Solar ~ Lunar
Wheel of the Year ~ 2026
A visual calendar honouring natural time through the Sun’s seasons & the Moon’s phases.
A Calendar Rooted in Natural Time
A Painting by Artist: Rebecca Ruth Goutal
This painting represents natural time as it is experienced here on Earth ~ through the Sun’s seasonal cycles and the Moon’s ever-changing phases.
Living in a fast-paced, pressure-filled modern world, it has become deeply helpful and healing to remember another way of orienting ourselves: pacing life in relationship with the natural environment that sustains and nourishes us.
This calendar is an invitation to return to that rhythm ~ not as an abstraction, but as something visible, cyclical, and lived with day by day.
The Wheel & the Seasons
At the center of this work is the Solar ~ Lunar Wheel of the Year, encircled by intertwining vines and seasonal foliage that move through the full arc of the year.
Each season is visually represented, with plant life and movement shifting as the year turns. Woven throughout the wheel are Gaelic words marking the turning of each season, honoring Gaelic-speaking ancestors who lived in close attunement with the rhythms of land, weather, moons, and tides.
This piece is both a calendar and a contemplative image ~ something to reference, return to, and live alongside.
How This Calendar Works
This calendar brings together solar time and lunar time in one continuous circular form.
Included in the wheel are:
~ The dates and images of each Moon phase for 2026
~ The solar events:
Winter Solstice
Spring Equinox
Summer Solstice
Autumn Equinox
~ The cross-quarter days ~ the turning points between the solstices and equinoxes:
Imbolc
Bealtaine
Lughnasadh
Samhain
~For the cross-quarter days, you’ll notice several dates:
*The circled number marks the solar midpoint ~ the exact halfway point between the solstice and equinox
*A commonly celebrated “folk” date
*Lunar dates, which vary by season:
(This Lunar date concept is based on some knowledge around ceremonial celebrations for Sacred times, such as Samhain, however, I intuited the interpretation below for the other cross quarters.)
- Full Moons for Bealtaine and Lughnasadh (the more outward, lively half of the year)
- New Moons for Imbolc and Samhain (the more inward, quiet half)
The format of this 'Moon Calendar' cannot be found anywhere else.
I created it exactly the way it makes sense to me ~ through years of living, observing, and working with these cycles.
Why I Created This
I’ve been making versions of the Solar ~ Lunar Wheel of the Year calendar every year for over a decade as a practical tool for my own life ~ after over a decade of carrying this way of thinking of time in my mind and heart, I wanted to bring it into visual form so I could deepen my connection and work with it for the in depth attuning needed for planning the intricacies of my Life ~ in a way that is resonant with nature and core to my soul.
This 2026 edition is the first time I’ve brought the wheel fully into an artistic form, weaving image, language, and time together in one piece.
It’s something I personally live with ~ not just something to look at, but something that quietly shapes how I move through the year.
Living With the Wheel
This calendar can be used in many ways:
Printed at home or professionally
Printed on sturdy or art paper
Hung on the wall as an alternative calendar
Used alongside a conventional planner as a seasonal reference
It offers another way of interfacing with time ~ one that is circular, relational, and rooted in the living world.
Purchase the 2026
Solar ~ Lunar Wheel of the Year
Year: 2026
Format: Digital download JPEG
Size: Print up to 18" x 24"
Created by: Rebecca Ruth Goutal
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This Art was lovingly created in the Slocan Valley B.C.
First Nations Acknowledgement:
Gratefully living & working within the Traditional, Ancestral, & Unceded Lands of the Sinixt, Syilx, & Ktunaxa First Nations.