Written by There’s something magnetic about certain oracle decks that draws you in before you even understand why. For me, that pull came from the **W.I.T.C.H – Women in Total Control of Herself** Oracle deck by Angi Sullins, featuring stunning artwork by Silas Toball.
I’ll be honest, it was the artwork that first captured my attention. The visual presentation of this deck radiates a positive energy that seems to emanate from somewhere deep within, speaking to parts of the soul that recognize beauty as a form of truth.
The Daily Practice
I’ve developed a ritual of drawing a single card each morning, allowing whatever message emerges to guide my day’s reflection. Today, that card was **The Sovereign**, a powerful reminder of what it means to truly belong to oneself.
The Wisdom of Sovereignty
Angi Sullins describes sovereignty with a clarity that cuts through cultural conditioning:
“Sovereignty is the ability to belong to one’s self. It shows up as confidence in one’s self-worth and integrity, rather than in one’s productivity, prettiness or performance. This isn’t taught in school, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find much written on the subject, because women who belong to themselves are hard to control. They know their value, have boundaries and speak truth to power. This makes them dangerous in the best sort of way.”
These words land with particular weight in a world that constantly seeks to measure women’s worth through external metrics. How much we accomplish, how we look, how well we perform our assigned roles. True sovereignty asks us to step away from these measuring sticks entirely.
The Courage to Be Self-Referential
What strikes me most about Sullins’ definition is her emphasis on being “self-referential, rooted in your own authority.” This isn’t about arrogance or dismissing others’ perspectives. Instead, it’s about developing such a strong connection to your inner wisdom that external validation becomes secondary to internal alignment.
The sovereign woman, as Sullins describes her,
“is no longer willing to doubt herself based on the fear that others will critique, judge or shame her choices or decisions.”
She is called “shameless” not because she lacks moral compass, but because she navigates by what feels resonant within her being rather than what others deem appropriate.
Breaking Free from Invisible Altars
Perhaps the most liberating aspect of this teaching is the invitation to stop “worshipping at the altar of other people’s expectations and approval.” How many of us have built invisible shrines to others’ opinions, making daily offerings of our authenticity in hopes of acceptance?
Sovereignty asks us to dismantle these altars. It invites us to stop playing small, staying silent, or over-caretaking in service of maintaining the “perfect daughter/mother/wife/person” status. Instead, it calls us to “follow inner guidance while embodying integrity.”
The Oracle’s True Gift
As I reflected on today’s card, I was reminded of a profound truth about oracle work:
The oracle never teaches you something entirely new. It awakens the quiet things you’ve kept hidden within yourself all along.
This is perhaps why certain decks call to us so strongly. They recognize what we already know but have forgotten, what we’ve always felt but never had words for. The W.I.T.C.H deck, with its beautiful imagery and empowering messages, serves as a mirror reflecting back our own inherent wisdom and power.
An Invitation to Reign
Sullins concludes her description of The Sovereign with a powerful directive:
“Stop letting others control the weather of your experience, and reign.”
In a world that profits from women’s self-doubt and seeks to diminish our power, claiming sovereignty becomes both a personal healing practice and a radical act. It’s an invitation to step fully into our own authority, to trust our inner knowing, and to live from a place of deep self-respect and authenticity.
The artwork on this deck doesn’t just draw the eye—it draws out the truth. And perhaps that’s exactly what we need: reminders that the power we seek has been within us all along, waiting patiently for us to remember who we really are.