The Round Year

The round year is an ideal that got lost in our modern experience of time, but which is so deeply embedded in old spiritual systems, it often goes unquestioned. It is a simple concept, really. We don’t live years; we live the Year in perpetuity. When the Year ends, the Year begins again. The concept of round time. People attuned to the cycles of nature, who spend a lot of their life outdoors, have a deep instinct about this way of experiencing time, and feel its truth to the core of their being, because they are closer to its patterns and can’t help seeing them repeating. Keeping a nature journal especially helps one see how precise the changes of the seasons are, worthy of the most sophisticated clockwork in existence. The movements of the planets and stars create exquisite embroideries in the night sky, completing and restarting themselves with delicate precision, and if you have any idle time, I recommend taking the look at the petals of Venus, one of the most beautiful planetary orbits you will ever gaze upon. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theroundyear.substack.com