- fixed holy days (same date every year)
- 2008 holy days
- 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.
Beltane:
Beltane: Wiccan holy day. One of the eight Wiccan Sabbats. Traditionally the bale fire is lit without the use of metal on this day.
The nine woods traditionally placed in the traditional Celtic Druid balefire are: apple, cedar, dogwood, elder, holly, juniper, oak, poplar, and rowan.
The nine woods traditionally placed in the traditional Wiccan Witchcraft balefire (often placed in this exact order): birch, oak, rowan, willows, hawthorn, hazel, apple, grape, and fir. Elder is never burned by a Wiccan Witch. Instead, a hollow elder tube is used to blow on the embers to start the balefire. Traditionally elder referred to European elder, but many Witches in North America use American elder instead. Wiccans never burn elder.
Some Witches celebrate Beltane on May 1st.
Festival of Floralia:
Last Day of the Festival of Floralia: Roman holy day. The festival of Floralia was a three day festival from April 28 to April 30.
Mangé les Morts:
Mangé les Morts: Voodou holy day.
Kemetic tradition:
Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) tradition. Anyone born on this day will be a great magistrate among all people. (from the Cairo Calendar)
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.
lunar information 2008
Fourth Quarter in Aquarius:
Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Aquarius.
Void of Course:
Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 1:25 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Moon enters Pisces:
Moon Enters Pisces: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Pisces at 2:11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Fourth Quarter in Pisces:
Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Pisces.
Fishing: The Moon makes this day excellent for fishing.
astrological information 2008
Moon Sextile Venus: The Moon is sextile Venus at 1:25 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Moon Void of Course (V/C).
Moon Sextile Pluto: The Moon is sextile Pluto at 3:55 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Moon Opposite Saturn: The Moon is in opposition with Saturn at 5:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Venus enters Taurus:
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Venus Enters Taurus: Planetary ingress. Venus enters the sign Taurus at 9:34 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Sun Sextile Moon: The Sun is sextile the Moon at 10:07 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 Payni or Paoni (Heru [Horus])
Day 16
Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)
Month of Ardwahisht (second month)
Day of Khwarshed
Day 11
The day of Khwarshed celebrates the Av. Hvar Khshaeta, The Shining Sun. 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: “(129) On the day of Khwarshed (the Sun) take your children to the grammar-school so that they may become literate and wise.” 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 16
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
prid. Kal. Mai.
(pridie) eve of the Kalends of May
Month: Aprilis
The pridie Kalends is the eve of the Kalends (first day of the next month). Pridie (abbreviated prid.) is Latin for “the evening before”.
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 3 in modern Western numerology. See the article on three for more information.
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