This is the version of the Rede that most people are familiar with.
It is the "short" version.

For a complete breakdown of the Wiccan Rede's meaning
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The full version of the Wiccan Rede is as follows:

THE WICCAN REDE

Bide ye wiccan laws you must,
in perfect love and perfect trust:
Live ye must and let to live,
fairly take and fairly give.

Form the circle thrice about
to keep unwelcome spirits out
To bind your spell will every time,
let the spell be spake in rhyme.

Soft of eye and light of touch,
speak ye little, listen much
Deosil go by the waxing moon,
chanting out ye baleful tune.

When ye Lady's moon is new,
kiss your hand to her times two
When ye moon rides at her peak,
then your heart's desire seek

Heed the north winds mighty gale,
lock the door and trim the sail
When the wind comes from the south,
love will kiss thee on the mouth.

When the wind blows from the east,
expect the new and set the feast.
When the wind blows from the west
Bardic words be at their best!

Nine woods in the cauldron go,
burn them fast and burn them slow
Elder be ye Lady's tree,
burn it not or cursed ye'll be.

When the wheel begins to turn,
soon ye Beltane fires will burn
When the wheel hath turned a Yule
light the log the Horned One rules.

Heed ye flower, bush and tree,
by the Lady blessed be
Where the rippling waters go,
cast a stone, the truth ye'll know.

When ye have and hold a need,
harken not to others greed
With a fool no season spend,
or be counted as his friend.

Merry meet and merry part,
bright the cheeks and warm the heart.
Mind ye threefold law ye should
three times bad and three times good.

When misfortune is enow,
wear the star upon thy brow
True in love ye ever be,
lest thy love be false to thee.

Bide ye wiccan laws you must,
in perfect love and perfect trust:
These eight words the wiccan rede fulfill;
An harm ye none, do what ye will.

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