Circles represent wholeness, completion, oneness. They remind us that all things are connected – and that we, too, are part of a greater whole.

In this image, we have a series of floating orbs, all heading heavenward, with an apparently gentle energy.

Suns and moons remind us of the divine or the cosmos. With no beginning and no end, circles are universal symbols, representing unity, infinity, even perfection.

“Mandala,” a representation of the universe, is Sanskrit for circle.

Think of the songs you know that are so powerful.

Can the Circle Be Unbroken (The Carter Family and others)

“Will the circle be unbroken

By and by Lord, by and by

There’s a better home awaiting In the sky Lord, in the sky.”  

Circle Game – Joni Mitchell

“We’re captive on the carousel of time

We can’t return we can only look beyond From where we came

And go round and round and round In the circle game.”

At this time in the winter, on the cusp of spring, we contemplate the whole, rhythmic cycle of nature. Of birth, of growth, of decline, and, ultimately, of death. And then rebirth. May the coming season treat us gently.