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The Wheel of Being
The Wheel of Being (also called the Fivefold Pattern) consists of four directions united by a fifth. Ireland is thought to be divided similarly into Leinster, Munster, Connaught, Ulster and Meath. Likewise, the Druidic universe was patterned as Four Powers or Elements unified by a fifth — Balance. 

See also: The Wheel of the Year

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