Interestingly, cyclones in the northern hemisphere of our planet spin in the counterclockwise direction, while those that occur in the southern hemisphere spin clockwise.
Hurricanes have both a counter clockwise rotation at one level, we call this cyclonic spin and at another level they have a clockwise rotation, known as anti-cyclonic spin.
E.g. if we rotate all of space 90 degrees counter clockwise, then I Hat lands on the coordinates zero one, and Jay hat lands on the coordinates negative one zero.
When I say " total amount of winding" , I want you to imagine an old-fashioned odometer that ticks forward as the arrow spins clockwise, but ticks backward as the arrow spins counterclockwise.