The 28 Phases are a key to man's understanding. The Great Wheel of Time is one slice of a much larger reality. The gyres are always in motion, never ceasing while time lasts. As with any circle, there is no beginning or end.
All points are equidistant from the center, of equal worth and importance.
Each Phase is a unique expression of unlimited potential. The Zodiac is public, in the newspapers. Where mystery lives, so do freedom and knowledge, the greatest powers. Somewhere on the wheel is your own Phase , a key to freedom through understanding. Here is theoretical subjectivity, complete absorption in the intellect.