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Wheel of the Year
This is the expression used by neo-Pagans and in neo-Pagan Witchcraft designating the changing seasons of the year. It also symbolizes the belief in the birth, death, and rebirth cycle.

 


The Wheel of the Year
For followers of nature-based spiritual paths like Druidry and Wicca, the dynamics of the changing seasons and the interplay between darkness and light are fundamental.

Wheel of the year
This eight-pointed symbol marks the important holidays or Sabbats in the Wiccan Ritual Calendar and is derived from the Sunwheel or Solarcross, a pre-Christian European calendar used to mark Equinoxes and Solstices.

Wheel of the Year
This is often represented as a wheel with eight spokes, one for each of the Sabbats. It symbolizes the cycles of nature.
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These are comprised of the eight solar festivals that celebrate the wheel of the year.
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Almost evenly spaced around the Wiccan Wheel of the Year are the eight Wiccan feast days, or sabbats. The sabbat cycle is a retelling and celebration of the age-old story of the Great Goddess and her son and consort, the Horned God.

Compare and contrast the Wheel of the Year diagram with the Kircher Christian Cabbalah Tree diagram. They have a central theme in common, which is the ancient rulership pattern that links the Planets to the Signs in the Zodiac, as detailed above.

Beltaine is one of two Celtic fire festivals, a cross-quarter sabbat, and is sometimes referred to as Cetsamhain, meaning "opposite Samhain," because it falls opposite to Samhain in the Wheel of the Year.

See also: Symbol, World, Light, Christ, Pagan