cosmic cycles
Celestial recurring patterns
Cosmic cycles are recurring patterns in the universe that repeat over vast timescales—the orbits of planets, the precession of equinoxes, the expansion and potential contraction of the cosmos itself.
The term appears in astronomy, astrology, and various spiritual traditions that see human affairs as connected to celestial rhythms: Ancient cultures tracked cosmic cycles to predict floods and plan harvests.
In Hindu cosmology, cosmic cycles span billions of years through creation and dissolution.
- precessionRotating axis gradually reorients
- solsticesAnnual solar standstill events
- lunar phasesMoon's cyclical appearance changes
- equinoxesEqual day and night
- OuroborosTail-biting serpent symbol
samsara · wheel of time · Mayan calendar · seasonal changes · axial tilt · infinite regress · time immemorial · Ragnarok · time loops · eclipses · aeons · creation myths · orbits · karma · ages · zodiac · galactic · ice ages
- Puranic Tales
- cosmologybig bang, Big Bang, big bang theory, universe, dark matter
- Hindu-Buddhist mythologyVishnu, Shiva, Brahma, Krishna, Rama
- sky lorestar lore, sun worship, sky gods, solar deities, star signs
- Hindu Calendarmasa, lunar month, Hindu calendar, intercalation, new moon
- Maya mythologyfeathered serpent, rain god, moon goddess, sun god, world tree
cosmic cycleslinear time
Duration moving one direction
heat death · linear progression · arrow of time · entropy · beginning and end
cosmic cyclesdaily routines
Habitual everyday activities
biological rhythms · circadian rhythms · seasonal cycles · historical epochs · the here and now