I was born in the Southern Hemisphere – in the Great South Land of Australia – and as a white Western European girl child. Most of the texts and graphics explaining the Cosmos to an Australian and white child were (and still often are) drawn from the Northern Hemisphere perspective. The Moon in her phases were “backwards” (New Moon curves to the left in the Southern Hemisphere); Sun’s daily movement from East to West was described as being “clockwise” (which it wasn’t); the seasons in the stories were always at odds with real experience. This was never regarded as important enough to mention, yet deep within me from the beginning there was scribed the cosmic essence of disregarding one’s senses.[i]
So I created a Wheel of the Year for my Place in the world – over decades of practice of celebrating Her Creativity in my region of Earth. In the image of this Southern Hemisphere Wheel, the Seasonal direction is Sunwise for the Southern Hemsiphere, which is ‘anti-clockwise’. Winter Solstice is placed in the South (towards the South Pole), Summer Solstice is placed in the North (towards the Equator), thus Spring Equiniox is due East – midpoint of the light part of the cycle, and Autumn Equinox is due West – midpoint of the dark part of the cycle.
The annual dance of dark and light is represented on the diagram with the yin-yang arrangement, which is apparently based on Earth-based Chinese tradition. I find this expresses well how the light is born at the Winter Solstice (in the South), and waxes to fullness at Summer Solstice (in the North): and how dark is born at the Summer Solstice (in the North), and waxes to fullness at the Winter Solstice (in the South).
The actual astronomical date of the Seasonal Moment/Sabbat varies from year to year because it is the meridian point of the quarter (the “cross-quarter day”). All global times may be found at my website.
For more about the PaGaian Wheel (for both hemispheres) and a larger downloadable (A3) image see: PaGaian Wheel of the Year: a Pattern of Creativity
[i] Glenys Livingstone, PaGaian Cosmology (NE:iUniverse,2005), 1.
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Thank you for this insight.
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div dir=”ltr”>Even as a small child I’ve always felt very connected to the Australian landscape with its seasons, skies, seas, flora and fauna. I too
Thank your so much for your work! I’m also from the Southern Hemisphere – in my case, from the Great Land of Brazil. Your work really impacted me and changed the way I relate to Nature and to my spiritual practice! Thank your so much for this!
I am so glad to know. Thank you.