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A Year & A Day Summary

For Southern Hemisphere Wiccans

Deasil & Widdershins
Table of Correspondences
Moon Phases
Sabbat Dates

You're in the Southern Hemisphere if you live south of the equator:

Australia, New Zealand, and area

most of South America

most of Oceania

the southern third of Africa

some of the southern Asian islands

Since the sun travels counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, it changes how some of the Directions and Elements appear to you (compared to how they appear to Northern Hemisphere Wiccans).

So this page will give you, all in one place, the Southern Hemisphere-appropriate Wiccan stuff.

Possible Adaptations

If you live south of the equator, you have multiple choices:

	You can use the Northern Hemisphere Directions, Elements, Sabbats, Deosil direction, etc.
	You can switch the South and North Directions/Elements and Sabbats, but keep everything else the same as in the North
	You can switch everything to align the Southern experience, except East with West
	You can switch everything: South with North, East with West — including the Deosil direction.
	[Your own variation here]

Deasil & Widdershins

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, the Moon and Sun move counter-clockwise across the sky.

This changes the invoking and devoking directions (opposite to the way it's done in the North) —

	deasil will be counter-clockwise
	widdershins will be clockwise

(Again, not all Southern Hemisphere Witches do it this way; many choose to keep it as it was historically created in the North, so it's your choice.)

Deasil

Moving in a counter-clockwise direction, turning forward to your left shoulder.

Widdershins

Moving in a clockwise direction, turning forward to your right shoulder.

Dragonsong's Abbreviated Table Of Correspondences

For Southern Hemisphere Wiccans

¹ I'm afraid that if you want to switch West & East's correspondences, you’ll need to make your own chart.

I doubt many people will want that one.

As said elsewhere in this course, I personally think it's best to leave East with Air and West with Water the same as in the North. And switch everything else.

So here's a Directions/Elements correspondence chart for the Southern Hemisphere that does just that. ¹

Dragonsong's Mini TABLE OF CORRESPONDENCES
(Southern Hemisphere)

© erin Dragonsong	South	East	North	West	Centre
Element	Earth	Air	Fire	Water	Aether/Spirit
Season	Winter	Spring	Summer	Autumn	Timelessness
Holy Days	Samhain, Yule	Brighid, Eostara	Beltaine, Midsummer	Lammas, Harvest Home	Esbats
Time of Day	Night	Morning	Afternoon	Evening	The Present Moment
Moon's Phase	Dark	Waxing	Full	Waning	Whole Cycle
Life Stage	Gestation	Youth	Adult	Elder	Eternal Self
Celestial Body	Earth	Planets	Sun	Moon	Stars, Space
Aspect of Consciousness	Body	Mental, Ego	Energy, Aura	Emotional, Subconscious	Deep Heart, Spirit
Physical Form	Flesh, Bone	Brain, Breath	Nervous System, Energy Meridians & Chakras	Blood, Tears	Soul
Physical Sense	Touch	Sight	Sound, Smell	Taste	Psychic & Subtle Senses
Finger	Middle	Pinkie	Forefinger	Ring Finger	Thumb
Wiccan Tool	Pentacle	Athame	Wand	Chalice	Candle, Cauldron, Spiral
Natural Fetish	Stone, Branch	Feather	Flame (Candle)	Shell	Flower
Life Sphere	Work & Finance	Education	Health	Family * Community	Spirituality, Purpose
Actions	Resting, Healing	Learning, Planning	Action, Creativity	Assessing, Letting Go	Detachment, Perspective
Stage of Progress	Gathering Power	Beginning	Transformation & Perseverence	Harvest & Ending	Releasing & Reflecting
Movement Vector	Inward	Outward	Upward	Downward	Spiraling
Spiritual Expression	Selfless Service	Meditation	Magick	Surrender	Union
Colour	Green, Black, Brown, Grey, Earth Tones	White, Yellow, Palest Blue-White	Gold, Red, Orange, Bright Yellow	Blue, Aqua, Turquoise, Silver	White, Clear, Irridescent, Multicoloured
Animal	Land Animals, Underground Creatures	Birds	Reptiles, Insects	Water Creatures	Amphibians & Creatures that cross boundaries, Mythical Creatures (and some others)
Landscape	Mountains, Hills	Sky, Clouds	Plains	Bodies of Water, River Valleys	Sky, Caves, Celestial Bodies
Alchemical Symbol

