Solstice | The Wheel | Justice

Apologies for this not being posted yesterday. The little bird that I had been rearing returned to the garden and was looking for another feed and it totally threw my day out of whack because we were then rushing around like mad things to catch the ferry and head to Glasgow. Hope this isn't too late for you to find useful

The Wheel and Justice

As the sun reaches its zenith, we move from The Wheel to Justice.




The image in The Wheel shows Arianrhod casting a circle – this is the circle of cyclical renewal. In her left hand we see a symbol for the Wheel of The Year (there's that number 8 symbolism again from the Ace of Wands). Her flail and her Wand (another link between this card and the suit of Wands) show us her powers to create (Wand) and to destroy (flail).

The accompanying book draws links between the X The Wheel and I The Magician, with the Wheel showing how the divine energies drawn down by the Magician and further drawn down into the land itself.

One way that we will feel The Wheel's effects at the Solstice is with the tailing off of the Swords suit and the beginning of the Wands. We are feeling the full effects of the change of gear – the internal, thought-based Swords energy is morphing into the external, physically active and enthusiastic energy of the Wands.

Another way that we will feel it is that – for better or worse – the days are starting to become shorter from this point forward!

The Wheel asks us to consider:

Solstice | Princess of Wands

Along with the Ace of Wands (posted the other day) we find the Princess of Wands marking the Summer Solstice in the DruidCraft Tarot. There is an affinity with the potentiality of the Aces and the possibilities of the Princesses.


The Princess of Wands strides down the path towards us, using her Wand as a walking stick. A playful breeze lifts her hair and fans her orange tunic out behind her. See the salamander that decorates her robe – he is a symbol of the element of Fire.

As a Princess, she is a messenger to us from the energies of the suit of Wands. So at this time we can expect the stirrings of all those Wandsy qualities – try something fun and new! Go somewhere different or try a different route to somewhere that you know. Tackle things with enthusiasm!


The Princess urges us to Get Started – it doesn't matter that conditions are not perfect!

What will you try that is new to you?
Will you stride down a new and unexpected path?
Stamp your foot on the floor and shout 'Begin'!

Solstice | Ace of Wands

We are rapidly approaching Midsummer's Day, the Summer Solstice.

According to the DruidCraft Wheel of The Year, the Solstice is governed by The Ace of Wands, The Princess of Wands and it falls at the end of the Wheel cycle and the beginning of Justice cycle.

All the Aces are special because they carry within them, like a womb, all the rest of the suit. In the Ace of Wands we can look forward to a fiery season blessed with the power of passion, action, enthusiasm and intuitive leaps! The Aces remind us of the promise that lies ahead for us in this cycle – should we choose to see it and embrace it.


Let's look at the card image: