| date: | Saturday | April 11, 2009 | |
Moon: | waning gibbous | 3rd Quarter | in Scorpio |
Mercury: | Direct until May 7 | ||
Venus: | Retrograde until April 17  | ||
Saturn: | Retrograde until May 16 | ||
Pluto: | Retrograde until September 11 | ||
- fixed holy days (same date every year)
- 2009 holy days
- 2009 lunar days
- 2009 astrological
- Kemetic calendar
- Zoroastrian calendar
- Celtic Ogham tree calendar
- Roman calendar
- 2008 lunar days
- 2008 astrological
- 2007 lunar days
fixed holy days
These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.
Baking Diana’s Bread:
Baking Diana’s Bread: Roman holy day. “Diana’s Bread” baked on this day.
holy days 2009
These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.
Passover:
Passover: Jewish holy day. Passover is April 9 through April 16 in 2009.
lunar information 2009
| Moon: | waning gibbous | 3rd Quarter | in Scorpio |
 Next Waning Quarter April 17 |  Next New Moon April 24 |  Next Waxing Quarter May 1 |  Next Full Moon May 9 |
Third Quarter in Scorpio:
Third Quarter: The moon is in the third (3rd) quarter (waning gibbous) in Scorpio.
Planting: The Moon makes this day excellent for planting.
Fishing: The Moon makes this day excellent for fishing.
Scorpio Rewarding: This day in 2009 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Scorpio because the Moon is in your Sun sign.
Taurus Challenging: This day in 2009 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Taurus because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.
astrological information 2009
Mercury Trine Pluto: Mercury is trine Pluto at 1:52 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Venus enters Pisces:
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Venus Enters Pisces: Planetary ingress. Venus enters the sign Pisces at 8:47 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Moon Sextile Saturn: The Moon is sextile Saturn at 11:08 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Moon Square Jupiter: The Moon is square Jupiter at 8:51 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Moon Trine Mars: The Moon is trine Mars at 10:21 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Sun Quinucnx Moon: The Sun is quincunx the Moon at 11:18 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Magick Color:
Blue: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is blue. You may want to burn a blue candle or wear some blue this day.
Magick Incense:
Parsley, Rue, Thyme: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences, is rue. The magick incense for this day, based on the day of the week, is parsley or thyme. You may want to burn parsley, rue, or thyme incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you don’t have or don’t like parsley, rue, or thyme.
See also the article on incense. An American source for high quality incense is Mountain Rose Herbs. A British source for incense is Pagan Magic. Another American source for incense is Pagan Shopping.
calendar
This day on different world calendars.
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information
Season of Semut or Shemu (Harvest or Summer)
Month of Pachons or Pakhon (Khonsu)
Day 27
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Frawardin (first month)
Day of Wad (or Gowad)
Day 22
The day of Gowad celebrates the Av. Vata, Wind, atmosphere. 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: “(140) On the day of Wad (the Wind) confine yourself to words and do not undertake anything new.” 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
Faern (F)
Alder Moon
Day 25
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: Mars
Archetype: Bran or Arthur
Symbol: pentacle
Folk Names:
Moon of Utility
Moon of Efficacy
Moon of Self-Guidance
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Ostara
Roman information
a.d. III Id. Apr.
3 days before the Ides of April
Month: Aprilis
The a.d. III Id. designation means ante diem or three “days before” the Ides (Full 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 Aprilis is named for Aphrilis, a corruption of name of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite. The Greek Goddess Aphrodite was considered to be the same as the Roman Goddess Venus. Ovid said “I have come to the fourth month, full of honor for you; Venus, you know both the poet and the month are yours.” April was sacred to Venus, Roman Goddess of love.
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, April (the second 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, April 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), April 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 2 in modern Western numerology. See the article on two for more information.
| date: | Sunday | April 11, 2010 | |
| Moon: | waning crescent | 4th Quarter | |
lunar information 2008
First Quarter in Cancer:
First Quarter: The moon is in the first (1st) quarter (waxing crescent) in Cancer.
Planting: The Moon makes this day excellent for planting.
Fishing: The Moon makes this day excellent for fishing.
astrological information 2008
Moon Opposite Pluto: The Moon is in opposition with Pluto at 12:37 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon Sextile Saturn: The Moon is sextile Saturn at 2:14 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon Square Venus: The Moon is square Venus at 9:51 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
lunar information 2007
Moon enters Aquarius:
Moon Enters Aquarius: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Aquarius at 11:22 am GMT.
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