THE TURNING WHEEL
                OF THE YEAR
 
     Nature is a continuous circular flow of endings, re-birth, cause, effect, transformation, giving, receiving, becoming, ceasing, and re-becoming. All the seasons are not separate, they merge. Every season appears to presage the next.

     The four divisions of the year:
Dawning Time - February 2nd to April 30th
Time of Light - May 1st to July 30th
Time of Harvest - July 31st to October 30th
Shadow Time - October 31st to February 1st

     In the Spring, life is viewed with youthful innocence.  Summer, life is experienced.  In the Fall, there is maturity and appreciation for all that was, is and will be.  Winter, signifies old age, a period of rest and recuperation.

     With the continual turn of the seasons, the planet enters a new stage of development, a new stage of life.

 The Four Greater Sabbats

February 2 - Imbloc
May 1        -Beltane (May Day)
August 1    -Lughnasadh
October 31 -Samhain

The Four Lesser Sabbats

Vernal Equinox -  Ostara
Summer Solstice-Midsummer
Autumn Equinox- Mabon
Winter Solstice-   Yule

 Each year the astronomical dates of the four lesser Sabbats change.

To find out the exact date of each, consult an up-to-date astrological calendar or any other current calendar of days showing the exact dates of the equinoxes and solstices.
   

Samhain Circa Oct 31     
Yule Circa December 21
Imbloc Circa February 1
Ostara Circa March 21
Beltane Circa May 1
MidSummer Circa June 21
Lughnasadh Circa August 1
Mabon Circa September 21

 

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