wheel of time
History repeating itself
The wheel of time is a metaphor for cyclical existence—the idea that history repeats, ages return, and events recur in endless rotation.
The concept appears across cultures and religions, from Hindu and Buddhist cosmology to ancient Greek thought.
The phrase evokes inevitability: The wheel of time turns, and what was will be again.
It also names Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series, where ages literally repeat and prophecies echo across millennia.
- dragonLegendary fire-breathing reptile
- chosen oneProphesied special individual
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
channeling · rand · fantasy · epic · cycle · ages · rebirth · turning · endless cycle · fate · destiny · loom · threads · spokes · karma · reincarnation · braid · tavern
- cycleslife cycle, cycle, circle of life, cycles, period
- time sayingscarpe diem, seize the day, better late than never, tempus fugit, haste makes waste
- belief systemsobjectivism, bushido, utilitarianism, transhumanism, solipsism
- Tantratantra, shakti, mandala, kundalini, chakra
- Vedic cosmologyBrahman, samsara, cosmic cycles, cosmic order
- Sacred Wheels
wheel of timeeternity
Boundless temporal existence
timelessness · stasis · changelessness · permanence · immutability
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