August 23

fixed holy days

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

Happy Day for Ra:

    Happy Day of Ra: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. It is a happy day for Re (Ra) in heaven. The neteru are pacified in his presence. The Ennead is making glorification in front of the Lord of the Universe.

Feast of the Furies:

    Feast of the Furies: Greek holy day.

Volcanalia:

    Volcanalia: Roman holy day. Festival to Vulcan as the Roman God of the thunderbolt and the sun.

Festival of Nemesea:

    Festival of Nemesea: Roman holy day.

Festival of Vertumnalia:

    Festival of Vertumnalia: Roman holy day.

Day of Honoring Ops:

    Day of Honoring Ops: Roman holy day.


lunar information 2008

Third Quarter in Taurus:

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

Void of Course:

    Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 5:19 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Moon enters Gemini:

     Moon Enters Gemini: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Gemini at 5:48 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Third Quarter in Gemini:

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

Moon Enters Fourth Quarter:

        Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon enters the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Gemini at 7:49 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Fourth Quarter in Gemini:

    Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Gemini.


astrological information 2008

         Mercury Opposite Uranus: Mercury is in opposition with Uranus at 2:13 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

         Moon Trine Venus: The Moon is trine Venus at 2:32 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

         Moon Sextile Uranus: The Moon is sextile Uranus at 3:22 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

         Moon Trine Mercury: The Moon is trine Mercury at 3:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

         Moon Square Neptune: The Moon is square Neptune at 5:19 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Moon Void of Course (V/C).

         Venus Opposite Uranus: Venus is in opposition with Uranus at 11:49 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

         Moon Quincunx Pluto: The Moon is quincunx Pluto at 3:22 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

         Sun Square Moon: The Sun is square the Moon at 7:49 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Fourth (Last) Quarter.

         Mercury Quincunx Neptune: Mercury is quincunx Neptune at 8:11 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

         Moon Trine Mars: The Moon is trine Mars at 10:52 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.


calendar

This day on different world calendars.

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information

Season of Akhet (Inundation)
Month of Paopi (Ptah)
Day 6

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Shahrewar (sixth month)
Day of Hordad
Day 6

    The day of Hordad celebrates the Av. Haurvatat, the Wholeness (Perfection or health), who presides over the waters. 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: “(124) On the day of Hordad dig your irrigation channels.” 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

Coll (C)

Hazel Moon
Day 19

    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: Mercury
Archetype: Ogma
Symbol: rainbow fish
Folk Names:
Moon of the Wise
Crone Moon

Asatru (ancient Norse) information

Month: Harvest

Roman information

a.d. X Kal. Sept.
10 days before the Kalends of September
Month: Sextilis or Avgvstvs or Augustus

    The a.d. X Kal. designation means ante diem or ten “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 Sextilis is named for sex or sext, because it was originally the sixth month of the Roman solar year. In 8 BCE, the Roman Senate renamed the month Augustus (August), for then Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar. August was sacred to Ceres, Roman Goddess of grain.

    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, Sextilis (the sixth 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, Sextilis 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), Sextilis 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 (including expanding August to 31 days), resulting in the modern Western calendar. The Roman Senate changed the name of the month Sextilis to Augustus (August) in honor of the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar. 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.


lunar information 2007

Moon enters Capricorn:

     Moon Enters Capricorn: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Capricorn at 3:19 pm GMT.

astrological information 2007

Virgo:

     Beginning of Virgo: Astrological day. First day of the Sun sign Virgo. Planetary ingress, Sun enters Virgo.


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