January 16

fixed holy days

These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.

Ganesha Chaturthi:

    Ganesha Chaturthi: Hindu holy day. Also called the Festival of Ganesha. Festival of the Elephant God of success, son of Parvati. Dedicated to Ganesha.

Concordia:

    Concordia: Roman holy day. Concordia honored on this day. Honors Concordia, the Roman patroness of harmonious relations.

Day of the Queen of the Universe:

    Day of the Queen of the Universe: French holy day. Day of the Queen of the Universe.

Name Day:

    Name Day of Vohuman: Zoroastran holy day. Each day and month of the Zoroastrian calendar is presided over by a spiritual being. When the spiritual being of the day and the month are the same, such as today (Vohuman), the day is particularly sacred. In the Fasli (seasonal) calendar, this is the sacred day of Vohuman. Vohuman celebrates the Av. Vohu Mano, the Good Mind or Purpose, who presides over animals.


lunar information 2009

    Libra Rewarding: This day in 2009 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Libra because the Moon is in your Sun sign.

    Aries Challenging: This day in 2009 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Aries because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.


astrological information 2009

Magick Color:

    Pink: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences, is pink. You may want to burn a pink candle or wear some pink this day.

Magick Incense:

    Rose: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences, is rose. You may want to burn rose incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you don’t have or don’t like rose.


calendar

This day on different world calendars.

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information

Season of Proyet (Sowing)
Month of Pamenot or Phamenoth (Amenhotep)
Day 2

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Vohuman (eleventh month)
Day of Vohuman
Day 2

    The day of Vohuman celebrates the Av. Vohu Mano, the Good Mind or Purpose, who presides over animals. Special prayers from the Khorda Avesta are recited in honor of the day’s spiritual being.

    Activity for the day from the Counsels of Adhurbadh, Son of Mahraspand: “(120) On the day of Vohuman put on new clothes.” Adarbad Mahraspandan was a famous saint, high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).

    The first seven days (first week) of each Zoroastrian month celebrate Ahura Mazda and the Amesha Spentas (literally translated Beneficent Immortals). They are the highest spiritual beings created by Ahura Mazda.

    The Fasli, or seasonal, calendar is one of three Zoroastrian calendars still in use.

Celtic (ancient Druid) information

Ogham tree calendar

Beth (B)

Birch Moon
Day 24

    The Celtic calendar started out as a moon calendar, but was aligned with the solar year during antiquity. Robert Graves proposed the Celtic tree calendar described here. While widely used by Neo-Pagans, many critics dispute the authenticity. The Beth-Luis-Nion calendar (the one used here) starts with New Year on the Winter Solstice. The Beth-Luis-Faern calendar starts with New Year on Samhain.

    Each Celtic tree month (or moon) is named for a Celtic Ogham letter (first line above) and a tree (second line above). All of the Celtic months also had additional folk names (folk names for this month listed below).

Polarity: Feminine
Planet: Sun
Archetype: Taliesin (Celtic God of Bards)
Symbol: eagle or stag
Folk Names:
Moon of Inception
Moon of Beginning

Asatru (ancient Norse) information

Month: Snowmoon

Roman information

a.d. XVII Kal. Feb.
17 days before the Kalends of February
Month: Ianvarivs or Ianuarius or Januarius or Janus

    The a.d. XVII Kal. designation means ante diem or 17 “days before” the Kalends (first day or New Moon) of the next month. When counting days, the Romans included both the start and end day (in modern Western culture, we skip the start day). When the Romans switched to a solar calendar, they continued to use the lunar day names.

    The Roman month of January is named for Janus (Ianvs). January was sacred to Janus, the Roman God of gates, doors, and entrances. Janus was an early Italic sky god that long predated Rome. Ovid claimed that Janus said “The ancient called me chaos, for a being from of old am I.” Ovid also claimed that after the world’s creation, Janus said, “It was then that I, till that time a mere ball, a shapeless lump, assumed the face and members of a god.” Joannes of Lydia said, “Our own Philadelphia still preserves a trace of the ancient belief. On the first day of the month there goes in procession no less a personage than Janus himself, dressed up in a two-faced mask, and people call him Saturnus, identifying him with Kronos.” The beginning of each day, month, and year were sacred to Janus. The Romans believed that Janus opened the gates of heaven each day at dawn , letting out the monring, and closed the gates of heaven each day at dusk.

    The earliest Roman months were lunar. According to Roman mythology, the ten month solar calendar aligned to the vernal equinox was introduced by Romulus, the founder of Rome, around 753 BCE. In Romulus’ calendar, January did not exist. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numa’s calendar, January was added to the beginning of the year (following February) and had 29 days. Gaius Julius Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus (supreme bridge-builder, a religious title), reorganized the calendar on the first day of 45 BCE. In Caesar’s calendar (the Julian Calendar), January had 31 days and February was moved to after January. Caesar’s calendar was calculated by Sosigenes, an Egyptian astrologer/astronomer. In 8 BCE, Augustus Caesar fixed errors by pontiffs after Julius’ death and made other minor modifications, resulting in the modern Western calendar. The modern Gregorian Calendar, named for Roman Catholic Pope Gregory the Thirteenth, was a realignment in 1582. The Romans avoided giving January 30 days (skipping from 29 to 31) because of a superstitious dread of even numbers.


numerology

    Today totals 7 in modern Western numerology. See the article on seven for more information.


holy days 2007 and 2008

These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.

Paitishahem:

    Paitishahem: Zoroastran holy day. Feast of ‘bringing in the harvest’, one of the seven obligatory feasts of Zoroastrianism and one of the six gahanbars (or gahambars). The gahanbars date back to the pre-Zoroastrian agricultural people of the Iranian Plateau and mark the changing of the agricultural seasons. The gahanbars were absorbed into Zoroastrianism as religious holy days and are celebrated with feasting and fun.
    In the Fasli (seaonsal) calendar, Paitishahem is celebrated from September 12 to September 16. In the Shahanshahi (or Shenshai) calendar, Paitishahem is celebrated from February 11 to February 15 during the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In the Qadimi (ancient) calendar, Paitishahem is celebrated from January 12 to January 16 during the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.


lunar information 2008

Second Quarter in Taurus:

    Second Quarter: The moon is in the second (2nd) quarter (waxing gibbous) in Taurus.

    Planting: The Moon makes this day excellent for planting.


astrological information 2008

         Sun Quincunx Venus: The Sun is quincunx Venus at 1:29 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

         Moon Trine Jupiter: The Moon is trine Jupiter at 10:19 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

         Moon Trine Saturn: The Moon is trine Saturn at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

         Mars Sextile Neptune: Mars sextile Neptune at 2:35 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

         Moon Square Mercury: The Moon is square Mercury at 10:39 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

    Taurus Rewarding: This day in 2008 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Taurus because the Moon is in your Sun sign.

    Scorpio Challenging: This day in 2008 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Scorpio because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.


astrological information 2007

Mars enters Capricorn:

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