Your Card and the Wheel of the Year
Room 13 of 13 · Level III · Archivist · 6 min
Tarot was born as a game and became an esoteric tool; Wicca arranged the year into eight festivals. Here you join both in a spell with a card.
What you practise
The tarot suits and their usual elements, the Wheel of the Year and a spell with a card.
The four steps, in text
- 1. Put each suit with its element. Wands → Fire · Swords → Air · Cups → Water · Pentacles → Earth
- 2. Light the eight festivals of the Wheel of the Year, from Samhain. Samhain → Yule → Imbolc → Ostara → Beltane → Litha → Lughnasadh / Lammas → Mabon
- 3. Trace the Wheel of the Year. A circle with eight spokes: one for each festival of the year.
- 4. Choose the moon for your card spell. New moon, Waxing crescent, First quarter, Waxing gibbous, Full moon, Waning gibbous, Last quarter, Waning crescent
Safety
- Real candle: never leave it alone; put it on a ceramic or metal plate, away from curtains, paper, children and pets. Snuff it out before leaving the room. An LED candle works just as well.
- Your intention is about you. Nothing to harm, control or bind another person.
- This is a reflective practice: don't use it to make decisions about health, money or legal matters.
🕯️ Candle out · complete a mission to light it
The streak candle is only an on-screen element. If a room suggests a real candle, follow its safety rules.
Fun fact
Tarot appeared in Italian courts in the 1440s–50s as a trick-taking game.