands to them, saying to us all, “OH!!my beads they were brand new> she looked at me also, yet I remained silent and I NEVER mentioned all thru highschool nor thru yrs later of that experience to no one. I DON”T understand though why I having such experiences, HAVE had to live a life where both OF MY HUSBANDS cheated a lot on me, and were not okay type men, except they did WORK at their jobs steady, I had to divorce the 2nd husband, ( I HAD DREAMt of him when I was agwe 15, 8AM,AND OF HIS MOTHER & BROTHER IN THE DREAM) I MET HIM YRS LATER AGE LIKE 24.HE ASKED me TO MARRY HIM AFTER ONLY 1 WK KNOWING HIM. AND I DID, I PICKED THE MARRIAGE DATE OF JULY 29. 8PM.IN SCRANTON PA, OF YR 1972. AFTER YRS OF UPSETS BY HIM CONCERNING HIS FLANDERING AROUND ,AND LACK OF INTEREST IN ME, I FILED A DIVORCE AFTER 34 YRS WED TOO,AS HE had taken up driving trucking the last 18 yrs o fthe marriage,—he resented me taking HIS mom to lunches, we lived high up a mt in rural pa, he resented me always after he started driving trucking, I was liked by his parents, and wonderful to my children, and HE resented ME around totally, he broke furniture on wk ends at times for yrs, and hit me on the head, andshoulder at times, for a few yrs, and so I filed a DIVORCE, and he used to point his fingers at me like he was sending me some type of DARK sidevibes., HE knew of my being into the order amorc. order over 30 yrs, and all that, and didn’t dislike that, I had newspaper publicity and a radio talk show interview, he didn’t care to listen to the radio with me on it, HE RESENTED ME around., HE CHose always FRIENDS at his job, who were LOWer LeVel cheating on wives types and BOOZERS, I dont’ bother with that kind, SO after 34 yrs together even though I had dreamt of HIM at age 15, he turned out to be rude totally and he also was ANGRY at his self as he was NOT well endowed, I didn’t think much of that.,but it bothered HIM.HES now inherited 259 acres of RURAL NATURAL GAS PIPELINE PROFITS IN LIFE apt bldg. AND I AM OF A HIGHER LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY THAN SHE IS, SHE CHEATED ON my DAD WITH 5 MEN, IN LIFE. and I never cheated on my husband, SHE likes crime tv movies, and I refuse interest in such, i’m more of the comedy family tv shows ,and cartoons on pbs. (LOL) she resents all females around her all her life and SHE still at her age, 90 soon, manupliated MALES younger than her to do things for her, bring her pizza, shovel the snows, and HAS my older SON RICHARD G. a leo with libra rising, caters ALSO to her, they live near one another so EACH wk end HE drives to her and takes her to resteraunts for 2 hrs., I”M invited BUT I live 50 MILES FROM THEM. its ALL UNFAIR I FEEL, THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO experience a bad resentful husband, as he was okay when we wed, but WHEN HE began driving with truckers to make more funds, in life as we LIVED RURAL, he changed to a sneaky cheating resentful male. and NOW my other son, I had with JOHN the scorpio, my cancerian born child who I planned his birth, is my father Michael reincarnated is catering to my divorced husband the scorpio., for the money my x spouse hadss with the gas pipeline funds. and MY x spouse john the scorpio HAS also made up 2 trusts legally for OUR Son john, who will turn age 39 july 11th.hes also libra rising like my other son, MYSELF I have libra in natal birth 1st house on astro wheel as do both of my sons, and my daughter tina._____we all NOW presently have planet URANUS transiting our 7th HOUSE space of realtaionships, and MY SON JOHN is upset at me for not tolerating his snippy cold hearted wife amber , I used to watch their HOME and pets 3 for them over 6 days like 5 times per yr, for 3 yrs. AS SHE amber had my son driving her to ohio to her parents, BUT WHEN HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY from breast problems,__in OHIO, amber NO longer needed ME to watch their home anddogs, she turned against me, as MY SON HER johni, the cancerian libra rising, moon in Capricorn. owes me 13 thousand dollars, and I reminded him of it the past 8 yrs., HE also keeping MY OWN 2 white family albums of photos of all of us, and refuses to return them TO ME. I told him each month for over a yr. PLEASE return my albums, he told me he wants to scan them to his computer, yet he never does it., I FEEL HES of course doing this to try to punish me fo telling HIS former FRIEND TIM. a leo, OF how johni spent MY cash 14000. actually back in yrs 2006-7-8. on 4 tripse 2 to Netherlands, very COSTLY he used MY cash, I HAD LET HIM HOLD INTO HIS BANKS Safety box. AND HE ALSO TOOK 2 TRIPS TOVEGAS, AND SMOKED POT. AND I FOUND OUT, WHEN I MOVED IN WITH HIM FOR A YR BACK IN YR 2007-8. THEN HE MET AMBER AND SPENT ALOT on he ring, wedding HE paid for wit hMY cash,
AND groceries,. he was out of control with whiskey and weed. back then.
