Living the Wheel of the Year 2027

Eight seasonal gatherings. One year of living more gently, intentionally, and in rhythm with nature.

What if the Wheel of the Year were more than eight celebrations on a calendar? What if it could become a way of living, one that invites us to slow down, reconnect with the natural world, and discover a little more meaning in the ordinary moments of our days?

In 2027, I invite you to experience the Wheel of the Year through a softer, more feminine lens. Rooted in seasonal folklore, ancient traditions, mythology, and the wisdom of the natural world, this year-long journey explores not only how we celebrate the changing seasons, but how we might live alongside them.

So much of modern life asks us to keep moving at the same pace, regardless of the season. We fill our calendars, measure our productivity, and often overlook the quieter pleasures that make a life feel rich and meaningful. Yet nature reminds us that there is a time for growth and a time for rest, a time for gathering and a time for solitude, a time for beginning again and a time for simply being.

Throughout our eight gatherings, we will explore the traditions and symbolism of each seasonal festival while discovering how its wisdom can become part of everyday life. We will draw upon feminine wisdom, the stories of goddesses and women, old household customs, and the rhythms of the natural world. There will be gentle rituals, seasonal practices, reflection, storytelling, and meaningful conversation within a welcoming circle of women.

And we will explore a beautiful possibility: that everyday life can become its own kind of ritual.

The morning cup of tea prepared with care. Fresh flowers gathered for a table. A candle lit as evening settles. A meal made from what the season offers. A few moments spent watching the changing light or listening to birdsong. These small acts ask very little of us, yet they can bring us back to ourselves and the world around us.

This is not a journey of elaborate ceremonies, rigid spiritual practices, or another set of things to accomplish. It is an invitation to notice more, make room for what nourishes us, honor our own changing rhythms, and rediscover the quiet pleasure of living seasonally.

Whether you are entirely new to the Wheel of the Year or have celebrated its turning for many years, you are welcome. The eight festivals provide our foundation, but the journey we take through them in 2027 offers a fresh and deeply personal way of experiencing their wisdom.

The Wheel of the Year is not simply something we celebrate. It is something we can learn to live.

What Makes This Journey Different?

The Wheel of the Year is often introduced through its eight seasonal festivals, each with its own history, traditions, symbols, and rituals. These celebrations remain at the heart of our gatherings, but this year, we are taking the experience a little further, exploring how the wisdom of the seasons can become part of the way we live.

Rather than approaching each festival as a separate occasion to prepare for and celebrate, we will follow the Wheel as a continuous journey, one that invites us to develop a more thoughtful relationship with nature, time, and ourselves.

A Feminine Perspective

Throughout history, women have marked the changing seasons through the rhythms of everyday life: tending hearths and gardens, gathering plants, preparing seasonal foods, preserving traditions, sharing stories, and caring for their homes and communities.

We will explore these connections alongside the mythology of goddesses, feminine archetypes, and the wisdom found in folklore and old customs. We will also consider what feminine wisdom means in our own lives today, making space for intuition, creativity, pleasure, connection, and the freedom to honor our individual needs.

This is not about returning to prescribed roles or romanticizing the past. It is about rediscovering practices and perspectives that can bring greater meaning to our lives now.

Honoring the Seasons Within

Just as the natural world moves through cycles of growth, abundance, release, and rest, our own lives unfold through changing seasons.

There are times when we feel energetic and inspired, and others when we need quiet, comfort, or space to find our footing. Our personal seasons do not always follow the calendar. We may be experiencing a new beginning in autumn or a period of rest when the world around us is bursting into spring.

Through reflection and gentle seasonal practices, we will explore how to recognize and respect these inner rhythms without feeling that we must always be growing, changing, or working toward something.

Finding Ritual in Everyday Life

Ritual does not have to be elaborate to be meaningful.

Throughout the year, we will discover how familiar activities can become small moments of connection and intention. Preparing a morning cup of tea, opening the windows to welcome a new season, arranging a few branches in a vase, tending a garden, making a nourishing meal, or lighting a candle at dusk can all become ways of marking time and honoring the present.

