We’re delighted to announce the theme for our 14th annual Pagan Community Retreat: Turning the Wheel.
The wheel calls to mind the changing seasons, the rhythms of nature, and the ways our lives move through beginnings, endings, rest, and renewal. It is a theme with room for many traditions and personal meanings. When we asked our committee what Turning the Wheel meant to them, no two answers were quite the same.
For Ocean, a Druid, the wheel includes the eight solar holidays and the work of honoring nature, the Gods, and the ancestors. It is also about creating change in ourselves and the world around us.
Alli, who follows no single Pagan tradition, connects with the seasons and elements in her own way. To her, the wheel is a reminder that growth and rest, light and darkness, beginnings and endings each have their place.
Clover sees the wheel in the changes we cannot avoid and the courage it takes to keep moving. We can honor the past while making room for what comes next. As she put it, “Sometimes what we plant wilts, but we keep planting.”
Jenn’s connection begins with summers on the farm. Planting, harvest, and preparing for winter taught her about the cycle long before she encountered the Wheel in her spiritual practice. Today, it helps her connect with her ancestors and look toward a better tomorrow.
Lev described the wheel as a pattern of return. We gather knowledge throughout the year and carry it with us into the next, finding opportunities for growth and reclamation along the way.
Together, these reflections remind us why we chose Turning the Wheel. The theme gives us something to explore together without asking us all to understand it in the same way.
Now we want to hear from you: What does “Turning the Wheel” mean to you? Does it bring to mind a season, a tradition, a memory, or a change in your life? Tell us in the comments.
We hope this conversation grows as we make our way toward PCR 2027. And if the theme sparks something you’d like to share when we gather, we’d love to hear about that, too.