Moon Phases in the Southern Hemisphere

The Northern and Southern Hemispheres of the Earth look at the Moon from different directions.

The Moon's phases in the Southern Hemisphere grow from left to right. So the Waxing Moon starts on the left side of the Moon...

... and becomes Full, and then wanes on the right side of the Moon.

NOTE: A Waxing Moon is one that's growing fuller, no matter where you love, and a Waning Moon is always one that's getting smaller.

The difference, though, is which way the Moon curves as its waxing.

² Many people (even many Wiccans) consider a Dark Moon and a New Moon to be the same thing, but it seems obvious that they are not.

A Dark Moon is invisible; a New Moon is the first three days of the first crescent's appearance.

I suspect we ignore the dark of the Moon just as hotels try to do without a 13^th floor — fear of the power of the Goddess.

But each phase has a very different magickal energy, so we'll look at all five individually.

³ For more details, see below: Memory Aids for Waxing vs Waning Moons.

⁴ Like the Sabbats, the energy of each Full Moon seeps into the day preceding and following it, so while it is ideal to celebrate the Full Moon on Her day, it's also completely acceptable to do so on the day before or after the Full Moon.

New Moon

The New Moon (or Sickle Moon) is the day (or three), when you can first see the crescent first beginning to grow again. ²

Waxing Moon

The Waxing Moon is the entire period that the Moon is growing in size — after the first few days of the New Moon, and before the eve of the Full Moon. ³

Full Moon

The Full Moon is when She is as big as She gets, and perfectly round. For magickal purposes, the day before and after are essentially equally potent with the Full Moon energy. ⁴

Waning Moon

The Waning Moon is the entire period as the Moon shrinks, except for the day following the Full Moon.

Dark Moon

The Dark Moon is, as the name suggests, the day when you can no longer see any portion of the Moon, and She is entirely in shadow, hidden. For magickal purposes, the day before is almost equally potent with the Dark Moon energy, but this shifts as soon as you can begin to see the new crescent emerge.

Memory Aids for Waxing vs Waning Moons

To remember which is which, you might imagine that the curve in your left hand between forefinger and thumb holds the Waxing Moon...

As the left hand is the magickal-receiving hand (for most people), as you hold the Waxing Moon you will be receiving more and more Moon Energy as the week goes by.

Sabbat Dates — Southern Hemisphere

WICCAN SABBAT	ALT. NAME	ASSOCIATED HOLIDAY	EARTH EVENT	DATE	OCCASION
Samhain		Hallowe'en	15° Taurus	May 1	Pagan New Year, Honouring the Dead, Cleansing and releasing
Yule		Christmas	Winter Solstice	~ Jun 21	Rebirth, Life triumphs over death
Bridgid	Imbolc	Candlemas	15° Leo	Aug 1	Purification, Initiation, Dedication
Eostara	Lady Day	Easter	Spring Equinox	~ Sep 21	Conception, Regeneration, New Beginnings
Beltane	May Day	May Day	15° Scorpio	Oct 31	Passion that fuels Life, Joy, Fertility
Litha	Midsummer		Summer Solstice	~ Dec 21	Transition, Planning
Lammas	Lughnasadh	First Harvest	15° Aquarius	Feb 2	Gratitude, Abundance, Fruition
Mabon	Harvest Home	Thanksgiving (Second Harvest)	Autumn Equinox	~ Mar 21	Giving thanks, Reflection

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