sunwise
Left to right
Sunwise means in the direction of the sun's apparent movement across the sky—clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
The word appears mainly in descriptions of Celtic rituals and folklore, where moving sunwise around a sacred site brought good fortune: They walked sunwise around the stone circle three times.
The opposite is widdershins.
Turning on an axis
- spiralCurve winding around center
- gyrateMove in spirals
- turnRotational movement
- whirlRotate very quickly
spin · twirl · revolve · swirl · wheel · pivot · roll · circulate
Sun crosses celestial midline
- solariumGlass-walled room for light
- daylightSun's natural glow
- dawnDay's first glow
- morningDay's early hours
aurora · daybreak · horizon · light · phototropic · sunflower · heliotrope · gnomon
Non-mainstream religion follower
- druidicOf Celtic holy men
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- neopaganModern practitioner of pre-Christian spirituality
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
circling · procession · blessing · consecration · casting · sacred · tradition · custom
Prayer seeking divine favor
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- good fortuneFavorable chance outcomes
- positiveAffirming or certain
- growthIncrease in size
renewal · fertility · abundance · warmth · protection · luck · beneficent · propitious
rotation
Turning on an axis
whirl · spin · twirl · revolve · swirl · wheel · pivot · roll · circulate · orbit
equinox
Sun crosses celestial midline
morning · aurora · daybreak · horizon · light · phototropic · sunflower · heliotrope · gnomon · solar
pagan
Non-mainstream religion follower
- druidicOf Celtic holy men
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- neopaganModern practitioner of pre-Christian spirituality
rites · circling · procession · blessing · consecration · casting · sacred · tradition · custom · ancient
blessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- good fortuneFavorable chance outcomes
- positiveAffirming or certain
growth · renewal · fertility · abundance · warmth · protection · luck · beneficent · propitious · favorable
sunwisecounterclockwise
Rotating leftward from above
widdershins · anticlockwise · leftward · counterrotating · backward
wise, sun, wisdom, sunset, sunrise, sunlight, sunshine, sunbeam, solstice