The Zenned Out Guide to Understanding the Wheel of the Year: Your Handbook to Honoring the Eight Seasonal Celebrations

by Cassie Uhl

Connect with the divine power of Mother Earth by celebrating with the wheel of the year.

The wheel of the year is made up of eight Sabbats or festivals that occur on or around the same day each year. The eight Sabbats happen during four solar events —the Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, and Fall Equinox— and the midpoints between them , which focus on seasonal changes and farming.

The Zenned Out Guide to Understanding the Wheel of the Year walks you through everything you need to know about these Wiccan holidays . You’ll learn their history , their meanings , and important ways you can honor each celebration . Magnify your spiritual practice and spell work by using the powerful energies surrounding these special days and strengthen your connection to the Earth and the divine.

This complete guide covers the following
 
The Zenned Out series is an open invitation to seasoned and curious spiritualists who want to explore their craft. With Cassie Uhl’s approachable steps and explanations to mystical tools and symbolism, readers can start using the information right away.

Genres: Spirituality, Witchcraft, Nonfiction, Paganism

160 pages, Hardcover

Published November 2, 2021

About the author

Cassie Uhl (she/they) is a mother, artist, death and energy worker, and rites of passage guide. She is the author and illustrator of several books and card decks, including Journey Tarot, Understanding Tarot, Understanding Auras, Understanding The Wheel of The Year, Craft Your Own Magic, and The Ritual Deck (reboot coming in 2026).

Her work is trauma-informed and rooted in earth-based, animist spiritual practices from her ancestral roots across Northern Europe and her local environment. With over a decade of magical and intuitive mentoring and training and twenty years of practice, she is passionate about helping folks feel spiritually supported in all seasons of life, including death.

Cassie resides on Indigenous Myaamiaki land in so-called Indiana, United States, with her husband and twin children.

Reviews

[Kate Henderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I adore Cassie Uhl - I say it every time!!
I have read almost every book Cassie Uhl has released (i think!) and I just adore them!
I have to say, I think this book is my absolute favourite.

I love the way her books are laid out and illustrated. They are perfect to read in one go, or to dip in and out of for reference.

This book has so much information and I love all the sections within each chapter - I particularly love the journal prompts that you can do for each moot!
I was lucky enough to be given an early electronic copy in exchange for an honest review, and I have immediately preordered the hard copy when the book is released next month!!!
I urge anyone who is interested in Magick to have this book in their collection!

[Shirley Andrade · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Wheel of the Year

The author defines the Wheel of the Year as a collection of eight Sabbats evenly spaced throughout the year based on nature and the sun’s movement. The eight Sabbats can be broken down into four solar events and four seasonal shifts. She provides illustrations depicting how these celebrations appear on the Wheel of the Year.

She provides a list of some suggested tools. They are:
1. A Journal or book of shadows
2. Altar space(s)
3. Items from nature for each season

This is a great book for beginners, for the author outlines in great length, and with easy to understand information for each sabbath, along with recommended foods to eat for each sabbath, and rituals for each.

[thewoollygeek (tea, cake, crochet & books) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved this so much and it’s going to be a great help to me and my journey over the coming months and year(s) ! This covers clearly what the Wheel of the Year is and is a great book for beginners like me dipping their toes into spiritual waters, it has greats hints and tips too. I think this would also be great for the more experienced practitioners too, I loved the illustrations which really were helpful as well as beautiful. Overall I thought this was a very thoughtfully put together guide and will be a great addition to anyone’s magical bookshelf

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

[Roberta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Questo libretto punta a spiegare le varie festività stagionali a chi si approccia per la prima volta al mondo della magia, in particolare mi sento di dire che questo libro ha delle influenze Wiccan abbastanza evidenti, ma non è un male. Le informazioni sono quelle di base, non sono affatto scorrette nella maggior parte dei casi, ma non c'è nemmeno quel qualcosa in più che mi avrebbe fatto apprezzare il libro.
Il punto più dolente sono le illustrazioni, ripetute nel corso nel libro e talvolta incollate fra loro con un collage amatoriale.

Se volete qualcosa per iniziare, però, non è male, anzi è molto semplice e diretto

[Dan TheMan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Cassie Uhl's books. This one is about my favorite Pagan topic: The Wheel of the Year. This book gives a great overview of the different sabbats and gives lovely inspiration as to what to do or how to set up an altar. I LOVE the illustrations of her books. They are so bright, colorful and full of life. Definitely a book I will keep in my library. It's a great reference books for beginners, but I think that more advanced practitioners will enjoy this read as well. There are of course more in depth books about this topic out there, but for a quick reference this one will do the job just fine.

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an e-copy of this book.

Much as I like e-books, I think this is a book which need to be held. It looks beautifully produced and illustrated, and the Wheel of the Year is explained well, with plenty of ideas and suggestions for correspondences, meditations and ways to celebrate throughout the year.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a straightforward guide.

[HeatherAnne Norbury · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully illustrated and full of helpful, enchanting tips on living your life by the seasons and the turning of the wheel of the year. This is a book to own in print! As I have reviewed an ebook copy, I can only imagine how much better this book with be with a nice paper feel. This is a book you will turn to again and again as you approach each season to help celebrate and align your life to nature.

[Sally Wilsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book to add to your magical library. It is broken down by Sabbats and has ideas how to decorate your altar, correspondences, there’s, moon phases, foods, colors and more. Particularly like the journal prompts as sometimes we are so into the ritual we forget to reflect inward and figure out what we feel. The other nice touch is the and spread. I really like this book is not just about ritual but delves deeper with more self reflection and what the Sabbat is about.

[Annarella · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good introduction to the Wheel of the Year and how to work with it. The explanations are clear and there's some interesting exercises. I liked the illustrations
It's a good book for beginners and it can be appreciated as reference by more experienced readers.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

[Belle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book 🍂 The author also tried their best to include those in the southern hemisphere, which is quite difficult and doesn't really work out. Opposite seasons, opposite dates - I appreciated the effort though!

*Free e-copy received via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

[Samantha Gronberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall pretty good. This book is an overview that gives a summary for each of the eight wheel of the year celebrations/holidays. Nothing too in-depth but great for beginners.

[Jenn]

netgalley access expired before I could finish but I was really enjoying it.

[Lovely Lloyd · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great beginners guide the wheel of the year and how to get more in touch with the natural flow of time. I love the illustrations. It is a very cute book.

[Jan Robbins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great little book which I will refer to when honoring the seasonal celebrations.

[Candyce Glave · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been searching for a book that demonstrates how easy it is to honor the changes without the need for lots of tools and ceremony. This is it!

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Just Love this book. Very thoughtful and extremely well written. Just what I need at the moment.

[Josée Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy celebration ideas to add to a more intentionnal life!

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book does an ok job explaining a few things on what you can do for each witchy holiday. It has a few spells a journal prompt. It was a little info light but it’s. Good starting book.