We will explore simple seasonal rituals inspired by folklore and tradition, but there will be no expectation to create elaborate altars, purchase special supplies, or follow a prescribed spiritual practice.

The intention is not to add more to our days, but to find greater meaning in what is already there.

A Slower, More Thoughtful Way of Living

Modern life rarely encourages us to change our pace with the seasons. We are often expected to maintain the same level of energy and productivity throughout the year, even when our bodies, minds, and surroundings are asking for something different.

The Wheel offers another perspective.

Spring reminds us that beginnings can be gradual. Summer invites us to experience pleasure and abundance. Autumn teaches us about gathering, gratitude, and change. Winter makes room for stillness, restoration, and the quieter aspects of life.

Rather than treating these as instructions for how we should feel, we will explore them as invitations to consider what might nourish us at different times of the year.

A Circle of Women

There is something meaningful about gathering with other women as the seasons change.

Each class will offer time for storytelling, learning, personal reflection, and conversation. We will share traditions, explore new perspectives, and consider how the themes of each season find expression in our own lives.

There is no expectation to share more than feels comfortable, and no single way to experience the Wheel. Whether you come with years of seasonal practice or are discovering these traditions for the first time, you will find a welcoming place within the circle.

Over the course of the year, our gatherings will become familiar points of connection, opportunities to return to the natural world, to one another, and to the quieter rhythms of our own lives.

Throughout the year, we will gather at eight seasonal turning points, following the ancient rhythm of the Wheel while exploring what each season can teach us about living more gently, meaningfully, and in connection with the natural world.

Imbolc — The Quiet Beginning

Festival: February 1, 2027 | Monday

Gathering: January 25 | Monday

As winter begins its slow passage toward spring, we explore Brigid, hearth traditions, candlelight, and the earliest signs of returning life. Together, we consider the beauty of beginnings that unfold gradually, the importance of tending ourselves, and the small daily rituals that help us welcome the light without rushing toward what comes next.

Ostara — The Art of Becoming

Festival: March 20, 2027 | Saturday

Gathering: March 17 | Wednesday

At the spring equinox, we welcome the balance of light and darkness through seasonal folklore, eggs, seeds, flowers, and traditions of renewal. We explore how to make room for growth, reconnect with our creativity, and bring the freshness of spring into our homes and everyday routines while honoring our own pace of becoming.

Beltane — Permission to Flourish

Festival: May 1, 2027 | Saturday

Gathering: April 28 | Wednesday

As the world grows green and abundant, we celebrate Beltane through May blossoms, sacred wells, feminine folklore, and traditions of love and vitality. This gathering invites us to rediscover pleasure, beauty, and connection, making space for the simple things that bring us joy and remembering that delight deserves a place in everyday life.

Litha — The Fullness of Light

Festival: June 21, 2027 | Monday

Gathering: June 14 | Monday

At the summer solstice, we explore the magic of midsummer, healing herbs, solar folklore, and traditions honoring the longest days. Together, we consider what it means to be fully present in our lives, savoring abundance, welcoming pleasure, and creating small seasonal rituals that help us enjoy the warmth and richness of summer.

Lughnasadh — The Beauty of Enough

Festival: August 1, 2027 | Sunday

Gathering: July 29 | Thursday

As the first harvest arrives, we explore the traditions of Lughnasadh, grain, bread, seasonal abundance, and the wisdom of gathering what has grown. This is an invitation to recognize what is already nourishing us, celebrate the fruits of our efforts, and discover the quiet satisfaction of enough in a world that continually asks for more.

Mabon — The Grace of Gathering In

Festival: September 22, 2027 | Wednesday

Gathering: September 13 | Monday

At the autumn equinox, we turn toward the pleasures of the harvest, apple folklore, household traditions, and the changing balance of light and darkness. Together, we explore the art of gathering in, creating comfort, simplifying our days, and preparing our homes and hearts for the quieter seasons without feeling we must hurry to let go.

