Wheel of the Year

The standard Wheel of the Year has always bothered me on some level. There was just something that was "off." As a result I have decided to take on a new approach and see how it works for me.

The published or standard Wheel of the Year looks like the following


SABBAT
CELEBRATION
CALENDAR
Yule
Winter Solstice
0* Capricorn
Imbolc
High Winter
February 1 or 2
Ostara
Spring Equinox
0* Aries
Beltane
High Spring
May 1
Litha
Summer Solstice
0* Cancer
Lammas
High Summer
August 1
Mabon
Autumnal Equinox
0* Libra
Samhain
High Autumn
October 31


Where as if you follow Astrology it looks more like the following

SABBAT
CELEBRATION
ASTROLOGICAL
Yule
Winter Solstice
0* Capricorn
Imbolc
High Winter
15* Aquarius
Ostara
Spring Equinox
0* Aries
Beltane
High Spring
15* Taurus
Litha
Summer Solstice
0* Cancer
Lammas
High Summer
15* Leo
Mabon
Autumnal Equinox
0* Libra
Samhain
High Autumn
15* Scorpio
Information from http://www.patheos.com/blogs/witchonfire/sabbat-rituals/


With this shift and if you decide to follow the Astrological Calendar then would it not also hold to use the elements that correspond to the Astrological Sign that is the Fixed Sign for the Season?
SABBAT
CELEBRATION
ELEMENT
ZODIAC SIGN
QUALITY
Yule
Winter Solstice
Earth
Capricorn
Cardinal
Imbolc
High Winter
Air
Aquarius
Fixed


Water
Pisces
Mutable
Ostara
Spring Equinox
Fire
Aries
Cardinal
Beltane
High Spring
Earth
Taurus
Fixed


Air
Gemini
Mutable
Litha
Summer Solstice
Water
Cancer
Cardinal
Lammas
High Summer
Fire
Leo
Fixed


Earth
Virgo
Mutable
Mabon
Autumnal Equinox
Air
Libra
Cardinal
Samhain
High Autumn
Water
Scorpio
Fixed


Fire
Sagittarius
Mutable

Everyone comes up with their own order that they call the elements, but to me it makes more sense to follow the order given by the order of the fixed signs in the Zodiac.
  • Air needs grounding; thought needs structure.
  • Fire needs cooling; passion needs depth.
  • Earth needs raising; old structures need clearing away.
  • Water needs to be ruffled; the deeper currents need to be challenged by surface disturbance to prove themselves.
And so on they go ...


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