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Pre-Christian Celtic, Germanic + Norse year of 8 sabbats — 4 solar + 4 cross-quarter. 6 layers per sabbat.

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Litha

Jun 20-22 (N.) / Dec 20-22 (S.) · 35 days

Litha · Summer Solstice · Midsummer

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🌑 Yeni Ay — Tohum ekme, niyet koyma, içe dönüş

8 sabbats — wheel of the year

Litha

Litha · Summer Solstice · Midsummer

Jun 20-22 (N.) / Dec 20-22 (S.)

Historical root

The longest day, the shortest night. Anglo-Saxon "Liða" — the old name for the months of June and July. In Celtic tradition, fires were lit on hilltops (as at Bealtaine). In Sweden and Finland, Midsommar — flower crowns, dancing, staying up around the sun. After Christianization, syncretized with the birthday of John the Baptist (June 24).

Sources: Ronald Hutton — Stations of the Sun (1996); Barbara G. Walker — Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets (1983); Marina Warner — From the Beast to the Blonde (1994); Starhawk — The Spiral Dance (1979). Modern Wicca (Gerald Gardner, 1950s) codified this as the eight-sabbat wheel — but the roots are far older and spread across many traditions.

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Sabbats are the 8 main annual ritual days of the Celtic-pagan and Wiccan traditions: Imbolc (Feb 1 — awakening), Ostara (Mar 21 — balance), Beltane (May 1 — fertility), Litha (Jun 21 — peak), Lammas (Aug 1 — harvest), Mabon (Sep 21 — balance ii), Samhain (Nov 1 — threshold), Yule (Dec 21 — rebirth). The system has agricultural-seasonal roots; modern Wicca (from the 1950s, Gerald Gardner) frames it. This guide doesn't claim a 'pagan belief'; it presents the year-cycle as a way to sync body-time-season rhythm. Ronald Hutton's The Stations of the Sun (1996) is the historical reference; Barbara Walker's Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets (1983) is the symbolic source. Each sabbat is read across 6 layers: historical root, traditional ritual, modern practice, bodily state, journal prompt, etymology.

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