The Wheel of the Year
Life follows the cycle of seasons; wisdom means aligning oneself with nature's rhythms.
Norse life was intimately connected to seasonal rhythms. Each season had its activities, its spiritual focuses, and its wisdom. Living well meant aligning with these cycles rather than fighting them. The wheel turns, and wise people turn with it.
As the wheel turns, so turns the wise one's heart - in harmony with earth and sky.
Seasonal awareness was fundamental to Norse practical and spiritual life.
Various Sources
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- What the Norse year looked like, season by season
The general instruction is to turn with the year rather than against it, which in a place with that climate was less a philosophy than a requirement.