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The Wheel of the Year
The Wheel of the Year is a Neo-Pagan calendar that tracks the earth'snatural cycle of seasons. Within the Wheel are eight Sabbats, or fes-tivals. These festivals embody the birth. life, and death of the earthas it journeys on its infinite and circular path through the cosmos.Within this cycle. the light and the dark will embark on their yearlycourse where power is shifted and split between them. At its height,the light will spread its vibrant rays and produce life and fulfill-ment. At it lowest point, the light will give way to the darkness thatallows the land rest and dormancy. Though polar opposites. boththe light and the dark bring forth the gifts necessary for balance andharmony. Within the eight Sabbats balance is created. allowing usto celebrate the wonders and gifts brought about by each season.
Yule: Winter solstice. The Wheel begins deep within the darknessas the Goddess gives birth to the Horned God. In His infantstage. He represents the planted seed awaiting growth. Althoughthe earth appears dormant, the cycle of life has just been reborn
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beneath its surface. Yule is a time for potential, growth, expec-tancy, rest, hope, healing, and new beginnings. This time ofdarkness enables us to go inside and reflect on our own potentialas well as the world's. Through rest and reflection, we can fullyenvision what gifts we might bring about at the sun's return.
Imbolc: February 2nd. The Horned God begins to grow andstrengthen, but is not yet at full power. Meanwhile, as the God-dess is healing from Her birth of the Homed God, She begins tocleanse Herself in preparation of Her return to the Maiden form.As the ice will soon thaw and the earth grow fertile once more, weare reminded of the journey that lies ahead and the preparationsneeded. Imbolc is a time for purification, dedication, cleansing,initiation, and preparation. While the sun begins to gain strength,we might take the opportunity to wipe away negativity-andopen up to the blessings and insight needed to move forward.
Ostara: Spring equinox. At this point on the Wheel, The HornedGod enjoys youthful vigor while the Goddess, now a youngMaiden, spreads Her fertility acrOSSthe land. With these eventsset in motion, the God may begin His courtship with the God-dess. Now that the sun is quickly growing in ,;trength and thesoil is fertile, the seed that once lay dormant has finally begunto sprout. Ostara is a time for balance, awakenings, fertility,and vitality. As night and day have found complete balance, weshould come to understand the many facets of ourselves in orderto create a balance for the long journey ahead.
Be/tane: May 1st. The Horned God has now entered into manhoodand joins the Maiden in both a sexual and spiritual union. AtHer fertile peak, the Maiden now prepares for Her transforma-tion into Mother. Beltane marks the fullest point of spring. Thesoil is flourishing with fresh growth and all things are full of life.While the sun is nearing its highest potential, we may now takethe liberty of celebrating our endeavors with those around us.Beltane is a time for unity, celebration, sexuality, growth, fertil-
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ity, and love. The true spirit of the season calls us to enjoy everyaspect of our beauty and not to be ashamed of the gifts that webring to the universe.
Litha: Summer solstice. With the Goddess now ripe and pregnant,the Horned God is at His highest point of power. The earth andits inhabitants are now in full bloom and rich with energy. Sum-mer solstice is the counter to Yule on the Wheel now turning tolet balance commence. Summer solstice is a time for abundance,ripeness, passion, energy, and empowerment. With the harvestcoming soon, we must allow ourselves to celebrate the wonderswe have accomplished and trust that the rewards will soon bereaped.
Lammas: August 1st. The Horned God and His light are now begin-ning to fade. The Goddess does not mourn, for She knows withinHer lies His rebirth. As the land is full and ripe, the time for har-vesting has begun. Lammas is a time for acceptance, talent, full-ness, and improvement. The season brings out the opportunityfor us to learn about the great gifts we have received, and howwe might use these gifts to better ourselves and others.
Mabon: Autumn equinox. The Horned God is now in preparationfor His body to be received into the underworld. In its deep-est harvest, the earth gives forth its gifts in great abundance.Although the harvest is plentiful, the rich colors brought forthfrom summer solstice are now fading as the land is preparing forits slumber. Mabon is a time for thanks, preservation, reflection,preparation, and abundance. At this point of the cycle, we arereminded to give thanks for what we have received, both goodand bad, and to concentrate on the future.
