- fixed holy days (same date every year)
- 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.
Ra speaks, Djehuti acts:
Ra Speaks, Djehuti Acts: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. Ra speaks, Djehuti [Thoth] acts.
Festival of Han Lu:
Festival of Han Lu: Chinese holy day. Festival of Han Lu. A mid-autumn festival honoring Han Lu, the Moon Goddess and Harvest Goddess.
Night of Heroes and Matyrs:
Night of Heroes and Martyrs: Modern Wiccan holy day. Night of Heroes and Matyrs. Part of a modern All-Hallows Week celebration. Honors members of families who died in war and peace, those who have died for their faith. Source: “Wiccacraft for Families” by Margie McArthur.
calendar
This day on different world calendars.
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information
Season of Akhet (Inundation)
Month of Khoiak (Sekhmet)
Day 9
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Aban (eighth month)
Day of Adar
Day 9
The day of Adar celebrates the Av. Atar, Fire. 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: “(127) On the day of Adar (Fire) go for a walk and do not bake bread for it is a grievous sin.” 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
Gort (G)
Ivy Moon
Day 26
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: Persephone
Archetype: Arianrhod
Symbol: butterfly
Folk Names:
Moon of Bouyancy
Moon of Resilience
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Hunting
Roman information
a.d. VIII Kal. Nov.
8 days before the Kalends of November
Month: October
The a.d. VIII Kal. designation means ante diem or eight “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 October is named for octo, because it was originally the eighth month of the Roman solar year October was sacred to Mars, Roman God of war.
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, October (the eighth 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 Numa’s calendar, October 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 Caesar’s calendar (the Julian Calendar), October 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 7 in modern Western numerology. See the article on seven for more information.
lunar information 2007
Full Moon:
Full Moon: Lunar. Occurs at 11:51 PM GMT in 2007. This is a Wiccan Esbat.
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