January 27

fixed holy days

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

Sementivae Feria:

    Sementivas Feria: Roman holy day. Sementivae, seedtime festival dedicated to Goddesses of the Grain and Harvest (such as Ceres, Demeter, Isis, and Aset).

Paganalia:

    Paganalia: Roman holy day. Paganalia, day of the Earth Mother.

Djehuti and Khu Go Forth:

    Djehuit and Khu Go Forth: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Day Djehuti [Thoth] and the Khu [Spirits] go forth. Any ritual performed will be good. Wonderful.


astrological information 2009

Magick Color:

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

Magick Incense:

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


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This day on different world calendars.

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information

Season of Proyet (Sowing)
Month of Pamenot or Phamenoth (Amenhotep)
Day 13

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Vohuman (eleventh month)
Day of Tir (or Tishtar)
Day 13

    The day of Tishtar celebrates the Av. Tishtrya, The Star Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens. 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: “(131) On the day of Tir (Sirius) send your children to learn archery and jousting and horsemanship.” Adarbad Mahraspandan was a famous saint, high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).

    The second seven days (second week) of each Zoroastrian month celebrates light and nature.

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

Celtic (ancient Druid) information

Ogham tree calendar

Luis (L)

Rowan Moon
Day 7

    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: Masculine
Planet: Uranus
Archetype: Brigantia
Symbol: green dragon
Folk Names:
Moon of Vision
Spirit Moon
Astral travel Moon

Asatru (ancient Norse) information

Month: Snowmoon

Roman information

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

    The a.d. VI Kal. designation means ante diem or six “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 9 in modern Western numerology. See the article on nine for more information.


lunar information 2008

Third Quarter in Libra:

    Third Quarter: The moon is in the third (3rd) quarter (waning gibbous) in Libra.


astrological information 2008

         Moon Square Venus: The Moon is square Venus at 12:25 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

         Sun Trine Moon: The Sun is trine the Moon at 6:56 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

         Moon Square Jupiter: The Moon is square Jupiter at 10:58 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

         Sun Quincunx Saturn: The Sun is quincunx Saturn at 2:20 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

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

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


lunar information 2007

Moon enters Gemini:

     Moon Enters Gemini: Lunar ingress. The Moon enters the sign Gemini at 5:09 pm GMT.

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