- 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.
Festival of Cataclysmos:
Festival of Cataclysmos: Greek holy day. Festival of Cataclysmos on the island of Cyprus celebreated with a seaside ritual of prayers for the souls of the departed, traditional sea games, and a sacred dance.
Kemetic tradition:
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) tradition. Do not go out of your house on any road on this day. (from the Cairo Calendar)
holy days 2007 and 2008
These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.
Maidyarem:
Maidyarem: Zoroastran holy day. ‘mid-year’ or winter feast, one of the seven obligatory feasts of Zoroastrianism and one of the six gahanbars (or gahambars). The gahanbars date back to the pre-Zoroastrian agricultural people of the Iranian Plateau and mark the changing of the agricultural seasons. The gahanbars were absorbed into Zoroastrianism as religious holy days and are celebrated with feasting and fun.
In the Fasli (seaonsal) calendar, Maidyarem is celebrated from December 31 to January 4. In the Shahanshahi (or Shenshai) calendar, Maidyarem is celebrated from June 1 to June 5 during the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In the Qadimi (ancient) calendar, Maidyarem is celebrated from May 2 to May 6 during the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
lunar information 2008
Fourth Quarter in Gemini:
Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Gemini.
New Moon:
New Moon: Lunar. Occurs at 3:22 p.m. Eastern Time in 2008. This is a Wiccan Esbat. See also Aphrodite New Moon love spell.
First Quarter in Gemini:
First Quarter: The moon is in the first (1st) quarter (waxing crescent) in Gemini.
astrological information 2008
Moon Conjuct Venus: The Moon is in conjunction with Venus at 12:53 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Sun Conjuct Moon: The Sun is in conjunction with the Moon at 3:22 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. New Moon.
Moon Sextile Mars: The Moon is sextile Mars at 3:43 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
calendar
This day on different world calendars.
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information
Season of Semut or Shemu (Harvest or Summer)
Month of Epipi or Epep-abet (Wadjet)
Day 20
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Hordad (third month)
Day of Day-pa-Mihr
Day 15
The day of Day-pa-Mihr celebrates the Av. Dadvah, The day of the Creator before Mithra. 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: “(133) On the day of Day-pa-Mihr wash your head and trim your hair and nails, and (pick) your grapes from the vine and throw them into the wine-press so that they may become good.” 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
Huath (H)
Hawthorn Moon
Day 22
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: Vulcan
Archetype: Govennan (Celtic God of Smiths)
Symbol: chalice
Folk Names:
Moon of Restraint
Moon of Hinderance
Summer Moon
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Midyear
Roman information
a.d. III Non. Ivn.
3 days before the Nones of June
Month: Ivnivs or Junius
The a.d. III Non. designation means ante diem or three “days before” the Nones (First Quarter Moon) of the 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 Junius is named for Juno. June was sacred to Juno, Roman Queen Goddess.
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, June (the fourth 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, June 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), June 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, 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 3 in modern Western numerology. See the article on three for more information.
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