- fixed holy days (same date every year)
- 2008 lunar days
- Kemetic calendar
- Zoroastrian calendar
- Celtic Ogham tree calendar
- Roman calendar
fixed holy days
These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.
Feast of Neith:
Feast of Neith: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Feast of Neith. Going forth of Sebek to guide Her. You will see good from Her today. A good day.
Birth of Sobek:
Birth of Sobek: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Birth of Sobek.
Birth of Buddha:
Birth of Buddha: Indian holy day. Birth of Buddha, son of Maya in India.
Haloa of Demeter:
Haloa of Demeter: Greek holy day. Haloa of Demeter.
Daughters of the Sun:
Daughters of the Sun: various traditions. Daughters of the Sun include Amaterasu, Aset [Isis], Athena, Bast, Befana, Dame Abonde, Eileathyia, Frau Sonne, Hebe, Hestia, Igaehindvo, Lucia, Mari, Mary, Maya, Moira, Myrrha (mother of Adonis), Ops, Sol, Spenta Armaiti (mother of Mithra, Persia), the Star Faery, Sunne, Tonantzin, and Yemaya.
Kwanzaa:
Kwanzaa: Swahili and Afro-American holy day. December 26-January 1 is Kwanzaa (Swahili for “first fruits”), created by Maulana Karenga in 1967, based on a traditional Swahili festival for the first fruits of the harvest, dedicated to the Seven African Principles. In the Swahili language the Seven Principles are called the Nguzo Saba and are: Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba, and Imani. Umoja (unity) is to strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race. Kujichagulia (self-determination) is to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves. Ujima (cooperative work and responsibility) is to build and maintain our community together and make our brother’s and sister’s problems our problems and to solve them together. Ujamaa (cooperative economics) is to build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together. Nia (purpose) is to make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community, to restore our people to their traditional greatness. Kuumba (creativity) is to do always as much as we can, in the way we can, so as to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. Imani (faith) is to believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle. Celebrated by more than 20 million Blacks in the United States, Canada, England, the Caribbean, and parts of Africa with parades, community festivals, and family gatherings in the home. Participants dress in African garb, exchange Swahili greetings, decorate their surroundings in the symbolic colors of red, green, and black, tell stories, feast on traditional foods, and exchange homemade gifts. In the Yoruban tradition the Seven African Powers are: Obatala, Yemaya, Elegba, Oya, Oshun, Chango, and Ogan.
Death of Zarathustra:
Death of Zarathrustra: Zoroastrian holy day. Death of the Prophet Zarathustra (Zoroaster), founder of Zoroastrianism. The Zoarastrian Moded (priest) conducts a ceremony to observe the day.
Halcyon Days:
Halcyon Days: Greek holy day. December 14-28 are the Halcyon Days, the seven days before and after Yule, a time of calm and tranquility derived from Alcyone, a Greek Goddess of the Pleiades connected with Artemis [Bast] and Aphrodite [Het Heret].
Navidades:
Navidades: Puerto Rican holy day. December 15-January 6 are the Navidades, for the Yule Child, which is based on the older Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) Twins, Heru Sa Aset [Horus/Apollo] and Bast [Artemis].
lunar information 2008
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 2008. 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.
calendar
This day on different world calendars.
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information
Season of Proyet (Sowing)
Month of Mekhir (Rekh-Ur)
Day 11
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Day (tenth month)
Day of Khwarshed
Day 11
The day of Khwarshed celebrates the Av. Hvar Khshaeta, The Shining Sun. 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: “(129) On the day of Khwarshed (the Sun) take your children to the grammar-school so that they may become literate and wise.” 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
Beth (B)
Birch Moon
Day 3
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: Yule
Roman information
a.d. VII Kal. Ian.
7 days before the Kalends of January
Month: December
The a.d. VII Kal. designation means ante diem or seven “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 December is named for decem, because it was originally the tenth month of the Roman solar year. December was sacred to Vesta, the Roman Goddess of hearth, home, and family.
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, December (the tenth 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, December 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), December had 31 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 8 in modern Western numerology. See the article on eight for more information.
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