| date: | Monday | April 27, 2009 | |
Moon: | waxing crescent | 1st Quarter | in Gemini |
Mercury: | Direct until May 7 | ||
Saturn: | Retrograde until May 16  | ||
Pluto: | Retrograde until September 11 | ||
- fixed holy days (same date every year)
- 2009 lunar days
- 2009 astrological
- Kemetic calendar
- Zoroastrian calendar
- Celtic Ogham tree calendar
- Roman calendar
- 2008 holy days
- 2008 lunar days
- 2008 astrological
- 2007 astrological
fixed holy days
These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.
Feast of Udjat:
Feast of Udjat: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. It is the day of the feast of Udjat in Dep. Her followers are also in festival when singing and chanting take place on this day of offering incense and all kinds of sweet herbs. (from the Cairo Calendar)
Dan Wè Zo:
Dan Wè Zo, alias St. Louis Cleimeille: Voodou holy day.
Sawr Revolution:
Sawr Revolution Day: Afghani (Afghanistan) holiday.
lunar information 2009
| Moon: | waxing crescent | 1st Quarter | in Gemini |
 Next Waxing Quarter May 1 |  Next Full Moon May 9 |  Next Waning Quarter May 17 |  Next New Moon May 24 |
First Quarter in Gemini:
First Quarter: The moon is in the first (1st) quarter (waxing crescent) in Gemini.
Gemini Rewarding: This day in 2009 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Gemini because the Moon is in your Sun sign.
Sagittarius Challenging: This day in 2009 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Sagittarius because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.
astrological information 2009
Moon Square Saturn: The Moon is square Saturn at 6:11 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT).
Magick Color:
Ivory: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is ivory or white. You may want to burn a ivory candle or wear some ivory this day.
Magick Incense:
Basil, Lavender, Neroli: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences, is neroli. The magick incense for this day, based on the day of the week, is lavender or basil. You may want to burn basil, lavender, or neroli incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you don’t have or don’t like basil, lavender, or neroli.
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 Payni or Paoni (Heru [Horus])
Day 13
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Ardwahisht (second month)
Day of Day-pa-Adar
Day 8
The day of Day-pa-Adar celebrates the Av. Dadvah, the Creator’s day before Adar. 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: “(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
Saille (S)
Willow Moon
Day 13
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: Moon
Archetype: Morgan le Fay
Symbol: serpent
Folk Names:
The Witch’s Moon
Moon of Balance
Asatru (ancient Norse) information
Month: Ostara
Roman information
a.d. V Kal. Mai.
5 days before the Kalends of May
Month: Aprilis
The a.d. V Kal. designation means ante diem or five “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 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 9 in modern Western numerology. See the article on nine for more information.
| date: | Tuesday | April 27, 2010 | |
| Moon: | waxing gibbous | 2nd Quarter | |
holy days 2008
These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.
Easter:
Orthodox Easter: Orthodox Christian holy day. Celebrated this day in 2008.
Passover:
Last Day of Passover: Jewish holy day. Passover is April 20-27 in 2008.
lunar information 2008
Third Quarter in Capricorn:
Third Quarter: The moon is in the third (3rd) quarter (waning gibbous) in Capricorn.
Void of Course:
Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 10:18 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon enters Aquarius:
Moon Enters Aquarius: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Aquarius at 5:27 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Third Quarter in Aquarius:
Third Quarter: The moon is in the third (3rd) quarter (waning gibbous) in Aquarius.
astrological information 2008
Moon Sextile Uranus: The Moon is sextile Uranus at 12:15 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon Conjunct Jupiter: The Moon is in conjunction with Jupiter at 2:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon Opposite Mars: The Moon is in opposition with Mars at 4:36 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Moon Square Uranus: The Moon is square Uranus at 10:18 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Moon Void of Course (V/C).
Moon Quincunx Saturn: The Moon is quincunx Saturn at 8:46 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Mercury Sextile Uranus: Mercury is sextile Uranus at 10:36 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
astrological information 2007
Mercury enters Taurus:
Mercury Enters Taurus: Planetary ingress.
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