THEN HE quit the pot, I was told, and AMBER still drinks wine, and he has a beer, they act high class a bit, but also dislike people around them. SHE lets my 2 daughters from my first marriage visit them 3 times a yr for 2 hrs., as MY SON likes his sisters abit., I FEEL HES still sorry he spent my CASH he had, but he refuses to let me visit now over 2 yrs., as HIS WIFE AMBER DISLIKES ME ,as I told HER to NOT get any tattoos onto her legs, as SHE has a giant long BLACK CT tattoo onto one upper arm on her. and I asked him if shes into wicca., as she liked to always lite candles and has owls around, ceramin ones. shes a cancerian with water sign scorpio rising personality, meaning ,shes double water and wallows in emotional moods I read. she has a clutter of her familys elderly persons photos, in a section of one room, like a big cluster of them, she drinks wine, laughs, and has that black cat tattoo, I think she just enjoys manupiation ,___no ones able to just drop IN, unless asks first, and seldom. to them. anyway, iwould like MY 2 white photo albmus back from my son, and I would like to have some type of LAUGHTER AND JOY FROM THEM TOWARDS ME, BUT THEY ONLY FAVOR NOW MY X SPOUSE WHO IS WEALTHY WITH THE CABBOT NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CO.
AMBERS MOTHER PASSED AWAY 3 YRS AGO IN SEPT. IN OHIO, MARRIED, from breast upset.s, I don’t like to say the c. word. about anyone, SO naturally now amber FEARS she may acquire her mothers dna dis-ease. too, so she takese Out her own fears and anxiety onto others, she gotten rid of me from visit,s. and I only saw my one grand son parker R. age aug 30.will be age 3. and I never saw new grandson NOAH. age 2 . parke ris a virgo, Capricorn hr born.and noah is a cancerian. AMBER and JOHNi my son, both listened to me 5 yrs ago to set their wedding date for LEO during first week of august. and he to wed. and they also listened to my hints on to avoid pisces born children as PISCES is always by the ill and afflicted., in life. but they are against me now, SHE is especially, as she wants NO OTHER FeMALES to get cozy nor visit.them. she has my x spouse who is ill with half HIS leg off, giving her funds, from his wealth. now., the past 4 yrs.,
and she has MY son actingas a maintance man, doing all the work, she simply drinks wine and lays in her bed on a lap top computer going onto qvc.sales.
shes cold hearted and jittery and I have also NOTICED many other cancerians and scorpio, pisces water signs TEND to act JITTERY in life, and greedy for power and money. I FEEL its wrong that I had to sell MY home that I put the down payment onto, it was only 58 thous. in 1997, and I only lived into it 8 yrs. of the 34 yr marriage…and I MISS having a house. I tried dating other males back yr 2005,607,8, but ONLY for lunch out, and nothing came of it, ALL THEY did was tell me their woes, like I was their psychic counselor. I FEEL I ama living poorly without having a real HOUSE and NO man in my life. I FEEL lonely, and have only my tiny female brown dachshund dog. another thing my son johni and I shard and liked before his new wife amber ruined it all. I don’ tcast spells, nor have any interest in reading any of that. is there someone you know who could make him at least GIVE ME my 2 white photo albums back? with some type of msg toward him? hes tall six ft, shaves his haira off, green eyed like myself, and glows, hes the Chinese fire dragon., I am the fire pig in Chinese. his father who ignore me ,is a metal tiger.
so the dragon son , and father tiger, sounds odd, doesn’t it, as aren’t by Chinese zodiac, those 2 types often NOT friendly? will I ever LIVE into a real HOUSE with my son, or will AMBER always win out over everything.?she is blue eyed and has a huge protruding forheada. like the hawk.I asked MY son IF shes into wicca, but no one replied., she likes buddah. I like Egyptian artifacts. like into AMORC order.
anyway, I feel SAD back when I filed the divorce in july of yr2003. then it was done march of yr 2006.
so I sit in my TINY 5th floor sr. apt. with my female tiny dog. and see my one daughter tina on Saturdays., shes working into a school RURAL cafetieria, no children, lives with her guy scott, a hard worker into a stone quarry. MY son johni and his rich dad, john the scorpio virgo Capricorn rising male, who now likes men.but has likely none right now. due losing half a leg. THEY DON”T GIVE TINA A CENT of money ever. its very rude and cold. and I was told I should of taken a new lawyer NOW, after 9 yrs divorced to acquire the gas profites too, BUT I FEEL I DO NOT WANT TO bother doing it. and it would likiely not go ok. so what do I do with MY MAGIKAL NAME I acquire that time while writing MY own name, but then when I looked down at the paper, was the MAGIKAL other name, not my name.
****************what do I do with it? *****blessed be.