5. Witchy Trackers, Planners & Collections: How to Use Your Bullet Journal Without Burning Out

This is part of a series on Using a Bullet Journal as Your Book of Shadows.

Here are links to the rest of the posts in this series:

How to use a Bullet Journal as your Book of Shadows

How to Start a Witchy Bullet Journal (even if you’re not arty or organised)

Witchy Bullet Journal Spread Ideas for Beginners: Simple Pages to Start With

Witchy Goal Setting in Your Bullet Journal: A Practical, Magical Approach

Witchy Trackers, Planners & Collections: How to Use Your Bullet Journal Without Burning Out

Preparing Your Bullet Journal as a Sacred Book of Shadows: Creating Space for Your Magic

There’s also a FREE Printable Guide to Using a Bullet Journal as Your Book of Shadows, more details at the end of this post.

When you first start using your bullet journal as a Book of Shadows, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by all the beautiful spreads you see online.

Trackers. Logs. Collections. Dailies. Weeklies. Monthly resets.

So many names — and so many people doing all the things.

But here’s the truth:

Most bullet journal spreads fall into just a few simple categories.

And once you understand what each one is for, it gets much easier to create a journal that supports you — not one that pressures you.

Your journal doesn’t have to be a performance.

It doesn’t need to be “kept up” like a chore.

It’s a tool for noticing. A container for your magic.

And it gets to evolve with you.

In this post, I’ll walk you through the main categories of bullet journal spreads, share some of my favourite witchy examples, and remind you that this gets to be gentle. You’re allowed to use what serves and release what doesn’t.

✦ What These Tools Really Are

Let’s take a moment to reframe things.

• Trackers help you observe patterns over time — in your energy, your magic, your body, your creativity.

• Planners help you map out time with intention — to hold rituals, creative work, or daily life in a way that feels spacious and clear.

• Collections are your reference pages — the heart of your magical knowledge and lived experience.

• Logs & reflections are where your journal becomes a mirror — capturing how you felt, what you noticed, and what came through.

You don’t need to use all of them.

And you don’t need to use any of them all the time.

This isn’t about “keeping up” — it’s about creating something that holds you.

 

✦ The Core Categories of Bullet Journal Spreads (Witchified)

If you’re new to bullet journaling, here’s a gentle breakdown of the four main spread types — and how they can support your magical practice.

✧ 1. Trackers → Spreads that help you observe patterns over time

Trackers are usually charts or grids where you mark something each day (or week), so you can see how things are shifting.

They’re not about being perfect — they’re about noticing. Over time, you might discover you always feel foggy during a certain moon phase, or that your energy dips mid-cycle. That’s powerful information.

Witchy tracker ideas:

• Daily tarot or oracle card pull

• Menstrual or lunar cycle tracking

• Energy or mood tracking

• Movement, ritual, or meditation

• Dream logging or sleep patterns

• Gratitude or joy

• Creative time

• Outdoor / nature connection

Start small. You don’t need ten trackers. One or two that truly interest you is more than enough to get going. It's about tracking what is important, not everything you do.

 

✧ 2. Planners → Spreads that help you map out time with intention

Planner pages are where you think ahead — a day, a week, a month, or a whole season. Think calendars, to-do lists, or ritual outlines. But remember, you don’t have to use these in a conventional or rigid way.

In a witchy journal, planning becomes something more intentionally magical — more like spellwork.

You might create:

• A weekly spread with both practical tasks and magical intentions

• A ritual plan for a full moon or Sabbat

• A 90-day vision map (a favourite of mine lately)

• A content plan if you share your work publicly

• A simple “what I’m focusing on this month” page

 

Use it to anchor your energy, not squeeze yourself into boxes.

✧ 3. Collections → Spreads that gather useful or meaningful info in one place

A collection is any page where you gather things that don’t fit neatly into a calendar. They’re like the reference section of your journal — things you want to remember, revisit, or build over time.

In a witchy context, this could include:

• Spell recipes and rituals

• Herbal correspondences

• Crystal or elemental associations

• Deities, guides, or goddess pages

• Book, course, or podcast lists

• Affirmations, quotes, or prayers

• Dream symbols or signs

• Wheel of the Year notes or reflections

These become part of your living Book of Shadows. Start where you are. Add what’s relevant to you.

 

✧ 4. Logs & Reflections → Spreads for recording your lived experience

Logs are pages where you capture what actually happened — after a ritual, a walk, a dream, or a magical moment. Reflections can be thoughts, feelings, symbols, or intuitive responses.

This is where your journal becomes a mirror.

Try:

• Logging a full moon ritual and how it felt

• Writing about a dream and what symbols stood out

• Recording a tarot or oracle reading

• Capturing signs, synchronicities, or messages

• Field notes from being in nature or in sacred space

You might not look at these pages for months. Then one day, you do — and you realise just how far you’ve come.

 

✦ If You Start to Feel Overwhelmed…

Stop.

You don’t need to keep everything “up to date.” You don’t need to make every spread Instagram-worthy. You don’t need to log every single ritual.

Let it be messy. Let it be real. This is not performance art.

You’re not doing it wrong if you change your mind.

Or take a break.

Or never finish a tracker.

Your journal is a tool for support — not self-surveillance.

 

✦ A Final Thought: This Is Yours

Let your bullet journal be a place of soft noticing. A place to come back to. A space to tend your magic — and your humanity.

Use what serves. Let go of the rest.

And if your planner pages end up chaotic, half-finished, tea-stained or scribbled over? That’s not failure. That’s life. That’s practice. That's magic.

✦ A Closing Blessing for Your Pages

May your journal be a place of remembering.

May your trackers reveal your wisdom.

May your planners hold your becoming.

May your collections grow like spells on the wind —

Always evolving, always yours.

 

✦ I made a video talking about planners, lists & trackers in Your witchy BuJo

If you’d like to see examples of the trackers mentioned, along with a gentle walk-through of how I use them, the full video is available on YouTube here.

✦ Are You Starting Your Own Witchy Bullet Journal?

I’ve created a beautiful, practical guide to help you begin — whether you’re brand new to bullet journaling or looking to weave more magic into your pages.

Using a Bullet Journal for Your Book of Shadows is a free printable resource that walks you through the basics and gives you a little bundle of cut-and-stick elements to help you get started.

It’s gentle, non-prescriptive, and rooted in real practice — just like your magic.

You can download it for free here. https://www.jessicaandthemoon.com/products/using-a-bullet-journal-for-your-book-of-shadows-a-free-printable-guide-to-begin-your-witchy-journaling-journey

Warmest Blessings on your path

Jessica