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Would you please tell this barbarian Roman what this twaddle is all about?

LW, is there a specific rune corresponding to each festival in the wheel?

 

-- Nephele

GO~

 

The Wheel of the Year is a calendar, in the round. Each of the lines on the wheel represents a holiday. It's usually used by Wiccans, but I believe it is far older than Wicca.

 

To use it in Runic divination, you basically use it to tell time. Where the Runes fall on the calendar tells approximately when you can expect prophesied events to occur.

 

Nephele~

 

Not that I know of. Someone has probably ascribed different Runes to the different holidays however I do not.

Eight spokes on the chariot = the eight major festivals of the Celtic "wheel" of the year?

 

I'm missing the same symbolism in the Celtic cross, though. That one seems more like the use of a circle to encompass the symbol of Christianity, as Christianity encompasses the world.

 

-- Nephele

I don't quite understand the "Celtic Cross" either, although I don't see it as a Christian symbol. The equal-armed cross, if I'm not mistaken, has been in use long before the Crucifixion.

Four and eight (sometimes six) spoke wheels are common celtic symbols. The celtic cross is a Christianized wheel.

 

Look at these very old celtic crosses, which are often just wheels on top of a pillar.

 

The god Jupiter Taranis:

LW as regards Ostara, do you have a personal opinion on the "weight " of this festival , as it is very "neo-pagan" (rather than those of more hoary pedigree and specific purpose , (like say ,Beltaine "ner cast a clout till may be out " being a folk saying here, that is , shed no garment till the may blossom has appeared around beltaine)? I have no agenda here I am speaking conversationally, in case you were worried that I was "looking for controversy".

Looking for controversy? I would much more expect that of some others, but not you!

 

Honestly I have no opinion whatsoever of Ostara. The holidays that I personally give credence to are Samhain, Yule, Beltane, Midsummer and Lughnasadh. I give passing notice to Lammas (that's the autumnal equinox, right?).

 

Ostara I have really no opinion of however I included it because it is a part of the calender, which I only use because it's a convenient way to tell time in the context of divination.