- fixed holy days (same date every year)
- 2008 lunar days
- 2008 astrological
- Kemetic calendar
- Zoroastrian calendar
- Celtic Ogham tree calendar
- Roman calendar
- 2007 holy days
fixed holy days
These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.
Going Forth of Ra:
Going Forth of Ra: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. It is the day Re (or Ra) goes forth. Ra is the primary sun deity of the ancient Egyptian religion. The astrological symbol of a circle with a single dot in the center is the ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for Ra.
Odin rides Sleipnir in an 18th Century Icelandic manuscript. |
Sleipnir:
Sleipnir: Asatru (ancient Norse) holy day. Festival celebrates Odins eight-legged steed, Sleipnir. Sleipnir is a shamanic horse is used to travel between states of consciousness. Odin rode Sleipnir between the three worlds of the Asatru (Norse) religion: Asgard (the upper realm of the deities), Midgard (the realm of humans), and Utgard (realm of the shades). The name Sleipnir means smooth or gliding is the source of the modern English word slippery. Some scholars have suggested that Sleipnir had eight legs as a symbol of the eight legs of four men carrying a coffin, becoming a steed to carry the rider into the underworld of Utgard. A stainless steel statue of Steipnir appears in the town of Wednesbury in the United Kingdom (Wednesbury means Wodins Hill, and Woden is the Anglo-Saxon name for Odin).
Kachina:
Kachina: Hopi holy day. Annual celebration by the Hopi in Arizona to the kachinas (ancient spirits that the Hopi believe guide and protect their people). The kachina are honored with religious ceremonies and a cycle of dances.
GranDélai et GranAlounandia:
Gra'Délai et GranAloumandia: (Sainte Anne) Voodou holy day.
lunar information 2008
Fourth Quarter in Taurus:
Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Taurus.
astrological information 2008
Mercury enters Leo:
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Mercury Enters Leo: Planetary ingress. Mercury enters the sign Leo at 7:48 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Moon Trine Mars: The Moon is trine Mars at 10:59 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Moon Trine Jupiter: The Moon is trine Jupiter at 11:21 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Moon Square Venus: The Moon is square Venus at 2:32 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Mars Trine Jupiter: Mars is trine Jupiter at 6:04 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Moon Sextile Uranus: The Moon is sextile Uranus at 11:05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
calendar
This day on different world calendars.
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information
Season of Akhet (Inundation)
Month of Tot-abet or Djehuti (Djehuti [Thoth])
Day 8
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Amurdad (fifth month)
Day of Day-pa-Adar
Day 8
The day of Day-pa-Adar celebrates the Av. Dadvah, the Creators day before Adar. Special prayers from the Khorda Avesta are recited in honor of the days spiritual being.
Activity for the day from the Counsels of Adhurbadh, Son of Mahraspand: (126) On the day of Day-pa-Adar wash your head and trim your hair and nails. 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
Tinne (T)
Holly 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: Earth
Archetype: Danu
Symbol: flaming spear
Folk Names:
Moon of Encirclement
Moon of Polarity
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Haymoon
Roman information
a.d. VII Kal. Avg. or a.d. VII Kal. Sex.
7 days before the Kalends of August
Month: Quintilis or Quinctilis or Ivlivs or Julius
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 Quintilis (or Quinctilis) is named for quin, because it was originally the fifth month of the Roman solar year. In 45 BCE, the Roman Senate renamed the month Julius (July), for then Roman Emperor Julius Caesar. July was sacred to Jupiter (Ivppiter), Roman King of Gods.
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, Quintilis (the fifth month) had 31 days. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numas calendar, July had 31 days. Gaius Julius Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus (supreme bridge-builder, a religious title), reorganized the calendar on the first day of 45 BCE. In Caesars calendar (the Julian Calendar), July had 31 days. Caesars calendar was calculated by Sosigenes, an Egyptian astrologer/astronomer. The Roman Senate changed the name of the month Quintilis to Julius (July) in honor of the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar. 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.
holy days 2007
These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.
Zoroasters birthday:
Khordad Sal: Zoroastran holy day. Birthday of Zoroaster (Khordad Sal) in 2007 according to the Zoroastrian Qadimi calendar.
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Odin rides Sleipnir in an 18th Century Icelandic manuscript.









