The Wheel of the Year Celebrations

Today was supposed to be our belated Imbolc celebration, but I ended up canceling it due to the once again difficult traveling conditions. So I hope this post will help make up for it a little bit.

In the video above, you can follow the kitty and bunny tracks with me out to the Stone Circle. I added some rocks yesterday to finish creating the eight fold wheel of the year around the central stone. So you can see eight stones representing the quarters and cross quarters celebrations, as represented on the wheel below.

The quarters of the Solstices and Equinoxes form a cross. This is the cross that the Sun god, Jesus died on. As the sun goes through its cycles of death and rebirth, so too are we meant to die and be reborn in our own hero’s journey. As in the heavens above, so too in this earthly realm below. As I am discovering, the Bible is the greatest alchemical book ever written, teaching us how to transform the lead of our lives into gold by following Christ consciousness.

As shown on this second Wheel of the Year image (taken from marikennedy.com), we are currently in the season of Imbolc which is located in the North East of the Wheel. The cross quarters mark the halfway points between the quarters and they form a St. Andrew’s cross, as can be seen in the first wheel of the year image. The St Andrew’s cross is found on the Scottish flag🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and was also used on the Confederate flag as a symbol of sacrifice for one’s country. …hmmm… it kind of makes you wonder why the Confederates used that, huh? Could there possibly be more to the story than we know?

Anyway, I digress. My point is that the Wheel of the Year is imbued with deep meaning which I strive to bring to life in the ceremonies. It is found in many spiritual traditions, such as the Native American Medicine Wheel. Here is one rendition of it… of which there are MANY.

As you can see in the medicine wheel, there are twelve totems around it, which also corresponds with the twelve zodiac signs, just as the twelve disciples in the Bible correspond with the twelve zodiac signs.

The seasons and directions found within the Wheel of the Year and Medicine Wheel also correspond with the seasons of our lives, as well as the alchemical elements of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire.

All these ideas of course live within the Druid tradition, with the various Gods and Goddesses playing the roles of the seasons and their many archetypes to impart wisdom to us. And likewise the celebration of the role of the death and rebirth of the sun, and our own divine light connected to it all.

So I think you are getting the idea of how much meaning is to be found by delving into a study of all of this. By seeing how God has created all of nature to continuously lead us back to his still center, which is the middle of the Wheel, or the Pole star above in the heavens, we can see how much we are cared for and a part of this glorious cycle.

May you be blessed and encouraged with this knowledge (gnosis).

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With much love and gratitude,

Jean