The Pagan seasonal cycle is often called the Wheel of the Year. Almost all Pagans celebrate a cycle of Sabbarts, which are spaced every six or seven weeks through the year and divide the wheel into eight segments. Four of the Sabbats have Celtic origins and are known by their Celtic names, Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnasadh and Samhain. The other four are points in the solar calendar. These are Spring and Autumn Equinox (when the length of the day is exactly equal to the night), Summer and Winter Solstice (longest and shortest days of the year). Neolithic sites such as Stonehenge act as gigantic solar calendars which marked the solstices and equinoxes and show that solar festivals have been significant dates for hundreds of thousands of years. This podcast originally aired on New Year's Eve several years ago And since 2021 will be here before we know it, this just seemed like the perfect podcast to play and we start the holiday season.