Samhain: October 31st. The Horned God passes from one world tothe next and patiently awaits His rebirth. The Goddess, as a Crone,again prepares for Her birth of the Horned God. At the year's lastharvest, we are called to take account of all things received in our
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lives. Sarnhain is a time for deep reflection, inventory, blessings,letting go, and trust. While the cycle nears completion, we mustfind the will to release the things in our lives that no longer holdbearings. In this release, through celebration, we will hope toreach divination.
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YULE Druantia
Akhushtal EkaAbassi
TheAkkan Erce
Akwaba Erua
Ala Eurynome
Alemona Evaki
Al-Uzza Freya
Anapel Frigga
Angerona Gleti
Antevorta Gula
Apakura Hebat
Arianrhod Hecate
Armathr Heldt
Arnamentia He!
Aspe!enie Hera
Bixia Yuanjin Holda
Boann Idunn
BonaDea Isis
Cailleach Izanami
Cande!ifera Kali Ma
Carmenta Koliada
Carna Lamia
Cerridwen Leto
Chalchiuhtlicue Lucina
Coatlicue Lupa
Coventina MamaOello
Dana Manat
Demeter Marzanna
Don Mayahue!
Meskhenet
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Nana Buluku Tiamat
Nekhebet Tozi
Ningal Ushas
Ninhursag The Valkyries
Ninlil Var
Ninsun Ved'Ma
Ninti Wadjet
The Noms XiHou
Nuneh YayaZakurai
Oenothea YukiOnne
Pasiphae YumChenmo
Pukkeenegak The Zorya
Ran Zywie
Renenet
Rhea IMBOLCRhiannon AkwabaSaga AlemonaSaule Al-Uzza _Sedna AnapelSelene AntevortaSeshat ArnamentiaShasti AstarteShekinah AstraeaSigyn AuchimalgenSkadi BaNgu'S6l BanbaSophia BauboSulis Blue TaraTawaret BoannTefnut
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Brigid The Mar'rallang
Cailleach Malsu
Candelifera Meskhenet
Carmenta Minerva
Ch'angO Ninsun
Chomo- Lung- Ma NuKua
ChupKamui Oya
Coventina Pachamama
Dana Pajau Yan
Danu Pele
Devi Pereplut
Diana Pinga
Dike Psyche
Don Rhiannon
Epona Saranyu
Erce Saule
£riu Scathach
Green Tara Sekhmet
Gullveig Selene
Hecate SgegMoMa
Hestia Shakti
Hina Shekinah
Ista Devata Sigyn
Julunggul Sjofn
Kamrusepas Skadi
KuanYin Snake Woman
Kunapipi S6l
Lajja Gauri Sulis
Lama Teteoinnan
MamaCocha Thalassa
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Tlalteuctli Ashnan
Tozi Aspelenie
Tsovinar Astarte
Ushas Atargatis
Uttu Aurora
Vammatar Ausrine
Var Aziri
Vesna Bast
Vesta Beiwe
Wadjet The BereginyWakahirume Bia
XiHou BOOaYuanjin
Yemaya Blodeuwedd
YumChenmo Branwen
TheZorya Britomartis
Bunzi
OSTARA Cailleaeh
Aglaia Calliope_
TheAkkan Carmenta
Alemona Carna
Al-Uzza Chun T'i
Anath Com Mother
Andraste Creddylad
Anna Perenna Cybele
Aphrodite Demeter
Arachne Dewi Nawang Sasih
Artemis Dike
Asase Yaa Dziewanna
Asherah Dzydzilelya
Eostre
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Eree Lupa
Ertha MaKu
Estsanatlehi Ma)at
Euphrosyne MadreVieja
Eurynome MaiaFlidais MarnaAllpa
Flora Mama Oellu
Gaia The Mar'rallang
Gbadu Marama
Green Tara Marzanna
