- fixed holy days (same date every year)
- Kemetic calendar
- Zoroastrian calendar
- Celtic Ogham tree calendar
- Roman calendar
- 2007 lunar days
fixed holy days
These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.
Creation:
Creation: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. The Great and Little Ennead come forth from the chaotic waters of Nun.
Akwambo:
Path Clearing Festival: Akan holy day (central region of Ghana).Also known as Akwambo. The Akan or Agona people honor and receive blessings from the deity of the sacred well. The entire community gathers at their ancestral shrines. The chief pours libation to the ancestral spirits, thanking them for protection during the previous year, and asking for more blessings, abundant rainfall, and a good harvest in the upcoming year. At streams or riversides, sacrifices are offered. Alligators and fish feast on mashed yams sprinkled on the waters.
The people smear their bodies with clay and parade through town sweeping the paths with twigs and tree branches, accompanied by drumming, dancing, and firing of muskets. After sweeping the principle routes, the people go to the durbar grounds and meet with the chief and the elders.
The youth keep a vigil through the night.
Lakon:
Maiden of the Four Directions: Hopi holy day. Also called Lakon. The Maidens of the Four Directions are honored in a women’s healing ceremony.
The myth: The people search for the Corn Maidens. The Eagle, Falcon, and Raven cannot find them. Paiyatuma plays music to attract the Corn maidens from the Summer-land to the south. The Corn maidens come to the Place of the Middle. The Miaden-mother of the North brings yellow corn. The Maiden-mother of the West brings blue corn. The Maiden-mother of the South brings red corn. The Maiden-mother of the East brings white corn. The Corn Maidens bring black corn and seeds of all colors. Then the people see the Maidens no more. Shutsukiya whistles as the frost wind does when the corn is gathered. The chief wears a yellow cloud as yellow butterflies flutter before him and the yellow corn grows unfailingly.
holy days 2007 and 2008
These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.
Maidyozarem:
Maidyozarem: Zoroastran holy day. ‘Mid-spring’ 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, Maidyozarem is celebrated from April 30 to May 4. In the Shahanshahi (or Shenshai) calendar, Maidyozarem is celebrated from September 29 to October 3 during the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In the Qadimi (ancient) calendar, Maidyozarem is celebrated from August 30 to September 3 during the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
calendar
This day on different world calendars.
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information
Season of Akhet (Inundation)
Month of Paopi (Ptah)
Day 17
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Shahrewar (sixth month)
Day of Srosh
Day 17
The day of Srosh celebrates the Av. Sraosha, Yazad of “Hearkening” (paying attention). 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: “(135) On the day of Srosh ask a boon of the blessed Srosh for the salvation of your soul.” 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
Muin (M)
Vine Moon
Day 2
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: Androgynous
Planet: Venus
Archetype: Branwen or Guinevere
Symbol: swan
Folk Names:
Moon of Celebration
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Shedding
Roman information
a.d. III Non. Sept.
3 days before the Nones of September
Month: September
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 September is named for septem, because it was originally the seventh month of the Roman solar year September was sacred to Vulcan (Vvlcan), Roman God of fire.
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, September (the seventh 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, September 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), September 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.
lunar information 2007
Waning Quarter Moon:
Waning Quarter Moon: Lunar. Occurs on this day in 2007.
Moon enters Gemini:
Moon Enters Gemini: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Gemini at 7:29 am GMT.
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