| date: | Thursday | April 23, 2009 | |
Moon: | waning crescent | 4th Quarter | in Aries |
Mercury: | Direct until May 7 | ||
Saturn: | Retrograde until May 16  | ||
Pluto: | Retrograde until September 11 | ||
- fixed holy days (same date every year)
- 2009 lunar days
- 2009 astrological
- Kemetic calendar
- Zoroastrian calendar
- Celtic Ogham tree calendar
- Roman calendar
- 2008 holy days
- 2008 lunar days
- 2008 astrological
- 2007 lunar days
fixed holy days
These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.
Day of Incense:
Day of Incense: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Make incense of different kinds of sweet herbs for Re’s (Ra’s) followers which will please him on this day. (from the Cairo Calendar)
Vinalia:
Vinalia: Roman holy day. Ovid instructs Roman prostitutes to honor their patroness Venus at the Vinalia.
lunar information 2009
| Moon: | waning crescent | 4th Quarter | in Aries |
 Next New Moon April 24 |  Next Waxing Quarter May 1 |  Next Full Moon May 9 |  Next Waning Quarter May 17 |
Fourth Quarter in Aries:
Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Aries.
Hecate Moon:
Hecate Moon: Lunar Greek holy day. On the last day of the lunar month (the day before the New Moon), the Greeks honored Hecate, the Goddess of Witches, by leaving a small meal on altars at crossroads. These meals were eaten by the poor or animals (note use a paper plate, because any plate must be permanently donated to Hecate). Occurs today in 2009. Many modern Witches and Wiccans volunteer to help distribute food the poor on this day. Other modern Witches and Wiccans organize food drives or donate food for the poor on this day. See also Hecate black candle love spell.
Harvesting: The Moon makes this day excellent for harvesting.
Aries Rewarding: This day in 2009 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Aries because the Moon is in your Sun sign.
Libra Challenging: This day in 2009 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Libra because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.
astrological information 2009
Sun Trine Pluto: The Sun is trine Pluto at 1:44 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Moon Quincunx Saturn: The Moon is quincunx Saturn at 1:31 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Magick Color:
White: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is white. You may want to burn a white candle or wear some white this day.
Magick Incense:
Bay Leaf, Carnation: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences, is carnation. The magick incense for this day, based on the day of the week, is bay leaf. You may want to burn bay leaf or carnation incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you don’t have or don’t like bay leaf or carnation.
See also the article on incense. An American source for high quality incense is Mountain Rose Herbs. A British source for incense is Pagan Magic. Another American source for incense is Pagan Shopping.
calendar
This day on different world calendars.
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information
Season of Semut or Shemu (Harvest or Summer)
Month of Payni or Paoni (Heru [Horus])
Day 9
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Ardwahisht (second month)
Day of Shahrewar
Day 4
The day of Shahrewar celebrates the Av. Khshathra Vairya, the Desirable Dominion, who presides over metals. 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: “(122) On the day of Shahrewar rejoice.” 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
Saille (S)
Willow Moon
Day 9
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: Moon
Archetype: Morgan le Fay
Symbol: serpent
Folk Names:
The Witch’s Moon
Moon of Balance
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Ostara
Roman information
a.d. IX Kal. Mai.
9 days before the Kalends of May
Month: Aprilis
The a.d. IX Kal. designation means ante diem or nine “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 Aprilis is named for Aphrilis, a corruption of name of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite. The Greek Goddess Aphrodite was considered to be the same as the Roman Goddess Venus. Ovid said “I have come to the fourth month, full of honor for you; Venus, you know both the poet and the month are yours.” April was sacred to Venus, Roman Goddess of love.
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, April (the second month) had 30 days. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numa’s calendar, April 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), April had 30 days. 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.
numerology
Today totals 5 in modern Western numerology. See the article on five for more information.
| date: | Friday | April 23, 2010 | |
| Moon: | waxing gibbous | 2nd Quarter | |
holy days 2008
These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.
Passover:
Passover: Jewish holy day. Passover is April 20-27 in 2008.
lunar information 2008
Third Quarter in Sagittarius:
Third Quarter: The moon is in the third (3rd) quarter (waning gibbous) in Sagittarius.
astrological information 2008
Venus Square Mars: Venus is square Mars at 2:07 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon Quincunx Mercury: The Moon is quincunx Mercury at 7:09 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Venus Square Jupiter: Venus is square Jupiter at 9:35 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
lunar information 2007
Moon enters Leo:
Moon Enters Leo: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Leo at 11:37 pm GMT.
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