GyWdeptis Matronae
Hathor Mawu
Hebat MayahueJ
Hekit Mujaji
Hi'iaka Mut
HsiWangMu Nantosuelta
Idunn Nehallenia
Ilmatar Nekhebet
Inkosazana Nerthus
Iris Ngarne
Ishtar Ninhursag
Isis Onatha
Ixehel Ops
Juno Pajau Yan
Kikimora Parvati
Kuan Yin Pasiphae
Lada Pax
Lajja Gauri Persephone
Lakshrni Po Ino Nogar
Leshaehikha Pomona
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Proserpina BELTANE
Purandhi Agemem
Renenet Aine
Rhea Akwaba
Sangiyan Sari AI-Uzza
Sarasvati Anath
Seshat Aphrodite
SgegMoMa Armathr
Shakti Asherah
Shasti Astarte
Shekinah Ausrine
Sigyn Bast
Sjofn Beiwe
Tabiti Bendis
Thalia Benten
Themis Blodeuwedd
Tlalteuctli BonaDea
Tozi Branwen -Tyche Brigantia
Uttu Caipora
Uzume Calliope
Vellamo ChuangMu
Venus Cocomama
Vesna Creddylad
Wadjet Cybele
Xochiquetzal Devi
Yaoji Dzydzilelya
Yaya Zakurai Eostre
Zaramama Erce
Zaria
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Ereshkigal Nilee
Erua Ningal
Etugen Ninlil
Euphrosyne Nut
Faumea Oba
Flidais Parvati
Flora Persephone
Freya Proserpina
Frigga Psyche
Gunnlod Radha
Hathor Rati
Haumea Red Tara
Hera Sarasvati
Hi'iaka Shekinah
Hina Sita
Inanna Sjiifu
Indrani Sophia
Jord Sura
Lada Tap Tun
Lakshmi Tashmetum
Lofu Uni
Lupa Uzume
Mama Quilla Var
Mawu Venus
Mbaba Mwana Waresa Vesna
Mielikki Vila
Minerva Xochiquetzal
Mujaji YayaZakurai
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LITHA ChuangMu
Aine Circe
Aje Cocomama
Akewa Copia
Akhushtal Cybele
Akonadi Devi
AI-Uzza Diana
Amaterasu Omikami Druantia
Anahit Dzydzilelya
Anath Elli
Aphrodite Erce
Arinna Ertha
Asherah Erzulie
Astarte Eurynome
Astghik Evaki
Atargatis Flidais
Atthar Fortuna
Aurora Freya
Bast Hathor
Baubo Inanna
Bellona Indrani
Bendis Ishtar
Benten Isis
Bia Ista Devata
Brigantia Itzpapalotl
Brogla Ix Chel
Ch'angO Ixtab
Chantico Juno
Chasca KaIi Ma
Kupala
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Lady of Beasts
Lilith
Lofu
Mama Quilla
MamiWata
Mara
Marica
Maya
Mboze
Medb
Metis
Morrigu
Mut
Narnmu
Nike
Ningal
Odudua
Parvati
Pasiphae
PelePersephone
Proserpina
Psyche
Purandhi
Radha
Rati
Red Tara
Renenet
Saga
Samovila
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Sarasvati
Saule
Scathach
Sekhmet
Sengdroma
Seshat
Shakti
Shamhat
Sheela Na Gig
Sif
Sita
Sjiifu
Snake Woman
56lTap Tun
Tefuut
TIaiteuctii
TIawlteoti
Tozi
Tsovinar
Uni
Ushas
Uzume
Vac
The Valkyries
Venus
Vila
Wadjet
XiHou
Xochiquetzal
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Yaoji Ch'angO
Yemaya Chomo-Lung-Ma
Zaria Copia
Corn Mother
LAM MAS Coventina
Abundantia Dana
Aha Njoku Danu
Airmed Demeter
Aja Diana
Aje Dugnai
Akonadi Durga
Al-Lat Dziewanna
Al-Uzza Elli
Anukel Enekpe
Ardwinna Epona
Artio Erce
Aryong long Ertha
Asase Yaa Estsanatlehi
Ashnan Feronia
Atargatis Flora
Athene F6dla
Alira Fortuna
Axomama Gaia
Aziri Gula
The Bereginy Habondia
Brigantia Haltia
Bunzi Haumea
Ceres Hestia
Chalchiuhtlicue rnari
