- fixed holy days (same date every year)
- 2008 lunar days
- 2008 astrological
- 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.
Alacitia:
Alacitia: Bolivian holy day. Also called Festival of Ekeko. Dedicated to Ekeko, God of abundance.
Nile Comes from Nun:
Nile Comes From Nun: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. The day the Nile comes from Nun. Give food. Great.
Day of Cernunnos:
Day of Cernunnos: Celtic holy day. Day of Cernunnos, antlered God of the Wild, Master of the Animals and threshold guardian for those seeking fertility, regeneration, and initiation into the Celtic mysteries. — Celtic information provided by Shelley M. Greer ©1997.
Australia Day:
Australia Day: Australian holiday. Australia Day is the official Australian day commemorating the British First Fleet under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip arriving at Sydney Cove and setting up the Colony of New South Wales on 26 January 1788. This day is also called Foundation Day or Anniversary Day. It is a public holiday celebrated with parades and fireworks. The National Australia Day Council (NADC) coordinates the presentation of the Australian of the Year Award. The Order of Australia and the Australia Day Achievement Medallion are awarded on this day.
Aboriginal Australians hold the Aboriginal Day of Mourning or Invasion Day and hold protests against the British invasion and repeated attempts at genocide of Native Australians. Some indigenous Australians celebrate Survival Day to commemorate their ability to maintain their own cultural identity through more than two centuries of oppression and attempted genocide.
lunar information 2008
Third Quarter in Virgo:
Third Quarter: The moon is in the third (3rd) quarter (waning gibbous) in Virgo.
Void of Course:
Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 6:32 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Moon enters Libra:
Moon Enters Libra: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Libra at 5:35 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
astrological information 2008
Moon Quincunx Neptune: The Moon is quincunx Neptune at 12:42 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Moon Quincunx Mercury: The Moon is quincunx Mercury at 4:53 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Moon Square Mars: The Moon is square mars at 6:32 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Moon Void of Course (V/C).
Moon Square Pluto: The Moon is square Pluto at 5:38 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Virgo Rewarding: This day in 2008 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Virgo because the Moon is in your Sun sign.
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.
Pisces Challenging: This day in 2008 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Pisces because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.
calendar
This day on different world calendars.
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information
Season of Proyet (Sowing)
Month of Pamenot or Phamenoth (Amenhotep)
Day 12
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Vohuman (eleventh month)
Day of Mah
Day 12
The day of Mah celebrates the Av. Mah, The Moon. 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: “(130) On the day of Mah (the Moon) drink wine and hold converse with your friends and ask a boon of King Moon.” 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 6
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. VII Kal. Feb.
7 days before the Kalends of February
Month: Ianvarivs or Ianuarius or Januarius or Janus
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 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 8 in modern Western numerology. See the article on eight for more information.
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