- 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.
Day of Opening of the Doorways:
Day of Opening of the Doorways: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Day of opening of the doorways and court at Karnak.
Festival of Peace:
Festival of Peace: Roman holy day. Dedicated to Pax, the Roman Goddess of peace.
Feriae Senentiva:
Feriae Senentiva: Roman holy day. Feast of Spring.
Holy Day of the Three Hierarchs:
Holy Day of the Three Hieraches: Eastern Orthodox holy day.
Nosso Senhor Do Bonfim:
Nosso Senhor Do Beonfim: Mexican holiday. Nosso Senhor Do Bonfim, Our Lady of Happy Endings, a water purification ceremony dedicated to Mary.
lunar information 2008
Moon Enters Last Quarter:
Fourth Quarter: The moon enters the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Scorpio at 12:03 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Fourth Quarter in Scorpio:
Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Scorpio.
Fishing: The Moon makes this day excellent for fishing.
astrological information 2008
Sun Square Moon: The Sun is square the Moon at 12:02 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Moon Trine Uranus: The Moon is trine Uranus at 1:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Mars Goes Direct:
Mars Goes Direct: Mars goes direct in the sign Gemini at 5:33 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Moon Square Neptune: The Moon is square Neptune at 11:34 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Scorpio Rewarding: This day in 2008 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Scorpio because the Moon is in your Sun sign.
Taurus Challenging: This day in 2008 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Taurus 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 16
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Vohuman (eleventh month)
Day of Mihr
Day 16
The day of Mihr celebrates the Av. Mithra, Yazad of the Contract. 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: “(134) On the day of Mihr, if you have been wronged by anyone, stand before Mihr (Mithra) and ask justice of him and cry out aloud (to him).” Adarbad Mahraspandan was a famous saint, high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).
The third week (eight days) of each Zoroastrian month celebrates moral qualities.
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 10
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. III Kal. Feb.
3 days before the Kalends of February
Month: Ianvarivs or Ianuarius or Januarius or Janus
The a.d. III Kal. designation means ante diem or three “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 3 in modern Western numerology. See the article on three for more information.
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