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Juno Pereplut
Kamrusepas Po Ino Nogar
Kamui Fuchi Pukkeenegak
Kikimora Rhea
Lajja Gauri ShitalaLakshmi Sif
Lt:lu Sigyn
MamaAllpa Spider Woman
Mamlambo Teteoinnan
Mara Tozi
Mati-Syra-Zemlya Uni
Mbaba Mwana Waresa Vasudhara
Medb VestaMielikki White Buffalo Calf Woman
Minona White Tara
Mokosh YamaNo Kami
NanaBuluku Yaoji
Nantosuelta Yellow Tara
Nehallenia Zaramama
Nerthus
Ngame MABONNinkasi AbundantiaNinti Aha NjokuNuneh AjaOba AI-LatOenothea AI-UzzaOps AnuketPachamama ApakuraPani ArachnePapatuanuku
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Artio Feronia
Aryong long F6dla
AsaseYaa Gbadu
Ashnan Gullveig
Albene Gyhldeptis
Atira Hestia
Axomama Inari
Banka-Mundi Isis
Biliku Jord
Blue Tara KaliMa
Bugady Musun Kamui Fuehi
Bunzi Kikimora
Caipora Kipu-Tytto
Ceres KuanYin
Chalehiuhtlieue Lady of Beasts
Chantieo Ma'at
Chicomecoatl Madre Vieja
Copia Malinalxoehitl
Corn Molber MamaAllpa
Coyolxauhqui Mama Coeha
Dana Mamlambo
Demeter The Mar'raIlang
Dewi Nawang Sasih Marama
Diana Mati-Syra-Zemlya
Dike Matronae
Don Mawu
Dugnai Mboze
Eir Medb
Enekpe Minona
Eree Nemesis
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Nilee Vesta
Ninhursag Vila
Ninkasi White Buffalo Calf Woman
Nirriti White Tara
Onatha YamaNo Kami
Ops Yaoji
Paehamama YelluwTara
Pani Yemaya
Pasiphae Yondung Halmoni
Pinga Zaramama
Po Ino Nogar
Pomona SAMHAIN
Pukkeenegak AcpaxapoRenenet AgememSamovila AidaWedoSangiyan Sari AirmedSaranyu TheAkkanScathach AkonadiSedna AlaSengdroma Al-UzzaShakti AnankeSif AnapelSnake Woman AnathSpider Woman AndrasteTahiti AntevortaTefnut ApateTeteoinnan ArianrhodThemis ArnamentiaTlaJteuctli AtheneVac
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Auchimalgen Eurynome
BaNgu' Evaki
Baba Yaga Fravashi
Bachue Gbadu
Badb Gleti
Baduhenna Gula
Banka-Mundi Gullveig
Bendis Gunnlod
Biliku Hecate
Black Tara Hel
Blue Tara Hera
Cailleach Hine
Cerridwen HsiWangMu
Chalchiuhtlicue lnanna
Chihucoatl Indrani
ChunT'i Ishtar
Circe Isis
Coatlicue Itzpapalotl
Coyolxauhqui Ix Chel
Diana Ixtab
Durga Izanami
Eir Julunggul
EkaAbassi KaliMa
Elli Kikimora
Enekpe Kipu-Tytto
Erce Krtya
Ereshkigal Kunapipi
The Erinyes Lajja Gauri
Erzulie Lama
Lamia
Leshachikha
Lilith
MaKu
Macha
Mahuika
Malinalxochitl
Manat
Manea
Marama
Marica
Maya
Medusa
Meng-Po Niang Niang
Meskhenet
Metis
Morrigu
Mulhalmoni
Musso Koroni
Mut
Nammu
Nana Buluku
Nanshe
Neith
Nemesis
Nephthys
Ningal
NinW
Ninsun
Tbe Whee!of me Year
Nirriti
The Noms
NuKua
Nut
Onatha
Oya
Pajau Yan
Pasiphae
Pele
Persephone
Pinga
Proserpina
RanRangda
Red Tara
Satine
Scathach
Sekhmet
Shamhat
Sheela Na Gig
Shitala
Siduri Sabitu
Skadi
Snake Woman
Sophia
Sura
Tashmetum
Tawaret
Tiamat
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T1azolteotl
Tuonetar
Ushas
The Valkyries
Vammatar
Ved'Ma
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Yemaya
Yondung Halmoni
YukiOnne
TheZorya
Zywie