Samhain — The Wisdom of the Threshold

Festival: October 31, 2027 | Sunday

Gathering: October 28 | Thursday
As autumn deepens, we explore Samhain through ancestral traditions, remembrance, feminine mythology, and the folklore of the unseen world. This gathering offers space to honor memory, acknowledge change, and reflect on the thresholds in our own lives, while discovering gentle ways to welcome stillness and carry what matters into the darker months.

Yule — The Sacred Art of Rest

Festival: December 21, 2027 | Tuesday

Gathering: December 13 | Monday

At the winter solstice, we gather around the symbolism of candlelight, evergreens, the returning sun, and old midwinter customs. Together, we explore the wisdom of rest, the comfort of simple pleasures, and the beauty of winter rituals that bring warmth and meaning to our homes while allowing ourselves to embrace the season's slower rhythm.

Your Invitation to the Turning Year

Living the Wheel of the Year is more than a series of seasonal gatherings. It is an invitation to spend an entire year exploring a gentler, more intentional way of living, one that honors the rhythms of nature and makes room for beauty, reflection, and small everyday rituals.

Throughout 2027, we will gather eight times to explore the changing seasons through a feminine lens, drawing upon folklore, ancient traditions, seasonal wisdom, and the simple pleasures of everyday life.

Each gathering is thoughtfully prepared to offer inspiration that extends well beyond our time together. Whether you join us live or follow along at your own pace, you will have everything you need to make this journey your own.

What Your Year Includes

Eight Live Seasonal Gatherings

Eight thoughtfully guided online experiences exploring the festivals of the Wheel of the Year, with seasonal folklore, old traditions, gentle rituals, and meaningful reflection. Each gathering offers an opportunity to reconnect with the natural world and discover how seasonal living can become part of ordinary life.

A Recording of Every Gathering

Every gathering will be recorded, allowing you to revisit the experience whenever you wish or enjoy it entirely at your own pace. There is no pressure to attend every gathering live or keep up with a schedule.

Complete Presentation Slides

Receive a digital copy of the presentation slides from each gathering, filled with seasonal wisdom, folklore, traditions, and inspiration to return to throughout the year.

Eight Seasonal Guides & Workbooks

Each gathering includes a beautifully prepared 12-page digital guide and workbook designed to help you bring the spirit of the season into your everyday life.

Across the year, you will receive 96 pages of original material, including seasonal folklore, meaningful rituals, reflection and journaling prompts, traditional customs, and simple practices that invite you to find beauty and meaning in the everyday.

These are not assignments to complete, but resources to enjoy, explore, and return to whenever the season calls.

Pay in Full — $395

Reserve your place for the entire year with one payment and enjoy a savings of $45.

As a special thank-you for committing to the full journey, you will also receive The Turning Year Welcome Parcel, a thoughtfully prepared collection created especially for our 2027 experience.

Your parcel will include:

• The Turning Year Herbal Tea: A custom herbal tea blend created especially for our seasonal gatherings, inviting you to make a small ritual of preparing a cup of tea and taking time for yourself.

• A Seasonal Journal: A lovely little journal for recording observations, reflections, and moments worth remembering as the year unfolds.

• An Exclusive Wheel of the Year Illustration: A beautifully printed keepsake featuring the eight seasonal festivals, created especially for this journey and intended to be displayed or enjoyed throughout the year.

Two Payments — $440

Reserve your place with an initial payment of $220 upon registration, with the remaining $220 due by January 1, 2027.

Both payment options include all eight seasonal gatherings, recordings, presentation slides, and the complete collection of seasonal guides and workbooks.

A Year to Experience at Your Own Pace

There is no expectation that you attend every gathering live. Some women will join us throughout the year, enjoying the conversation and companionship of our seasonal circle. Others may prefer to settle in with a cup of tea, open their seasonal guide, and enjoy the recordings in their own time.

You may choose to participate live, follow the entire journey independently, or enjoy a little of both.

The rituals are invitations, not obligations. The guides are companions, not assignments. And the changing seasons offer us opportunities to begin again, no matter where we find ourselves along the way.

This is a year to experience, not a course to complete.

A year of noticing the small things, honoring our own rhythms, rediscovering the beauty of ordinary moments, and remembering that we, too, are part of the natural world.