Xopher: many pagans here do cast circle the other way around ... The direction of the elements is another whole kettle of fish of course. Some change it based on immediate location, some change it based on hemisphere, some leave it as it is. I fall into the last camp -- although to me it is relative to my direction, i.e. air in front of me to clear the way; fire on my right to light the way; earth on my left to shield me; water behind me where it is always felt but never seen.
R
Most pagans here in Oz switch the rituals around 180 degrees on the wheel of the year, particularly if they're more earth/season than higher planes work oriented. It makes sense from a deity perspective when you view gods as an evolution of animism, e.g. think of every tree as having a spirit, and a forest having a spirit also; think of every person having a spirit, and a community having it's own spirit; think of a field as having a spirit for every major stage in the cycle of life.
Then there's those who think more in solar, astral, higher planes work where seasons don't come into it so much. But that's probably less pagan and more ceremonial magic :-)
All the best, whatever you believe,
Ralf
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